This is definitely not a joke and the number is real. An AT&T customer decided to break the world record for sending SMS messages and he has apparently done so successfully. Using an iPhone 3GS he managed to send 662,258 SMS messages in one month. You do the math, and if you end up with about 15 texts/minute (that’s without sleeping), then you should be about right. Don’t you get bored sending all those messages? Do you have time to do anything else during the day? Or maybe all these messages are one-word texts in which case it sounds a little easier to be accomplished. Or should we assume it’s all fake?

But the best part comes now! AT&T printed the bill and sent it over to the guy. That’s 12,301 printed pages in three boxes. I bet some AT&T employees were at least a bit annoyed with this particular bill!

via DailyMobilecra

Tags: Apple, At&T, At&T, crazy things, iPhone 3GS, sms message

Just for today only, Amazon is handing out AT&T phones for a penny. This is not a joke! The only catch is that you have to sign a 2 year contract with AT&T. There are no activation fees and you can get the phones via free 2 day shipping.

Here are some of the phones up for grabs:

• Samsung Eternity a867
• Blackberry Curve 8900
• Samsung Impression a877
• LG Xenon GR500
• Blackberry Bold 9000
• Motorola Tundra
• And many more!

To view a complete list of phones, go here.

(Source) Crunch Gear

Tags: activation fees, Amazon, At&T, blackberry curve, Cell Phones, complete list, grabs, Mobile News, Motorola, Motorola, Samsung, Samsung, shipping, Sony Ericsson, Tundra, xenon

We already knew about the pricing part and the fact that the HTC Pure is actually the Touch Diamond2 in AT&T garbs, but we lacked live pictures of the device.  HTCpedia now confirms the price as $149.99 (with a new contract and a $50 mail-in rebate) with a contract-free price of $349.99, and have a couple of pictures showing the Pure wrapped in snap-on and silicone cases.  The cases obscure most of its body but it is not that difficult to see a few tweaks in the design, like the rounded appearance of the upper and lower bezel, compared to Touch Diamond2’s straight-lined style. We still don’t have a release date for the HTC Pure, but keep coming back if you want to know.

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Tags: At&T, Cell Phones, HTC, Pure, Touch Diamond2

While AT&T is upgrading its 3G network to 7.2Mbps and while Rogers or T-Mobile are deploying 21Mbps HSPA+ networks, Huawei is working on something even bigger. It’s not LTE as you’d suspect is 56Mbps HSPA+ which should be available sometime next year in Beijing. The most interesting part is that Huawei is claiming that its partners will simply have to get a software upgrade in order to upgrade their networks. Could 56Mbps HSPA+ be that easy to deploy? That’s definitely a bold move from Huawei and its carrier partners should be very happy to hear such news. We’ll still want to see some more proof before we get too excited about such possibilities. Let’s see if other carriers, and I won’t name any names just yet, are going to be ready to offer similar theoretical speeds next year!

via Huawei

Tags: 21Mbps, 56Mbps, 7.2Mbps, At&T, At&T, HSPA, huawei, LTE, Mobile News, Other Brands, Rogers, T-Mobile, T-Mobile

It’s almost official folks! We told you that AT&T was thinking femtocell thoughts last week and apparently that MicroCell is real and AT&T customers will be able to get it soon. AT&T has even setup a special site for this network booster. MicroCell’s features and capabilities will be available to you for just $20 per month. It doesn’t seem that much but when you think of it, you shouldn’t pay extra for being able to get decent service from your chosen carrier. Maybe instead getting a femtocell from any of the Big Four you should consider a different carrier that will offer you decent coverage at home or at work without the need of a femtocell solution.

via AT&T

Tags: At&T, At&T, femtocell, MicroCell

AT&T has a few surprises for its subscribers. It looks like the company plans to launch brand new HTC and Garmin-Asus phones soon so we should definitely check them out.

