Verizon app store launches today

Try as Verizon might, there’s no catching up to Apple’s App Store. With more than 100,000 apps, and over two billion downloads, Apple enjoys a huge head start in the development and sales of smartphone applications. But that doesn’t mean the other companies won’t try with their own app stores. Apps are big business these days. As more and more people turn to their smartphones for everything from interacting on social media sites like Twitter, to mobile banking, applications are ..read more

Want 4G but don’t want Sprint? Shift into Overdrive.

Although it was released in January, Sprint’s Overdrive mobile hotspot device is just now gaining momentum. Part of it has to do with the increased coverage and attention focused on the carrier’s 4G network, now that they’ve revealed the Sprint Evo 4G, the first phone offered by a U.S. carrier to work on the faster network. The Evo will be available this summer, and it will be interesting to see how many iPhone, Droid, and other smartphone users migrate to ..read more

Sprint reveals 4G phone

As expected, yesterday at CTIA 2010 in Las Vegas, Sprint unveiled their new 4G phone. In early 2008, the carrier teamed up with Clearwire, Google, and a few other major cable and tech companies to begin building a 4G network. At first, the faster network was available for wireless Internet access through laptop cards, and was first launched in 25 major markets, with plans to continue expanding nationwide. Sprint is the first carrier to actually launch its 4G network for ..read more

Samsung Launches the Galaxy S Smartphone with 4-inch AMOLED

Samsung has just launched its latest mobile phone offering, the new Samsung Galaxy S. Featuring a 4-inch AMOLED screen and a 1GHz mobile processor running the latest Android OS, the Samsung Galaxy S promises vibrant HD video handling, rich augmented reality content through Layar Reality Browser and advanced location based services. The Samsung Galaxy S is slated for a simultaneous release in Europe, North America, Latin America, Australia and Asia.The Samsung Galaxy S is being touted as a social phone ..read more

Cricket wireless takes network nationwide

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Normally reserve this space for postpaid carriers, since we do have a sister site for prepaid news. Also normally, when we talk about a nationwide carrier we’re referring to one of the big four. Today, however, Leap Wireless, parent company of Cricket, announced that they will now provide service on a nationwide network. This helps bring them up to the level of the big four carriers in the country, though it doesn’t bring them all the way.

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Motorola Launches the Ruggedized i1 Push-to-Talk Phone

The CTIA 2010 kicks off today in Las Vegas and this early Motorola is announcing its latest Android phone with a rather unusual look and features. The Motorola i1 is the first iDEN device that carries the features of most smartphones today thanks to the Android OS running on it. Some of these smartphone features include – a 3.1 inch touch screen, Wi-Fi, optimized browsing experience, Opera Mini 5 browser, access to thousands of Android apps from the Android Marketplace ..read more

T-Mobile, Clearwire embarking on joint venture

As the top three wireless carriers move aggressively toward deploying their 4G networks, T-Mobile is struggling to keep up. A few years ago, the FCC held an Advanced Wireless Spectrum auction, in which the company spent $4.2 billion. A 700MHz spectrum auction was held recently. AT&T and Verizon both bid on spectrum, and are using it to build their 4G networks. This time around, though, T-Mobile didn’t even bid, much less purchase any additional spectrum. The recent release of Google’s ..read more

AT&T goes greener with energy-saving phone charger

Last year, a company called ABI Research named AT&T the greenest wireless carrier in North America. They earned that title by meeting or surpassing ABI’s metrics in several areas, including carbon reduction, green innovation, and research and development. AT&T also has a comprehensive cell phone recycling program called Reuse & Recycle, which accepts phones, batteries and accessories, regardless of manufacturer or carrier, and either recycles or disposes of them in compliance with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards and guidelines. Now ..read more

Verizon to launch 4G phone in mid-2011

Let’s hope Sprint is enjoying being ahead of the pack in launching 4G technology, because it looks like Verizon is catching up quickly. Sprint partnered with Clearwire, Time Warner Cable, Comcast, and Google to build its 4G network, and has already launched it in 27 markets using WiMax technology. The group plans to expand that network into at least eight more cities this year, including New York, Washington, D.C., and San Francisco. Sprint has also stated its intention to launch ..read more

Mobile coupons continue to evolve

It wasn’t long after smartphones showed up on the wireless scene that retailers saw their potential. Smartphones are basically miniature, hand-held computers, so why shouldn’t users be able to access just about everything on their phones that they can access on their desktops or laptops? In addition to making and taking phone calls, smartphone users listen to music, watch videos, read books, check e-mail, and ever more frequently, shop. A handful of mobile coupon Web sites have popped up and ..read more

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