For UK folks, the BBC iPlayer app is a must have if you like watching TV on the go. Perhaps the biggest source of frustration, though, has always been the somewhat lacklustre video quality should you be watching over a cellular connection, be that 3G or LTE. Fortunately, the BBC has taken action and is [...]
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Get better quality video using cellular data with latest BBC iPlayer update
Posted by ryan on May 15th, 2013
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T-Mobile Q1 2013 earnings are out showing good numbers for iPhone 5 sales
Posted by ryan on May 8th, 2013
T-Mobile has released their Q1 2013 earnings report, and it shows good news for the carrier on the iPhone front. The iPhone 5 only launched officially on April 12, yet T-Mobile reports that they have sold around 500,000 units to new and existing customers. Perhaps coincidentally, they’re also reporting an uptake in net customer additions [...]
Bill your Boingo WiFi subscription to your iTunes account with latest update to iOS app
Posted by ryan on May 7th, 2013
We’ll always take free WiFi first, or good LTE coverage, but sometimes there’s just no alternative but to use a Boingo subscription. Boingo has around 600,000 hotspots around the globe, and with todays update to their iOS application, accessing them became a lot smoother. The big news is that Boingo subscriptions can now be bought [...]
T-Mobile + MetroPCS merger finalized
Posted by ryan on May 2nd, 2013
The T-Mobile USA/MetroPCS merger has been finalized. The merged company will be known as T-Mobile US, Inc., and will trade under the stock symbol TMUS. T-Mobile will leverage the spectrum from MetroPCS in order to build out it’s LTE network, which they only began to rollout at the end of March. BusinessWire reports: An enhanced [...]
EE expands 4G LTE to 12 more UK towns, total up to 62
Posted by ryan on April 30th, 2013
The UK’s only current 4G LTE provider, EE, has announced the switch on in another 12 towns across the country beginning from today. This is of course fantastic news to anyone in the affected areas with an iPhone 5, or LTE capable iPad or iPad Mini using the EE network. EE customers in Aylesbury, Berkhamsted, [...]
DISH Network makes bid to buy Sprint out from under SoftBank
Posted by ryan on April 15th, 2013
DISH Network has launched a $25.5 billion bid to merge with Sprint. Although Japanese carrier SoftBank is currently preparing to purchase Sprint, shareholders for the third-place U.S. carrier would have the opportunity to reject that bid in favor of DISH Network’s. DISH Chairman Charles Ergen says that this deal hopes to create a first-of-its-kind nation-wide [...]
Verizon CEO says he sold Steve Jobs on LTE for iPhone 5
Posted by ryan on April 11th, 2013
While talking at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) show in Las Vegas, Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam claimed to have been the man responsible for convincing Steve Jobs to go 4G LTE on the iPhone 5. Sue Merek at Fierce Wireless reports: Interestingly McAdam also recounted a meeting he had with former Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) CEO [...]
Virgin Mobile looks to lure in T-Mobile USA customers with $100 credit
Posted by ryan on April 8th, 2013
Virgin Mobile USA has launched a new campaign, taking aim at T-Mobile USA’s new plans, and offering a $100 credit to T-Mobile users who switch. Virgin is hoping that their “Retrain Your Brain” effort will lure T-Mobile’s pre-paid users to their network looking for better deals on their plans. Because Sprint, the network behind Virgin’s [...]
iMore Editors' Choice: Badland, Soundcloud, Veronica Mars, and more
Posted by ryan on April 6th, 2013
Every week, the editors and writers at iMore carefully select some of our favorite, most useful, most extraordinary apps, accessories, gadgets, and websites. This week’s selections include an app that lets you check the coverage of major US carriers, a refreshing runner game, a music app, a TV show, an app for a popular auctioning [...]
T-Mobile USA releases carrier update to bring LTE to unlocked iPhone 5s
Posted by ryan on April 6th, 2013
As promised, T-Mobile US has released their carrier update for unlocked iPhone 5 handsets on their network. According to TmoNews, the update enables those phones to use T-Mobile’s new LTE network as well as visual voicemail. Additionally, the update activates the Commercial Mobile Alert System for public safety announcements, as well as T-Mobile’s HD Voice [...]
