A new Nokia Lumia handset might be headed to Verizon Wireless. Nokia and Verizon have been in talks to bring a new Lumia handset, known as the Lumia 928, to the carrier’s store shelves next month, Bloomberg is reporting, citing two people who claim to have knowledge of their plans. The handset will be the …
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Sprint forms special committee to review Dish proposal
Sprint is at least wiling to consider a proposal that Dish Network made recently to acquire its business. Sprint today announced that it has formed a “special committee” made up of several of its board members, including Larry Glasscock, who will serve as the committee’s chairman. The committee’s charge is simple: to review the deal offered last week by Dish …
Read More »Nokia teaser hints at new QWERTY smartphone
Related stories: Nokia’s wireless chargers perk up local coffee shops Nokia reportedly planning 5-inch Lumia ‘phablet’ Nokia’s next flagship to have 41-megapixel camera, quad-core? Nokia appears to have a new smartphone in the works. The company on Monday posted a brief writeup to its blog, saying that it has something in store for Wednesday at 7 a.m. GMT. Nokia didn’t …
Read More »Petition for Verizon to go contract
Verizon Wireless customers and, in some cases, critics have been signing a petition at a torrid pace, asking the company to go contract-less. The petition on Change.org now has approximately 94,000 signatures, roughly 56,000 supporters shy of its goal of 150,000. The petition, created by “longtime Verizon customer” Mike Beauchamp of Wichita, Kan., has called the petition, simply, “Verizon: Get …
Read More »Midrange HTC 606w leaks, eyes China go
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Read More »Amazon’s Appstore expanding to nearly 200 countries
Amazon’s Appstore is about to grow awfully big in a short amount of time. The company today announced that developers can now submit applications to its marketplace for nearly 200 countries. The new entrants to the company’s Appstore include Australia, Brazil, Canada, and Vatican City. Before developers get too excited, it’s important to note that the apps won’t be available …
Read More »Bump for iPhone loses iTunes music sharing
Bump, the application that lets users share everything from contacts to photos and files, no longer supports iTunes music transfers. The company announced the feature loss yesterday in its App Store update, saying, “we’re sorry, but we are no longer permitted access to iTunes audio files on the device.” Bump didn’t say why it was forced to remove the feature, …
Read More »Samsung goes Mega with two new Galaxy smartphones
Samsung has unveiled two new smartphones that push the envelope of screen size in the smartphone space. Dubbed Mega, the two devices Samsung showed off today come with the customer’s choice of a 5.8-inch screen or a 6.3-inch option. Both devices come with Android 4.2 (Jelly Ben) and a dual-core processor. The higher-end 6.3-inch option comes with a 1.7GHz processor, …
Read More »Deutsche Telekom offers ‘best and final offer’ to MetroPCS
Major MetroPCS shareholders that have urged their fellow owners to scuttle the merger deal in the works with T-Mobile might have been heard by Deutsche Telekom after all. Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile’s parent company, announced today that it has slightly modified the merger agreement between T-Mobile and MetroPCS to make it more amenable to the latter’s shareholders. The new terms will …
Read More »Verizon, AT&T could partner to take over Vodafone
Verizon and AT&T could be teaming up to make a huge bid for the world’s second-largest mobile carrier, Vodafone. The deal, if it’s signed, would see Verizon and AT&T offer 260 pence ($3.93) per share for Vodafone, representing about a 40 percent premium on the company’s share price, Financial Times is reporting today, citing “usually reliable people” who claim to …
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