AT&T’s Drive Studio in Atlanta. AT&T Volvo is the latest automaker to sign up with AT&T, which will provide a cellular connection to cars rolling on to the showroom floor this summer. Volvo and AT&T signed a multi-year agreement for wireless connectivity. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. It’s the latest win for AT&T, …
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With a metal band and traditional watch-face, the Moto 360 looks like a classic timepiece. Motorola Google’s Motorola Mobility unit posted a wider loss, but showed signs of progress with its sales ticking up. Motorola, which Google agreed to sell to Chinese PC and phone maker Lenovo for $2.9 billion, posted revenue of $1.45 billion in the fiscal first quarter. …
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Samsung was one of the companies that signed on to the CTIA’s antitheft commitment. Sarah Tew/CNET The wireless industry committed to making a number of antitheft measures available for smartphones, a move that some regulators said fell short of fully protecting the devices and their owners. The CTIA trade group announced on Tuesday its “Smartphone Anti-Theft Voluntary Commitment” program. It …
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A Verizon store in Manhattan. Roger Cheng/CNET You can finally bring your own device to Verizon Wireless, and it’ll matter. Verizon said in a blog post on Monday that customers who bring their own device and sign up for a “More Everything” plan that is under 8 gigabytes will get $10 off of their monthly access fee, paying $30 a …
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T-Mobile CEO John Legere. T-Mobile T-Mobile wants the industry to drop the practice of overage fees, it believes cost 20 million US consumers $1 billion last year. Capping off a flurry of news, T-Mobile CEO John Legere said he is kicking off a campaign to abolish the fees that are charged when a customers go over their allotted voice minutes, …
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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos CNET Amazon’s expected smartphone may come with all the bells and whistles of the world’s top devices, but the selling point, as with most Amazon products, will have to be its price tag. If the Seattle-based online retailing giant wants to make a mark in the smartphone world, as it is reportedly ready to do this …
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Best Buy employees get the Samsung section of the store ready for customers. Roger Cheng/CNET NEW YORK — The Galaxy S5 is no iPhone when it comes to launch-day craziness. But that isn’t necessarily a bad thing. A cursory visit to a handful of stores in the New York City area for the Galaxy S5 debut Friday found no lines …
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BlackBerry CEO John Chen at a press conference at Mobile World Congress. Brian Bennett/CNET Say hello to the BlackBerry Classic. BlackBerry CEO John Chen confirmed to a roundtable of reporters that the phone previously known as the Q20 will be renamed the “BlackBerry Classic.” Chen teased the Q20 at Mobile World Congress, and referenced it several times as the BlackBerry …
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BlackBerry CEO John Chen at CES earlier this year. Roger Cheng/CNET So…BlackBerry isn’t selling its smartphone business after all. BlackBerry CEO John Chen said in a blog post on Thursday that he is still committed to the phone business. Chen was “clarifying” comments made to Reuters on Wednesday in which he said he would consider shedding the business if it …
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T-Mobile CEO John Legere at the company’s press conference at CES 2014. CNET/James Martin T-Mobile is at it again. The upstart wireless carrier on Wednesday unveiled its latest shot at the broader industry, a $40 “Simple Starter” plan that includes unlimited talk and text and 500 megabytes of capped data. The plan will be made available in stores on Saturday, …
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