TS2R Wireless News: Droid 4 Soon, AT&T CEO Honored & Less SMS

TS2R Wireless News.jpgTS2R Wireless News from Wireless and Mobile News:

Full news stories today include a giant Windows Phone promotion in NYC, HTC Android 4.0 updates,  HP TouchPad sell-out, BlackBerry trade-up and Verizon double 4G LTE data deals.

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

  • New leaked screenshots show the Motorola Droid 4 with a 11/06/11 release date, the same shot showed the Droid Bionic release date as 2/11/11.
  • AT&T Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Randall Stephenson, was named Total Telecom's CEO of the Year at this year's 13th annual World Communication Awards.
  • The increasing popularity of third-party messaging apps such as WhatsApp, BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) and Skype is beginning to eat into the SMS volumes of operators in mature markets reported Wireless Intelligence.