Wireless and Mobile News

Motorola X XFon without Nexus 4 Verizon & Sprint?

Lynn Walford — Wed, 22 May 2013 08:51:28 +0000

After no new pure Nexus announcements at Google I/O and rumors that Goggle nixed the Motorious XFon for not being innovative enough, new rumors suggest that the XFON may be coming to Verizon Wireless. FCC documents show a model for Sprint, too.

#CTIA 2013 Day 1+ News Round-up: Samsung Galaxy S(3), Kyocera Hydro, Nvidia

Lynn Walford — Wed, 22 May 2013 01:42:34 +0000

Today, at CTIA 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada, there were announcements from Sprint, new rugged smarpthones, new devices, cases and winners.

#CTIA2013 ShowStoppers Round-up

Lynn Walford — Wed, 22 May 2013 00:33:37 +0000

At ShowStoppers, last night at CTIA many new products, apps and devices were revealed. Here's a round-up of what was there.

Sprint as You Go, Goes Live Best iPhone 4 & Galaxy No-Contract Deal?

Lynn Walford — Tue, 21 May 2013 22:32:14 +0000

Sprint is joining the non-un-contract parade offering a new pay-as you go plan called, Sprint As You Go. This no contract program available now on Sprint.com and offers great deals with a $100 off discount for people who switch numbers.

The program starts at $50 a month ($70 for smartphones) with unlimited talk, text and data on Sprint, with no contract and no credit check. The monthly prices don't include taxes and fees. We've read the fine print and are not sure if web browsing of data is included, however, it may not include roaming and does not include mobile hotspot service

Oaklahoma City- Relief AT&T, Verizon, Sprint & T-Mobile TEXT Donations

Lynn Walford — Tue, 21 May 2013 20:59:10 +0000

All the major carriers are employing extra services in areas affected by the tornado in Oklahoma City. Cox Communications reported that thousands are without Internet or phone service. Some carriers are waiving overage charges during the disaster. You can text donations to help out victims

AT&T Vid Chat/FaceTime for LTE iPhones/Android By 6/2013

Lynn Walford — Tue, 21 May 2013 02:23:07 +0000

AT&T stated that preloaded video chat apps on BlackBerry Android and iPhone, with LTE and unlimited plans will be supported over its LTE network by mid-June. Support over all its cellular data networks will be enabled by the end of the year.

CTIA News Round-Up Day 1- Acessories

Lynn Walford — Tue, 21 May 2013 00:43:45 +0000

This is the last spring show by CTIA the Wireless Association here's our first round-up of announcements

Top Best: SG 4, BlackBerry Q10, HTC One, Lumia 521, iPhone 5, Nexus 4/5,

Lynn Walford — Mon, 20 May 2013 00:48:50 +0000

This week at WiMo News was full of underdogs overcoming objections, making better price points, [keyboards and cameras. While Google I/O disappointed bargain-lover Nexus fans.

No More on the Q-T for BlackBerry Q10 in USA

The release dates for the BlackBerry Q10 will be coming in June and the Summer.

One Mo' Round 4 the HTC One Around the World

HTC has ramped up production of the HTC One to meet demand.

Nokia Lumia 521 Best Prepaid Deal on Smartphone Any Where

When we compared the Nokia Lumia 521 vs iPhone 5 , the Lumina was the best deal worth waiting for.

iPhone 5 Best Apple Share, Samsung Galaxy S III Best Android - Samsung Rules Prepaid

Lynn Walford — Sun, 19 May 2013 21:08:41 +0000

As the Samsung Galaxy S4 dukes it out with the iPhone 5/4/4S, Samsung is taking over the prepaid dominance space. Smartphones are a majority of sales for postpaid and prepaid reported NPD Group. Here are some facts that NPD sent us before CTIA this week

HTC One + One + One Soon

Lynn Walford — Sat, 18 May 2013 03:33:58 +0000

The HTC One, one of the best and most popular smartphones of the season was in short supply, which should end soon.

