AT&T to usher in split-personality mobile devices
Roger Chen, CNET, 10/9/2011 AT&T today unveiled AT&T Toggle, a service that allows you to create two separate and distinct identities on your smartphone or tablet. The first would be a personal account where you can freely browse the Internet, text your friends, and watch videos. A second, more secure identity would house your business [...]
In: Android, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: AT&T
Leading Mobile Device Makers Pledge Support For Carrier-Led NFC Venture Isis
Sarah Perez, TechCrunch, 9/27/2011 Isis, the carrier-led joint venture between AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon, is today announcing support for its mobile wallet system from the majority of leading device makers, including HTC, LG, Motorola, RIM, Samsung and Sony Ericsson, as well as from NFC hardware provider Device Fidelity. All of the handset makers are now [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: AT&T, Ericsson, HTC, Motorola, NFC, Samsung, T-Mobile, Verizon
AT&T’s 4G LTE network set to go live today
Dan Seifert, MobileBurn, 9/18/2012 Today is the day that AT&T has said that its 4G LTE network would become operational and available to general consumers in the five test markets previously announced. Residents in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio should be able to take advantage of AT&T’s flavor of LTE today. AT&T is [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 4G, AT&T, Hotspot, HTC, LTE, Verizon
Iridium launches Wi-Fi hotspot for extreme roaming
Peter Svensson, AP Technology Writer, 9/7/2011 Satellite phone company Iridium Communications Inc. said Wednesday that it is launching a cigarette-pack-sized box that connects to an Iridium phone. The box produces a Wi-Fi hotspot that smartphones and tablet computers can connect to. The phone relays that connection to satellites overhead, which then shunt the signal to [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: AT&T, Hotspot, WiFi
AT&T expands its mobile app services
Matt Hamblen. Computerworld. 8/22/2011 Businesses get a fully-managed mobile app development service and cloud storage AT&T has expanded its mobile application services for businesses, offering them a fully-managed service for building apps on various mobile platforms and storage of the apps in AT&T’s cloud. The service, announced today, is available in 220 countries. AT&T didn’t [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Mobile Technology, Palm (HP), WinPhone · Tagged with: AT&T
AT&T Joins Sprint In Offering Mobile Security To Customers
TechCrunch, 8/11/2011 You’re all aware of the increase in “hacktivism” and malware we’ve been seeing over the past few months, and as it turns out, the carriers are aware of it, too. Just yesterday, Sprint announced the availability of its McAfee security apps for Android, and today AT&T is looping in Juniper Networks for its [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: AT&T, Malware, Sprint
Verizon’s Innovation Center opens its doors to LTE product development
Joseph Volpe, Engadget, 7/14/2011 Not sure if you’ve noticed, but there’s an LTE race going on and VZW’s wasting no time sprinting to the lead. Despite rival AT&T’s February launch of a similar R&D space in Texas, Verizon’s cutting its first big red bow on the two years in the making Innovation Center. Located just [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: AT&T, LTE, Verizon
AT&T to unveil first two 4G LTE products
Roger Cheng, CNET News, 7/12/2011 AT&T is jumping into the actual 4G game with its first two LTE products. The Elevate 4G mobile hot-spot devices is one of the first products that will use AT&T’s upcoming 4G LTE network. (Credit: AT&T) The telecommunications giant plans to show off a laptop card called the USBConnect Momentum [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, 4G, AT&T, Hotspot, HSPA, LTE, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon, WiMax
PayPal to enable purchases on mobile bills with Zong buy
Nancy Gohring, IDG News Service, 7/7/2011 Charging goods, particularly of the digital variety, to a mobile-phone bill may get more commonplace in the U.S. now that eBay plans to buy Zong, a Silicon Valley company. The deal is worth $240 million, eBay said. Zong will become part of eBay’s PayPal group once the deal goes [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: AT&T, Verizon
Sprint adding bloatware removal ability to its Android devices
Dan Seifert, MobileBurn, 6/24/2011 News that the HTC EVO 3D had the ability to remove pre-installed apps hit the wires yesterday to much fanfare and appreciation from users and press alike. We reached out to Sprint to get more clarification on the topic and found out that it was in fact intentional, and that we [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: AT&T, HTC, Sprint, Verizon