AT&T will launch the HTC Touch Pro2 as the Tilt2 and the Touch Diamond2 as the Pure. The Tilt2 will cost $299.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate and with a 2-year contract while the Pure will cost $199 under the same circumstances. In case you’re not planning a new AT&T agreement then you can purchase the phones for the full price of $499.99 and $399.99, respectively.

The Garmin-Asus phone coming from AT&T is none other than the nuvifone G60. Believe it or not the phone is going to be sold soon for $299.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate and with a 2-year contract or for $549.99.

We don’t have any release dates just yet, which means you have plenty of time to think about your next AT&T phone.

via BGR

Tags: ASUS, ASUS, At&T, At&T, Garmin, Garmin, HTC, HTC, nuvifone, Pure, Tilt2, Touch Diamond2, Touch Pro2

The FCC is still investigating the rejections of Google’s Google Voice application from the App Store. We’ve seen AT&T’s and Apple’s response related to Google Voice but the best part, Google’s letter to the FCC hasn’t been available to the public in its full version until now. The FCC decided to reveal the whole letter and you can check it out for yourself by following the link below.

So why has Apple rejected Google Voice? From the correspondence between Apple’s Senior VP of Worldwide Product Marketing, Phil Shiller and Google’s Senior VP of Engineering & Research, Alan Eustace there only a conclusion to be drawn: it seems that the “application duplicated the core dialer functionality of the iPhone” and that was an unwanted scenario. But wait a minute, didn’t Apple say they are still revising the app? Well it looks like Apple told Google that Google Voice has been rejected from the store. Did Apple lie in its response to the FCC?

We’ll see how this conflict develops in the future as there’s no clear conclusion about the future of Google Voice for iPhone so far.

via FCC

Tags: Apple, Apple, At&T, At&T, fcc, Google, Google, Google Voice

If you were dreaming about an AT&T femtocell solution then you might be in luck! It seems that the carrier will launch femtocells soon. A certain Microcell femtocell is about to be soft launched next week which means the official launch is imminent. The device will be available in Atlanta, San Antonio, Seattle and some markets in North Carolina so in case your area isn’t listed here you’ll have to wait some more until actually being able to boost that poor cell phone signal with an AT&T femtocell. Fortunately for you we’ll keep an eye on such devices so you won’t miss official availability dates and prices when the Microcell becomes officially official!

via unstrung

Tags: At&T, At&T, femtocell, MicroCell, Mobile News, Portable Devices, Soft-Launch

Go ahead and add this to the growing list of Windows phones that will be released on October 6th.  AT&Ters eagerly waiting for the Touch Pro2 should breathe a sigh of relief as BGR now has it on good authority that the device, called the Tilt 2 on AT&T, will be out the door on that much anticipated 6th day of October.  Yes, it is a bit late, seeing that the Pro2 is already available on Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint, but then AT&T subscribers will at least have Windows Mobile 6.5 out of the box, a kick in the teeth for the customers on other networks who will have to upgrade their devices to 6.5.

Tags: At&T, Cell Phones, HTC, Tilt 2, Touch Pro2

It’s been a while since we heard of ITG’s xpPhone in fact, the last we heard of it was back at Computex. Well, the device seems to have graduated from the drawing board and is now dangerously close to hitting Vodafone, Orange and AT&T.

As you can see, the device packs quite a punch with its 4.8-inch touchscreen display, video conferencing and 3G compatibility. One major thing to make note of is the fact that its primary operating system is Microsoft’s beloved Windows XP.

Unfortunately (or fortunately depending on how you look at it) ITG has yet to mention a price so when you actually go to pre-order the xpPhone, you won’t have to pay anything.

via pocketables

Tags: 3G, At&T, Cell Phones, Computex, microsoft, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Orange, touchscreen, Vodafone, Windows XP, xpphone

