Smartphones

Itching to get an iPhone 5 for T-Mobile but unwilling to wait for Apple to release unlocked iPhone hardware compatible with T-Mobile’s 1700MHz AWS LTE band? Then you may want to check out a new jailbreak tweak that purportedly lets you latch onto T-Mobile’s recently launched LTE network using your AT&T iPhone 5. LeiMobile has Continue Reading →

AT&T has just posted an update to its Consumer Blog revealing pre-order details of the Samsung Galaxy S4. The phone will be available for order beginning April 16, for $249.99 with a two-year commitment. Samsung had previously announced that the Galaxy S4 would be coming to the U.S. sometime in Q2 2013, and didn’t reveal Continue Reading →

Shelly and host Jim Blasingame talk about the future of mobile computing, what small business mobile strategy should look like and an important small business lesson from T-Mobile. Listen now through the widgets below! Find interviews with Small Business experts on the Small Business Advocate show Find interviews with Small Business experts on the Small Continue Reading →

BlackBerry included an Android emulator in its BlackBerry 10 operating system that allows developers to easily port their applications from Android to BlackBerry. The decision to include such a tool paid off for the company, which launched its new platform with more than 70,000 apps. BlackBerry recently announced that its app store is now home Continue Reading →

For a sport that’s been around over 100 years, Major League Baseball is on top of its digital game. After a pilot program last September, the league announced that 13 stadiums will accept mobile tickets through Apple’s Passbook App this season. The Mets, Giants and Royals, three of last year’s test teams, will be joined Continue Reading →

T-Mobile sounded the death knell of contracts and phone subsidies on Tuesday at its Un-carrier event in NYC, but it is maintaining another unpopular practice in the mobile industry: locking phones. Customers who buy a device from T-Mobile through one of its financing plans (for instance, the iPhone 5 can be had for $100 up Continue Reading →

I’m trying to make sense of T-Mobile’s new wireless contract pricing plans. And I’m having a hard time. If you didn’t hear, T-Mobile got rid of the two-year contract system that every other major carrier locks its customers into, instead opting for a month-by-month payment system. Plans start at $50 for unlimited talk and text, Continue Reading →

It’s official: T-Mobile has the iPhone. On Friday, April 12, the magenta-tinged operator will start selling the iPhone 5 nationwide and the iPhone 4 and 4S in select markets. T-Mobile now not only has the iconic device it has so long craved, but it’s offering it with compelling service pricing. Under the new plans unveiled Continue Reading →

Just ahead of T-Mobile’s event in New York City, we’ve noticed that the carrier has already listed the BlackBerry Z10 on its website. It looks like the smartphone will be available for a $100 down payment with a $18 monthly installment for 24 months, though the UnCarrier also lists the BB Z10 for $532 up Continue Reading →

If you listen to tech sites and popular opinion, the smartphone market seems to be a two horse race between the iPhone and Samsung Galaxy S4. But if you take a minute to look at some other phones on the market, it’s clear that there are others, like the HTC One, with similar – if Continue Reading →