Deal: Virgin Mobile MiFi 2200 – $49.99 Shipped
Today, Amazon.com is offering the Virgin Mobile version of the Novatel MiFi 2200 portable hotspot for $49.99. Shipping is free. At $100 off the standard retail price, it is the lowest price we’ve ever seen for the MiFi on Virgin Mobile. The only downside of the the Amazon offer is that the Wal-mart version of [...]
Verizon to Charge $2 “Convenience Fee” for Phone or Online Bill Payments (Updated)
Verizon Wireless has decided that customers weren’t paying enough on their monthly bills, so the carrier has decided to implement a new $2 fee for customers that routinely pay bills either online and over the phone starting January 15th. In a short statement, the carrier cited increasing costs resulting from the processing of bill payments using [...]
Deal: Cricket Samsung Featurephone + $25 Prepaid Card – Free After Rebate
Best Buy is currently running its best deal on the Cricket Samsung Chrono featurephone by offering it for $10 with an additional $25 prepaid card by following this link, but there’s another rebate from Cricket for a $10 rebate card that makes the phone free by clicking this link, which links to the Cricket rebate [...]
Key US Windows Phone Launches Confirmed Ahead of CES
Noted Windows pundit Paul Thurrott has confirmed a few key details related to US Windows Phone launches planned for the coming year which center on AT&T and Verizon Wireless. Three LTE-based Windows Phone handsets–the Nokia ACE, HTC Radiant, and Samsung Mendel–will ship on AT&T Wireless before the middle of 2012. The ACE is due March [...]
Report: Samsung Now Considering “Value Pack” Update for Galaxy S and Tab
Various reports filtering out of Korea today are now reporting that in lieu of a full fledged update to Android 4.0 for the Galaxy S and Tab, Samsung is considering a “Value Pack” Update for both devices which would add many of the new features such as improved multitasking and widgets, but would forgo an [...]
Samsung Reconsiders No Android 4.0 for Tab and Galaxy S After Outcry
Following the past few days where Samsung was all but set to abandon the Galaxy S and first generation Tab with the confirmation that it would not offer Ice Cream Sandwich for the devices, now comes word straight from Korea that confirms that the conglomerate has decided to reverse its position on the matter after [...]
Editorial: Ten Things HP Can Do (Quickly) To Reboot webOS
In the wake of HP re-committing to webOS (as an open source project), we go in-depth with ten things HP could do to bring the platform back into competition with Android, iOS, and Windows Phone. Also as an added bonus, something yours truly blew thousands of dollars on.
Toshiba Acknowledges MacBook Woes in Canvio USB 3.0 Hard Drives
Following tests conducted by PhoneNews.com, Toshiba has acknowledged an issue affecting their Canvio USB 3.0 hard drives. The issue prevents current-generation MacBook Pro and MacBook Air models from properly connecting and powering up the drives. Read more to see our findings, and the resulting (ongoing) investigation by Toshiba.
iOS 5.0.1 Untethered Jailbreak Now Available for Download
Prolific iOS hacker pod2G has released to jail breakers a new exploit, which for the first time brings a homogenous and simple jailbreak for iOS 5 devices. The jailbreak has been incorporated into redsn0w, the most popular jailbreak tool, and supports all devices with the exception of Apple A5-toting iPad 2 and iPhone 4S. This [...]
Verizon Quietly Gives Half Off All LTE Batteries at Checkout
Over the past month, Verizon has been discounting LTE batteries. However, it was at times hard, and impossible to lock in the deal. We initially reported the half-off battery pricing with the HTC Rezound in a previous article, but the discounts were giving users errors. Namely, if a user was logged into VerizonWireless.com, they often [...]
