Apple to take Verizon iPhone pre-orders next week
Apple today said it would begin taking pre-orders for the Verizon iPhone 4 from the general public on Feb. 9, just one day before the smartphone goes on sale at retail.
Apple today said it would begin taking pre-orders for the Verizon iPhone 4 from the general public on Feb. 9, just one day before the smartphone goes on sale at retail.
The HTC Inspire 4G The HTC Inspire 4G goes on sale at AT&T stores and online on Feb. 13 for $99.99 with a two-year service plan.
AT&T has "systematically" overcharged iPhone and iPad owners with capped data plans by inflating the amount of data they download and adding "phantom traffic," a lawsuit claimed last week.
AT&T reported Thursday it had 95.5 million wireless subscribers at the end of 2010, putting it ahead of Verizon Wireless, which reported earlier this week that it had 94.1 million.
Now that Verizon has confirmed its data plan price for the iPhone, U.S. customers can compare the ongoing costs of owning an Apple smartphone.
If carriers were like sports teams, Verizon could be described as having a lot of momentum heading into its iPhone showdown with AT&T.
Verizon will retain its $30 monthly fee for unlimited data when the iPhone 4 launches in two weeks, the company confirmed today.
Verizon Wireless increased subscribers to 94.1 million in the fourth quarter, up from 93.2 million in the third quarter, a small increase that shows how saturated the U.S. wireless market has become even for the top wireless player.
So now that both <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/120110-verizon-lte.html">Verizon</a> and <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/010511-ces-att-lte.html">AT&T</a> are launching LTE services this year, you should rush out to invest in 4G data plans and devices for your employees, right?
While Sprint isn't willing to give away its unlimited data plans, the carrier must also make concessions to reality.
Professed White Hat hackers face federal criminal charges for grabbing the e-mail addresses of 114,000 AT&T 3G customers who use iPads.
The government's case against two men charged with hacking into AT&T's website to steal email addresses from about 120,000 iPad users got a boost last year when a confidential source handed over 150 pages of chat logs between the two and other members of their hacking group.
More than one-in-four iPhone owners now using AT&T will switch to Verizon, a U.S. consumer survey said today.
Verizon will sell and support a new version of the iPad that can directly connect to the carrier's 3G data network, according to a report by Bloomberg.
All iPhones will reportedly have the Personal Hotspot capability similar to what Verizon Wireless announced Tuesday for its iPhone coming Feb. 10.