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May

17

2012

Sprint Adds Music, Books And Movies To Carrier Billing Option

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If you’re on Sprint and you’ve been feeling left out as far as having the option to use carrier billing when purchasing Play Store items other than apps, welcome to the circle.  Sprint is now offering you the ability to use carrier billing instead of entering in your credit card information, adding music, books and [...]

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May

9

2012

AT&T Points The Finger At Google When Asked About Timely Android Updates

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When AT&T was asked why the carrier took so long to respond to Android updates on their smartphones, CEO Randall Stephenson responded with “Google determines what platform gets the newest releases and when. A lot of times, that’s a negotiated arrangement and that’s something we work at hard.”  This seems to imply that Google had the [...]

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May

8

2012

Sprint’s Samsung Galaxy S III Revealed To Also Sport A Dual-Core Processor And 16GB Of Storage

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News of various US variants of the Galaxy S III continue to trickle down the pipeline as we’ve now gathered news regarding Sprint’s version of the GSIII.  The folks over at Pocket Now managed to get their hands on the device’s user agent profile and discovered that along with LTE radios there will also be a Qualcomm [...]

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May

8

2012

Virgin Mobile Announces HTC Evo V 4G For May 31st At $299.99

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  Before you run off thinking this is a re-branded HTC One X or HTC Evo 4G LTE, hold your horses, it’s not.  The device is more of an Evo 3D with some slight modifications to accommodate Virgin’s network.  This will be marked as Virgin Mobile’s first “4G” device to hit the carrier.  The company is offering a [...]

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May

3

2012

Verizon To Begin Rolling Out HomeFusion Residential 4G LTE This Week

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Since last March or so Verizon has been testing out their new HomeFusion Broadband network and now the carrier says it’s ready to deploy nationwide.  The service should be rolling out wherever LTE service is currently available which Big Red says is 230 markets.  For those deeming it reasonable to upgrade, they can sign up [...]

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Apr

25

2012

Verizon’s Motorola Droid 4, Bionic And Razr All Modified To Work On GSM Technologies

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I can recall a few years back a gentlemen running a Blackberry Storm on T-Mobile’s network and I was like ???  But those were the days when global phones on Verizon’s network wasn’t as widespread as they are today.  I quickly learned that the device was a global device and could be used to roam [...]

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Apr

23

2012

Huawei Ascend G312 (U8680) Arrives At FCC’s Door Step, Reveals T-Mobile MyTouch Branding

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T-Mobile is bent on keeping their MyTouch branding alive and well and there’s no secret that the company has been in cahoots with Huawei to become the hardware manufacturer of the next gen device.  That being said, a device strongly resembling the Ascend G312 has reared its little frame over at the FCC revealing the [...]

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Apr

19

2012

LG Spectrum Getting Gingerbread 2.3.6 Thanks To Build VS920ZV5

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Say what you will about Verizon’s LG Spectrum and whether you love it or hate it, it’s finally getting Gingerbread.  Build VS920ZV5 will be gracing the device and with it will come quite a few changes.  A few apps such as the NFL Mobile 4.0, Google Play Store, Amazon Kindle App and My Verizon will [...]

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Apr

19

2012

Expect Verizon Shared Data Plans By Mid-Summer

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Just to seal the deal and further confirm Vz’s up and coming shared data plans, CFO Francis Shammo during a Q1 earnings report, stated that they’re aiming for a go around mid-summer.  The expectation is that this will indeed further drive growth in the wireless industry with an expectation that many will find it easy to just [...]

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