We walk, talk and sleep with our phones. But are we more—or less—connected?
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Running the Numbers on AT&T’s New Shared Data Plans
AT&T will launch shared data plans this August, following the path of its rival Verizon Wireless.
Just like Verizon’s “Share Everything” plans, AT&T’s “Mobile Share” plans will let users buy a bucket of data to share across …
Report: The Fastest 4G and 3G Wireless Networks in America
As SNL so masterfully parodied, TV commercials for wireless carriers are usually a mess of vague technical jargon, meaningless graphs and annoying spokespeople. But who actually has the fastest wireless network?
The editors at …
LightSquared’s Broadband Rejection a Blow for Wireless Competition
The federal government’s rejection of LightSquared’s ambitious plan to launch a nationwide wireless network is a major setback for hedge fund manager Phil Falcone, who poured billions of dollars into the project. But it also …
The Case Against More Wireless Spectrum for First Responders
Last month’s failure of the congressional “Supercommittee” to reach agreement was bad news not just for deficit reduction, but for mobile broadband as well. The committee had been considering auctioning broadcast TV …
Amazon’s Kindle Touch: 3G Minus Most of the Internet
Well there went the Kindle Touch 3G’s appeal straight out the window: Amazon now admits that while its upcoming touch-based Kindle will indeed be 3G-enabled, the places it’ll be allowed to visit along the information superhighway are actually not so super.
Where can the Kindle Touch go? Try the Kindle Store, no surprise, and—wait …
How U.S. Wireless Rates Compare to the Rest of the World
While commentators on this site and others love to hate the seeming capriciousness of wireless service pricing, a recently released country-by-country comparison from CTIA, the wireless industry lobby, shows that we might not have it as bad as we think.
The U.S. has the most subscribers of any other country at 302.9 million, …
Charge Your iPhone with Your Headphones! Wait, What?
Look out, your next iOS device may do away with that fussy charging cable and cradle. In its place? A pair of earbuds. Yep, I said earbuds. Those things you stick in your ears to listen to music, or maybe use to lasso a pen off your desk if you’re lazy (as well as adept at making lassos out of earphones, which probably means you’d be …
The iPhone 6 May Be Completely Cord Free, Charge Wirelessly
Apple has apparently started manufacturing parts for the iPhone 5 (or 4s?), which in all likelihood will be available come October. But as curiosity would have it, speculation is already mounting as to what sort of features the next iteration of the iPhone after that will have.
The latest report surfaced by the Wall Street Journal …
Verizon Rules the Air by Killing Unlimited Data Plans
It’s official: On July 7, Verizon Wireless will stop offering unlimited data to new smartphone subscribers.
Instead, Verizon will sell tiered data plans, starting at 2 GB for $30 per month — the same monthly price as unlimited data currently — a Verizon spokeswoman told FierceWireless.
Existing customers can hang onto their …
Why Unlocked Phones May Be the Smarter Alternative
I have a confession to make: I haven’t used a locked phone since 2005.
Of course, it would make perfect sense if I had hopped between several different carriers since then, but the truth is that I’ve been with one single carrier since 2004. Just yesterday, we made a good fuss about whether the $649 unlocked iPhone 4 is worth it. …
Seagate’s Battery-Powered Hard Drive Streams Directly to iPads
Do you have several problems? Like, more than one, at least? Me too. Is one of those problems that your iPad doesn’t have enough storage capacity to hold all your videos, photos, documents and songs? I hadn’t thought of that problem myself until now, but I guess I have that problem too.
Seagate has announced a new portable hard
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