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Mystery Devices: Droid Fighter And LG Cayman Headed To Verizon?

February 22nd, 2012

A new substantiated leak has come by way of Droid-Life.  They’ve obtained an internal document highlighting some new device workshops happening this Spring.

The first device to have a workshop for employees is the LG Cayman. We’ve got no information about the LG Cayman other than the fact that the name has appeared on this workshop memo.  Droid-Life speculates that it could be a lower end phone because Verizon just released the LG Spectrum. That could be the case.

We also have to factor in the fact that Verizon has said all their phones going forward need to be 4G/LTE capable which would include low end and high end phones.

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Keep Up With Nascar This Season With Sprint Cup Mobile For Android

February 22nd, 2012

Sprint recently re-upped their sponsorship with Nascar’s Championship cup series. Sprint’s been a great sponsor to Nascar. With their sponsorship they’ve become fully immersed in all aspects of Nascar especially when it comes to providing interactive experiences for fans of the sport.

Sprint has a Nascar Sprint ID which puts Android owners with Sprint ID capability front row and center with everything they need to enjoy the Nascar experience on their Android powered device.

Whether you have a Sprint ID phone or not, as long as you have an Android phone you can use Sprint Cup Mobile to keep up with your favorite Nascar Drivers all season long.  With the season officially starting this weekend with the Daytona 500 it’s time to make sure you’ve downloaded the Sprint Cup Mobile app.

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Lights Dimming On Light Squared

February 22nd, 2012

Around this time last year, nobody seemed to be able to stop Light Squared. The Reston VA based satellite company was going to roll out a 4G/LTE network come hell or high water. Well it looks like both have swooped down on Lightsquared in the last two weeks.

LightSquared had signed a multi billion dollar deal with Sprint to help the nation’s third largest carrier roll out 4G/LTE. Luckily for Sprint that deal was contingent on LightSquared overcoming an obstacle with the FCC. The spectrum LightSquared intended to use for their 4G/LTE network is spectrum used for military and airline GPS.

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T-Mobile & Samsung Announce March Availability Of The Samsung Galaxy Blaze

February 22nd, 2012

Last month at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) T-Mobile and Samsung announced the new Samsung Galaxy Blaze 4G was headed to T-Mobile. They didn’t show off the device or announce pricing and availability, however today they announced the mystery device would be available in March.

Now they’ve revealed that the Samsung Galaxy Blaze is a 1.5ghz dual core phone running a Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 processor. It also has a beautiful 3.7 inch SuperAMOLED screen. In the camera department it features a 5 megapixel rear shooter and a 1.3 megapixel front facing video camera.

The Galaxy Blaze is loaded with some great premium apps as well as T-Mobile TV and Samsung’s media hub. The device will also feature T-Mobile’s 4GPro App Pack with DropBox, Evernote, Square, TripIt, Camscanner, and Linked In.

“The Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G is loaded with rich features and services to keep consumers entertained and connected virtually anywhere they want to go,” said Andrew Sherrard, senior vice president, marketing, T-Mobile USA. “Paired with T-Mobile’s fast 4G network and our unlimited data plans, we’re making it easy for consumers to enjoy the benefits of 4G experiences at a price they can afford.”

The T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Blaze comes in a carbon black color and will run Android 2.3 Gingerbread out of the gate with no word on an Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade. The Galaxy Blaze will be $149.99 after a $50 mail in rebate card. Look for it in T-Mobile stores and retail partners in late March.

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Motorola XyBoard Heads Down Under As Xoom 2

February 20th, 2012

At the tail end of 2011 Motorola introduced two new tablets to the United States via Verizon Wireless. The Xyboard 10.1 and the Xyboard 8.2 were the follow ups for the Verizon Wireless Motorola Xoom. Both tablets run on Verizon’s 4G/LTE network and have 1.2ghz dual core processors.

The bigger of the two, the Xyboard 10.1, has landed at Telstra, Australia’s biggest carrier, as the Motorola Xoom 2.

The specs are exactly the same as the Xyboard 10.1 sans the name.  The tablet ships with Android 3.2 Honeycomb out of the gate, and hopefully it will see an update to Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, before too long.

Telstra is offering a variety of data plans for the Xoom 2 and the price of the Xoom 2 is dependent on the data plan customers purchase. Telstra’s data plans start at $29 for 1gb and $89 for 15gb. (Aussie dollars).

Source: AndroidCentral

 

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Take Note The Samsung Galaxy Note Is Available Today For $299

February 19th, 2012

The Samsung Galaxy Note caught the world off guard when it was introduced at IFA in September. Samsung set out to create a new category of device that’s between the traditional smartphone and the tablet. Hence, the Galaxy Note was born.

The Galaxy Note currently runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread on a 5.3″ screen. The entire screen has been optimized for a digital pen (not stylus) that fits snuggly in the casing of the device, ala the original Palm Pilot.

While many have been critical about the size of the device and it’s telephony technology built in, we understand that the Galaxy Note is coming at a time where data functions and texting dominate the ariwaves vs, actual airtime minutes.  To that end the Galaxy Note is great for the hustle and bustle of everyday life and business, and the phone technology is there for when you need it, not the other way around.

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Motorola Droid X Owners Targeted For Soak Test

February 18th, 2012

Motorola Mobility is preparing a soak test for those Motorola Droid X owners in their feedback program. This is a soak test for the original Droid X and not the Droid X too. Before you get too worked up this is NOT going to be a soak test for a magical Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade.

