Category: att
Samsung White LTE Windows Phone AT&T Model Gets Pictured
We’ve been hearing about the Samsung SGH-i667, also known as the Mandel for a while now, as a Windows Phone model that was always incoming and never… really coming. The device passed Bluetooth certification in January and then it passed the FCC in March, but since then no word about ...
Apple plans to crush carriers and offer direct mobile service, expert says
Apple’s next huge move isn’t into the television or banking industries according to one expert. Instead, Apple will take on carriers like AT&T and Verizon Wireless by becoming a direct mobile service provider. Veteran wireless industry strategist Whitey Bluestein, who has managed strategic deals for the likes of AT&T, Intel, T-Mobile, Verizon, ...
FCC approves AT&T spectrum transfer to T-Mobile
Following AT&T’s failed attempt to acquire T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom for $39 billion, AT&T had to pay a lofty break-up fee as per the terms of its agreement. AT&T’s related expenses totaled $4 billion, and included in that sum was the transfer of AWS spectrum licenses to T-Mobile in ...
AT&T posts better-than-expected profit in Q1, sells record 5.5 million smartphones
AT&T on Tuesday reported its results for the first quarter of 2012. Following a record holiday quarter that saw the nation’s No.2 carrier pull in $0.42 per share excluding one-time charges on sales of $32.5 billion, analysts were expecting first-quarter EPS of $0.57 on revenue totaling $31.85 billion. The company beat ...
HTC One X now available for pre-order from AT&T
HTC’s flagship One X smartphone is now available for pre-order from AT&T for $199.99 on contract. The handset finds itself at the top of HTC’s new lineup of One-series smartphones, which the Taiwan-based vendor hopes will help it turn its sliding smartphone business around. The flagship smartphone features a dual-core 1.5GHz ...
AT&T HTC One X Pre-Orders Hit Radio Shack, Priced at $149
HTC’s famous One X device is finally ready for release in the States, this time on AT&T via Radio Shack. The retailer will sell the product for $149 on a 2 year contract. Originally we heard that the smartphone was supposed to be released on May 6 for $199 with ...
AT&T Starts Selling White Nokia Lumia 900s Early
While earlier this week we saw a magenta version of the Nokia Lumia 900, it now appears that AT&T is ready to sell the white version of the phone, too. And that happens earlier than predicted, starting from… NOW! Back when AT&T first announced the phone, it only detailed the ...
AT&T to launch HTC One X on May 6th for $199.99, pre-orders begin April 22nd [video]
AT&T announced on Wednesday that the HTC One X smartphone will launch on May 6th for $199.99 on contract. Pre-orders will begin on April 22nd, in line with an earlier report from BGR. The flagship smartphone features a dual-core 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, a 4.6-inch 720p HD display, an 8-megapixel rear ...
AT&T’s 4G and T-Mobile’s 3G found to be nation’s fastest wireless services
The four major carriers in the United States — Verizon Wireless, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile — all advertise some form of 4G technology, whether it is LTE, WiMAX or HSPA+, and each company claims to have either the most reliable, biggest, fastest or best network. PCWorld put the carriers claims ...
Wireless data traffic grew 123% in the U.S. last year
As sales of smartphones and tablets reach all time heights, consumers in the United States are streaming more movies, downloading more apps and viewing more websites on their wireless devices. According to a recent report from the CTIA, annual wireless data traffic in the U.S. grew 123% from 388 billion ...
HTC rebound hits early rough patch
HTC’s stock was hit hard on Tuesday following news of Samsung’s imminent Galaxy S III announcement, which couldn’t have come at a worse time for the struggling Taiwan-based vendor. HTC’s record growth in early 2011 was stunted later in the year as strong competition from the likes of Apple and ...