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Chrysler taps Sprint for new Uconnect in-car data, wants always-on internet that’s hands-off (video)

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Interior technology is increasingly the main battlefield for automotive giants. We shouldn’t be surprised, then, that Chrysler is bringing in some bigger guns for its Uconnect service through a team-up with Sprint. The carrier will integrate its cell…


Verizon may cut what’s left of Alltel data starting January 10th, 2013

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Alltel customers brought under the Verizon umbrella have been getting more and more signals that it’s time to let go of that legacy phone. The latest red flag is a letter that Droid-Life understands is making its way to holdout customers. According t…


Verizon may cut what’s left of Alltel data starting January 10th, 2013

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Alltel customers brought under the Verizon umbrella have been getting more and more signals that it’s time to let go of that legacy phone. The latest red flag is a letter that Droid-Life understands is making its way to holdout customers. According t…


Qualcomm’s fifth gen Gobi unveiled, supports a Lollapalooza of LTE, 2G / 3G bands

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Qualcomm this morning took the wraps off the fifth generation of its Gobi reference platform, which offers up LTE via FDD and TDD networks. It also plays nicely with past favorites, including the likes of HSPA+ and EV-DO, keeping your globe trotting se…


Samsung’s two-faced SCH-W999 Android plays the dual core, dual SIM game

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Remember Samsung’s second-gen dual-screen Android clamshell we spotted about a month ago? Well, here it is at last: announced in partnership with China Telecom, this SCH-W999 flip phone packs two 3.5-inch 480 x 800 Super AMOLED panels back to back, …


Qualcomm gobs off about Gobi 4000: the buy once, use anywhere mobile chipset

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Qualcomm is polishing the chrome on a new Gobi chipset with the power to connect to every wireless connection imaginable. The 4000 series comes in LTE/HSPA+ or LTE/EV-DO variants for customers to use when they’ve been evicted from Starbucks. The chip…


Apple iPhone 4S pre-orders exceed one million in first 24 hours (updated)

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Last year’s iPhone 4 launch brought more than 600,000 pre-orders within the first 24 hours. This year, that number nearly doubled, topping one million within one day of the device’s pre-order availability through AT&T, Sprint and Verizon. Those …


iPhone 4S officially announced: lands October 14th starting at $199 in sizes up to 64GB, coming to Sprint

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What’s this? The second coming of the iPhone 4? Sure enough, Tim Cook just pulled the covers off of the hotly-anticipated iPhone 4S here in Cupertino, making 2011 the first year in the company’s current stint in the smartphone business that it chose…