Todd R. Weiss

T-Mobile Simple Choice plan customers can now get more music streamed to their mobile devices without having to use their data plans under an expanded program announced by the carrier on Nov. 24. Back in June, T-Mobile gave its customers on Simple Choice plans the abilities to listen to streaming music from Pandora, Rhapsody, iHeartRadio, […]

More than $34 billion in bids have so far been received by the FCC in the wireless spectrum auction that began on Nov. 13, as bidders around the nation compete to purchase a larger chunk of the finite wireless spectrum that is used to support wireless calls, data transmissions and other communications. The Federal Communications […]

Sprint is offering $200 off a Samsung Galaxy S5 smartphone, while AT&T is heavily discounting five different smartwatches as part of their respective sales promotions for Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday. The Sprint Samsung Galaxy S5 offer begins online on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 27, as the company cuts the price of the S5 and its […]

Microsoft Betting Lumia 830’s Price, Features Will Win Converts By Todd R. Weiss Lumia 830 Unwrapped Equipped with a 5-inch 720p HD display, a Gorilla Glass 3 screen cover, a quad-core 1,200MHz Snapdragon 400 processor and 1GB of RAM, the new Lumia 830 provides power and a nice design. Easy Windows Syncing Running the Windows […]

AARP wants to get its recently launched $189 RealPad tablet into the hands of a key group of users—the elderly parents of Baby Boomers. The problem, however, is that while this includes a large group of potential users who could ultimately benefit from having such a device in their lives, the seniors are often hesitant […]

Apple has stopped tagging apps as “free” in its app store to comply with requests from European regulators, who have been actively fighting labels on apps that say they are free but ultimately can involve in-app purchases. Apple has relabeled the formerly “free” apps with a new label that says “get,” which still allows consumers […]

The new ruggedized XP6 Android-powered LTE smartphone from Sonim is now available from AT&T, giving customers another option in the world of ruggedized devices that are built to survive in extremely harsh work environments. In an announcement on Nov. 21, AT&T said the XP6 will sell for $149.99 under a two-year contract or for $524.99 […]

Corning’s new Gorilla Glass 4 display coverings for mobile devices will be at least two times stronger than screen surfaces from competitors, helping to further reduce screen damage when devices are accidentally dropped onto hard surfaces. Screen breakage from accidental device falls is the most common complaint from consumers when they discuss their mobile devices, […]

Inoreader 3.0 Android news reader app adds a wide range of useful and time-saving features that news reader fans will certainly appreciate. The new Inoreader 3.0, which debuted on Google Play Nov. 17, gets a redesigned look and adds three different themes from which users can choose so they can customize the display to their […]

Samsung will reduce the number of smartphone models it offers for sale around the world by about 25 to 30 percent as it works to right its bottom line after several disappointing earnings periods. The smartphone line reductions were unveiled by Robert Yi, Samsung’s head of investor relations, during a presentation in New York, according […]

T-Mobile customers can get an early Black Friday gift from the company starting Nov. 21 by taking advantage of an offer for a free 7-inch Alcatel tablet computer to any customer who is willing to add the tablet’s monthly access fee to their wireless account. The free tablet offer, which was announced by the company […]

This may sound crazy, but Google is finally now identifying mobile-optimized sites in its search results for mobile users. I’d have thought they’d have been doing just that for quite some time, and it really shocks me to learn that they haven’t been doing this all along, at least in the last few years when […]