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11:30AM Nick Broughall | Boost Mobile are trying to convert their younger user base into crackberry addicts by offering them the Pearl 8120 for just $299. Sure, it’s an older phone, but for $299 and 12 months unlimited Blackberry IM, email and browsing, it’s a pretty sweet deal for the teens and tweens out there who can’t afford an iPhone. More »
Boost Mobile Offering The BlackBerry Pearl On Pre-Paid. Yep, The Pearl
11:30AM Nick Broughall | Boost Mobile are trying to convert their younger user base into crackberry addicts by offering them the Pearl 8120 for just $299. Sure, it’s an older phone, but for $299 and 12 months unlimited Blackberry IM, email and browsing, it’s a pretty sweet deal for the teens and tweens out there who can’t afford an iPhone. More »
Hardware
6:04PM Elly Hart | Telstra’s launched a new home internet gateway that delivers high-speed broadband over the Next G wireless network, which means no cables and no fixed lines. But how much are you willing to pay for Australia’s fastest, wireless, broadband connection? More »
Telstra’s New Wireless Gateway: You Really Pay For What You Get
6:04PM Elly Hart | Telstra’s launched a new home internet gateway that delivers high-speed broadband over the Next G wireless network, which means no cables and no fixed lines. But how much are you willing to pay for Australia’s fastest, wireless, broadband connection? More »
Networks
New Apple Ads Get In On The AT&T Vs Verizon Slapfest
5:47AM Adam Frucci | You think Apple is going to take its fancy phone being relegated to the Island of Misfit Toys in a Verizon ad laying down? Nope. These two new iPhone ads seem to gun right at the big V. More »
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Luke Wilson’s Droppin’ Post Cards On Verizon Wireless
6:45AM Jack Loftus | When I think escalating mega mobile phone carrier ad war, I think actor Luke Wilson. Oh wait, no I don’t, and yet here he is, again, striking back on behalf of AT&T against Verizon Wireless. More »
Phones
If The Xperia X10 Partners Up, It’ll Be With AT&T
10:00AM Chris Jacob | Anyone hoping to see the Sony Ericsson X10 on T-Mobile, look away now or you’ll be sorely disappointed. Phandroid noticed that the American version of the X10 won’t support the necessary frequencies to connect to T-Mobile’s network. More »
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AT&T Goes On The Offensive With New “Side By Side” Commercial
3:45PM Rosa Golijan | Just as AT&T’s injunction for the Verizon “There’s a map for that” ads to be taken off-air was denied, the company’s own pugnacious messages started playing. I somehow doubt that these “Side by Side” commercials are gonna make Verizon cry.
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Judge Tells AT&T To Stop Whining As The Verizon Ads Will Stay
10:46AM Rosa Golijan | Looks like we’ll keep seeing Verizon’s “There’s a map for that” commercials as AT&T’s injunction to have them taken off the air was denied. Granted, the judge had a weak moment of kindness and left room for a follow-up hearing. More »
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AT&T’s Tech Support People Are As Happy As Their Customers
4:25AM John Herrman | It’s just plausible enough to be real, and just real enough to be crushingly depressing. More »
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1:15PM Nick Broughall | At the end of each month, do you know what happens to all those unused minutes of talk and text in your phone contract. They DIE! Dead! Gone forever into the ether, with nothing to remember them by. Unless you’re on one of Virgin’s new rollover plans, which rolls over any unused talk and text to the following month. Then you get an extra 30 days to say a proper goodbye… More »
Virgin Mobile Launches Rollover Post-Paid Phone Plans
1:15PM Nick Broughall | At the end of each month, do you know what happens to all those unused minutes of talk and text in your phone contract. They DIE! Dead! Gone forever into the ether, with nothing to remember them by. Unless you’re on one of Virgin’s new rollover plans, which rolls over any unused talk and text to the following month. Then you get an extra 30 days to say a proper goodbye… More »
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