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While Addappt has been teasing painless contact syncing between iOS-using friends and colleagues since its December launch, its invitation-only nature has kept most of us on the sidelines. It may be time to try Addappt now that an update opens the doors to the public. On top of widening the app’s audience for its update once, share everywhere approach, the 1.3 release brings group management that easily lets us lump coworkers or social circles together. Messaging is appropriately easier as well — it’s possible to quickly text or email everyone in a given group, including the option to share more photos at once than the five that iOS usually allows. A port to Android isn’t yet on the cards, but iPhone and iPod touch owners tired of missing phone number changes can give Addappt a whirl today.

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Via: The Next Web

Source: App Store

It’s not what you do, it’s how you do it. Or, at least that’s the sentiment this week. Samsung’s Galaxy S 4 is raising eyebrows with the mobile crew, and not entirely in the good way. There are musings on the future of Chrome and Android, plus (an attempted) discussion on Sony’s latest mobile offerings. You know the drill.

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LG isn’t done creating intrigue at the FCC just because the E980 has made the rounds. A second device, the LS720, has popped up at the agency. Don’t expect the same kind of telltale clues that might have given away its AT&T cousin, however — we mostly know that it’s a phone with Sprint-friendly LTE bands, and browser strings suggest that it could ship with Jelly Bean. Is it a sequel to the Optimus Slider (LS700) for Virgin Mobile? A spiritual successor to the Viper 4G LTE? It’s difficult to tell at this stage, although the numbering scheme points to something below LG’s 800- and 900-series devices like the Mach (LS860) and Optimus G (LS970). We’ll keep our eyes peeled.

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Source: FCC

T-Mobile made much ado at CES of its desire to become the “UnCarrier,” with steps away from subsidies and the usual complexities of smartphones. Thanks to tipsters, we have a better sense of what the provider meant. A memo suggests that T-Mobile is revamping plans in the near future to make unlimited talk and text a de facto part of the experience, where data would be the only changeable factor: on Classic tiers , the starter $60 plan would have 500MB of full-speed data with hotspot support built-in, while subscribers could upgrade their service in 2GB increments that cost between $10-20 dollars per month for individuals. You’d still have ‘real’ unlimited data on Classic from $90, with the hotspot as a bolt-on option. What we’ve seen doesn’t specify a date or price, but T-Mobile happens to have an appropriately-themed event coming up on the 26th; we wouldn’t be shocked if we heard more at that stage.

Update: We’ve done some digging, and this is the full sheet that made a quick stopover at TmoNews. The Classic plans may only be available at third-party stores, while T-Mobile’s own stores would go only with contract-free Value rates that start at $50 and include the $70 unlimited plan we saw in January.

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We can’t vouch with any certainty that individual subscribers have embraced AT&T’s Mobile Share plans with open arms. Corporate customers (and simply the very well-heeled) are another matter: they could use big buckets of data to get their many devices online, which is why AT&T is adding considerably more headroom today. It’s launching new 30GB, 40GB and 50GB Mobile Share plans that respectively cost $300, $400 and $500 per month when there’s unlimited voice and messaging attached. While those rates will be eye-watering for most of us, they make more sense knowing that the carrier ups the maximum number of devices on these plans to a more office-friendly 15 to 25, instead of the usual 10. Data-only users can get away with paying ‘just’ $185, $260 or $335 for similar Mobile Share plans. Companies with a larger staff count can also spring for new Business Pooled Nation plans that offer per-device data between $20 per month for 300MB and $80 per month for 10GB. Hit the source for more details, whether you’re outfitting your business with phones or just have a streaming movie marathon that really, really can’t wait for WiFi.

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Source: AT&T (PDF)