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Sprint Loses 1 Million Customers While Everyone Else Gains
Two weeks ago we told you that Verizon and AT&T had added millions of customers in the first quarter of 2008, and that T-Mobile was also on the up. Today Sprint reported that, as expected, it was not part of this trend, instead losing 1 million customers in the same period. CEO Dan Hesse told Reuters that recovery would take "many quarters." Sprint was working hard to reduce customer cancellations and return to profit, but it was "still far from where we need to be." Our theory: Sprint is throwing a Hail Mary pass with the Samsung Instinct, whose marketing costs alone are rumored to cost $100 million—or more. If that doesn't work, I think we might see some towel throwing. [Reuters]
12:23 PM on Mon May 12 2008
By Wilson Rothman
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66 comments
Latest by mricyfire: I remember back in the day Sprint had the best camera phones, now it is split between Verizon and AT&T best phones always win over the customer. more »
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VZ Navigator Update with Traffic Avoidance and 3D View Now Available
The latest and greatest version of VZ Navigator (4.0), which tosses in traffic avoidance for 75 cities, along with 3D view plus some other stuff is live right now. $10 a month or $3 to check it out for a day. [Verizon]
11:15 AM on Thu May 8 2008
By matt buchanan
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12 comments
cellphones
After months of unofficial teasing (and well over a year of hanging out overseas) Samsung's U940 Glyde is finally official for Verizon. Besides going all CDMA/EV-DO, the former F700 touchscreener with a QWERTY keyboard packs GPS, a full HTML browser, a gimped 2MP camera, VCAST and all the usual stuff like Bluetooth and microSD support. Oddly, no VCAST TV. If this year old, no-longer-a-fresh pup phone still excites you, it's $249 w/ a two-year contract and $50 rebate. Check out another picture (with keyboard stashed away) plus full spec sheet after the jump.
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Samsung U940 Glyde Officially Glides Onto Verizon
After months of unofficial teasing (and well over a year of hanging out overseas) Samsung's U940 Glyde is finally official for Verizon. Besides going all CDMA/EV-DO, the former F700 touchscreener with a QWERTY keyboard packs GPS, a full HTML browser, a gimped 2MP camera, VCAST and all the usual stuff like Bluetooth and microSD support. Oddly, no VCAST TV. If this year old, no-longer-a-fresh pup phone still excites you, it's $249 w/ a two-year contract and $50 rebate. Check out another picture (with keyboard stashed away) plus full spec sheet after the jump.
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1:22 AM on Thu May 8 2008
By matt buchanan
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12 comments
Latest by reality.check: Poll of the day: If I vomited on the VCast interface do you think it would look better? more »
samsung glyde
Samsung U940 Glyde Accessories Show Up on Verizon's Site
If all of the past stuff indicating the Samsung Glyde (u940) was on its way to Verizon wasn't enough for you, doubting Thomas, these accessories for it on Verizon's public site should pretty much clinch the deal. [VZW, Thanks Josh!]
1:50 PM on Wed May 7 2008
By matt buchanan
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5 comments
cellphones
It's Friday, so the mass of stupid and regrettable (and maybe criminal) text messages you wished you never sent is about explode exponentially, as it does every weekend. Google, as you know, keeps your embarrassing search history for "AZN Squirrels Pooping on Bananas" or "Iron Man upskirt" for 18 months. But how long do Verizon and AT&T hang on to your shameful SMSes? Thankfully, not long at all. Sprint hangs on to your textual diarrhea the longest, for about two weeks, while AT&T dumps them after 48 hours, according to Slate's Explainer. We hit up Verizon, who said a "couple days, tops." There are a couple catches, though.
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How to Cover Your Text Message Tracks
It's Friday, so the mass of stupid and regrettable (and maybe criminal) text messages you wished you never sent is about explode exponentially, as it does every weekend. Google, as you know, keeps your embarrassing search history for "AZN Squirrels Pooping on Bananas" or "Iron Man upskirt" for 18 months. But how long do Verizon and AT&T hang on to your shameful SMSes? Thankfully, not long at all. Sprint hangs on to your textual diarrhea the longest, for about two weeks, while AT&T dumps them after 48 hours, according to Slate's Explainer. We hit up Verizon, who said a "couple days, tops." There are a couple catches, though.
