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Nokia Brand Returning To Smartphones
The Nokia brand will reappear on smartphones in a series of deals that will also reunite the marketing of Nokia smartphones, tablets and feature...
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T-Mobile Keeps On Bingeing, Adds More Video Services
T-Mobile expanded its Binge On video-streaming program for the fifth time since its November launch, enabling consumers to stream video from more than 80...
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T-Mobile Makes Cuban Connection; Planning Next ‘Un-Carrier’ Event
T-Mobile, which recently announced plans to open 1,400 more retail stores this year, is on the move again as it paves the way for...
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What Home-Office Workers Are Doing With Their Smartphones
A new study by IT and mobile accessories maker Kensington underscores how dependent home-office workers are on their smartphones, and what it is exactly...
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Cricket Leaps After T-Mobile Users With $100 Credit
Cricket Wireless hopes to steal subscribers from T-Mobile with a $100 bill credit for T-Mobile subscribers who switch and with a sharply priced single-line...
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HTC’s Flagship HTC 10 Phone Might Have The Best Selfie Camera Around
HTC focused on improving the audio, video and camera capabilities of its new flagship HTC 10 smartphone and extending its battery life by 30...
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GreatCall Updates Jitterbug Cellphones With Smart & Flip
Cellular MVNO GreatCall, which targets cellphones and medical-alert devices to the elderly and growing baby-boomer populations, released its two latest cellphones, offering such updates...
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T-Mobile’s Postpaid-Sales Pilot Ends At Walmart
Walmart halted a six-month pilot of T-Mobile postpaid-service sales at approximately 600 Walmart stores, Wave7 Research reported. The exit follows the scaling back of...
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T-Mobile: Keep On Bingeing
T-Mobile added six more music-streaming services to its Music Freedom program and 10 more video-streaming services to its Binge On program. A total of...
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AT&T Expanding Samsung Galaxy Selection With Express Prime, Express 3, Express J3
AT&T continues to expand its selection of Samsung smartphones with the launch of two prepaid GoPhone smartphones and a value-priced postpaid smartphone, all said...
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Samsung Developing Foldable Phablet With 7-Inch OLED Display
Samsung is developing a phablet with an OLED display that turns a tablet-size 7-inch screen into a 5-inch smartphone screen when folded, a Korean...
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AT&T Giving Away Samsung TV With Samsung Phone Purchase
Now it’s AT&T’s turn to give away a free Samsung TV. The company began today to offer a free 48-inch Samsung smart TV to...
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Now You Can Pay For Amazon Prime Through Your Monthly Sprint Bill
Consumers will be able to subscribe to Amazon Prime service on a monthly basis for the first time by adding a Prime subscription to...
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Movie Star Jason Statham To Promote G5 Smartphone In TV Commercial
LG is using star power again to promote its products, this time teaming up with action-movie star Jason Statham to build awareness of the...
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LG Offers A Peek Into Its Smartphone UI
LG revealed more details about the upgraded user interface on its new flagship G5 smartphone and future phones, adding new picture-taking capabilities and the...
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Limited U.S. Demand Seen For iPhone SE
Apple will sell only 4 to 6 million 4-inch iPhone SE smartphones in their first year of availability because of limited demand from existing...
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Apple, Samsung Driving Mobile Payment
The number of consumers making mobile payments will reach 148 million this year, with Apple and Samsung together accounting for nearly 70 percent of...
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Here’s How Much Time We Spend Streaming Video On Smartphones
More than 80 percent of all smartphone owners are streaming video, but people ages 25 and under spend more than twice the amount of...
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T-Mobile’s Binge On Adds YouTube, Google Play Movies, Others Video Services
T-Mobile expanded its Binge On video-streaming program to include Google’s YouTube, Google Play Movies and seven other services to bring the total count of...
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SquareTrade Rates Galaxy S7 Phones ‘Medium Risk’ For Breakage
Extended-warranty supplier SquareTrade tested Samsung’s new water-resistant Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge flagship phones for durability vs. that of Apple’s iPhone 6s and 6s...
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T-Mobile Paints Times Square Magenta For Galaxy S7 Launch
T-Mobile dressed up Times Square with magenta billboards and held promotions at its new Times Square Signature store to celebrate the launch of Samsung’s...
