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laptops

AT&T Adds DataConnect Overage Charges, Pulls Plug on Unlimited Pre-Paid Data Plans

Shockingly, AT&T has discovered that *gasp* people are abusing their unlimited pre-paid data service by tapping into it with their laptops. As a result, the plug is being pulled on the $19.99/month option starting on November 12th. AT&T will also place a cap on the legitimate laptop DataConnect plan that works out to 5GB a month for $60. Overages will be billed at $0.00048 per kilobyte, which translates into a bank account-busting $480 per gigabyte. However, rumors claim that AT&T will terminate service once a $100 overage threshold has been reached. [PhoneNews via Engadget Mobile via MobileBurn]

11:45 AM on Mon Oct 6 2008
By Sean Fallon
3,567 views, 26 comments

Latest by geowrian: @jamesgbennett: That, plus the fact that they want to charge you the equivalent of $480 per GB after the first 5 GB. I guess the first 5 GB for $60/month is actually worth $2400...a $2340 in savings! That's a record 97.5% off their price. Thank you AT&T! more »

iphone 3g

One in Three iPhone 3G Buyers Bailed on Their Carrier (Half Were From Verizon)

Whether people were holding out for 3G, the $199 pricepoint or just for their damn contracts to run out, in a market where carriers are pretty much forced to steal customers from each other, the iPhone 3G has been a Batman-worthy thief. One out of three iPhone 3G buyers jumped from other carriers to AT&T, though it might surprise where they came from. More »

11:30 AM on Mon Oct 6 2008
By matt buchanan
12,921 views, 94 comments

Latest by hillaryh8tr: think about it verizon is cdma, if you want the iphone it is 100 percent impossible to get it while on verizon but with t-mo you can simply jailbreak it more »

blackberry storm

Official BlackBerry Storm Documents Leaked

The sneaksters over at Boy Genius Report have somehow gotten their hands on an official Powerpoint presentation of the soon-to-be-released BlackBerry Storm. This is evidently a Verizon property, since the wallpaper on all the Storms is their signature red V, but no mention of price or release date. Still, some good shots and a lot of info, including new stuff on media syncing, touch typing, and more, for those waiting for the touchscreen wonder. [BGR]

9:00 PM on Sat Oct 4 2008
By Dan Nosowitz
24,583 views, 36 comments

Latest by Jrperiod: My only question is why is RIM releasing a phone that is only for one carrier? I mean it's BlckBerry. Everyone uses a BB. Release this on every carrier and you would have record sales more »

at&t

AT&T to Dump Dish Network, Start Selling DirecTV

After punting their agreement with Dish Network to sell satellite as part of a triple play package, AT&T has decided to settle down with DirecTV. They'll keep hawking Dish through Jan. 31, after which they'll offer DirecTV anywhere they can't give you U-Verse as a TV option. Multichannel notes that this leaves second-place Dish without a major reseller partner, so not great news for them. [Multichannel]

5:10 PM on Sat Sep 27 2008
By matt buchanan
3,091 views, 13 comments

Latest by s8ist: I signed up for DISH approx 2 years ago. I recently saw DirecTV's picture quality on an "HD" channel and it was awful! Whether it was the compression, the resolution shaving, or some other factor, I had to check the settings, connection, and channel just to make sure I wasn't more »

copyright protection

Hollywood Teams with AT&T and Others In Possible Packet-Filtering Coalition

Some of you P2P fans may want to know about a new coalition called Arts + Labs. It may sound like some kind of open-source hippie think tank, but it's actually a powerful alignment of film and music copyright owners (NBC Universal, Viacom and the Songwriters Guild of America) and tech firms and ISPs (Microsoft, Cisco Systems and AT&T). It's a group that could put together a pretty serious anti-piracy system without much trouble. Saul Hansell at the NY Times says the group claims that "network operators must have the flexibility to manage and expand their networks to defend against net pollution and illegal file trafficking which threatens to congest and delay the network for all consumers.” Hansell interprets this as a call to filter packets, and put the kibosh on any dubious transfers. More »

