Archive for the ‘AT&T’ Category

On Sunday, AT&T began to prorate ETFs for new and customers that renew service agreements for one or two years by $5 per month for the length of the agreement with the fee beginning at $175. Customers who signed up for service under a one or two year agreement prior to Sunday are [...]

The FCC has revealed the first images of the Sony Ericsson Z780a  high-end clamshell.

The phone is expected to feature quadband GSM/EDGE support, triband W-CDMA support with HSDPA high-speed data access, QVGA internal display, Bluetooth with stereo audio support, internal GPS transceiver in tandem with A-GPS support and built-in Google Maps client, email client, podcast client [...]

In today’s press release, AT&T has announced that in June, it will be deploying HSUPA in the six remaining markets and completing its deployment of HSUPA technology. The move will make AT&T the only US carrier to have entirely deployed HSPA as part of its 3G network. All future UMTS network additions will launch simultaneously [...]

In a rather belated move long requested by customers and confirmed by many AT&T Mobility employees,  AT&T will reverse its longstanding policy of not insuring high-end devices by extending insurance coverage to any device offered by the carrier for $4.99 with a $50 deductible, including smart devices.
This makes AT&T the last carrier in the country [...]

In a press release today, AT&T has started to offer free WiFi as part of their LaptopConnect data plans.
The users can access 17,000 hot spot locations of which 7,000 are Starbucks where AT&T has replaced T-Mobile recently in providing its customers with WiFi access. Current LaptopConnect customers will be alerted by a pop up when [...]

Aliph’s original Jawbone faced a lot of issues with their first design, which offered noise cancellation abilities, such as uncomfortable wear and a high price tag.

They are now back with Jawbone 2 which features the Noise Assassin technology and a price tag of $129.99 and an extremely easy phone setup. The [...]

Speaking at a communications conference hosted by noted investment banking firm Morgan Stanley today, AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph de la Vega has confirmed that the carrier plans to increase downstream 3G speeds by five times going into 2009, with rates exceeding 20Mbps.
This contradicts an earlier statement made by the Vice President of Architecture Frank Kafka [...]

AT&T today re-added supplies of refurbished Apple iPhone units. 
The huge deal that refurbished iPhones represent meant that they were only offered in-store on a strict first come first serve basis with very limited availability and a limit of one per customer to prevent resellers from marking up the devices for pure profit. At $249.99 without [...]

AT&T has officially launched two new variants of popular handsets online, with availability in the retail stores for a few days before online listing.

The Sony Ericsson W580i is now available in a striking color AT&T dubs Jungle Green, owing to its bright green hue and is functionally identical to the prior versions with a [...]

Best Buy has listed and begun taking pre orders for the US version of the HTC Touch Dual Windows Mobile smart device on its respective websites.
As we reported previously during CTIA this past April, Best Buy and HTC entered into an exclusive agreement to offer the device through its Best Buy Mobile concept stores, along [...]