Motorola’s first Android phone, the Cliq, is not the hottest Android phone available out there but it’s certainly one of the hottest Motorola phones ever created. The phone will be available this fall from T-Mobile but Moto will not stop here. The manufacturer will be launching a lot more Android phones in the near future so you’d better get used to that MOTOBLUR social networking interface quick. And in case you assumed T-Mobile will be the designated carrier for future Motorola Android phones then you were totally wrong. According to Sanjay Jha, Moto’s CEO, the company is in talks with “all large operators in the US” which means that your favorite carrier is going to get a Motorola Android phone in the near future. So far we know that the Sholes is headed to Verizon Wireless but we assume Sprint and AT&T are also going to be interested in getting some Moto Android action.

via WSJ

Tags: Android, At&T, At&T, Cliq, Mobile News, Motorola, Motorola, Sholes, Sprint, Sprint, Verizon, Verizon

Just earlier this month we notified you of the impending AT&T release for the Nokia Mural. Well, it seems that before the device even got a chance to take off, AT&T is halting all sales.

Unfortunately, this delay is until further notice (which could mean forever) due to the production model of the device unable to work over AT&T’s 3G network. As for the stock that’s already out there, BGR reports that retailers have been ordered to send the phone back to headquarters for a software update.

Those of you discouraged about this news need not be as there are countless 3G clamshell alternatives out there.

Tags: At&T, Cell Phones, clamshell, error, Nokia, production, sales

If you happen to live in Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, LA or Miami and you happen to be one of AT&T’s paying subscribers then you should be happy to know that AT&T is getting ready to bring your full HSPA 7.2Mbps to your neighborhood. You should expect the service to be available by the end of the year but unfortunately that “theoretical” 7.2Mbps speed will not be available any time soon. You’ll have to simply get used to “real-world downlink and uplink speeds” which will be “less than the theoretical peak and will vary based on a number of factors, including location, device, and overall traffic on the local wireless network at a given time.” By 2011 AT&T will about 90% of its current 3G network footprint will get HSPA 7.2 and maybe by that time we’ll actually be able to take advantage of the full download and upload speed.

In the mean time AT&T will also work on a bunch of other projects meant to enhance your whole wireless experience:

An initiative to substantially expand the wireless spectrum serving 3G customers in hundreds of markets across the country, using high-quality 850 MHz spectrum. This additional spectrum expands overall network capacity and improves in-building reception. Deployments of this 850 MHz spectrum are about 90 percent complete today, with local roll-outs recently completed in New York, Atlanta and Houston.

Addition of about 2,000 new cell sites to our network in 2009, expanding service to new cities and improving coverage in other areas.

Enabling widespread access to our Wi-Fi network – the largest in the country with more than 20,000 hotspots in all 50 states – to qualifying customers, allowing them to take advantage of the best available AT&T mobile broadband connection.

Preparation for field trials of 4G LTE wireless networks next year, with deployment planned to follow in 2011. This schedule aligns with industry expectations of when a wide variety of compatible 4G wireless devices will be available.

So what do you say? How’s your AT&T experience?

via AT&T

Tags: 7.2Mbps, At&T, At&T, HSPA, LTE, Mobile News, Network

I bet you were probably waiting for a while now for AT&T to finally introduce some sort of an unlimited calling plan like Verizon’s Friends & Family or T-Mobile’s myFaves. Well AT&T has finally launched it. If you have an individual Nation plan of $59.99 or higher then you’ll be able to get the “A-List with Rollover” and start calling five domestic phone numbers for free whenever you want to.

In case you own a FamilyTalk plan of at least $89.99 then you’ll be able to get up to ten numbers to talk to for free. The A-List will be available starting with September 20 so you have plenty of time to decide which numbers to select.

via AT&T

Tags: A-List, At&T, At&T, Friends & Family For Business, myFaves, T-Mobile, T-Mobile, Unlimited Calling, Verizon, Verizon

It looks like Seth The Blogger Guy is probably the only blogger that’s not angry with AT&T for some reason. In this 3-minute video he explains why AT&T’s network is not as speedy as its customers want it to be and he’s saying that AT&T is working around the clock to offer a better, faster network in the future. Well then maybe AT&T should consider changing some of their ads, to reflect the real potential of their current network and not tell everyone how AT&T’s network is really fast.

