Alex Wagner

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Alex Wagner

Editorial Director of News and Content for PhoneDog Media. Arsenal, beer, video games. Can be followed on Twitter at @alw. I participate in the Amazon Associates program, which means I may earn a commission from purchases made through affiliate links.

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Blocks modular smartwatch prototypes shown off at CES 2015

Remember Blocks? Back in October, the folks from Blocks Wearables announced plans for a modular smartwatch called Blocks that’d let you swap build exactly the smartwatch that you want. Well today...
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AT&T will trial LTE Broadcast at college football championship game

After teasing LTE Broadcast way back in late 2013, AT&T says that it’s finally going to test the service out this month. AT&T has announced that it’s going to conduct its first on-site trial...
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Samsung Galaxy S4 Google Play edition is 'no longer available' from Play Store

Another one bites the dust. The Samsung Galaxy S4 Google Play edition has been pulled from the Google Play store’s virtual shelves, with Google saying that the phone “is no longer available for sale...
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All iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus models in stock in Apple's online store

Apple’s iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus were pretty tough to come by at launch, and demand didn’t really ease up much in the following weeks and months. Thankfully, it looks like Apple has finally found a...
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AT&T will begin shutting down Cricket CDMA network in March

Ever since AT&T bought Cricket last year, it’s been working to move customers from Cricket’s old CDMA network to AT&T’s GSM network. We know that Cricket is seeing a lot of momentum from that...
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YotaPhone 2 and its pair of screens will be sold by a major U.S. carrier

After revealing back in December 2014 that the YotaPhone 2 would be coming to the U.S., a Yota Devices executive has now shed a bit more light on the company’s U.S. launch plans. Matthew Kelly,...
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Cricket's Jake Mullins talks CDMA to GSM transition, ZTE partnership, Windows Phone, and more

The year 2014 proved to be a big one for Cricket Wireless. Not only did its parent company, Leap Wireless, get purchased by AT&T, but it also made the switch from a CDMA network to a GSM one. To...
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Crossy Road now available from Google Play

Crossy Road has become a big hit in mobile lately, with iOS owners comparing their high scores with one another since November 2014. The app made its way to Android in mid-December by launching in...
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C Spire Wireless will launch shared rolling data on January 19

This month, both AT&T and T-Mobile will launch rollover data features that let customers carry unused data from one month into the next. It’s worth noting, though, that regional operator C Spire...
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Alcatel Onetouch now selling unlocked phones, tablets, and accessories

We’ve seen an increase lately in the number of manufacturers selling their smartphones directly to consumers, with Sony, BLU Products, BlackBerry, HTC, and more letting folks buy full price hardware...
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Sprint reports preliminary Q3 FY14 numbers, which include nearly 1 million customer adds

Not wanting T-Mobile to steal all of the subscriber addition headlines at CES 2015, Sprint today revealed its own preliminary Q3 FY14 numbers. Sprint says that in the final three months of 2014, it...
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HTC RE camera gaining YouTube live streaming feature

HTC doesn’t have a huge presence at CES 2015, but that hasn’t stopped the company from making several announcements here in Las Vegas. First we got the Desire 320, then the Desire 826, and now HTC...
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Gold Nokia Lumia 930, Lumia 830 models revealed by Microsoft

Gold smartphones have become a thing in mobile, with companies like Apple, HTC, LG, and Samsung all offering golden smartphones. Now Microsoft is getting in on the action too. Microsoft today...
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Samsung Galaxy Note Edge now available from Verizon, priced at $399.99 on-contract

After launching on several major U.S. carriers in 2014, Samsung’s unique Galaxy Note Edge has finally made its way to Verizon Wireless. Verizon is now selling the Samsung Galaxy Note Edge for a...
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Cricket strikes deal with Deezer to bring streaming music service to its customers

Deezer’s name may not be very well-known in the U.S. right now, but that is going to change soon. Cricket Wireless today announced that it’s struck a deal with to sell its Muve Music brand to Deezer...

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