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Feb

2

2012

Google Wallet gets official for AT&T, semiofficial for Verizon

by Jim Farmer
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The road to getting Google Wallet officially supported on Galaxy Nexus phones has been an arduous one. When news came forth that Verizon was to block the app for their variant it was a major letdown. AT&T followed suit. Despite citing incompatibility issues, its widely believed the real issue was simply conflicts of interests, namely [...]

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Feb

2

2012

AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note’s Kernel Source Code Released

by Ed Caggiani
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Samsung just pushed out the kernel source code for AT&T’s version of the Samsung Galaxy Note. There are three different versions listed for download at Samsung’s Open Source Release Center. Why three, you ask? Your guess is as good as mine at this point, but according to one developer, they are almost all identical save [...]

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Jan

31

2012

Samsung Galaxy Note Super Bowl commercial to be 90-seconds and was directed by Bobby Farrelly

by Robert Nazarian
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Yesterday Samsung announced on Twitter they would run a commercial on the upcoming AT&T Galaxy Note during the 4th quarter of this Sunday’s Super Bowl XLVI, and that it would be “one of the longest in the game.” Samsung PR just told us it will actually be a 90-second spot and it was directed by [...]

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Jan

30

2012

Best Buy Set To Release Galaxy Note Phone February 14th, $249.99 Pricing For Telus And Bell Versions

by Roy Alugbue
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Canadians are rejoicing today because they are set to receive the awesome Samsung Galaxy Note next month. Best Buy Canada has just confirmed it will unleash the phone to the masses February 14th for a cool $249.99 on a 3-year contract. Considering AT&T is set to release the phone around February 19th in the States, Best Buy’s release date looks [...]

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Jan

30

2012

AT&T Officially Launches the Samsung Galaxy Note on February 19th, Preorders Deliver by the 17th

by Stacy Bruce
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Ok, are you guys ready for this? The Samsung Galaxy Note will officially be available through AT&T on February 19th with preorders beginning on the 5th that will deliver by the 17th. Not only will you have the option to get the largest handheld smartphone from Ma Bell, you will have a choice of colors [...]

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Jan

25

2012

A Quick Look At T-Mobile’s Newly Acquired Spectrum Collection

by Axl Logan
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Now that the merger is officially off of the table, it’s apparent that T-Mobile, the Nation’s 4th largest, and scrappy, carrier has made out like a bandit.  As winner of the big consolation prize, Magenta is about to get a bit beefy in the 4G dept.  AT&T’s transfer application has recently surfaced on the FCC’s [...]

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Jan

25

2012

AT&T Opposes Sprint For Using Roaming Agreement Rules In Support Of Huge Privation

by Axl Logan
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AT&T has strongly voiced its opinion lately in a move made by Sprint in their Oklahoma and Kansas City markets to shut down some of its own home services in favor of roaming agreements with other CDMA carriers.  AT&T specifically points to two policy changes made by the FCC which allowed Sprint to make the [...]

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Jan

23

2012

AT&T, T-Mobile Ask FCC for Approval of $1 billion Spectrum Transfer

by Stacy Bruce
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The Wall Street Journal is reporting that AT&T and T-Mobile have filed an application with the FCC asking for their approval to transfer $1 billion worth of AT&T’s AWS spectrum over to T-Mobile. AT&T had already promised the spectrum to T-Mobile as a part of the failed $39 billion merger deal that went TU in [...]

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Jan

23

2012

AT&T Offering Pantech Burst & Element Bundle For $250

by Roy Alugbue
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AT&T wants to lure a prospective customer or two to some of the new Pantech toys in its lineup. They recently introduced the Burst and Element tablet at CES and both look to make an immediate impact and splash as they will run on AT&T’s LTE network. AT&T wants to entice you by offering a special [...]

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