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7

2012

LightSquared Requesting the FCC Require Stricter GPS Device Standards

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by Josh O'Donnell
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LightSquared, the company which has spent billions of dollars developing a whole-sale only wireless broadband network, filed a document with the FCC regarding stricter standards of GPS devices. LightSquared believes that signals that are used as part of GPS bands are the culprit of interference on the spectrum that they’ve chose to use for their [...]

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Feb

7

2012

Telus Launches Optik TV App for Streaming TV and Movies on the Go

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by Stacy Bruce
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Good news for you Canadian readers who have Telus as their wireless carrier. Telus has just released an app in the Android Market that works in conjunction with thier Optik TV service and allows users the ability to watch select content on their mobile devices. Channel selection is a bit limited at this time but [...]

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Feb

7

2012

T-Mobile celebrates Valentine’s Day with FREE smartphones and tablets

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by Robert Nazarian
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Mark February 11 on your calendars because T-Mobile is going to have one of those really big sales. This time they are celebrating Valentine’s Day just in case you need to get that special someone a really nice Android phone or tablet. Of course there’s nothing stopping you from taking advantage of this promo for [...]

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Feb

7

2012

Motorola and Verizon officially announce the DROID 4

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by Robert Nazarian
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It’s hard to believe the 4th version of the original DROID is here. I remember buying the original the day it launched, November 6, 2009, which was the beginning of my love for Android. A little over 2 years later – Motorola and Verizon just made it official that the DROID 4 will indeed launch [...]

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Feb

7

2012

Verizon Set To Bring Promotion Party Starting February 10th, Includes BOGO Deal For DROID RAZR

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by Roy Alugbue
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Verizon is set to make February a month of promotions galore beginning Friday, February 10th. The first major story involves the formal availability of Verizon’s most popular unreleased slider phone. Verizon will finally unleash the phone and will sell the phone for $199.99 on a 2-year contract. More big news follows with the MOTO DROID RAZR and DROID RAZR [...]

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Feb

7

2012

AT&T Throttles on a Curve, Punishing Low Data Usage

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by Ed Caggiani
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What can a carrier do to keep their data networks running smoothly when the appetite for bits keeps growing? One method is called “throttling”. This simply means slowing down a user’s access to the network when that user passes a certain threshold of data used. The theory behind this is that heavy data users, once [...]

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Feb

6

2012

Have Your Heart Set On A New Phone? Win A Droid RAZR With Verizon’s Twitter Contest

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by Josh O'Donnell
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Verizon is kicking off the Valentine’s “season” with a lovely (pun intended) Twitter contest! Tweet off a poem, a romantic(ally hilarious) moment, or tweet a picture with a Valentine’s Day confession. Close it off with a #tweetheart (nice one, Verizon) and you’re on your way to quite possibly owning a nice piece of Android hardware, [...]

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Feb

6

2012

Hey Android Manufacturers, Too Much of a Good Thing Can Be More Than Enough!

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by Jack Holt
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Even as an Android fanatic I have to admit that its main competitor, the iPhone, does extremely well. As much as I hate to say it, the iPhone is here to stay and will continue to be a thorn in Android’s side. I have been sitting and wondering though on why so many folks go [...]

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Feb

6

2012

Verizon and Redbox team up to bring video rental and streaming service

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by Chris Stewart
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Rumors of a joint venture between Verizon and Redbox can finally be laid to rest as the pair have announced today a streaming media and Blu-ray/DVD rental service.  The newly partnered dynamic duo will be looking to take the fight to current streaming and DVD mailing leader Netflix. The service is expected to be available on all [...]

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