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7:30 PM on Fri May 2 2008
By matt buchanan
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28 comments
Latest by The Lab: Just saying, it is probably way easier for NSA spying software to scan text messages for suspicious content than phone calls. Oh you think they aren't scanning? Well, they are. more »
adobe
Adobe Open Screen Initiative to Make Flash Suck Less on Mobiles
Adobe's Open Screen Project, which combines such companies like Nokia, Moto, Cisco, Sony Ericsson, Verizon, Qualcomm and Marvell, aims to make Flash more like Java. Namely, they want to make sure the platform Flash runs on is consistent, meaning developers can code once instead of many times. The project will try to encompass phones, desktops, mobile internet devices (internet pads), and set top boxes. More »
blackberry curve
Verizon's Blackberry Curve: May 9 for $270
A little late to the party here, the Blackberry Curve is finally landing on Verizon on May 9 (online, May 12 in store) for $270 after $50 rebate and two-year contract. Yay EV-DO, but was anyone actually waiting for it? [Verizon]
8:04 PM on Thu May 1 2008
By matt buchanan
7,744 views,
24 comments
cellphones
LG enV2 for Verizon Available Tomorrow
If you liked what you saw in our lightning review of the enV2 last week, tomorrow you're in luck—it goes on sale for $129.99. (Yes, w/ 2-year contract and $50 rebate
7:59 PM on Tue Apr 29 2008
By matt buchanan
7,766 views,
24 comments
glyde
Samsung Glyde (aka U940 née F700) Pops Up in Verizon's Database
Samsung's long-linger F700/u940, has been rumored to hit the big V for a while, but Phone Area's reporting that it's now locked and cocked in Verizon's internal InfoManager as the Glyde, though sans date or price. Spec sheet confirms cam's cut to a paltry 2MP but all the old specs look otherwise intact, but with added goodness of EV-DO, and Verizon's usual scarlet bag of tricks like VCAST and VZNavigator. [Phone-Arena]
4:27 PM on Tue Apr 29 2008
By matt buchanan
5,142 views,
9 comments
cellphones
Verizon Wireless and AT&T's quarterly earnings are both out, with Verizon claiming the "highest net adds in the industry," 1.5 million new subscribers, while AT&T says they've pulled in 1.3 million. (They both made out like bandits money-wise, as usual.) Between them, that's 2.8 million new subscribers. Where are they coming from? As of December, CTIA reports an 84 percent penetration, with 255 million subscribers. That weird orgy of unlimited plans a couple months ago further suggests that the market's already pretty saturated. I mean, do you know anyone still in the market for a cellphone? Where are all these new subscribers coming from?
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Verizon and AT&T Adding Millions of Cell Customers... But From Where?
Verizon Wireless and AT&T's quarterly earnings are both out, with Verizon claiming the "highest net adds in the industry," 1.5 million new subscribers, while AT&T says they've pulled in 1.3 million. (They both made out like bandits money-wise, as usual.) Between them, that's 2.8 million new subscribers. Where are they coming from? As of December, CTIA reports an 84 percent penetration, with 255 million subscribers. That weird orgy of unlimited plans a couple months ago further suggests that the market's already pretty saturated. I mean, do you know anyone still in the market for a cellphone? Where are all these new subscribers coming from?
