Monday, March 14, 2011

PhoneDog.com's Daily Digest

PhoneDog.com's Daily Digest

Verizon waiving activation fees on Motorola XOOM and Samsung Galaxy Tab?

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When Apple launched the iPad 2 last week, Verizon said that it would be nixing its usual $35 activation associated with purchasing a new device. Now a leak has revealed that its Android-powered tablets will be getting the same treatment. According to the document up above, VZW will be waiving the activation fee for the Motorola XOOM and Samsung Galaxy Tab when purchased sans contract. If you've recently purchased one of those devices, go ahead and give Big Red a call; several users have...


HTC ThunderBolt shipping from Wirefly beginning March 17th, pre-orders start tonight

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Today we saw more leaks claiming that the HTC ThunderBolt will launch on March 17th, after repeated "delays" and rumored launch dates, and now it looks everything will really be going down this Thursday. Wirefly just announced that they'll begin accepting pre-orders for the TBolt at 3 AM EST tomorrow, the 15th, and the devices will begin shipping on the 17th. Additionally, the company says that simultaneous voice and data will indeed be supported with the ThunderBolt, although Skype won't be...


AT&T's 4G: Fact or fiction?

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The trials and tribulations of the 4G label have been a widespread debate since its debut, and it looks like AT&T should be ready for their name and reputation to get thrown under the bus. Why? Because the company is touting 4G speeds for two smartphones and one 4G-enabled USB modem that, apparently, don’t actually take advantage of 4G speeds at all. Or come close, for that matter. Tests are showing that 3G-enabled devices are actually faster than the 4G-enabled devices currently...


Kyocera Echo set to hit Sprint's shelves on April 17th for $199.99

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When the Kyocera Echo was spied lounging around in the FCC last week , we had an inkling that Sprint was gearing up to release the device and today those suspicions were confirmed. Today it was announced that the Echo will be launching on April 17th for $199.99 with a two-year contract. Interested customers will be able to pre-order the dual-screened, Android 2.2 device beginning on March 26th. The full press release is available for you down below. There's no question that the Echo is...


Samsung Infuse 4G gets the FCC stamp of approval

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Samsung saw fit to push a few new handsets through the FCC at the tail-end of last week, and now they've decided to kick off their Monday with another FCC appearance. This time, we've got the SGH-I997, better known as the Samsung Infuse 4G for AT&T. The Infuse was originally unveiled back at CES, but neither Sammy nor AT&T has given up a release date on the device. Now that it's appeared in the FCC, though, information on an official launch date shouldn't be too far off (we...


HTC ThunderBolt's rumored March 17th launch gains a bit more traction [UPDATED]

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Last week, we saw a couple of leaks and rumors claim that March 17th would finally, finally be the day that the HTC ThunderBolt is released. Today more evidence of the Thursday launch has come out in the form of some info leaked to the folks at Droid-Life as well as another TBolt-related tweet. First up, there are reports that Best Buy is in the process of calling ThunderBolt pre-orderers, giving them an expected date of Mar. 17th. BBY also said that they'd call back later this...


Some iPhones mishandle daylight savings time change

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Over the weekend, some iPad 2 owners reported experiencing backlight bleeding issues with their shiny new tablet. The iPad wasn't the only iOS device that had a rough weekend, though, as many iPhones failed to adjust to the daylight savings time switch correctly. Rather than leaping ahead an hour, many iPhones fell back an hour, causing users to be late for work and other activities. There's been no comment on the matter from Apple. This isn't the first time the iPhone's clock has ...


HP TouchPad launch and pricing info, HTC 10-inch Honeycomb tablet leak? [UPDATED]

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HP is staying quiet, for now, on the TouchPad 's launch and pricing info, stating simply that the tablet will arrive sometime this summer . A newly-leaked document from a "major U.S. retailer" may have just revealed when the TouchPad will hit and how much it'll cost, along with some juicy Android tablet info, too. As you can see up above, the 10-inch TouchPad is allegedly launching this June for $499 for the 16GB WiFi-only model, while the 32GB version will be priced at $599. Moving on...


AT&T and Verizon offering free communication to Japan [UPDATED]

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Last week, Japan went through a great tragedy, experiencing an 8.9 magnitude earthquake which triggered devastating tsunamis. In order to support those of us that may have loved ones in Japan, some U.S. carriers have been offering free communication to the afflicted country. AT&T has announced that its customers will be able to make calls and send texts to Japan for all of March, beginning on the 11th. Verizon, too, is allowing its users to send calls and texts to Japan free of charge for the...


iPad 2 launch weekend sales may have reached close to 1 million units, analysts claim

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As just about everyone knows by now, Apple released the iPad 2 last Friday and, although there have been some hiccups , sales of the tablet seem to have been pretty strong. According to analyst firm Piper Jaffray, Apple moved between 400,000 and 500,000 iPad 2s over launch weekend, with most retail outlets selling out shortly after the device went on sale last Friday. After polling people waiting in line for the iPad 2, Piper Jaffray found that nearly 3/4 of buyers were not iPad 1 ...


iPhone 5 won't come packing NFC capabilities?

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One of the features rumored to be coming to Apple's iPhone 5 this summer, besides a bigger display, is near field communication support for mobile payments and remote computing. Now we're hearing that NFC won't make it into an iPhone this year thanks to a "lack of a clear standard across the industry." This news comes from sources at multiple U.K. carriers that claim to have met with Apple in the past. That doesn't mean that the folks in Cupertino aren't working on an iOS NFC solution, though,...


Winner of an Apple iPod Shuffle weekend

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Congratulations to K. Jones of AZ on winning a brand new Apple iPod Shuffle over the weekend. "I've played everyday hoping to win, and I can't believe I won! Thank you so much!"


White iPhone still on track for launch this spring

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Apple released the iPad 2 in both white and black on Friday, but it's smaller counterpart, the iPhone 4, is still only available black, despite the fact that it was originally released in the middle of last year. Last we heard, the white iPhone 4 was set to finally debut sometime this spring, and today Apple's senior vice president of worldwide product marketing, Phil Schiller, took to Twitter to confirm that the device is still on schedule. When one Twitter user asked Schiller how he could...


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