Category: Carriers

  • Toshiba TG01 Destined For Verizon?

    Our forum member ajac has posted an article from PhoneArena that shows the Toshiba TG01 may be coming to Verizon.  The screenshot is from a CelleBrite machine, which transfers info from one phone to another.  While there’s no Verizon logo or anything else in the picture, its rumored to be from a Verizon store.  While…

  • Sprint Cutting Labor Costs By $350M

    Sprint announced today that it will be cutting back internal and external labor costs by at least $350 million in the 4th quarter of 2009. This includes layoffs of 2,000 to 2,500 positions within the company. They said most of the impacted positions will be eliminated by December 31, 2009. “The reduction impacts positions companywide,…

  • Clearwire To Get Another $1.5 Billion

    Sprint is preparing to put another billion dollars into Clearwire, its 4G WiMAX partner. Their other partners, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Intel and Google (exclude Google) are collectively putting in another $500 million into the pot. There are also rumors that Clearwire has looked at T-Mobile as another possible partner. If Sprint is losing customers…

  • Apple App Store Requirements Not Up to Par

    We just got a tip. About a invasion of your privacy. From a iPhone Game App. According to a reliable source, Storm8, maker of free iPhone games such as Racing Live!, World War, and iMobsters, is being sued. The lawsuit was filed in San Francisco on behalf of Washington State resident Michael Turner after a…

  • An iPhone? No way! On Verizon? Where?!?

    There are several major different selling points of the iPhone. The biggest one in my opinion – IT JUST WORKS. No need to unlock and flash a custom ROM, no need to soft-reset, Just click your app and BOOM – it opens. Now I will admit that there are several major problems with the iPhone…

  • Keep your arms and legs!

    Several months back, I was looking into getting Boost. The reason being that they have unlimited talk (as well as everything else) for $50 a month. A price, that until now, has been exclusive to pre-paid mobile carriers. None of the big 4 (Verizon, Sprint, AT&T, and T-Mobile) have offered such a low price. Apparently,…

  • FCC Approves At&t’s Purchase of Centennial Wireless

    Today, the FCC gave their stamp of approval on At&t’s purchase of Centennial Wireless, a small US carrier of about 893,000 subscribers. The deal is for $944 million. Centennial Wireless had coverage in the midwest, southwest, and Puerto Rico. Centennial shareholders will get $8.50/share and At&t says the Centennial stores will be re-branded by January…

  • Verizon Data Goes Prepaid

    Yeah, that’s right, Verizon Broadband Data has gone prepaid! Starting November 16th, the Verizon Wireless USB760 will be available with a $15 daily access rate (with a 75MB allowance). If that’s not good enough, they’re also offering a weekly rate of $30 for 250MB, or $50 per month for 500MB. The card has a memory…

  • Verizon HTC DROID ERIS Available Friday

    If the new Verizon DROID is too expensive for you, Verizon is also launching the DROID ERIS on Friday, for $100 less (although you also get less features). It is comparable to the Sprint Hero and will be available for $99.99 after a $100 mail-in-rebate. It features a 5 megapixel camera, 3.2-inch capacitive display, WiFi,…

  • Topless Women on T-Mobile Bill Pay Site?

    We just received a tip from Mike who stumbled across an article which proves that bad things happen in 3’s, at least that’s the case with T-Mobile. As if the Sidekick outage, and the nationwide outage last night wasn’t enough, there’s now reports that people are getting images of topless women, or images of women…

  • Verizon Increasing ETF For “Advanced Devices”

    The folks over at BGR have confirmed that Verizon has plans to increase the Early Termination Fee on “advanced devices” from $175 to up to $350 starting November 15th. For every month of service completed, the fee will drop by $10. There’s been no definition of what they consider an “advanced device”, but we’re guessing…

  • Can you hear me now? Not on T-Mobile!

    I have been considering getting T-Mobile since it appears that they will be getting the HD2. Fortunately for Sprint, T-Mobile went ahead and had a nationwide outage. Signal is down all over the place (voice AND data). Not to worry, T-Mobile has issued the following statement: “T-Mobile customers may be experiencing service disruptions impacting voice…

  • Has Droid been lost in the Exchange?

    Do you use Microsoft Exchange for work related E-mails? If so, you will be slapped with an additional $15 charge per month by Verizon. Maximum PC is reporting that using integrated Microsoft Exchange will add $15 dollars to your data plan if you also use a Verizon Droid, the highly hyped “iPhone-killer”. The reasoning behind…

  • Verizon Wireless Sued over “There’s a Map For That’ Ad Campaign

    Recently, Big Red began to market against AT&T’s long running “Theres an App for That” marketing campaign for the Iphone. The campaign, using the phrase “There’s a Map for That’, intends to pun against AT&T’s sub par coverage in areas across the nation. Such ads showing the extensive coverage of Verizon have been done before, but…

  • Verizon Wireless Stores Open Early For DROID

    Verizon Wireless just announced that many of its retail stores will be opening early on Friday, November 6th to give people the earliest opportunity to purchase the DROID, the world’s first Android 2.0 smartphone. Some stores will open at 7am and others will open at 8am, so check with your local store for their special…