The Federal Communications Commission approved a proposal today to give consumers the ability to better identify and complain about unauthorized charges on their phone bill. FCC chairman Julius Genachowski FCC The actions are part of the FCC’s move to crack down on an illegal practice called “cramming,” in which third parties will sneak in charges …
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Sprint and T-Mobile USA customers may not have to wait that long for a shot at the next iPhone. Could the next iPhone work on all national carriers? Josh Miller/CNET That’s according to Piper Jaffray analyst Chris Larsen, the latest to weigh in on the mounting speculation that carriers beyond AT&T and Verizon Wireless will get the next iPhone. Last …
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The software update being made available to the HTC Thunderbolt this week may be just the latest reminder that carriers not only giveth, but also taketh way. Hidden behind all of the benefits, bug fixes, and improvements, Verizon has quietly removed the unlimited and free access to the embedded hot-spot functionality, according to DSL Reports. In other words, instead of …
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NEW YORK–AT&T held a special event today to showcase some of its current and upcoming products, including the HTC Status. Available starting July 17 for $49.99 with a two-year contract, the Status is the U.S. version of the HTC ChaCha, which was first introduced at Mobile World Congress. Designed in collaboration with Facebook, it’s the first handset optimized for the …
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Marking its second Android software update in as many days, Verizon Wireless is now offering Gingerbread to owners of the Droid Incredible 2. Customers who have the HTC handset can manually search for and download the Android 2.3 update, which also addresses random reboots and freezing applications. As is the case with other recent updates, the Droid Incredible 2 will …
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In a filing with the Federal Communications Commission late last month, Sprint said it had received subpoenas and civil investigation demands from nine states as they conduct antitrust reviews of AT&T’s proposed $39 billion merger with T-Mobile. According to the June 28 letter (PDF), Sprint said attorneys general in Arizona, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Washington …
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Apple is having another crack at HTC. The makers of the iPhone and iPad claim its rival, maker of the HTC Desire S and HTC Sensation, is infringing a new raft of patents. Apple has filed a complaint against HTC with the US International Trade Commission this week. The company started by Steve Jobs is asking the ITC to stop …
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The massive and slightly ridiculous legal spat between Apple and Samsung has taken a yet more bizarre twist, as Samsung has demanded that some or even all of Apple’s lawyers are disqualified from representing the iPhone-building tech-giant, Fosspatents reports. Samsung’s reasoning is that within the Bridges & Mavrakakis patent litigation specialist law firm that Apple has employed to represent them …
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Let’s just get this out of the way right up front. The best “Star Trek” series was the original. Second-best: “Star Trek: Voyager.” Worst by far: “Enterprise.” I say that so you know who you’re dealing with: a lifelong Trekkie who has strong feelings about the shows and movies. (I also thought J.J. Abrams’ reboot was good, but not great.) …
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TiVo’s iPad app has been around since late last year, and despite a few holes in the experience, it’s a great companion for controlling your TiVo Premiere. Today, TiVo rolled out the iPhone/iPod Touch version of the app, which is essentially the iPad app reworked for a smaller screen. Perhaps what’s more important is that both the iPhone and iPad …
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The White House hopes the application-developer community will answer its call for help in preventing sexual assault and dating violence. Vice President Joe Biden White House Vice President Joe Biden and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced such a technology challenge to the development community today. Both have been advocates for the prevention of sexual assault and dating …
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AT&T is jumping into the actual 4G game with its first two LTE products. The Elevate 4G mobile hot-spot devices is one of the first products that will use AT&T’s upcoming 4G LTE network. AT&T The telecommunications giant plans to show off a laptop card called the USBConnect Momentum 4G and a mobile hot-spot device called the Elevate 4G–the first …
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LG announced the successor to its Cosmos messaging phone today with the LG Cosmos 2 for Verizon Wireless. Like the original Cosmos, the Cosmos 2 has an external number keypad plus a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. Features are relatively basic, and include access to the mobile Web, Verizon’s new Mobile Email app, a document viewer, a music player, a 1.3-megapixel camera, …
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Verizon reveals a sign-up page for those who want to get more information about the Motorola Droid Bionic. Verizon Wireless Just a week after we finally saw the FCC put its stamp of approval on the Motorola Droid Bionic, Verizon has revealed a special sign-up page just for those interested in the Droid Bionic. Enter your e-mail address and Verizon …
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AT&T announced good news to customers who travel abroad with new international data plans that more than doubles the data allowance of the current plans. It’s still not exactly cheap, but it’s at least more affordable than before. The cheapest $24.99 per month plan now provides 50MB of international data (up from 20MB), the $49.99 plan will let you have …
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