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HTC Reimagined: What should be their new motto?

Business And Money Earlier yesterday, our Alex Wagner reported that HTC's new Chief Marketing Officer Benjamin Ho has revealed to the Wall Street Journal that HTC is ready to get loud about their brilliance and ditch the tagline Quietly Brilliant. He says...

Mar 26th by Chase Bonar 74 55 Reactions

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T-Mobile's new Value plans broken down in leaked document

Business And Money Over the weekend, T-Mobile officially added its new UNcarrier Value plan lineup to its website, allowing customers to sign up for a base $50 plan and then add more high-speed data (up to 12GB) and family plan lines as they need. T-Mobile...

Mar 25th by Alex Wagner 0

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There is hope for BlackBerry

Blackberry Os I've recently stumbled upon CrackBerry's interview with BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins, and I have to admit, I'm pleased with the Waterloo-based company's perspective. Heins was asked a series of questions by Kevin Michaluk ranging from...

Mar 24th by Chase Bonar 56 30 Reactions

T-Mobile adds new Value plans to its website

Business And Money T-Mobile is expected to officially launch its UNcarrier initiative and full-on Value plan switch in just a couple of days, but it appears that the magenta operator couldn't wait any longer to share its new rate plans with us. The refreshed...

Mar 24th by Alex Wagner 10

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Nokia is being held back by Microsoft

Business And Money It's no secret that Finnish company Nokia is fully vested in Microsoft's Windows Phone venture, but just how much of their design is their credit is now being questioned by Microsoft. Nokia has prided itself in design and simplicity in the...

Mar 23rd by Chase Bonar 165 112 Reactions

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Here's why we should build our own smartphones

Android If you have ever dreamt of building a smartphone to your liking, Guy Kawasaki could be your savior. Well, in a way. Kawasaki took to his Google+ page to foreshadow what you could classify as marketing of Motorola and Google's...

Mar 21st by Chase Bonar 36 23 Reactions

T-Mobile holding event on March 26, teases that it won't be acting like a wireless company anymore

Business And Money Grab your calendars, folks. T-Mobile just sent out invitations for an event that's taking place in New York on March 26, which is just one week from tomorrow. While the magenta carrier doesn't come out and say exactly what it's got planned...

Mar 18th by Alex Wagner 2

AT&T adding 30GB, 40GB and 50GB Mobile Share options as well as new data-only Mobile Share plans

Business And Money AT&T's Mobile Share data plans originally launched in August 2012 with data buckets ranging in size from 1GB to 20GB. Today AT&T announced that it's going even larger with its Mobile Share offerings by launching new 30GB, 40GB and 50GB...

Mar 18th by Alex Wagner 11

Leaked T-Mobile documents reveal new Classic plans for national retailers and new prepaid plans

Business And Money We already know that T-Mobile will soon be making a full-on switch to its Value plans, with the move rumored to be going down as soon as the end of March. It appears that national retailers that sell T-Mobile service will be sticking to...

Mar 15th by Alex Wagner 6

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Wake up, Google: The Galaxy S IV is a threat

Android Samsung has easily commanded the market share that Google’s Android flourishes in, but it’s just a matter of time until it’s an afterthought of the Korean company. The launch of Samsung’s Galaxy S IV is exciting for all parties involved....

Mar 14th by Chase Bonar 75 38 Reactions

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Apple's ecosystem evolved: Would you sell your digital content?

Business And Money We can buy apps, books, movies and music through the online marketplaces of each mobile operating system, but we might soon be able to sell what we own, too. That is, if you're bound to Apple's ecosystem . According to ...

Mar 10th by Chase Bonar 7 7 Reactions

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Nokia admits concern over a Microsoft phone, and why I'm rooting for one

Business And Money Microsoft has a shoddy track record of admitting they would build their own smartphone, but that could change according to an SEC filing by Nokia outlined by our own Alex Wagner. Though a Surface phone has always been a sort of "Plan B"...

Mar 9th by Chase Bonar 27 15 Reactions

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I'm worried for HTC

Android If speculation were a sport, HTC would be winning. The past two months have amassed a tidal wave of doubt for the Taiwanese company. To think they were once riding high on huge profits and revenues is a distant oasis. But now they're...

Mar 8th by Chase Bonar 113 71 Reactions

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Here's why Apple's iWatch could be a Google Glass killer

Business And Money All things considered, Glass is betting on augmented reality as the the next big thing for the Mountain View-based search giant. Could it be their introduction into every one's lives like Apple's first iPhone was? That's what Google and I...

Mar 7th by Chase Bonar 49 26 Reactions

Solavei now offering nano-SIM cards for use with Apple iPhone 5

Business And Money Less than a month after adding the new BlackBerry Z10 to its stable of supported devices, T-Mobile MVNO Solavei has opened its airwaves to another major smartphone. Solavei announced this morning that it's now officially offering nano-SIM...

Mar 6th by Alex Wagner 3

Sprint expands usage alert program to include voice and text messaging

Business And Money Late in 2011, the CTIA announced that it was teaming up with the FCC to help fight unexpected wireless overage charges, commonly referred to as "bill shock." The plan was to have all participating carriers deliver alerts to consumers when...

Mar 5th by Alex Wagner 0

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Smartphone resale values explained: Samsung

Android Samsung smartphones sell like Ice Cream Sundaes at a Summer camp. Simply put, Samsung's sales are nothing short of stellar. No manufacturer in the mobile arena can get within spitting distance of them. However, the King's reign is coming...

Mar 5th by Chase Bonar 42 34 Reactions

New "Bring Your Own Sprint Device" program allows consumers to activate old Sprint phones on MVNOs

Business And Money Sprint is known for being rather friendly to mobile virtual network operators, better known as MVNOs, having leased out its airwaves to companies such as Boost Mobile, Virgin Mobile, Ting and Voyager Mobile. Today Sprint introduced a new...

Mar 5th by Alex Wagner 9

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Death of the contract: A T-Mobile exclusive

Business And Money Earlier today, our counterparts at TmoNews broke a rumor from a trusted source that the Magenta network could be dropping the word "contract" from their vocabulary. That's right, there may not be any such thing as a 2-year commitment at...

Mar 1st by Chase Bonar 91 61 Reactions

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Sprint Force unleashed with $49.99 price tag, open enrollment for device protection also announced

Android As expected, Sprint today unleashed the Force upon us. The new Sprint Force is a ZTE-made Android 4.0 smartphone that's now available for purchase on Sprint's website and in its stores for $49.99 with a two-year contract and $50 mail-in...

Mar 1st by Alex Wagner 9 7 Reactions

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"Does Google deserve a "free pass" for I/O 2013 in light of choosing to polish their current portfolio of services instead of announcing new software and hardware?"

Brandon Scoggins No.

Tim Feierabend I wouldn't coin it as a "free pass" but I am glad they are polishing all the services that they have for the future. They already have a good selection of online services I don't see why they should announce and work on more.

Lukasz Dudek I did not expect any new devices.

Lanh Nguyen Like Taylor Martin who's now with pocketnow said Google announcing a new version of android last year at IO was an anomaly. Typically the next version always comes in the fall with the release of a new nexus phone. This is a developers conference after all so they weren't doing anything different from what they did prior to last year. More than likely they will refresh everything in the fall.

Dustin T. Robles Opinions get in the way of a yes or no answer I'm less likely to read a 700 character answer than the 3. like this, If I continued at some point you would stop reading