Say hello to the Samsung Galaxy S II for AT&T now that this phone has finally landed in the US. I’m sure everyone was jealous it was first released throughout Europe and Asia, but for those that have patiently been waiting it’s finally here and available for AT&T. The first one available, the Epic 4G Touch just launched and you can see it here, but this is all about the AT&T version of the popular Galaxy S II phone. Head on below for all the details and pictures you could ask for.
We are fast approaching the rumored dates for Apple's next-gen iPhone launch, be it the iPhone 4S or the iPhone 5. Speculation that this next-gen handset would support 4G LTE continue to swirl, with the latest talks suggesting that Apple plans to demonstrate the new smartphone running on a tightly controlled 4G network by installing AT&T's LTE base stations in certain venues. Perhaps, that's why an AT&T truck is parked outside a San Francisco Apple Store that won't re-open until October 5, likely being revamped for the iPhone 5 launch?
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AT&T is after another large company and today we are hearing that they've acquired Superclick, the popular and widely used internet provider for many hotel and hospitality industries, at an impressive cash sum of approximately $15 million.
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Apple’s rumored plans to hold the iPhone 5 launch, tipped to take place next week, at the company’s Cupertino campus could be an LTE strategy decision, with the company looking to tightly control a 4G demonstration of the new smartphone. While Apple’s usual iPhone launch venue, the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, is known to be booked up on October 4, it’s also possible that the company had no intention of revealing an LTE-equipped iPhone 5 anywhere but on its home turf.
The juicy and exciting Motorola leaks just keep on coming this week. We now have the official press images for the upcoming and recently leaked Motorola Atrix 2. We can now confirm the naming will indeed be the Atrix 2 -- not the HD, and Motorola is also preparing a fancy new "Lapdock 100" to launch along with the new Atrix 2.
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Well folks, today I’ve just received an awesome Android smartphone thanks to Samsung. This being the Galaxy S II for AT&T I’m a little excited that these are finally here in the US. I’ve gone ahead and snapped a few pictures for all you hopeful readers planning to pick one up. What lies below is our quick hands-on video as well as a few lovely photos of the AT&T flavored SGSII. We’ve seen plenty of the Galaxy S II already, but this is the closest to the original (international model) here in the US as the others have a larger display. More details can be seen below.
A few days back we were taking a gander at some pics of a new Motorola smartphone that is codenamed the Motorola Edison, thought to land as the Atrix 2. The smartphone looks very nice and the gang over at This is my next have landed a version of the phone to play with. They were nice enough to shoot hoards of pics for us to peruse and offer some hands on impressions to boot.
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When it comes to the next iPhone, whatever that may be at the time, it’s generally just news tips that we get, whispers and the occasional blurting out of details by those who are trusted to keep them. In this case, details come in the form of, well, a case. A couple of cases, actually, one of them from Speck, the other from OtterBox. Both of these cases have arrived in stores and/or people’s deviously swiping hands today, both of them appearing very much to be THIS CLOSE to being ready for release.
Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam has spoken out in favor of the AT&T/T-Mobile merger, describing the deal as “kind of like gravity” and arguing that, if it blocks it, the US government will need to be more active in its spectrum plans. Speaking at an investor conference this week, McAdam claimed “that match had to occur” MarketWatch reports, and warned that the involved parties “need to be very thoughtful on what the impacts would be to the overall industry if this is a way to regulate the industry without actually passing regulation.”
Isis will likely be the largest rival to the newly launched Google Wallet mobile payment platform when it arrives in early 2012. The platform is a multi-million dollar joint-venture between carrier heavyweights Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile. Despite not being first to launch as it had hoped, the project aims to differentiate by offering more choices.
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AT&T's bid to purchase T-Mobile for $39 billion may have to wait until at least past February of next year. A trial date for February 13 was set today by US District Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle in the antitrust lawsuit filed by the US Department of Justice joined by seven states against the AT&T and T-Mobile merger.
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AT&T has confirmed that the Samsung Galaxy S II will launch on October 2, with the dual-core Super AMOLED Plus smartphone priced at $199.99 with a new, two-year agreement. Announced last month, the Android 2.3 Gingerbread smartphone has a 4.3-inch WVGA display and a dual-core Exynos 1.2 GHz processor, along with an 8-megapixel camera capable of Full HD video recording.
