Thursday, May 10, 2012
T-Mobile adds 187,000 subscribers in Q1
T-Mobile today announced its first-quarter 2012 earnings, adding 187,000 net subscribers in the first three months of the year, compared to a loss of 99,000 a year ago. Money-wise, TMoUS saw operating income rise $7.2 percent to $1.27 billion, and average revenue per user jump a couple bucks to $58. The big talk from T-Mobile this week at CTIA, however, is life after the failed AT&T acquisition. And to that end, it's continuing to upgrade its network with an announced $4 billion modernization plan that will pave the way for LTE service in 2013.
Total customers now stand at 33.4 million -- up a couple hundred thousand from the end of 2011, but still 200,000 below Q1 2011.
More: T-Mobile
Hype, expectation and the Samsung Galaxy S III
It’s been a week or so since I first laid eyes on Samsung’s new flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S III. On the night in London, the barrage of information was relentless -- brand new hardware, a new design language, a redesigned TouchWiz and countless other software additions. And over the past few days, all of us in the tech world have slowly been able to form some opinion on the latest high-end smartphone from the Korean electronics giant.
But this article isn’t just a reaction to the Galaxy S III -- we’ve presented plenty of coverage on that (maybe more than enough) already. Instead it’s more a dissection of how we came to know the S III, and how that in itself has colored popular opinion of the device. We’ll also take a look at some common criticisms of the phone, and see just how valid they are. Join us after the break as we examine the world of hype and expectation surrounding the Samsung Galaxy S III.
Verizon LTE spreading to more cities on the eastern seaboard
Verizon has pushed out a handful of press releases about LTE expansion, and if you live or play along the eastern seaboard of the U.S. you'll like the news. The LTE network is being expanded up and down the coast, from North Carolina to Cape Cod, and it's coming just in time for Memorial Day. Here's the new cities and dates:
Maryland (in service)
- Ocean City (from Fenwick Island to South Ocean City)
- Queen Anne’s
- Kent
- Talbot County
- Chestertown
- Queenstown
- Easton
New York (in service)
- Nassau County
- Huntington
- Suffolk County (eastern end)
Virginia (in service)
- Virginia Beach (from Fort Story to Sandbridge)
Delaware (May 17)
- Rehoboth Beach
- Bethany Beach
- Lewes
- Seaford
Pennsylvania (May 17)
- Lancaster
- York
New Jersey (May 17)
- Sea Bright
- Monmouth Beach
- Belmar
- Point Pleasant
- Toms River
- Atlantic City
- Cape May County
Massachusetts (May 17)
- Barnstable
- Bourne
- Dennis
- Falmouth
- Mashpee
- Sandwich
- Yarmouth
North Carolina (coming by Memorial Day)
- The Outer Banks (from Corolla to Hatteras)
It certainly looks to be fun in the sun for Verizon LTE subscribers. Keep your Android phones dry!
Source: Verizon
Leaked Samsung device possibly headed to Sprint
Here we see an image of what is claimed to be the Samsung SPH-L300 which, based on its product code, appears to be destined for Sprint in the near future and the folks over at BriefMobile got the first look at this rumored device. If it hadn't already struck you as looking familiar with it's big silver chin, the HTC Nexus One comes to mind for us but the internals are a definite departure from that original Nexus phone.
Rumored to sport a Qualcomm MSM8960 processor (the Snapdragon S4 chip) which is the same unit as in the LTE enabled HTC One X and Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE, this phone should pack quite the punch should it come to fruition. Other features and specs this device is reported to have include 1 GB of RAM along with 4 GB of ROM, 4G LTE, NFC, and Bluetooth 4.0 all underneath Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich. However, the display resolution is quite disappointing at only 480x800. With all that hardware inside, we'd hope to see a 720p resolution display or at least a qHD display, but keep in mind this is still an unconfirmed device and that means things are subject to change. We'll bring you more info on this as it rolls in.
Source: BriefMobile
God 5-10-12
Romans 3:20 Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God's sight by observing the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of sin.
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