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  • AT&T to be 'premier' Windows Phone 7 vendor

    Say all you want about whether Windows Phone 7 (WP7) will succeed, but AT&T continues to back the platform wholeheartedly after endorsing it -- and Microsoft 's mobile efforts -- repeatedly over the last year.

    Written by Matt Hamblen28 July 10 07:02
  • No Dell Streak sale in July, spokesman says

    The 5-inch Dell Streak tablet won't go on sale by the end of July, a spokesman said late Tuesday. That announcement came after Dell earlier in the day mistakenly posted an online message on its Web site that customers could return to the site Wednesday to purchase the device.

    Written by Matt Hamblen28 July 10 07:55
  • AT&T now patching flaw that slowed iPhone 4

    AT&T is patching software in its network to fix a bug that kept iPhone 4 users from getting the full upstream speed on their handsets.

    Written by Stephen Lawson27 July 10 04:48
  • AT&T net income up on smartphone additions

    AT&T reported net income of $US4 billion for the second quarter of 2010, up nearly 26 percent from the second quarter of 2009, driven largely by increasing demand for Apple's iPhone and other smartphones, the company said Thursday.

    Written by Grant Gross22 July 10 23:11
  • iPhone halo effect shores up AT&T

    iPhone owners may grouse about AT&T's service, but the "halo effect" of Apple's smartphone significantly boosts the U.S. carrier's customer satisfaction levels, not just its revenue, an analyst said today.

    Written by Gregg Keizer21 July 10 04:59
  • Open mobile still on the way, AT&T's Donovan said

    The ideal mobile ecosystem is still one that's partly closed, such as the iPhone App Store, but the trend is toward greater openness, AT&T Chief Technology Officer John Donovan said Monday.

    Written by Stephen Lawson13 July 10 05:34
  • Lawsuit against Apple continues as a class action

    A lawsuit against Apple and AT&T Mobility will proceed as a class action, following a ruling in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on Thursday, court documents show.

    Written by Jeremy Kirk13 July 10 06:34
  • AT&T offers businesses a smartphone credit-card payment service

    AT&T on Wednesday announced a service for small- and medium-size businesses that want to use smartphones to accept credit and debit card transactions from customers. The service is based on technology from payment device manufacturer Apriva of Scottsdale, Ariz.

    Written by Matt Hamblen08 July 10 06:14
  • AT&T blames iPhone 4 slowdown on Alcatel bug

    Heavy demand for upload capacity from the iPhone 4 has exposed a flaw in the software for Alcatel-Lucent's 3G network equipment, temporarily forcing lower upstream speeds for some AT&T subscribers.

    Written by Stephen Lawson08 July 10 05:26
  • AT&T reaches settlement of old billing claims

    AT&T and lawyers representing class-action plaintiffs have reached a proposed settlement of lawsuits over billing by AT&T Wireless before 2004.

    Written by Stephen Lawson03 July 10 07:34
  • Apple sells 1.7M iPhone 4s amid short supplies

    Apple today announced that it and its carrier partners had sold 1.7 million iPhone 4s in the first three days of the new smartphone's availability.

    Written by Gregg Keizer29 June 10 03:43
  • AT&T reportedly bungles handling of private data, again

    This hasn't been AT&T's month. First, security researchers found a loophole in the company's Web site that could be used to reveal e-mail addresses for tens of thousands of Apple iPad customers. Now, some users are reporting that when they log in to their AT&T accounts to pre-order the iPhone 4 they are apparently given access to the account information of other people.

    Written by Sumner Lemon16 June 10 16:11
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