Microsoft says it’s learned its lesson from its disappointing Windows Phone promotion last year. Windows Phone President Andy Lees said he expects a steady stream of product releases over the next few months, as well as a marketing campaign that will rely more on its vendor and carriers partners. That contrasts with Microsoft’s strategy from …
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AT&T recorded a minor victory after Sprint Nextel was ordered to hand over internal documents to its rival. The two companies continue to be bitterly locked over AT&T’s proposed acquisition of Mobile USA, which Sprint has fiercely fought against. U.S. Special Master Richard Levie ruled yesterday that Sprint would have to hand over additional critical documents to AT&T that it …
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Nowadays, everybody has to work with developers. Just ask HTC. Not content to build Android and Windows Phone smartphones, the company in June launched a developer-outreach program, HTC Dev. The goal: to give developers access to some of its products’ niftier features while drumming up support for the company. “Android and mobile in general is so competitive, developing mindshare is …
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Are you a gamer looking for a smartphone? Best Buy may be the spot for you. The electronics big-box retailer is giving away an HTC smartphone to anyone who buys Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, which comes out Tuesday. The smartphone options are the Evo 4G for Sprint Nextel, the Incredible 2 for Verizon Wireless, and the Inspire 4G …
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Sprint CEO Dan Hesse speaks to his leadership team at an investor meeting last month. Roger Cheng/CNET Sprint Nextel inched closer to potentially providing funding to cash-strapped Clearwire in its latest debt offering. The company said today that it plans to offer a private placement of debt due in 2018 and 2021. The uses include general expenses, network upgrades, and …
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The regulatory scrutiny is starting to get to AT&T and its bid to acquire T-Mobile USA. AT&T disclosed in its quarterly regulatory filing that it now expects the deal to close in the first half of 2012, compared with its previous target of the first quarter. The Dow Jones Newswires was the first to report the change. The regulatory scrutiny …
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BilltoMobile has been on a roll recently. The company, which handles purchases of digital goods that customers make on their phone by linking payment to their cell phone bill, just last month signed AT&T as a partner, locking up the fourth and last national wireless carrier. BilltoMobile CEO Jim Greenwell said that the industry is poised to see a rapid …
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A federal judge today allowed Sprint Nextel and C Spire to continue with its lawsuit to block the merger between AT&T and T-Mobile USA. AT&T and T-Mobile had attempted to dismiss the lawsuit. But Judge Ellen Huvelle allowed both companies to persist with their lawsuits, which claim they would be squeezed by market pressures if the consolidation were to be …
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SANTA CLARA, Calif.–Sprint Nextel is working to take its flagship smartphones and eventually sell them to its prepaid and wholesale partners, according to product chief Fared Adib. Sprint could eventually take a high-end handset such as the Samsung Electronics Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch and re-brand and sell it to different providers, Adib said during the company’s developer conference …
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Sprint Nextel is working with Apple to figure out the connection issue affecting some iPhone 4S devices on its network, but doesn’t yet have an answer for the problem. “We’re taking the reports of problems from a small number of customers seriously,” Fared Adib, head of product development for Sprint, said in an interview with CNET today. “There’s nothing of …
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