Talk about your hot phone. A truck containing 22,500 LG G2 smartphones was stolen on the way to its destination in Louisville, Ky., CNET has learned. The phones were on their way to Sprint, which is expected to launch its version of the G2 early next month. Related stories TV in the Bathroom: Technically Doable …
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T-Mobile showed again that it isn’t afraid to dangle something free to win over new customers. In this case, the carrier is offering 200MB of data each month for each T-Mobile-compatible tablet, regardless of whether you’re actually a T-Mobile customer or not. It helps that the announcement comes on the heels of Apple unveiling the new iPad Air and iPad …
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AT&T added nearly 1 million customers in the third quarter, but only 178,000 of them signed a contract to get a smartphone, as the company’s profits topped Wall Street expectations. The disparity between the total customers added — which includes tablets and connected devices — and the number of post-paid smartphone customers underscores the declines the industry has faced when …
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T-Mobile’s bringing the “Uncarrier” model to Apple’s new iPads and other tablets and offering 200 megabytes of free data a month “for life.” Customers can buy an iPad from T-Mobile with no money down and pay in 24 monthly installments. The 16-gigabyte iPad Air, for instance, normally costs $629. Under T-Mobile’s offer, a customer would pay $26.25 a month for …
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AT&T is feeling the heat on the low end. Chief Financial Officer John Stephens, speaking on a conference call on Wednesday, acknowledged that the company was facing pressure on the feature phone side of the business, with many price-sensitive customers looking for alternatives. Related stories When Does My Phone Unlock? And How Can I Get My Carrier to Do It? …
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No, going big is not the answer to Nokia’s US problem. Its latest phone, the Lumia 1520, is the next in a growing line of phablets — jumbo-sized phones named because they appear to be a mash-up of a phone and tablet. It features a larger 6-inch display, a faster quad-core processor, and powerful camera. It has all the makings …
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BlackBerry’s BBM messenger service keeps chugging along. Related stories Best Password Manager to Use for 2022 Your Phone Screen Is Gross. Here’s How to Clean It Without Causing Damage Spending All Night With the First iPhone Kanye West’s Donda 2 Skips Spotify, 5G BlackBerry is Dead BlackBerry’s 5G Phone Is Officially Dead The company said that BBM has racked up …
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BlackBerry Messenger fans new and old propelled the BBM app to the top of Apple’s App Store just a day after its launch. Related stories Best Password Manager to Use for 2022 Your Phone Screen Is Gross. Here’s How to Clean It Without Causing Damage Spending All Night With the First iPhone Kanye West’s Donda 2 Skips Spotify, 5G BlackBerry …
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Well, this is awkward. Just hours after Microsoft’s Surface 2 became available for sale, Nokia unveiled its own take on a Windows tablet, the Lumia 2520, putting some pressure on its soon-to-be parent company. As Microsoft fans snapped up the Surface 2 in the US, Nokia introduced the Lumia 2520 alongside a number of jumbo smartphones and low-cost basic handsets …
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Apple’s iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C are finally making their way to Boost Mobile. Boost, a unit of Sprint, said Monday that Apple’s latest smartphones will be available on November 8. It’s both the latest and one of the last carriers to offer the two phones. Related stories Apple’s iOS 16 Update Is Here. Follow This Checklist to Get Your …
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