Tag Archives: AT&T Inc.
Samsung Galaxy S III Pre-Orders On Amazon Available For $799.99

The official phone of the London 2012 Olympics known as the Samsung Galaxy S III is now up for pre-order at Amazon.com. The Galaxy S III is selling an international version of the phone for $799.99 in either blue or white
. The blue version starts shipping on May 29th and the white one is expected to start shipping on June 1st. The S III will be compatible with AT&T’s HSPA network, but it won’t work on LTE. If you use T-Mobile, you likely won’t get HSPA because the S III lacks support for the 1700 band. The device also will not work on Sprint or Verizon since it is not a CDMA phone. Your best bet here is using AT&T without LTE data speeds.
AT&T CEO Indicates Family Plan Is Coming

AT&T is going to release a family data plan soon. AT&T Mobile CEO Ralph de la Vega said that the upcoming shared plan would allow consumers to buy one package of data to split amongst multiple devices. This could encourage additional tablet sales. āIām very comfortable with the plan that will be offered to our customers,ā stated de la Vega in an interview with CNET.
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AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson May Not Know How Android Gets Updated

How and when does Android phones get updated? When AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson was speaking at a conference in Los Angeles, he said that “Google determines what platform gets the newest releases and when. A lot of times, that’s a negotiated arrangement and that’s something we work at hard.” Google was clearly surprised by the answer AT&T gave because they make the latest Android updates available to anyone who wants it on their website.
AT&T’s 4G and T-Mobile’s 3G Has The Fastest Wireless Services In The U.S.

The four major carriers in the U.S. have been tested for how fast they run. Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile all have some kind of 4G technology whether it is LTE, WiMAX, or HSPA+. Each of these carriers claim that they have the fastest or most reliable, but who is being truthful. PCWorld conducted a test called “2012 Mobile Speed Test” and found that AT&T’s 4G LTE service is the fastest download speeds while Verizon’s 4G LTE network had the fastest upload speeds. The T-Mobile HSPA+ 21 network was the fastest 3G service. Sprint’s 3G ad WiMAX technology was behind all of their competition. The real-world speed tests were conducted in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle and Washington DC.
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HTC Titan II Now On AT&T

The HTC Titan II has just hit the AT&T network and it comes with a 4.7″ WVGA super LCD touchscreen display. It has a 16-megapixel camera at the back and comes with a dual LED flash that works in low light conditions. The Titan II has an f2.6 28mm wide-angle lens and can record 720p High Definition video recording. Other hardware specs of the Titan II include a 1.5GHz Snapdragon S2 processor, 1,730mAh lithium ion battery, and 1.3-megapixel front camera. The HTC Titan II retails for $199.
AT&T Unlocking iPhones In-Contract For Deployed Service Members

This past weekend, AT&T started unlocking iPhones for off-contract customers so that the device can be used with a SIM-card from overseas carriers or with T-Mobile in the U.S. AT&T is also quietly unlocking iPhones for U.S. service members under contract with the carrier.
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Nokia Lumia 900 Hit With Data Connection Bug

The Nokia Lumia 900 smartphone has been hit with a bug as reported by people on Nokia, Phone Arena, and WPCentral forums. Windows Phone on the Nokia Lumia 900 loses data connections if the cellular link is restarted at any point. This problem also includes something as simple as airplane mode. You can fix the problem temporarily by booting up the phone without a SIM, shutting down, and then putting the SIM in again. It is believed that the unique phone identifiers (IMEIs) were not registering properly on the data network and AT&T is now taking the defective devices off the shelves.
Telecommunications Companies Creating Centralized Database For Tracking Stolen Mobile Phones

The four major U.S. wireless carriers have made an agreement to work with the FCC for creating a central database to track and disable stolen mobile devices. The database will be designed for tracking phones that are reported as stolen and deny them the ability to access voice and data services.
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Analyst Downgrades Apple Stock Because Of Stricter Subsidies

Walter Piecyk of BTIG has downgraded Apple’s stock two weeks before the company is scheduled to report their second fiscal quarter earnings. The reason he downgraded the stock from “buy” to “neutral” is because of the new wireless subsidy policies.
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Nokia Lumia 900 Doing Pretty Good On Amazon Despite Opening Day Mishap

The fact that the Nokia Lumia 900 was released on Easter, a day where most phone retail stores are closed seems to be poorly planned. The New York Times wrote that 39 AT&T stores within proximity of Times Square in Manhattan were either closed for Easter Sunday or did not have the phone in stock.
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