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$300K Payoff Gets OnePlus A Presidential Placement On ‘House of Cards’
OnePlus, the upstart mobile phone maker that’s been widely lauded for its no-cost guerilla marketing, is taking a new strategic tack. The company’s aggressively-priced...
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Google Opens Project Fi MVNO Service To Everyone
Google opened its Project Fi hybrid cellular/Wi-Fi MVNO service to all, having launched the service last April on an invite-only basis. The low-cost no-contract...
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AT&T Expands Phone-Number Sharing To LG Pad X
AT&T is expanding its selection of NumberSync-compatible devices via a software update for LG’s cellular-equipped LG G Pad X 10.1 tablet. The tablet is...
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MWC16: 5G Cellular Speeds Along, Verizon Targets 2017
5G wireless is competing with smartphone introductions for the wireless spotlight at Mobile World Congress, where the wireless industry talked up visions of 25Gbps...
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Dolby, DTS Make More Inroads Into Mobile Devices
Dolby and DTS audio technologies aren’t just for the home, as underscored by mobile product announcements at the Mobile World Congress. Lenovo expanded its...
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MWC16: Sony Marks Spot With X Series Xperia Phones
Sony is stepping up its camera and battery technologies in the first Xperia X series of smartphones, which were unveiled at the Mobile World...
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MWC16: Alcatel Pop 4 Android Phones Target People In Early 20s
TCL Communications’ Alcatel unit is touting its new millennial-focused Pop 4 series of Android phones at the Mobile World Congress. The Pop 4 series...
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MWC16: PCS Wireless Creates Repaq Preowned Cellphone Brand
PCS Wireless, the global distributor of new and preowned mobile devices and accessories, went to the Mobile World Congress to launch Repaq, a brand...
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MWC16: Facebook To Boost 360 Video Quality On Samsung Gear VR
Facebook will quadruple the resolution of 360-degree streaming Facebook videos to Samsung’s Gear VR virtual-reality headset in the next few weeks, Facebook founder Mark...
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MWC16: Freetel’s REI Is A Full-Metal-Jacket Android Smartphone
Freetel, the Japanese cellphone maker that made its U.S. debut at CES, went to the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona with its first metal-chassis...
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2016 MWC: Samsung S7, S7 Edge Focus On Cameras, Gaming
Samsung upped the camera and gaming performance of its new Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge smartphones, brought back a removable memory-card slot, and added...
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2016 MWC: LG Adds Modular Metal-Unibody G5 Smartphone
LG Mobile said it is focusing on “practical innovations” with the Mobile World Congress launch of its flagship G5 smartphone, positioned as the first...
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B&O, LG Tag-Team For Better Smartphone Sound
Bang & Olufsen continues to extend its brand outside its core luxury A/V lineup with the announcement it’s bringing its audio expertise to LG...
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Which Wireless Providers Offer Best Purchase Experience?
The wireless purchase experience through carrier channels hit a record high in the latest J.D. Power survey, with AT&T taking the top spot among...
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Sprint Targets Verizon Over Shared-Data Prices
Sprint is simplifying its lineup of shared-data plans and promoting them as offering a better deal than Verizon. The carrier is reducing the number...
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Posh Mobile, Uber Team For A Free Ride
U.S. smartphone and tablet maker Posh Mobile is teaming up with Uber in a cross promotion that awards free Uber rides to Posh Mobile...
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AT&T Fighting Back To Reverse Postpaid Phone Losses
AT&T is getting tired of losing postpaid phone subscribers to other carriers and has joined its national rivals in offering consumers a monetary incentive...
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Who’s Trying To Ban iPhones Now?
Samsung didn’t succeed in getting a ban on the importation of select Apple products in 2013, but haptic-feedback company Immersion thinks it can get...
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AT&T Gearing Up For 5G, Gigabit Wireless
AT&T will move 5G trials out of the lab and into the field later this year as part of its effort to accelerate wireless...
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Sprint Keeps The Rate Cuts Coming
Sprint is pressing down harder on the rate-cut gas pedal. For the second time, the carrier is extending a promotion offering 50 percent off...
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Super Bowl Photo Cooked After Apple CEO Takes Heat
Apple CEO Tim Cook created something of a digital dust-up this week by posting a blurry Super Bowl photo on Twitter. The field shot, ostensibly taken...