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AT&T Mulling Joint Venture With T-Mobile

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Published on 11-30-2011 10:59 PM

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AT&T is reportedly considering a joint venture with T-Mobile USA parent company Deutsche Telekom instead of buying T-Mobile USA outright. Sources speaking to wsj said the plans are far from final, but such a deal could be looked at more closely now that AT&T is facing a number of roadblocks with its planned merger.

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Demo WP7 From Your Current Smartphone

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Published on 11-29-2011 04:39 PM

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From a non-WP7 smartphone go here: http://aka.ms/wpdemo and give it a spin.

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Windows Phone 7 Is "Operating System Of The Year"

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Published on 11-28-2011 09:27 AM

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From Know Your Mobile

Windows Phone 7 has won the award for Operating System of the Year at the 2011 Know Your Mobile Awards.

Inspired by Metro signage, the Windows Phone User interface provides users with an easily customisable start screen, which is focused on putting people first.

Stepping away from the sea of isolated uninformative icons used by other smartphone OS', Windows Phone integrates the user experience to deliver smarter and easier communications, apps and Internet experiences.

Agree? Disagree?

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AT&T Withdraws FCC Application For T-Mobile Acquisition

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Published on 11-24-2011 03:48 PM

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[top]AT&T and Deutsche Telekom Continue to Pursue Sale of DT's U.S. Wireless Assets
[top]Companies Withdraw FCC Applications; AT&T Expects to Recognize $4 Billion Charge; Companies Focus on Gaining DOJ Approval
Dallas, Texas, November 24, 2011ShareThisOn Nov. 22, 2011, the Federal Communications Commission indicated a proposed order was circulating that would designate for hearing the applications of AT&T Inc. and Deutsche Telekom AG For Consent To Assign or Transfer Control of Licenses and Authorizations, WT Docket No. 11-65. On November 23, 2011, AT&T Inc. and Deutsche Telekom AG electronically withdrew without prejudice, as of that date, the pending applications listed in the Public Notice released by the Federal Communications Commission on April 28, 2011 in that proceeding. Associated manual notification of withdrawal filings also are being madAT&T Inc. and Deutsche Telekom AG are continuing to pursue the sale of Deutsche Telekom’s U.S. wireless assets to AT&T and are taking this step to facilitate the consideration of all options at the FCC and to focus their continuing efforts on obtaining antitrust clearance for the transaction from the Department of Justice either through the litigation pending before the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Case No. 1:11-cv-01560 (ESH) or alternate means. As soon as practical, AT&T Inc. and Deutsche Telekom AG intend to seek the necessary FCC approval.As a result of the FCC’s action, AT&T expects to recognize a pretax accounting charge of $4 billion ($3 billion cash and $1 billion book value of spectrum) in the 4^th quarter of 2011 to reflect the potential break up fees due Deutsche Telekom in the event the transaction does not receive regulatory approval.

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Analysts now say AT&T-Mobile deal has less than 50% success chance

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Published on 11-22-2011 10:31 AM

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Financial analysts are becoming pessimistic that AT&T (NYSE:T) will win approval for its proposed $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA. The analysts argue that to improve the deal's prospects, AT&T will have to make significant concessions ahead of a February trial with the Department of Justice, which is suing to block the deal on antirust grounds.

According to the Financial Times, most analysts now rate the deal's chances as less than 50/50, with some even giving it only a 20 percent chance of approval. Bankers note that for the deal win approval, AT&T might have to sell significant spectrum--likely AWS airwaves--to a smaller player like MetroPCS (NASDAQ:PCS).

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Buy A Windows Phone, Get $25 In Apps Free

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Published on 11-20-2011 01:24 PM

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Microsoft is offering a $25 app card for people who buy a new Windows Phone through the end of the year. The promotion states new Windows Phone purchasers from November 2nd through December 31st qualify.

Pssst! Pass it on: Through the end of the year, we’re giving a prepaid $25 app card to anybody who buys one of the great new Windows Phones now on sale. The prepaid card makes it easy to jump start a new app or game collection.

More details and info on how to get it here.

Will this tempt you to buy one? Talk about it here.

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Amazon Releases Kindle Fire

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Published on 11-15-2011 09:15 AM

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Today Amazon releases its anticipated Kindle Fire Android-powered tablet. It is deeply tied into Amazon's ecosystem and can ran Android apps. It can be had for $199 and is expected to ship in two to three days.

If you're wondering how this stacks up to the iPad, check out a comparison here.

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Bell and Virgin to launch the Samsung Galaxy Nexus in early December

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Published on 11-14-2011 09:35 AM

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Bell source here: http://galaxynexus.bell.ca/#

Virgin source here: http://www.virginmobile.ca/en/hot-of...fer-nexus.html

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Adobe To Discontinue Mobile Flash Development

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Published on 11-09-2011 09:53 AM

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Adobe has announced on their official blog that they intend to cease development of Flash for mobile devices and will put more effort into HTML5.

However, HTML5 is now universally supported on major mobile devices, in some cases exclusively. This makes HTML5 the best solution for creating and deploying content in the browser across mobile platforms. We are excited about this, and will continue our work with key players in the HTML community, including Google, Apple, Microsoft and RIM, to drive HTML5 innovation they can use to advance their mobile browsers.

Our future work with Flash on mobile devices will be focused on enabling Flash developers to package native apps with Adobe AIR for all the major app stores. We will no longer continue to develop Flash Player in the browser to work with new mobile device configurations (chipset, browser, OS version, etc.) following the upcoming release of Flash Player 11.1 for Android and BlackBerry PlayBook. We will of course continue to provide critical bug fixes and security updates for existing device configurations. We will also allow our source code licensees to continue working on and release their own implementations.

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Verizon: Double data promo

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Published on 11-07-2011 07:07 PM

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Looks like they are doubling the data across the board.

$30 used to get 2GB, now it gets you 4GB.

$50 used to get you 5GB, now it gets you 10GB

$80 used to get you 10GB, now it gets you 20GB.

4G data plans only.

More here. Talk about it here.
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