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All the places you can buy the Galaxy S8 and S8+
If you're looking to make sure you're among the first to own Samsung's swanky new Galaxy S8 but don't want to line up outside a store on April 21st, you're in luck. Major and minor carriers alike have announced that they're running pre-order campaign...
The best tech for students who like to party
That's all students, right? Right? While not everyone will be headed to toga parties on frat row (we applaud your decision there), all of you are going to need some gear to keep you amused when class isn't in session. In addition to some of the more...
Cricket Releases HTC Desire 520 4G LTE-Enabled Android 5.1 Smartphone
Cricket has just announced the availability of HTC’s latest 4G LTE-enabled Android 5.1 smartphone ‘Desire 520’ on their network. The handset retails for just $99.99 without any long-term contract requirement.
Specs-wise, this mid-range smartphone packs a 4.5-inch 854 x 480 touchscreen display, a 1.1GHz quad-core processor, an Adreno 304 GPU, a 1GB RAM and an 8GB of expandable internal storage (up to 200GB).
For taking pictures and videos, the handset is equipped with a 2MP front-facing camera and an 8MP rear-facing camera with LED flash and HD video recording.
Powered by a 2000mAh battery, the HTC Desire 520 provides 4G LTE / 3G, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0 and GPS for connectivity, and runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop OS. [Product Page]
Bill O’Reilly to Interview President Obama During Fox Super Bowl Pregame Show
Fox News network has announced that Bill O'Reilly will conduct a sit down interview with President Obama during the Fox Super bowl Sunday pre-game show. Why exactly the president will be doing an...
Mobile Miscellany: week of July 15th, 2013
If you didn't get enough mobile news during the week, not to worry, because we've opened the firehose for the truly hardcore. This week, Samsung added two new colors to its GS4 LTE-A lineup, Motorola teased its manufacturing facility for the upcoming Moto X and @evleaks spilled the beans on a new smartphone for Verizon. These stories and more await after the break. So buy the ticket and take the ride as we explore all that's happening in the mobile world for this week of July 15th, 2013.
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Cricket’s Muve Music 4.0 moves music onto internal storage, sports redesigned look
It seems like a common sense Muve (sorry, we couldn't resist), but with this latest service redesign, Cricket's letting smartphone users store their Muve Music tracks internally. The storage swap isn't as simple as it sounds and applies only to handsets with more than 4GB of internal storage. For less robust handsets, any SD card will do, which is a break from Cricket's former practice of requiring a specific Muve-compatible SD card. In addition to getting a UI facelift, Muve Music 4.0 will now also let users play songs as they download, access menu options from a newly added sidebar and discover music through curated mix playlists. In case you want in on this version bump, you'll need one of a few select Samsung devices offered by Cricket (i.e., GS III, GS4, Galaxy Discover and Admire 2), although the carrier's planning to preload the service on all future Android devices. Or, if you already have an active Spotify premium account, then there's nothing to see here, folks. Just keep it Muve-ing (apologies, once again).
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AT&T to Acquire Leap Wireless for $15 Per Share in Cash
It ended in a $15 per share agreement. That amounts to a net total amount worth $1.19 billion. AT&T bought off Leap Wireless. And Leap’s 5 million subscribers are now part of AT&T’s assets....
AT&T to buy Leap Wireless for $1.19 billion
AT&T dropped an interesting bit of news this afternoon: it's going to purchase Leap Wireless in its entirety for $15 per share, which translates to roughly $1.19 billion in cash. For many, Leap is best known by its consumer-facing brand, Cricket, a prepaid wireless provider that holds nearly 5 million subscribers. In exchange, AT&T will acquire Leap's customers, retail stores and network licenses, which span 35 states across the PCS and AWS bands. Leap's stock closed at $7.98 today, but shot past $16 in after hours trading. The transaction must still be approved by Leap shareholders, and then both the FCC and Department of Justice. As it stands, 29.8% of Leap's outstanding shares are in favor of the transaction, and ever optimistic AT&T expects to wind up the deal within six to nine months. Better luck this time?
Mobile Miscellany: week of May 20th, 2013
If you didn't get enough mobile news during the week, not to worry, because we've opened the firehose for the truly hardcore. This week brought hints of a revitalized Galaxy Exhibit for T-Mobile, news of two additions to the lineup at Cricket and a peek at the next GoPhone for AT&T. These stories and more await after the break. So buy the ticket and take the ride as we explore all that's happening in the mobile world for this week of May 20th, 2013.
Filed under: Cellphones, Wireless, Mobile