One more important thing this short video confirms is the availability of MMS messaging on the iPhone. AT&T has been working for months to prepare “the radio access controllers in our network to support this launch.”

So what have we learned so far? Well AT&T is certainly not the best network out there but the future might look a lot better. Let’s see what happens when AT&T looses that iPhone exclusivity! Will people move to other carriers? Such a thing will definitely improve the quality of AT&T’s data transfer speeds…

Tags: 3G, At&T, At&T, data, iPhone, mms, Mobile News, Network, Speed, video

It looks like a new application is coming to the iPhones with Loopt. Loopt acts as a GPS-like app which runs simultaneously on the Apple iPhone with permission from the actual owner of the device. The Loopt app is designed to pinpoint the iPhone owner’s exact location through other compatible services.

The Loopt app was permitted by AT&T which would now require subscribers to pay a monthly fee of $3.99 for the new feature. There is a free 14 day trial for subscribers to try it out. The coming of this app can be useful for parents who often worry about their children when they are out on their own. It may also be a good tracker for erring husbands or wives, provided of course they approve it when they are being tracked!

(Source) Tech Whack

Tags: acts, Apple, Apple iPhone, At&T, compatible services, exact location, GPS, iPhone, iphones, loopt, Mobile Software, new application, new feature, parents, subscribers

Once again AT&T does as it pleases when it comes to handling its own business. We’ve seen some strange decisions in the past and now we have one more such decision for you. It looks like the carrier doesn’t feel ready to launch that BlackBerry Bold software upgrade. And after all this waiting it looks like a “software issue affecting the interaction between the device and network enhancements being deployed.” Aha! Right! That surely sounds like a serious problem which needs to be addressed immediately. So anyway, what phone are you going to choose to replace your BlackBerry Bold?

via BGR

Tags: At&T, At&T, BlackBerry Bold, delay, Mobile News, Research In Motion, RIM, upgrade

AT&T has finally decided to announce MMS support for the iPhone. Starting with September 25 everyone that owns an iPhone and wants to start sending pictures to their friends and family will be able to do so. All you will need to do is get the software update that’s coming and you’ll be ready for MMS messages in no time. Way to deal with this whole MMS issue AT&T! And it came so fast! Let’s see what’s going to happen with that iPhone MMS-related trial now!

via AT&T

Tags: Apple, Apple, At&T, At&T, iPhone, mms, Mobile News, Portable Devices

Sure, it’s not as cool as Nokia’s recently announced N97 mini, but it looks like a RAZR and that’s cool enough for me. Anyways, what you see above is the Nokia Mural which was recently announced to be coming to AT&T on September 6th for $49.99 after rebate and a 2-year contract.

This phone will feature a 2.2-inch screen, 3G, external music buttons, 2mp camera, IM and email clients, and a microSDHC slot.

The best feature of all? The fact that you can customize the phone’s lighting, woo!

Read (Nokia)

Tags: 2mp camera, 3G, At&T, Cell Phones, email, im, microsdhc, Mobile News, Mural, Nokia, Nokia

This was bound to happen sooner or later but we’re glad it happened now. AT&T will offer free access to its WiFi hotspots network to all Windows Mobile phones owners. That means you’ll be able to walk in a Starbucks coffee shop with a Windows Phone in your hand and check your mail or browse the Internet while you offer yourself a tasty treat.

AT&T has announced that September 14 is going to be the day when all Windows Mobile phone owners will be able to start enjoying those hotspots. The only thing AT&T asks of you is that you get an unlimited data plan or other qualifying data plan in order to take advantage of that free hotspots.

Besides Windows Mobile phones, iPhones and BlackBerry handsets already have access to AT&T’s hotspot network. Who’s going to be next?

via AT&T

Tags: At&T, At&T, BlackBerry, hotspots, iPhone, iPhone, microsoft, Mobile News, Other Brands, Research In Motion, starbucks, WiFi, Windows Mobile, Windows Phones