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FCC halts AT&T’s acquisition of Qualcomm spectrum, bundles it with T-Mobile merger review

By engadget, on August 9th, 2011%

AT&T’s LTE spectrum acquisitions just hit a minor bump in the federal road. In a recently released FCC statement, Wireless Bureau chief Rick Kaplan announced the decision to stop the 180 day review clock on the telco’s proposed takeover of Qualcomm’s 700MHz spectrum . . . . → Read More: FCC halts AT&T’s acquisition of Qualcomm spectrum, bundles it with T-Mobile merger review

How Visa Plans To Dominate Mobile Payments, Create The Digital Wallet And More

By MobileCrunch, on August 7th, 2011%

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It’s no secret that credit card companies are shelling out big bucks and aggressively forming partnerships and deals to start cashing in on the mobile and digital payments innovations currently taking place. . . . → Read More: How Visa Plans To Dominate Mobile Payments, Create The Digital Wallet And More

HTC Puccini screens leak, AT&T bloatware and number pad make an appearance

By engadget, on August 5th, 2011%

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HTC’s 10-inch Puccini tab’s been poking its head out from the speculative shadows and now we have a few leaked screens to further whet your LTE appetite . The bevy of shots over on Pocketnow show the AT&T-branded Honeycomb slate packing a serious amount of carrier-installed bloat, with AT&T’s Code, Family, MyText and Navigation apps joining the likes of Amazon’s Kindle app, Cordy , Let’s Golf 2 and NFS Shift . The OEM also appears to have tacked on a number pad to its virtual keyboard solution — a feature Sony’s rumored to include in its own tablets — taking full advantage of the purported 1280 x 800 display. . . . → Read More: HTC Puccini screens leak, AT&T bloatware and number pad make an appearance

BlackBerry Curve 9360 May Have Mobile Hotspot, But What About The Rest?

By MobileCrunch, on August 5th, 2011%

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The recently revealed BlackBerry Curve 9360 is proving to be a surprising bit of hardware. Not only did it (thankfully) get rid of the chintzy chrome-ish highlights of its last iteration, IntoMobile reports that it also packs a a more competitive hardware configuration (hello NFC!) and a little feature hidden in the settings that doesn’t seem to have popped up on any other OS 7 device recently: mobile hotspot . . . → Read More: BlackBerry Curve 9360 May Have Mobile Hotspot, But What About The Rest?

One Billion Shakes Later, Urbanspoon Goes After OpenTable

By MobileCrunch, on August 5th, 2011%

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One of the all-time most popular restaurant apps on mobile is Urbanspoon ( iTunes link ). It is still one of the top 10 travel apps on the iPhone . . . → Read More: One Billion Shakes Later, Urbanspoon Goes After OpenTable

Upcoming Samsung Hercules Spotted Mingling At Canadian Party?

By MobileCrunch, on August 5th, 2011%

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What would happen if the Samsung Galaxy S II and the Samsung Infuse 4G met up, had a few drinks, and got a bit frisky? If you ignore the fact that phones aren’t capable of mating, the product of that one-night stand would probably look a lot like the phone featured in this leaked image — what seems to be the Samsung Hercules . Thanks to the folks at MobileSyrup and a sneaky tipster attending last night’s Samsung Mobile event in Canada, the first blurry-cam shot of this mythical handset has finally arrived. . . . → Read More: Upcoming Samsung Hercules Spotted Mingling At Canadian Party?

Sprint Unveils Their First $100 4G Android Phone: The Samsung Conquer 4G

By MobileCrunch, on August 5th, 2011%

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It looks like it’s go time for the Samsung Conquer 4G. Upon Sprint ‘s announcement this morning, we have a few more specs to offer you along with a launch date — August 21. Just as we expected, the handset will go for $100 as long as you sign on the dotted line of a two-year agreement. . . . → Read More: Sprint Unveils Their First $100 4G Android Phone: The Samsung Conquer 4G

Do You Live In An Android State Or An iPhone State?

By MobileCrunch, on August 5th, 2011%

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It is clear by now that Android is winning the overall mobile market share battle in the U.S. among smart phones. But how does the battle break down by state . . . → Read More: Do You Live In An Android State Or An iPhone State?

Verizon Roadmap Promises September 8 Launch For Droid Bionic Superphone… Finally

By MobileCrunch, on August 5th, 2011%

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Well, look what we have here. Turns out that CEO Sanjay Jha of a little company called Motorola wasn’t lying when he said the long-awaited (like, really long-awaited) Droid Bionic will hit Verizon shelves in September . . . → Read More: Verizon Roadmap Promises September 8 Launch For Droid Bionic Superphone… Finally

HTC Buys Mobile Web Services Company Dashwire For Up To $18.5 Million

By MobileCrunch, on August 5th, 2011%

Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC this morning announced that it has agreed to acquire, through its HTC America Holding unit, 100% of Seattle-based mobile-web connected services company Dashwire for a maximum purchase price of $18.5 million to boost its HTCSense.com mobile cloud services offering. Dashwire offers a range of consumer, social and device management software services for mobile operators, device makers and retailers . . . → Read More: HTC Buys Mobile Web Services Company Dashwire For Up To $18.5 Million