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FCC revamps Lifeline phone service, cuts the fat from carriers' bottomlines
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With a site redesign freshly under its belt, the FCC's setting its recently honed eye for modernization on other, more pertinent areas of its jurisdiction -- like Lifeline. The universal program, a means of guaranteeing affordable phone service to low-income families, hadn't exactly kept pace with changes in the telecom industry, overlooking consumers' preference for wireless and the growing need for pervasive broadband access. That's all set to change with new measures adopted by the Commission today designed to curb carrier abuse of the antiquated system and automate the enrollment process by eliminating unnecessary duplicate accounts and subsidies. A pilot program to offer and potentially...
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Telstra puts up a page to allow users to register interest in the Nokia Lumia 800
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If you are Australian and have been waiting breathlessly for the Nokia Lumia 800 to arrive there, you can now register with Telstra to be informed as soon as official news of its release becomes available.
Telstra has said on their facebook page that they will be one of the first countries to get the 850 Mhz band Lumia 800 handsets, but had nothing to say “yet” about the Nokia Lumia 900, hopefully meaning that a future release is not ruled out.
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Image of BlackBerry 10 leaked
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Avid BlackBerry fans out there have probably been keeping their eyes on rumors surrounding the potential upcoming London device and BlackBerry 10. We’ve previously reported that this release is expected to occur sometime in September 2012.
CrackBerry has gotten their hands on a presentation slide that references ‘London’ with a list of features and most interestingly, a photo of a device running BlackBerry 10. The most notable aspect of this picture is that the phone depicted is very different looking than the previously leaked photo of the London.
The photo of the first prototype had angled edges and silver accents reminiscent of the BlackBerry Porsche Design P’9981, whereas this device loo...
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T-Mobile shaves $10 off the Lumia 710, Microsoft sells it for $0
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T-Mobile launched the Lumia 710 for $50 on the 11th of January for $49.99 with a two year contract. Three weeks later, that price is now down to $39.99. Microsoft, who apparently has an online store that this author had no idea even existed, is also now selling the Lumia 710 … for free. That’s right, they’re giving it away with a two year contract. Earlier today we also saw a tweet from Eldar Murtazin, Editor in Chief of Mobile-Review, saying that the Lumia 710 is on sale in Russia for 9890 rubles ($325). That’s down nearly 27% compared to the 13,490 ruble price tag the device had when it launched in Russia on December 15th. Notice a trend? It’s bad enough Nokia wasn’t forthcoming about how ...
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Amazon offers a number of phones for a single cent
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Amazon is offering a number of phones for a single cent ($0.01). And it’s not just feature phones – there are some cool smartphones included in the deal as well, such as:
HTC: Freestyle , HD7S, Inspire 4G, DROID INCREDIBLE 2, ThunderBolt 4G, EVO Shift 4G, Inspire 4G, Trophy, Status
Motorola: DROID X2, XPRT, Atrix 4G, DROID 3 Global, DROID PRO
RIM: BlackBerry Torch 9810, BlackBerry Torch 9860
Samsung: Infuse 4G, DROID CHARGE 4G, Stratosphere 4G, Nexus S 4G, Captivate, Focus, Conquer 4G, Doubletime, Transform, Replenish
Sony Ericsson: Xperia PLAY
Needless to say, you’ll still have to sign-up for a two-year contract with every phone, but that comes as given these days. In order to proceed, clic...
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UK deal: Samsung Galaxy Nexus down to 449.41 GBP at Amazon
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Amazon UK is now selling the unlocked Samsung Galaxy Nexus for 449.41 GBP, which is some 50 GBP off the phone’s launch price. That’s still a lot of money (about $707) and the reason why we don’t call it a “hot deal” but only “deal.” However, it’s a well known fact that Europeans are used to paying more for their gadgets — except when they get a phone with a carrier contract, that is.
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Samsung Galaxy GTI9070 surfaces as the Galaxy S Advance
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The Galaxy GT-I9070 that surfaced in the past few days undergoing testing at the FCC has been given a name. Turning up in the Philippines, the new model has been dubbed the Galaxy S Advance. While originally thought to be a spin-off of the Galaxy S II, it appears like a cross between the original Galaxy S and the Nexus S, amounting to a what could be described as a Galaxy S 1.5. While it carries the same 1GHz clock speed as the Galaxy S and Nexus S, it includes a more advanced dual-core processor.
Like the original Galaxy S, it carries a 4-inch 800x480 Super AMOLED display and a 5-megapixel camera. However, it also picks up the trademark curved display that normally helps to set the Nexus li...
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Nokia N8 now shipping with Symbian Belle?
