Archive for the ‘Carriers’ Category

We’ve compiled a how-to guide that works the system, and will net you an iPhone 3G on July 11 for about $199, and leave you without any contract at the end of it all.

The process only requires that you (or someone you can borrow) does not have active service with AT&T. Want to know the [...]

Rumor site Boy Genius Report has posted images of a new Motorola Q9 code-named Napoleon.
The device has several remixed functions, including a new keyboard and directional pad. In addition, the device features a fingerprint scanner, targeting it squarely at the corporate user marketplace. The device is otherwise identical to the Motorola Q9c, with Windows Mobile [...]

Sprint has responded to PhoneNews.com’s coverage of the SERO plan issues, both regarding the new Samsung Instinct, as well as today’s reports of SERO blocking PDA and Smartphone devices.
As to the PDA/Smartphone debacle, Sprint says that communications and web sites that indicated PDAs would be banned from the plans were in error. Sprint has no [...]

The first press images of the successor to the venerable Motorola V9 on AT&T have surfaced.

Images courtesy of Engadget Mobile
The update to the V9 adds a new color and AT&T Navigation service, but is otherwise identical to the former with an outer touch sensitive QVGA display with haptic feedback, 2.0 megapixel camera with video [...]

Palm has launched a new firmware update for the Verizon version of the Palm Treo 755p.  There is no official changelog available but Palm states that this update “is a tune-up that improves the phone application, stability and device usability.”
As always backup your device before updating.
Encyclopedia: Treo 755p
Firmware Tracker: Updated

Along with banning Instinct, and retroactively kicking customers off of Instinct phones… Sprint has hindered SERO plan holders in an entirely new way.
The Sprint Employee Referral Offer (SERO) is a significantly less expensive plan pricing that has been attractive to savvy customers. While labeled as an “employee referral” promotion, Sprint has routinely opened the program [...]

A member of  Windows Mobile enthusiast board PPCGeeks has posted the first images of the forthcoming HTC Touch Diamond for Sprint.

According to the person that posted these images, the Sprint version is little changed from the current Diamond save for the EVDO Rev. A radio.
The camera is the same 3.2 megapixel unit with autofocus found [...]

Doing some quick math in the aftermath of today’s iPhone 3G announcements, we’ve uncovered a cute loophole in AT&T’s pricing.
At $599 for the 8 GB model and $699 for the 16 GB model (with no contract), it is actually cheaper to sign up for AT&T service (on a 2-year contract), wait a month, and then [...]

AT&T today posted launch details for iPhone 3G.
Most launch details were already known, confirming that existing iPhone owners would be able to purchase at the two-year contract price, as well as confirming the $30/month data plan, text messaging, and voice options.
However, AT&T did announce iPhone 3G pricing for non-iPhone owners who want to upgrade. For [...]

Sad, but true. Worse, Sprint refuses to talk about it.
The story began on the launch day of Instinct. We asked Sprint pre-launch if some plans, such as SERO, would be permitted to activate on Instinct. The only answer that we received officially was that “store employees would be trained on this”.
However, on launch day, customers [...]