What this next update is supposed to bring is Android 2.3.6 with browser and enhancements. It’s also believed to solve a problem when playing music and restarting as well as reducing “out of memory” errors which have been plaguing some Droid X owners for quite sometime.

Motorola has been busy soak testing most of their higher end Android devices. Also, they gave a list of devices that will get Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, although they didn’t say quite when.

source: Phonearena

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Rumor: AT&T To Buy Cricket Wireless (Leap) Analysts Say Not Likely

February 18th, 2012

Ever since the failed merger of AT&T and T-Mobile, speculation has been running rampant as to what AT&T is going to do next to help with the “spectrum crunch” and AT&T’s rising number of customers. Rumors have circulated that AT&T may consider buying MetroPCS or Leap Wireless, the parent company to Cricket Wireless.

Cricket said themselves on their Q4 earnings call this week that they were in negotiations to possibly sell themselves to the nation’s second largest carrier. According to this report, on the pando ticker, Leap is one of the most likely acquisition candidates for AT&T.

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HTC Gives Ice Cream Sandwich Update On Verizon Wireless Androids

February 17th, 2012

HTC has given out more good news for those of you looking for Ice Cream Sandwich on your Android device. Today’s Ice Cream Sandwich news from HTC pertains to just Verizon Wireless customers, but nonetheless it’s great news if you have one of the phones listed below.

According to an official HTC statement the following HTC/Verizon Wireless devices will see Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich:

HTC Rhyme
HTC Thunderbolt
Droid Incredible 2
HTC Rezound

HTC said in a statement today:

We have more good news related to Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, and can confirm that upgrades are planned for Verizon Wireless customers with the HTC Rhyme, HTC Thunderbolt, and DROID Incredible 2 by HTC, as well as the already announced HTC Rezound.

In addition, the HTC Raider is on the list to receive ICS for customers of Rogers and Bell in Canada. Stay tuned for more news on Ice Cream Sandwich releases in the coming weeks.

Source: HTC via Androidunite

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Sprint And Boost Mobile Top Most Recent JD Power & Associates Survey

February 16th, 2012

The results are in for the latest JD Power & Associates “Wireless Purchase Experience Study Volume 1″. This survey covers purchasing a wireless phone. Results for JD Power & Associates most recent study on customer service, saw Virgin Mobile USA, also a Sprint brand, get top honors.

Thursday’s news is that Sprint and their prepaid brand Boost Mobile are at the top of the purchasing survey.  This survey ranks all of the major carriers, both post and prepaid, in six areas: sales staff, phone reps, website, price and promotion, cost of service and store facility.

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Samsung Stratosphere Now Buy One Get One At Verizon Wireless

February 16th, 2012

Verizon Wireless has put the Samsung Stratosphere on a buy one get one promotion. The Stratosphere is a solid mid-range Android phone on Verizon’s 4G/LTE network.  It’s big feature is a slide out qwerty keyboard very similar to the original Epic 4G on Sprint.

For a few months the Stratosphere stood alone as the only Android device with a qwerty keyboard on the largest 4G/LTE network in the country. With last Friday’s release of the Motorola Droid 4, there are now two devices with keyboards that rock 4G/LTE speeds.

Verizon has cut the price of the Stratosphere from $149 to just $99 and their throwing an extra one in free, just because. Of course the second Stratosphere is also going to require a new two year plan.

source: Phonearena

 

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Ice Cream Sandwich Comes To Sprint Nexus S 4G?

February 16th, 2012

If the internal screen shot above is correct than Sprint Nexus S 4G owners should be receiving Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, today.

A final looking build of Ice Cream Sandwich was leaked for the Nexus S 4G at the end of January. With that build it seemed like an official update couldn’t be far off.  A quick search of Twitter reveals that people are still waiting for this official update. Some are suggesting that it could roll out later tonight.

Many people are still suggesting using these directions to get ICS on your Sprint Nexus S 4G.  With the Sprint Nexus S 4G’s Google Wallet support, it’s the closest that you’ll get to the look and feel of Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich to the Samsung Galaxy Nexus.

We will update you when we see that people are actually receiving the update.

source: Ubergizmo

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Verizon Continues 4G LTE Expansion Today

February 16th, 2012

Verizon Wireless has expanded their 4G/LTE footprint today. Verizon has announced new 4G/LTE service in Cookesville, TN.

The nation’s largest 4G/LTE carrier has also announced that it has improved 4G/LTE services in Little Rock, AR; Rapid City, SD; Clarksville, TN; and San Antonio, Texas. Verizon’s current 4G/LTE footprint stretches through 196 markets and 200 million pops.

source: Verizon

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Deutsche Telekom Couldn’t Ditch T-Mobile USA, Are They Trying To Get Rid Of UK Unit Now?

February 15th, 2012

After the biggest failed merger attempt in our modern day mobile industry, Deutsche Telekom, the parent to T-Mobile USA and partner in the UK’s Everything Everywhere wireless unit, may be looking to shutter their UK operations.

Bloomberg reported on Wednesday that Deutsche Telekom is evaluating options to make an exit from the UK.  The UK’s Everything Everywhere carrier is currently the largest operator in the UK. T-Mobile UK merged with France Telekom in 2009 to create Everything Everywhere which surpassed O2 as the largest operator.

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