TS2R Wireless News for March 3, 2011
AT&T iPhone Mobile Hotspot Coming 3/11 - AT&T spokesman Seth Bloom confirmed that AT&T will offer the mobile hotspot feature in iOS 4.3 for iPhones when released March 11. It will require the DataPro 4GB/$45 tethering data plan.
Motorola Invests In Moblyng - Motorola Mobility Ventures has invested in cross-platform, HTML5-based games developer Moblyng. Moblyng games have been published for Android,
Facebook, iPhone and WebOS and have been downloaded more than 9
million times.
Windows Phone 7 Update for Samsung Rolls Out Again - Microsoft resumed the update of Windows Phone 7 for Samsung smartphones. The Microsoft engineering team pinpointed and fixed problems that were preventing
a small percentage of Windows Phones from installing the February
software patch. Microsoft apologized for the delay.
HTC ThunderBolt News - While no official announcement has been made by Verizon, in-store displays for the ThunderBolt by HTC have been reported. HTC has aired its own commercial for the HTC ThunderBolt that appeared on YouTube (video follows). Read the latest HTC ThunderBolt news.
Full wireless news today includes a look at the Motorola Xoom vs the iPad2, new Nielsen smartphone research, and a new postpaid tablet data plan for AT&T with a first month free offer.