Verizon Wireless will get its own Lumia 2520 tablet — a day earlier than AT&T. Related stories Your Phone Screen Is Gross. Here’s How to Clean It Without Causing Damage Nokia’s Newest Phone Is a T9-Era Throwback With Wireless Earbud Charging Slots Buying a New iPhone or Android Phone? What to Look For 5 Tips …
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Isis, the mobile wallet launched by Verizon Wireless, AT&T, and T-Mobile, is off to a rocky start. The app is getting slammed on the Google Play store, where it is averaging a score of one-and-a-half stars after nearly 1,400 people have weighed in. Common complaints include the incompatibility of the Isis app with rooted Android phones, as well as the …
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The wireless carriers’ mobile payment initiative, Isis Mobile Wallet, is finally going live nationwide, delivering another way for consumers to use their phones to pay for goods and services. It’s been a long time coming for Isis, which went through the work of lining up partners, building a mobile-payment platform, and going through trials over the last few years. The …
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Dow Draper has his work cut out for him. As the new president of Sprint’s prepaid business, Draper is tasked with reversing the slowing growth of its no-contract business — primarily its Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile arms — as well as contend with a resurgent prepaid business from AT&T and an increasingly loud rival in T-Mobile. Related stories T-Mobile …
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Every Sprint smartphone released next year will be able to pick up the three different spectrum frequencies the carrier runs, allowing for a much speedier connection and high-definition voice. Well, almost every phone. That’s according to Sprint Chief Financial Officer Joe Euteneuer, who was speaking at an investor conference on Wednesday. The exception, which Euteneuer was sure to point out, …
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LG’s G Flex won’t be stuck in its home market of South Korea. The unique curved phone will be heading to the US, according to a person familiar with the phone’s launch plans. It’s still unclear which carriers will actually sell the G Flex, but Twitter account @evleaks — which has demonstrated an accurate track record of product scoops — …
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Verizon Wireless is feeling the crush of all of those LTE-enabled devices on its network. The carrier said it is facing pressure to deliver increased amounts of bandwidth in big cities such as New York, San Francisco, and Chicago. In a rare admission on Tuesday, Verizon Chief Financial Officer Fran Shammo admitted the rapid growth in traffic was starting to …
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Is Google Play headed to BlackBerry smartphones? Unfortunately, no. Pictures of a BlackBerry Z10 running Android’s app store, Google Play, popped up on Friday in CrackBerry’s forum, igniting speculation that the two companies were working together to potentially bring Android apps into the BlackBerry ecosystem. Related stories Best Password Manager to Use for 2022 Your Phone Screen Is Gross. Here’s …
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Motorola Mobility is set to unveil the successor to its Moto X flagship phone. The handset maker, a unit of Google, is expected to pull back the curtain on the Moto G, a low-cost version of the Moto X. The event is expected to kick off on Wednesday, November 13, and we’ll be there to bring you all the news. …
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