Tag archive: AT&T

Going into effect on Sunday, February 12, AT&T is increasing the activation fee on phone upgrades from $18 to $36 according to a memo issued to all AT&T store managers according to BGR. This brings the activation fee equal to the current rate of $36 for starting a brand new service plan. As directed by AT&T corporate management, store employees are supposed to define the fee as costs associated to picking out a new phone as well as… Read More

All four major U.S. cell phone carriers have now released their financial results for the fourth quarter of 2011, and all three of iPhone carriers tout their success during the quarter, bolstered by new subscribers to their wireless voice and data services. No surprise for a phone more popular than all Android smartphones combined, right? But with it comes a heavy toll. The Apple iPhone carries a higher subsidy than any other phone the carriers… Read More

The addition of Apple's iPhone to its mobile lineup gave Sprint a boost in both revenue and customers during the fourth quarter of 2011. Despite these gains, America's third-largest wireless company still posted a loss of $1.3 billion, or $0.43 per share, thanks in part to the high cost of subsidizing the iPhone. Sprint's revenue rose 5 percent to $8.7 billion. According to its earnings report, Sprint sold 1.8 million iPhones… Read More

Yesterday, Nokia made a lot of noise about the impending release of a white Lumia 800 Windows Phone handset, trumpeting its arrival on its Conversations blog and on its official Facebook page. We covered the news here and included a series of images from Nokia, however a subsequent snap of the virginal phone posted to Facebook has revealed something the previous pictures did not. It's a forward facing video-call camera, and as we all know,… Read More

The Samsung Galaxy Note was one of the most talked about phones at the Consumer Electronics Show a few weeks ago, and it looks like AT&T isn't wasting its time bringing the device to market. The Note will hit shelves on Feb. 19 for $300 with a two-year contract.  The new phone is one of the largest Android phones (maybe the largest) to be released with a 5.3-inch Super AMOLED screen (1280×800 pixels). Not shying away from size,… Read More

According to a report from Apple enthusiast site 9to5Mac, the next revision of the iPhone will be hitting store shelves during the summer months of this year. This release window would align with the upcoming contract expiration date of 1.7 million AT&T customers that purchased the iPhone 4 within the first three days of release on June 24, 2010. The same source that provided this information to 9to5Mac also predicted that the iPhone 4S was… Read More

Didn’t have time to keep up with every ripple in the technology pond this week? We’ve got you covered. Here are some of the most noteworthy stories from the last week. SOPA spurs Wikipedia and other sites to shut down for a day to raise awareness about Internet censorship The controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) as well as the Protect IP Act (PIPA) have caused quite the Internet uproar this week, thanks to a protest blackout by sites… Read More

Back in 2010, AT&T led the way toward the elimination of unlimited data plans and now the carrier is at it again. On Jan. 22, the wireless carrier will raise the minimum cost of a usable smartphone data plan from $25 to $30 per month. This comes as the carrier begins widespread deployment of its 4G LTE network across the country.  Here are the new data plans: $20 per month for 300MB $30 per month for 3GB $50 per month for 5GB Here are the… Read More

At the Consumer Electronics Show last week, we began to wonder if LG had abandoned the tablet market. After all, it's been more than six months since its first and last tablet, which was marketed through T-Mobile as the G-Slate last year, which is a lifetime in the fast-paced mobile industry. It looks like the company was merely waiting. LG today unveiled the Optimus Pad LTE, its first 4G LTE-enabled tablet.  Like the G-Slate (review),… Read More

Initially filed by the Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd law firm on behalf of investors at the City of Royal Oak Retirement System in Michigan, Netflix is now dealing with a class-action suit alleging that company officials “issued materially false and misleading statements regarding business practices and its contracts with content providers.”  Defendants specifically identified within the lawsuit include CEO Reed Hastings, chief… Read More

The Consumer Electronics Show has come and gone. Though there were few revolutionary new products at the show this year, in the smartphone space, we saw a number of promising new devices, many from companies that haven't been performing well in the United States in recent years, including Nokia and Sony. Huawei and Fujitsu also had impressive showings, but overall, Windows Phone may be the winner at CES 2012. While it still has a tiny… Read More

Though there weren't dozens of new Windows Phones shown at the Consumer Electronics Show this year, Microsoft may have had a more impressive showing than Android. Nokia finally debuted its first 4G LTE Windows Phone 7.5 device, the Lumia 900, and HTC quietly announced a sequel to its newly released 4.7-inch Titan phone. Oddly, the manufacturer didn't have a presence on the show floor, but Microsoft let me play around with one during… Read More

When Dell introduced the Streak 5-inch tablet in 2010, it completely bombed. Since then, phone screens have been inching their way back toward the Streak and now Samsung has unveiled a version of the 5.3-inch Galaxy Note that's bound for the US market. It's huge and it may not fit in your pocket, but it's coming to AT&T. My first impressions are below. Half smartphone, half tablet The Galaxy Note is an odd beast of a… Read More

Nokia hasn't had much of a presence in the United States and Canada for a few years now, but it's about to mount its comeback, and its platform of choice is Microsoft's Windows Phone. At its pre-CES conference yesterday, Nokia unveiled the Lumia 900, its new smartphone designed specifically for the North American market. What does that mean? Well, it's mostly a Lumia 800 with a larger screen. Fortunately, the Lumia 800… Read More

Sony confirmed at E3 last year that AT&T would be running point for 3G service on the PlayStation Vita in the United States following the handheld's release. Things have been quiet on that front since the initial announcement until this week, with the veil finally being pulled off of the company's Vita data pricing. As it turns out, things are looking pretty familiar if you're already an AT&T customer. Two no-contract… Read More