Exploit uses firewalls to hijack smartphones, turns friends into foes

May 22, 2012 No Comments

Normally, firewalls at cellular carriers are your best friends, screening out malware before it ever touches your phone. University of Michigan computer science researchers have found that those first lines of defense could be your enemy through a new exploit… Tweet This Post

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MetroPCS and T-Mobile want Dish to give up half of its wireless spectrum, worry about AT&T and Verizon swooping in

May 21, 2012 No Comments

Dish Network might not start up its LTE-based 4G network until as late as 2016, but that hasn’t stopped MetroPCS and T-Mobile from jointly telling the FCC that the would-be carrier needs to make some concessions for small carriers to rest easy… Tweet This Post

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Samsung’s Focus 2 arrives at AT&T today, a slice of LTE-equipped Mango for $50

May 20, 2012 No Comments

Not long after Samsung’s SGH-i667 “Mandel” looked like it would never see the light of day, the Windows Phone 7.5 device made its official debut at CTIA, dubbed as the Focus 2. As expected, the phone is officially on sale today at AT&T retailers across the US, giving folks another option aside from the flagship [...]

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Refresh Roundup: week of May 14th, 2012

May 20, 2012 No Comments

Your smartphone and / or tablet is just begging for an update. From time to time, these mobile devices are blessed with maintenance refreshes, bug fixes, custom ROMs and anything in between, and so many of them are floating around that it’s easy for a sizable chunk to get lost in the mix… Tweet This [...]

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Customs slowly letting HTC handsets into the US, can’t say which ones

May 20, 2012 No Comments

Still waiting for your HTC handset to make its way through customs? Ratchet your hopes just a smidge higher, because the company says it’s making progress. “Some models have gone through inspection and been released to our carriers customers,” the firm stated in an investor statement today… Tweet This Post

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Mobile Miscellany: week of May 14th, 2012

May 19, 2012 No Comments

Not all mobile news is destined for the front page, but if you’re like us and really want to know what’s going on, then you’ve come to the right place. This past week, Verizon Wireless brought its LTE service to 28 new markets and expanded its reach in 11 additional areas… Tweet This Post

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GameStop Mobile launches as AT&T virtual carrier, gives us rare bring-your-own GSM in US

May 18, 2012 No Comments

Here’s an expansion of mobile competition in the US that comes out of left field, even for us: GameStop as a cellular provider. GameStop Mobile, as it’s called, is that rare bird of an AT&T-based MVNO that relies on a bring-your-own-device strategy… Tweet This Post

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Couple Dead After Bad Cellphone Connection Foils Chance of Rescue [VIDEO]

May 16, 2012 No Comments

A couple whose car fell down an embankment in the Catskill Mountains tried to make rescue calls on their cellphone but shoddy reception prevented help from reaching them in time. Arthur and Madeleine Morris’ car was stuck when it fell down an embankment near their driveway of their vacation home… Tweet This Post

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Cox seeks 700MHz spectrum transfer to AT&T, U.S. Cellular

May 15, 2012 No Comments

Spectrum is the new oil. Or, so it would appear given all the backbiting that’s overtaken the wireless industry as of late. One company, however, is perched advantageously to benefit from these squabbles and that’s Cox… Tweet This Post

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AT&T stops offering Xbox 360 U-verse bundle until it can deliver an updated version

May 14, 2012 No Comments

In a relatively strange fashion, AT&T’s quietly pulled the plug on its U-verse kit for the Xbox 360 — at least for the time being. According to a note on its own site, the company’s taking some time to focus on “improving and enhancing” its U-verse bundle… Tweet This Post

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Samsung’s SGH-i667 ‘Mandel’ Windows Phone: surprise, it’s the Focus 2

May 09, 2012 No Comments

Mystery, solved. That SGH-i667 ‘Mandel’ Windows Phone that cropped up earlier in the month (and is shown above on the left)? Word on the street at that point was that it had been nixed from AT&T’s lineup, but somehow, that same device actually made the trip to New Orleans… Tweet This Post

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AT&T cancels plans to release Samsung Skyrocket HD, likely setting sights on Galaxy S III

May 09, 2012 No Comments

Remember the Samsung Skyrocket HD for AT&T? Great, now forget it. According to Sammy, the largest GSM carrier has decided to forego the mysteriously absent device, announced all the way back at January’s AT&T Developer Summit, in order to focus on other products… Tweet This Post

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