Wireless News

Now through August 31st, new AT&T customers can pick up the Android-powered Samsung Captivate for the special Wirefly price of $9.99. Upgrade-eligible AT&T subscribers can take home the Captivate for $79.99. All AT&T orders are eligible for free activation and fast, free FedEx shipping. Read More

Faced with ever mounting competition from Google's booming Android OS and still suffering from a several year case of iPhone browser envy, the RIM team has been hard at work on not only an entirely new bake of its increasingly stale operating system, but the touchscreen toting, slide-out QWERTY boasting BlackBerry Torch 9800. The next-gen BlackBerry has already made its big debut on AT&T's website and is slated for official announcement later today in New York. Read More

Will that be cash, plastic, or smartphone? Three of the four major U.S. carriers, including AT&T, Verizon Wireless, and T-Mobile have teamed up with Discover Financial Services to bring a contactless payment system to your smartphone according to a Bloomberg report. Read More

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In case you happen to have missed the first "sneak peak" of BlackBerry's upcoming OS 6, or were perhaps distracted by an insatiable desire to get up and bust some moves of your own, the Waterloo crew has released another video teasing some additional features of the next generation of BlackBerry's increasingly senescent operating system. Read More

The battle to win the hearts and minds of speed-crazed mobile consumers has only just begun to heat up as the first 4G-capable devices hit the market, but T-Mobile has been quietly working on its own HSPA+ network that promises the very same (or greater) coveted 4G speeds. Although HSPA+ isn't technically 4G, T-Mobile announced this morning that 85 million Americans can reportedly already bask in the glory of speeds that can theoretically reach up to 21Mpbs. Read More

With a host of tablets on the horizon seen gunning for the iPad, and a new breed of smartphones well-endowed with large, high resolution displays making their way into the hands of the masses, continuing that page-turner from whatever device you happen to have with you is a real possibility. Whether you already have an eReader device and want to always have your book library with you to kill a few minutes while on-the-go, or would rather forgo purchasing an eReader altogether – there’s an app for that, and chances are that it’s available for download to your smartphone, desktop computer, and tablet. Read More

While we can't claim to have seen the Samsung Vibrant perform the feat of TV out with our very own eyes, we can confirm that the Vibrant does appear to support the same TV out functionality of its international Samsung Galaxy S brethren. Read More

T-Mobile fans eagerly awaiting a well-endowed Android-powered smartphone may consider their wait over come July 15 when the Samsung Vibrant with 4-inch Super AMOLED display hits Wirefly's virtual shelves. In addition to it's sizable display, the Vibrant will boast an advanced feature set including a fast 1GHz Hummingbird processor, a six-axis senor for gaming precision, and a 5-megapixel camera capable of recording HD video at 720P. Read More

As an affordable full touchscreen phone with 3G speeds and no data plan requirements, the LG Sentio is an increasingly popular pick among T-Mobile subscribers looking for a slim and stylish phone with a host of advanced features. Read More

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If you're both a SlingPlayer and Android fan, until today you've likely looked on with envy as your compatriots flip through live TV channels on their BlackBerrys or watch their favorite DVR'd shows from their iPhones. Well today, for the same relatively princely price that we've seen in Apple's App Store, Android users can officially get in on all the live streaming fun. Read More