The Germans are buying the New York Stock Exchange but sell poor little T-mobile? I guess they know were the real money is these days.AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) and Deutsche Telekom AG (FWB: DTE) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which AT&T will acquire T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom in a cash-and-stock transaction currently valued at approximately $39 billion. The agreement has been approved by the Boards of Directors of both companies. AT&T’s acquisition of T-Mobile USA provides an optimal combination of network assets to add capacity sooner than any alternative, and it provides an opportunity to improve network quality in the near term for both companies’ customers. In addition, it provides a fast, efficient and certain solution to the impending exhaustion of wireless spectrum in some markets, which limits both companies’ ability to meet the ongoing explosive demand for mobile broadband. With this transaction, AT&T commits to a significant e...
source BBC:Microsoft has revealed that 1 in 10 users who tried to install a software update on their Windows mobile experienced problems. The company had previously said that only a "small number" of handsets were affected.BBCI guess 1 out of 10 is not a disaster but I would not want to be the 1....
I think Verizon has a great network but I am a bit skeptical that people will jump on a 3G iPhone knowing the the 4G version is coming this summer. Also, there are many good droid options with large screens. The market will decide. Let us know what you think. Take Poll...
To kick-off 2011 with a bang, Skyfire just launched Skyfire for iPad! There are too many features to list here but here's a quick preview...flash video, facebook, twitter, fireplace, popular pages, google reader, facebook like, share, user agent switching, private browsing and full screen browsing. Available now in the AppStore! "Skyfire for iPad does a masterful job of viewing web content and keeping you within the app with its social versatility and sharing options." - Mac|Life More about Skyfire for iPad »...
Today Sprint announced the upcoming availability of two new 4G devices - HTC EVO Shift™ 4G and MiFi® 3G/4G Mobile Hotspot by Novatel Wireless. HTC EVO Shift 4G will be available exclusively from Sprint on Jan. 9 for $149.99. MiFi 3G/4G Mobile Hotspot by Novatel Wireless debuts on Feb. 27 for $49.99 HTC EVO Shift™ 4GAs the 16th 4G-capable device from Sprint, HTC EVO Shift follows in the footsteps of the award-winning HTC EVO™ 4G, bringing customers an attractive, compact design and an impressive list of features with the addition of a sliding QWERTY keyboard. Beyond the highly acclaimed HTC Sense user experience, HTC EVO Shift also boasts the power of 4G, Android 2.2™, a 5MP camera, 720p HD camcorder and a 3.6-inch capacitive touchscreen display with pinch-to-zoom capability. Additional key features include: HD Video RecordingWi-Fi®Sprint Mobile Hotspot (supporting up to eight Wi-Fi enabled devices)Android Market™ with access to more than 100,000 appsMessaging – Personal ...
OK, it’s a few days after New Year’s nearly a month past Hanukkah, and as far as gift-getting is concerned, there’s good news and bad news:Good news: You racked up a whole deck of gift cards. Bad news: You‘re historically incapable of keeping track of gift cardsGood news: We have a Smartphone app for that.SWAGG, a new (free) Smartphone app, lets you input your gift cards (via bar code numbers) so you can use them virtually instead of carrying around a stack of plastic. Through SWAGG, gift cards can either be presented at checkout or used to make online purchases. SWAGG ensures that those cards are not lost, misplaced, forgotten at home or stolen.In addition, if your gift cards are issued by any of SWAGG’s participating retailers – a growing number that includes JC Penney, Wet Seal, American Apparel, 1-800 Flowers and more -- you can use the app to easily exchange the WhatWasHeThinking card for one from your natural retail habitat. And – perhaps best of all – those ...
BBC reports: Mobile calls and texts made on any GSM network can be eavesdropped upon using four cheap phones and open source software, say security researchers. Karsten Nohl and Sylvain Munaut demonstrated their eavesdropping toolkit at the Chaos Computer Club Congress (CCC) in Berlin. The work builds on earlier research that has found holes in many parts of the most widely used mobile technology. Read More at the BBC...