You didn’t expect Ma Bell to open its first LTE markets without tossing in a few 4G friendly toys, did you? Of course not, we told you as much last week — but today things get official: The Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket and HTC Vivid (formerly known as the Holiday) are ready to take Ma Bell’s new LTE nodes for a spin

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HTC Vivid and Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket go on sale, lead AT&T’s march on LTE

Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On , a column about consumer technology.

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Switched On: Motorola’s manic modularity

Say it ain’t so — not only is a phone not delayed, it’s actually planning to come out earlier than its quoted launch window? This particular miracle is the exception much more than the rule, but Microsoft’s latest Windows Phone OS (nicknamed ” Mango ,”) might come out prior to the anticipated fall release.

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Fujitsu to launch first Windows Phone Mango handset in… August?

We saw signs that Samsung’s superphone, the Galaxy S II , would be coming to the Now Network, but we hadn’t seen such a device sporting a Sprint logo… until now. The folks at This is my next got a blurry picture of a new handset that may be the Within, Sprint’s variant of Sammy’s flagship device.

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Samsung Galaxy S II for Sprint spotted in the wild, mildly tweaked design in tow

We saw signs that Samsung’s superphone, the Galaxy S II , would be coming to the Now Network, but we hadn’t seen such a device sporting a Sprint logo… until now

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Samsung Galaxy S II for Sprint spotted in the wild, mildly tweaked design in tow

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Poll: What do you want iPhone 5 to look like?

Remember Microsoft Courier (video link here )?

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Microsoft Courier on the iPad: it could happen

A few Boost Mobile constituents are likely to appreciate the carrier’s recent efforts to make conversations abroad more affordable with its International Connect plan. The $5 per month add-on provides unlimited calling to Canada and to over 150 cities in Mexico (landlines only), and unlimited text messages to anywhere in the world for CDMA users in the US, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands. Insatiable talkers (who haven’t heard of Skype) can pay an extra $5 and get unlimited calls to over 30 countries including China, South Korea and Singapore

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Boost Mobile intros International Connect, features unlimited texts to anyone, anywhere

A few Boost Mobile constituents are likely to appreciate the carrier’s recent efforts to make conversations abroad more affordable with its International Connect plan. The $5 per month add-on provides unlimited calling to Canada and to over 150 cities in Mexico (landlines only), and unlimited text messages to anywhere in the world for CDMA users in the US, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands

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Boost Mobile intros International Connect, features unlimited texts to anyone, anywhere