TS2R Wireless News: SprintPhone Connects, VZW LTE & Sprint AMEX Rebates

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Full news stories today include the death of HP webOS devices, changes of AT&T text plans, T-Mobile prepaid in Family Dollar stores, leaked Samsung Galaxy S Tab/smartphone specs with release dates, Android's high app usage and Nexus Prime specs.

Here's the news that's too short to report:

  • Sprint Phone Connect that uses the Sprint Wireless Network instead of a landline or broadband connection. i available for free with a contract.
  • Verizon Wireless' 4G LTE in Tri-Cities, Tenn, starting September 15 will provide LTE coverage throughout Kingsport-Johnson City, Tenn., and Bristol, Tenn./Va. as well as the surrounding areas of Abingdon, Blountville, Bluff City, Bristol Motor Speedway, Chuckey, Church Hill, Colonial Heights, Elizabethton, Fall Branch, Gate City, Jonesborough, Lynn Garden, Midway, Mount Carmel, Mountain Home, Pine Crest, Piney Flats, Rogersville, Surgoinsville, and Weber City.
  • Instead of receiving a check in the mail for Sprint rebates, customers will be getting a prepaid American Express reward card