If you didn’t get enough mobile news during the week, not to worry, because we’ve opened the firehose for the truly hardcore. This week brought leaks of a smartphone that tips the scales with a 6-inch screen, an alternate ego to the oft-leaked Sony ‘Honami’ and the return of unlimited data to a certain AT&T MVNO. So buy the ticket and take the ride as we explore all that’s happening in the mobile world for this week of August 12th, 2013.
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If you didn’t get enough mobile news during the week, not to worry, because we’ve opened the firehose for the truly hardcore. This week brought news of a new direction for Muve Music, the arrival of a budget smartphone at Sprint and a whole lotta LTE expansion. These stories and more await after the break. So buy the ticket and take the ride as we explore the “best of the rest” for this week of February 25th, 2013.
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Let’s face it: neither TracFone nor its Net10 badge are known for adventurous phone selections, let alone dipping into Windows Phone 8 devices. Color us surprised when Huawei’s Ascend W1 not only surfaces at the FCC — the phone maker said it planned a US launch — but is explicitly labeled as coming to a TracFone brand, most likely the smartphone-friendly Net10. There’s no shocks at support for the budget carrier’s HSPA frequencies, then. While FCC filings don’t clue us in as to prices or ship dates, the choice of network suggests the Ascend W1 won’t cost much off-contract when it crosses the ocean.
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Source: FCC
Not all mobile news is destined for the front page, but if you’re like us and really want to know what’s going on, then you’ve come to the right place. This past week, Sprint began testing its LTE network in Boston and we’ve come across a QWERTY slider from LG that’ll be hitting a convenience store near you. These stories and more await after the break. So buy the ticket and take the ride as we explore the “best of the rest” for this week of August 6th, 2012.
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