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Retro-ironic Nokia fans in the market for a new phone will be interested to hear that the Nokia N8 is now shipping with Symbian Belle pre-installed - in some countries, at least.
That's according to a tweet in response to a customer in India, in which the official Nokia account said, "We are already shipping new versions [of the N8] with Nokia Belle installed. Check with your local store for more information."
We're waiting for Nokia to get back to us on the availability of Belle'd up N8s in the UK.
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Nokia Lumia 910 detailed in Dutch
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Remember the Nokia Lumia 900 that was unveiled over in Vegas at CES? Sure you do. You probably also know Nokia has yet to announce the launch of the LTE packing handset outside of the States, despite Carphone Warehouse suggesting it could land in June.
But it could be that us Europeans get a slightly different model - perhaps the Nokia Lumia 910, as detailed on a Dutch retail site.
Originally, the handset was listed with a note saying it was coming soon, although this has been updated now to say that Nokia have yet to come clean with the details.
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Clearwire unveils $99 Clear Hub Express and $129 Clear Spot Voyager hotspots
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Clearwire's impending LTE rollout isn't going to happen overnight, so why not continue to milk the proverbial cow that is their existing WiMax network? That's exactly what the wireless provider is doing today, with a fresh duo of hotspots. The first, the Clear Hub Express, is a $99 WiFi router-mobile hotspot combo which is destined for home or office duty. The second is the Clear Spot Voyager, which for $124 will hawk WiMax to eight devices for up to six hours of continuous use off its internal rechargeable battery. Those are identical specs to last year's model, the Clear Spot 4G Apollo, albeit sans-screen and in a thinner package. They're available today from Clearwire, and either can be k...
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AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note to land February 19th for $299
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Earlier this month at CES, AT&T announced that it would be carrying the Galaxy Note. In a timely manner, the carrier confirmed the tablet-sized phone will go on sale starting February 19th. Customers can pre-order the Android device both online and in-store starting February 5th and will receive their Galaxy Note by the 17th.
The Galaxy Note is a monster of a phone with a 5.3-inch HD Super AMOLED screen that’s 0.7 inches bigger than the Galaxy Nexus. It has a whopping 800 x 1280 pixels (WXGA) resolution with 285 pixels per inch. Under the hood, the Galaxy Note has a 1.4GHz dual-core chip, 1 GB of RAM and 32 GB of onboard storage. It’s powered by Android 2.3 Gingerbread with Samsung’s TouchWi...
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North Carolina launches FCC-approved TV White Space network in Wilmington
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Back in December, the FCC approved the first white space device and database for the lucky city of Wilmington, North Carolina. Last week, the program bore its first fruits, when database operator Spectrum Bridge finally launched its TV White Space (TVWS) network in Carolina, as part of Wilmington's ongoing "Smart City" initiative. With the TVWS network up and running, Wilmingtonians will have internet access in public parks, while authorities will be able to use part of Spectrum Bridge's broadband for video surveillance. Public security, in fact, is among the primary functions of the new network, which will be expanded to help manage traffic congestion and to help the city function more effi...
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T-Mobile UK introduces The Full Monty plan with unlimited everything
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T-Mobile's UK arm announced a new plan for subscribers today that is said to be the first plan to offer truly unlimited services in the UK. The U.S. carriers have been peddling unlimited plans for a number of years now, but unlimited options have not been available in the UK until now.
Called the very British-appropriate Full Monty Plan, T-Mobile's new offering includes unlimited calling, text messaging, and internet use without any "fair use" restrictions. There are four tiers for customers to chose from, starting at 36GBP per month and going on up to 61GBP per month (the lowest tier offers unlimited in-network calling, but out of network calling is capped at 2,000 minutes). The higher tier...
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HTC Radar 4G coming to Videotron, possibly other Canadian carriers
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MobileSyrup reports that the T-Mobile US version of the HTC Radar will be coming to Videotron, a Quebec-based regional carrier in Canada.
The handset will be selling around $100 on contract, and they report that since Videotron uses AWS, the handset will likely also end up on WIND Mobile and Mobilicity.
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Radio Shack shares slide on Q4 profit warning, Sprint gets the blame
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Blaming disappointing results from Sprint's post-paid business, Radio Shack announced after the closing bell on Wall Street, that it will report much lower than expected Q4 earnings. The retailer said that it had fewer new activations and upgrade activations due to policy changes at the carrier. Revenue from Sprint's post-paid customers declined both year-over-year and sequentially. Radio Shack now expects fourth quarter revenue of $1.39 billion, ahead of the Street's 1.35 billion estimate. But earnings per share will come in at 11-13 cents, much lower than the Street's prediction of 37 cents a share.
Same store sales were up 2%, but gross margin in the period should come in at 35%, down fro...
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