Sprint Launches Franklin U300 EVDO/WiMax Modem in Baltimore
Sprint has followed through with its previously stated plans to launch a dual-mode EVDO Rev. A/WiMax modem today in the Franklin U300 3G/4G modem under the Sprint Mobile Broadband brand. The modem features over-the-air software updates, hands-free activation, internal antenna, a rotating USB connector, and GPS services on the Sprint EVDO network. It should be [...]
AT&T Trials New GoPhone Pick Your Plan Selection: More Expensive, Even Less Value
PhoneNews.com has been able to confirm a new set of GoPhone Pick Your Plan Offerings currently being trialed in the Northeast and Texas which are designed with the best of intentions to ease confusion and make prepaid a viable option, but end up being more expensive and less friendly to the prepaid consumer as a [...]
Best Buy Puts iPhone On Sale at $10 Below MSRP
From now until January 3rd, Best Buy will be selling the iPhone 3G at a $10 discount over Apple and AT&T. This marks the first time a third-party reseller has discounted its price for the iPhone 3G below the sales price of the aforementioned retailers, and will also undercut Wal-Mart by $7.88 once that retailer [...]
Samsung to Launch Android-Based Device for Sprint and T-Mobile Next Year
The English-language version of Korea’s etNews online IT news service is reporting that Samsung is developing an Android-powered version of the Korean market Omnia smart device for launch on Sprint and T-Mobile in the second quarter of next year. To that end Samsung has joined the OHA working group and has had a dedicated team [...]
T-Mobile Eliminates $18 Upgrade Fee Based on Customer Feedback
T-Mobile customer service reps speaking to PhoneNews.com have confirmed that the carrier has decided to eliminate its $18 upgrade fee for customers wishing to upgrade to a new handset on the carrier due to massive amounts of negative customer feedback on the issue. T-Mobile was one of the last carriers to enact an upgrade fee [...]