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2:20 PM on Tue Apr 29 2008
By matt buchanan
8,190 views,
57 comments
Latest by AlphaTeam: A lot of people have cell phones. Don't forget some people people have 3 or 4 phones/numbers. So it adds up. I'm sure this figure includes prepaid as well. more »
comcast
GigaOm is reporting that Comcast has created its own wireless division and is bringing the pieces together to jump into the wireless biz to offer quadruple play bundle competition (TV, landline, internet, wireless) against Verizon and AT&T. Speculation is that they could buddy up with a WiMax deal, or flat-out buy Sprint (more likely) or T-Mobile (less likely). Usually more competition is more better, but not sure what'll come out of this Pandora's box. I'm sure the FCC will love it though. Update: A tipster tells us that the wireless move will be under their Fancast brand, which is currently the name of their online video site. Smart, avoids the negative Comcast connotations. [GigaOM]
Comcast Entering the Wireless Biz to Take on Verizon and AT&T
GigaOm is reporting that Comcast has created its own wireless division and is bringing the pieces together to jump into the wireless biz to offer quadruple play bundle competition (TV, landline, internet, wireless) against Verizon and AT&T. Speculation is that they could buddy up with a WiMax deal, or flat-out buy Sprint (more likely) or T-Mobile (less likely). Usually more competition is more better, but not sure what'll come out of this Pandora's box. I'm sure the FCC will love it though. Update: A tipster tells us that the wireless move will be under their Fancast brand, which is currently the name of their online video site. Smart, avoids the negative Comcast connotations. [GigaOM]
4:59 PM on Wed Apr 23 2008
By matt buchanan
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31 comments
Latest by SneakerFiend: Its way more likely that they will bundle up with sprint. Comcast is about speed (according to them) and well EV-DO on sprint's network being run off of the mogul is super fast. And didnt comcast in the past want to buddy more »
internet
10 Percent of Broadband Subscribers Suck Up 80 Percent of Bandwidth But P2P No Longer to Blame
The most consistent rationale for ISPs to throttle p2p applications or charge by the byte is that a small minority of users drain a vastly disproportionate amount of bandwidth, like the planet-raping aliens in Independence Day. Om Malik pulls a few of these numbers out of Arbor Networks' CTO, who develops all the traffic management tools your ISP probably uses, so while there's a conflict of interest (portents of internet doom sell more stuff) they have the data. Ten percent of subscribers consume 80 percent of bandwidth, a super-leeching 0.5 percent swallow 40 percent of bandwidth, and the rest like your mom, 80 percent, sip less than 10 percent. But p2p isn't the culprit. More »
cellphones
Palm Centro Headed to Verizon
With Sprint and AT&T already down, the Palm Centro continues to cut a swath through the major wireless carriers. Based on the images above, its latest stop appears to be on Verizon. Word is that the first installment will feature this lovely blue color with other versions following later on down the line. [Engadget Mobile via BGR]
3:41 PM on Tue Apr 22 2008
By Sean Fallon
3,102 views,
22 comments
lightning review
Lightning Review: LG enV2 from Verizon
The Gadget: LG's enV2 for Verizon Wireless, a sequel to their fat but fun text message machine, the enV, with a flip-up QWERTY keyboard.
The Price: $130 after rebate.
The Verdict: If you liked the enV, you'll go nuts over the enV2—a remarkable improvement in almost every conceivable way. Check them out, body to body, interface to interface, right here.
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5:30 PM on Mon Apr 21 2008
By matt buchanan
20,414 views,
17 comments
Latest by maven2k: Anyone hear if the one that Alltel has that's similar (it slides instead of flips) has the same features? more »
lightning review
Lightning Review: Verizon XV6900 (aka HTC Touch)
The Gadget: Verizon XV6900, their version of Sprint's Touch by HTC, which is a pretty compact Windows Mobile 6 smartphone overlayed with HTC's custom TouchFLO for finger touchiness.The Price: $299.99 online after $100 rebate with two-year contract.
The Verdict:
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11:34 AM on Fri Apr 18 2008
By matt buchanan
22,580 views,
43 comments
Latest by RobotVampire: Yes, I am 12 (at heart), and mobile IE sucks big time in my opinion. It locks up at least once a day, nothing else has ever caused my phone to lock up, only mobile IE, hence, ball suckage. more »
google
Did Google "Game" the 700MHz Spectrum Auction? Yep!
Republican Congressmen Fred Upton, Cliff Stearns and John Shimkus are huffing and puffing that Google hosed the government in the ballyhooed 700MHz auction, only bidding to lock in the open access rules. They're right! Google totally "gamed the system" and had no interest in winning. But that's a good thing for us. If they hadn't, there probably wouldn't have been any open access rules, and it's very likely Verizon wouldn't be promising to open up their network to practically any device and service, which should spark real mobile innovation. Hurray for screwing the government! [Bloomberg]
giz explains
We've been talking a lot about emerging mobile tech lately, tossing around crazy acronyms and words like WiMax, LTE, 3G, G-Spot, EDGE and whatnot. A lot of you probably already know this stuff cold, but in case you don't, here's the quick and dirty guide to what you need to know.
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Mobile Term Madness: LTE, WiMax, EV-DO and More Explained
We've been talking a lot about emerging mobile tech lately, tossing around crazy acronyms and words like WiMax, LTE, 3G,
2:00 PM on Wed Apr 16 2008
By matt buchanan
13,390 views,
32 comments
Latest by Faforce: How do I know if my phone is on GPRS or Edge? My phone is capable of both, no icon comes up to tell me anything. Otherwise, great guide. Cleared up a lot. Thank you more »
