Consumers watch your wallets. As it gets harder for wireless operators to add new subscribers to their lucrative contract plans, their focus is turning toward getting individual subscribers to spend more each month. Sprint CEO Dan Hesse speaks at the Competitive Carriers Association trade show in New Orleans. Maggie Reardon/CNET The wireless market is changing, …
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24 April
Nokia Asha 210 packs Qwerty keyboard, WhatsApp button
Move over Facebook Home: Nokia has unveiled the Nokia Asha 210, a new phone with a Qwerty keyboard — and the world’s first WhatsApp button. Nokia says the 210 is “the most social Asha yet,” and the new entry to Nokia’s low-cost Asha feature phone range borrows various Web-connected social features from its smart phone older brothers and sisters. Like …
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24 April
Verizon prepping bid for Vodafone’s share of Verizon Wireless, says report
Could Verizon and Vodafone be getting closer to ending their joint ownership of Verizon’s wireless business? Reuters reported Wednesday that Verizon has hired banking and legal advisers to put together a $100 billion bid for Vodafone’s share of Verizon Wireless, the No. 1 wireless carrier in the U.S., and that Verizon’s board is expected to discuss details of a potential …
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24 April
U.S. Cellular preps for weekend Galaxy S4 sales
Related stories Feature-packed Samsung Galaxy S4 When and where to buy Samsung’s Galaxy S4 Amid reports of delays with some carriers, U.S. Cellular is announcing its schedule to sell the Samsung Galaxy S4 online and in its brick-and-mortar stores. The 16GB version of the marquee device goes on sale Friday online for $199.99 with an instant rebate. A few days …
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24 April
Huawei exec: We’re ‘not interested’ in the U.S.
A Huawei senior executive said Tuesday that the giant Chinese telecom gear maker is “not interested” in the U.S. market any longer. According to reports by Reuters and the Financial Times, Eric Xu, Huawei executive vice president and one of its three rotating chief executives, expressed exasperation at inquiries by U.S. lawmakers into concerns that the company’s gear could be …
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Related stories: Samsung Galaxy S4, fully reviewed Where and when to buy the Samsung Galaxy S4 Samsung Galaxy S4 FAQ Sprint and T-Mobile announced on Wednesday that the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S4 will not go as initially planned. Citing “inventory challenges” from Samsung, Sprint’s Galaxy S4 will still be offered through Sprint’s Web site and Telesales on April …
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24 April
Sprint’s critical turning point: The death of Nextel
For Sprint Nextel, it’s darkest before the dawn. Sprint is slated to decommission the Nextel network at the end of June, finally putting to rest one of the worst mergers in corporate history and ridding itself of an awkward dual-network structure that put a hefty, unnecessary burden on the company. But before Sprint can declare mission accomplished on a turnaround, …
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24 April
Android keyboard Kalq quicker than Qwerty, say scientists
It’s hard to type fast and not make any spellibg msitakes, but scientists reckon they’ve solved that with a new keyboard for Android tablets. Kalq is a keyboard calculated to have you typing 34 per cent faster. Developed by keyboard heroes at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics, the University of Montana and the University of St. Andrews, Kalq — …
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24 April
EE’s 4G speeds up London’s Air Ambulance response times
London’s Air Ambulance is using EE’s 4G network to power its sat-nav system. The capital’s rapid-response helicopter medics previously relied on paper maps because 3G and conventional sat-nav systems were too patchy at high speed. Using 4G means mapping apps refresh fast enough to keep up with the twin-engine choppers and 2-litre Skoda Octavias the medical charity uses. It also …
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24 April
Samsung Galaxy S4 is feature
After a week of in-depth testing, CNET.com’s Jessica Dolcourt is calling it: the Samsung Galaxy S4 is “the most powerful superphone anywhere in the world.” Jessica’s extensive review has just gone live on our US sister site and I encourage you to read it forthwith. If I may take the liberty of summarising, Jessica loved the S4’s up-to-date Android 4.2.2 …
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