10:00 PM on Thu Sep 25 2008
By Wilson Rothman
5,909 views, 49 comments

Latest by The Monarch: Your block quote has an extra paragraph of, presumably, self-authored content. more »

cellphones

LG Xenon 3G Side-Slider Pics and Specs Leak

BoyGeniusReports has got hold of some imagery and specs for an upcoming LG slider phone, the Xenon. It's a side-slider with QWERTY keypad, quad-band GSM and UMTS/HSPDA. It's only got a 3-megapixel cam, so it's no Viewty or KC910 but it does pack in AGPS, an accelerometer and proximity detector. More »

6:45 AM on Wed Sep 24 2008
By Kit Eaton
4,976 views, 18 comments

Latest by pastrychef: I'm just happy to see a phone that looks original and not like an iPhone knock-off. more »

question of the day

Question of the Day: Are Smartphones Replacing Standard Phones?

The T-Mobile G1 sells for a subsidized $179, the iPhone 3G for $199, and even Palm and BlackBerry have popular smartphones aimed at consumers. This proves regular people want email, music, a little web and some mapping. The question is, are all these cheaper smarter smartphones killing the market for regular phones? Will "feature" phones with similar functionality—like Sprint's Samsung Instinct or Verizon's LG Dare—grow or get bitchslapped by phones running true mobile computing platforms? In a nutshell... More »

4:00 PM on Tue Sep 23 2008
By Wilson Rothman
16,051 views, 88 comments

Latest by SneakerFiend: I voted yes. But i think that there is a chance that they may and they may not. I think that there will be a OS that all companies will work off of. And no im not talking about Google's Andriod OS. more »

blackberry

GSM Touchscreen BlackBerry Storm Specs Leaked, Thunder Name Ditched

Although Verizon definitely has dibs on the touchscreen BlackBerry Storm when it launches in the US, AT&T and T-Mo customers are watching the European rollout of the GSM version to see what's up for their future. Today BlackBerry News published a leaked spec sheet that confirms iPhone-elbowing performance: 3.2MP camera, video recording, 1GB internal memory plus MicroSD slot for up to 8GB more, and a blazing 7.2Mbps of HSDPA connectivity. In related news, PocketLint UK has all but confirmed this phone will be called the Storm like its US sibling, and not the Thunder, as had previously been reported widely. More specs and another leaked pic below. More »

9:50 AM on Tue Sep 23 2008
By Wilson Rothman
11,238 views, 18 comments

Latest by hnry45: and you guys that are talking about wifi on the blackberry storm are a joke you must be forgetting that it is being released on the VERIZON network, it doesn't need wifi, because their 3g network doesn't look like crickets network like at&ts does. so anywhere that has wifi will more »

at&t

AT&T Home Manager, Landline Meets Smartphone

AT&T Home Manager is, essentially, a Samsung 7" (800x480) touchscreen device that brings goodies like visual voicemail, email, Yellow Pages, weather reports and a phone-syncable address book to those who prefer not to rely on their smartphone at home. It also doubles as a digital picture frame when not in use by loading pictures from SD or USB. Operating 2 hours per charge, the system (which includes a cordless phone) runs $299 from AT&T in limited markets. Maybe it's not the most mind-blowing device out there, but it could be a handy, reasonably-priced piece of tech for those still clinging to their landlines. The only catch? "Customers must agree to a two-year AT&T High Speed Internet term commitment or sign up for AT&T U-verse TV, High Speed Internet and Voice services." Read on for full details.

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12:30 PM on Mon Sep 22 2008
By Mark Wilson
3,593 views, 12 comments

Latest by DisposableInterloper: Assuming I'd be a homeowner, or at least have an apartment/condo with full home improvement rights, I'd sign up for this in a heartbeat if it could integrate with PlutoHome. more »

at&t

iPhone Users with Non-iPhone Plans Get Friendly Warning Notes from AT&T

I'm not sure how far to read into this, but a Boy Genius reader who uses an iPhone with a non-iPhone data plan sent in a note he or she received from AT&T. It was friendly and definitely not a threat, but it does border on stalkery, with a hint of forboding: More »

5:54 PM on Sun Sep 21 2008
By Wilson Rothman
42,504 views, 53 comments

Latest by KLanD: You know what I find most amusing about all this? You can't even leave a visual voice mail message with an Iphone. Sure you can receive them, but you can't send em. more »