News from ZDNet | | | AT&T makes its T-Mobile case: Patriotism, spectrum crunch, mobile broadband AT&T executives made their case for the $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile. The argument for the deal, draped in U.S. patriotism and the future of mobile broadband, was made to regulators,... Read more | | Microsoft throws down the gauntlet at Android tablets The news from that Microsoft has sued Barnes & Noble over its Android e-reader is significant. Microsoft has previously gone after Android phone makers, but are making it clear they are coming... Read more | | There's more than one way for Microsoft to compete with Android Microsoft, on March 21, sued Barnes and Noble, Foxconn and Inventec -- all of which are involved in selling Android-based e-readers -- for alleged patent infringement. Read more | | AT&T: T-Mobile may address enterprise global roaming rates While the focus of the AT&T-T-Mobile deal is primarily on consumers, enterprises may be winners as service improves and data roaming rates fall due to partnerships with Deutsche Telekom. Read more | | Can Sprint win over regulators in AT&T, T-Mobile merger? Sprint has frequently been the underdog in the wireless industry and bargain pricing, early moves to 4G and improving customer service have been its weapons of choice. Now it better hire a few... Read more | | MacBook Pro 2011 owners complain of 'hard freeze' problems Two threads have emerged on Apple's support forum which seem to suggest that some MacBook Pro 2011 units are overheating and locking up in a 'hard freeze.' Read more | | Sprint launches integrated Google Voice, Nexus S 4G Under the Google Voice integration, a Sprint user can use an existing mobile number as a Google Voice number. Read more | | Sprint and Google announce Google Nexus S 4G from Samsung The Google Nexus S 4G is coming soon from Sprint with a pure Google experience and support for WiMAX. It is nearly the same as the current Nexus S that works on T-Mobile. Read more | | First impressions of the blazing HTC ThunderBolt LTE smartphone The HTC ThunderBolt is the first LTE smartphone in the U.S. and blows past every other "4G" device on the market. If speed is your need, then you need to look at the ThunderBolt. Read more | | HTC HD7S smartphone revealed: 4.3" display, 1GHz, WP7, AT&T HTC has unveiled the HD7S smartphone, a Windows Phone 7-based handset geared for gaming and multimedia consumption on the AT&T network. Read more | | Xobni for Gmail: Just in time or a little too late? The popular tool for Outlook finally starts rolling out (in BETA) for Gmail, but as cloud-based mail has evolved, is the tool late to the show? Read more | | Will Verizon hit you with activation fees on your iPad? You might not be able to start and stop data service for no charge Read more | | Rant: I switched to T-Mobile to get AWAY from AT&T! AT&T acquires T-Mobile. AT&T might be happy, but not everyone else is. Read more |
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