The Sony Xperia S will be available at Sony Stores April 17th. Specs wise it's a HSPA+ phone with a very good 12mp camera, sharp-as-a-tac 4.3" 720p display, dual core 1.5Ghz processor, 1GB RAM, NFC, HDMI and a generous 32GB of storage. It currently ships with Gingerbread but a Ice Cream Sandwich update should be available in days. It's locked to Rogers.

It's $99.99 on a 3 year.

We tried one recently and were pretty impressed. It's a noticeable improvement over last year's Sony's but the competition is going to tough with the HTC One X and Galaxy S III around the corner. What do you think?
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Boost Mobile recently added the LG Marquee to its lineup of Android smartphones. Prepaid carriers differ in many ways to the postpaid carriers like AT&T or Verizon. There are no contracts and lower monthly fees but the cost of the phones are usually higher because there is not subsidized pricing. This is the case with Boost Mobile who is charging $279.99 for the phone, but the monthly fee is only $55 for unlimited everything.
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http://news.verizonwireless.com/news...12-03-14v.html

03/14/2012

BASKING RIDGE, NJ - Verizon Wireless today announced it has purchased the operating assets of Cellular One of Northeast Pennsylvania from United States Cellular Corporation. Financial terms are not being disclosed.

Verizon Wireless will continue to use the Cellular One of Northeast Pennsylvania brand for the next several months as it works to convert the existing wireless network to Verizon Wireless specifications. Customers do not need to take any action at this time. For now, there are no changes to customers' calling plans, devices, or service.

“We look forward to expanding our brand presence and network coverage in northeast Pennsylvania and in welcoming Cellular One’s customers to the nation’s most reliable wireless network,” said Mario Turco, president of Verizon Wireless’ Philadelphia Tri-State Region. ...

HTC and T-Mobile just announced the HTC One S. Here are the salient points:

• 7.95mm thick (T-Mo's thinnest smartphone)
• aluminum unibody
• Beats Audio
• 42Mbps HSPA+
• 8MP camera with f/2.0 lens
• 4.3" qHD Super AMOLED display
• 1.5GHz dual core Snapdragon S4 processor.

T-Mobile Brings HTC One S to the U.S. ...

http://newsroom.sprint.com/article_d...rticle_id=2185

22 February 2012
Sprint Direct Connect beats expectations in key performance measurements, outperforms Sprint’s own push to talk “gold standard”

More than 76,000 calls by a third party prove it: Sprint surpasses own records for call success rates; meets or exceeds in other key metrics

While others test new push-to-talk products, Sprint Direct Connect® improves on its established service, offering largest portfolio of push-to-talk phones and best-in-class features – all backed by 18 industry-leading years of experience

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (BUSINESS WIRE), February 22, 2012 - Sprint (NYSE: S) today announced that recent testing of Sprint Direct Connect – its next generation, broadband push-to-talk service – shows that Sprint has met or exceeded expectations in call setup time, push-to-talk latency and call success rates versus the company’s iDEN-based push-to-talk service. ...

Yikes!
Over at Mobilesyrup they've posted a Rogers Wireless bill that would easily make me run for another country!

The owner of this bill, "TheOneBabooshka" is saying Rogers acknowledges that it's a billing error on their end but we'll see how this plays out.

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TELUS LTE is launching tomorrow in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Kitchener, Waterloo, Hamilton, Guelph, Belleville, Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec City, Halifax and Yellowknife.

Launch devices are the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9, LG Optimus LTE and Novatel Ovation MC679 4G LTE Mobile Internet Key.

The Tab will be $649.99 while the Optimus LTE will be $99.99 on a 3 year.

The Galaxy Note will be available on Feb 14th for $199.99 on a 3 year.

Any of you TELUS users going to upgrade to LTE?
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