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Republic Wireless is finally ready for more customers on its low price cellphone service, announcing today that it’s reopening signups for its beta and offering customers a new phone. The new hardware is the Motorola Defy XT, an Android 2.3 device with a 3.7-inch display, 1GHz CPU, 1650 mAh battery, 5MP camera / VGA front camera, 1GB of ROM and microSD slot. It can be your for $249, which may seem pricey for a Gingerbread phone in 2012, however Republic Wireless’ truly unlimited $19 / month plan hopes to make up for it on the back end. Those who signed up for the service and are slotted in Wave B are welcome, while Wave A customers rocking the launch LG Optimus are being offered $100 off the price of an upgrade to the new phone. Check out a few more details after the break in the press release.

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Republic Wireless reopens its unlimited $19 per month beta, starts offering Motorola Defy XT originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 31 Jul 2012 00:34:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Annabelle Bennett is no stranger to Apple/Samsung litigation — the Federal Court of Australia judge has had a hand in the companies’ disputes for at least the past year. And it would appear that she’s grown a bit impatient, following a Samsung move that she’s labeled as “just ridiculous.” According to a Bloomberg report, the trial began with Samsung’s attorney stating that Apple refused to pay a fee to license three patents related to 3G data transmission. Apple’s counsel, however, explained that the company did offer to pay, but Samsung refused. Bennett responded by asking “why on earth are these proceedings going ahead?,” following up with “why shouldn’t I order the parties to mediation?” — a question she expects to be addressed by the end of the week. There doesn’t appear to be any official ruling at this point, though the trial certainly isn’t off to a great start for Samsung. Ultimately, the duo may be forced back to the negotiating table, letting Bennett move on to other cases until the next patent rouse.

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Judge calls Samsung vs. Apple 3G suit ‘ridiculous,’ suggests mediation instead originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 23 Jul 2012 10:42:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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With the introduction of AT&T’s Mobile Share this morning, the two largest mobile operators in the US (the other one, of course, being Verizon) have officially embraced the idea of pooled data plans. The concept is simple: bundle talk, text and data together in the same family plan, instead of forcing each individual member to pay a separate fee if they want internet access. With the announcement of these plans, we were instantly curious to find out if these new options will save customers money on a monthly basis — and which company offers the best value. Determined to get some answers, we’ve broken down AT&T and Verizon’s plans and will highlight the pros and cons for you after the break.

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AT&T and Verizon shared data plans compared originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 18 Jul 2012 15:32:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The folks in Kansas City, Kansas here in the United States are about to get the web at 100 times the speed most Americans have on average today. The release date for Google’s Fiber program has been set today at July 26th, a little over a week from today, this just a bit more than a year since the project was first announced. With speeds this fast, we’ll have to see what the city will do it it all – perhaps streaming video will become more popular than television at a rate greater than the rest of the world – speedy!

Though this announcement doesn’t include one whole heck of a lot more information on the system than we saw at the launch of this project, we can see that the end-goal for the situation is what Google set out for it to be. As Google vice president of Access Services Milo Medin said back in 2011, Google’s goal was and is, “is to deliver Internet speeds more than 100 times faster than what most Americans have access to today.”

Those of you in Kansas City that want to take part in this system can sign up at Google.com/Fiber – and Google will also be bringing more information on the project on the 26th of this month as well. For now have a peek at the presentation video that acts a bit more like a commercial than anything else above, and get ready for speed!

Have a peek below at our timeline of the history of Google Fiber as well – come to Minnesota next, please!

Google Fiber hits Kansas City in just over a week is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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