HTC will doubling the production of the HTC One this month to keep up with the huge demand. The delayed release of the HTC One was caused by the newly designed exclusive Ultrapixel camera. It also takes at least two minutes to make the aluminum body

No Nexus 5 but Nexus 4 White-Washed at Google I/O: June 10

Johnston Bryan — Sat, 18 May 2013 02:22:36 +0000

Googlers have gotten their hands on a new incarnation of the Nexus 4 in white/ivory that a white knight for pure Google fans.

GS 4 Memory Loss to Be Fixed - Fastest Selling Samsung Galaxy

Lynn Walford — Sat, 18 May 2013 01:28:37 +0000

All the special "S" software on the Samsung Galaxy S 4 takes up a lot of storage space which Samsung will attempt to free up more space. Sales figures, however show that few buyers cared about the storage problem.

T-Mobile Full Refund Deals after AG Settlment for iPhone 5 or HTC One.

Glibert Shar — Sat, 18 May 2013 00:12:31 +0000

We learned that the Washington state Attorney General worked out a plan for T-Mobile customers who bought T-Mobile service and equipment between March 26 and April 25, 2013, can get a full refund.

iPhone Bests Samsung Galaxy by $2B

Lynn Walford — Fri, 17 May 2013 03:02:02 +0000

iPhones and the Samsung Galaxy are the most profitable in the Galaxy reported Strategy Analytics.

Apple's iPhone was the most profitable at $7.1 billion or 57% of total profit shares of smartphones.

Samsung has the main share of profits ts $5.1 billion in operating profits which is 95% of all profits made on Android. Global Android profits were $5.3 billion. Android accounted for 43% of smartphone profits

BlackBerry Q10 Release Dates in June(Verizon T-Mobile) & Summer (Sprint)

Lynn Walford — Fri, 17 May 2013 02:27:44 +0000

The BlackBerry Q10 will coming form Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon this summer.

Verizon Wireless Ups Data with Prepaid Deals

Lynn Walford — Fri, 17 May 2013 01:45:13 +0000

After T-Mobile's reduced plans, AT&T's Aio and more prepaid smartphones than ever before Verizon Wireless has increased the amount of data in its prepaid plans

Nexus-Brained Nexus One & S Used 4 Global Earth Shots

Lynn Walford — Fri, 17 May 2013 00:50:53 +0000

While consumers may have abandoned their Nexus One or Nexus S smartphones there were three Nexus that took a trip into space and sent back earth images.

The Google I/O Worst/Best- No Nexus 4,5,8,11, or Android 4.3/5

Lynn Walford — Thu, 16 May 2013 03:19:53 +0000

It's time to vent our pent-up frustration and satisfaction of Google I/O.

GS 4 Biggest Next Big Thing Best Smartphone vs iPhone Sales

Johnston Bryan — Thu, 16 May 2013 02:44:50 +0000

The Samsung Galaxy S 4 (GS 4) is showing signs of Apple iPhone-like success.

An unamed Samsung executive told Chosunlibo that Samsung has shipped 4 million GS 4between its launch and the end of the April. I

Then Samsung shipped another 2 million, making for a total of 6 million shipped by May 10. Samsung believes that they will sell 10 Samsung Galaxy S 4 smartphones by the end of May.

In the past, it took Samsung two months to sell 10 million Samsung Galaxy S III in 2012 and 150 days to sell the same amount of Samsung Galaxy S II models.

Droid DNA Free-d - HTC One Droid DNA 2 Coming?

Lynn Walford — Thu, 16 May 2013 02:33:01 +0000

Today's Google I/O announcement quashed Nexus 4 LTE/5 and Motorola X rumors for now, so let's see what else the conjecturatti have dug up for May 22 when Verizon Wireless will make an announcement. HTC has received a new Wi-Fi certification that some believe is the Verizon version of the HTC One. The Droid DNA has been discounted to free with a special promo code.

Model number PN073XX features LTE, dual-band Wi-Fi. HTC One on AT&T is model number PN07120.