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 GameStop, which most people know as the store that sells videogames, is apparently going to enter the mobile space according to Engadget . They accidentally launched a website for their upcoming MVNO (mobile virtual network operator), which has the amazingly creative name “GameStop Mobile” . . . → Read More: GameStop to launch their own MVNO that uses AT&T’s network  Your smartphone and / or tablet is just begging for an update. . . . → Read More: Refresh Roundup: week of May 14th, 2012 Still waiting for your HTC handset to make its way through customs ? Ratchet your hopes just a smidge higher, because the company says it’s making progress. . . . → Read More: Customs slowly letting HTC handsets into the US, can’t say which ones  Not all mobile news is destined for the front page, but if you’re like us and really want to know what’s going on, then you’ve come to the right place. This past week, Verizon Wireless brought its LTE service to 28 new markets and expanded its reach in 11 additional areas. . . . → Read More: Mobile Miscellany: week of May 14th, 2012 Here’s an expansion of mobile competition in the US that comes out of left field, even for us: GameStop as a cellular provider. GameStop Mobile, as it’s called, is that rare bird of an AT&T-based MVNO that relies on a bring-your-own-device strategy. As long as your hardware works on AT&T’s 850MHz and 1,900MHz bands and isn’t locked to another carrier, you can bring any GSM- and HSPA-based phone (or data-only device) and use it contract-free: rates start at anything from a strictly pay-as-you-go $5 through to a $55 monthly plan with unlimited voice and text, if just an anemic 500MB of data . . . → Read More: GameStop Mobile launches as AT&T virtual carrier, gives us rare bring-your-own GSM in US (update)  We know almost too well how smartphones perform in US market share; what we don’t usually see is how happy customers are once the shrink wrap’s off. Going by a newly-expanded American Customer Satisfaction Index, it’s the iPhone that most scratches the itch at a score of 83. Despite having just been added, Apple was noticeably ahead of a three-way tie between HTC, LG and Nokia at 75 . . . → Read More: iPhone waltzes into top spot of US phone satisfaction index, small carriers trump the giants In what either is good news for sales numbers or bad news for initial inventory numbers, the AT&T HTC One X currently is listed as “out of stock” on AT&T's website for both the white and gray versions. How long that'll remain the case remains unknown (and we're not quite sure how long it's been listed out of stock). The good news is if you're looking to get out, there are myriad options, including the ol' brick-and-mortar route . . . → Read More: AT&T HTC One X out of stock online  When Sprint decided to label WiMAX technology as “4G”, it wasn’t that long until the other operators followed suite and slapped the 4G moniker on their respective networks. Sascha Segan from PC Mag recently had a chance to speak to Chris Pearson , the President of 4G Americas, and he asked him just what the hell 4G actually means according to the organization who is responsible for defining the standards that make our mobile devices work in the first place . . . → Read More: 4G Americas says 4G means a minimum of HSPA+ 21 Mbps Nokia’s major focal points within the US market may currently be its Lumia 900 and Windows Phone , but that doesn’t mean it’s planning to leave its other notable offerings outside of Uncle Sam’s borders. Speaking with PC Mag , Nokia executive Chris Weber explained that the company aims to offer its current imaging- / Symbian Belle flagship-handset, the 41-megapixel Pureview 808 , north of Mexico in the “next couple of months” — unsurprising, considering it recently passed through the underground testing-chambers of the FCC. Unlike the Lumia, however, this mega- phone will only be sold unlocked , naturally sporting AT&T bands (possibly others, too . . . → Read More: Nokia confirms intent to bring unlocked Pureview 808 handset to US (update)  Short Version I’ve been spending some quality time with HTC’s Titan II, and I would never call it a bad phone. But that’s not the question — good, bad, fast, slow, ugly, beautiful… they don’t matter unless I feel that I’d put down money and live my life with this device. . . . → Read More: HTC Titan II Review: Sometimes A Win-Win Is A Lose |
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