There are few more tender joys than when AmazonWireless opens up its dealz chest and flings free phones into our grubby, yearning mitts. Today, Sprint 4G phones are just a penny through March 26th, with no activation fee until the 19th. More »
This weekend (January 6-8), T-Mobile is discounting a ton of phones, including the Samsung Galaxy S II and the HTC Amaze 4G for a $49.99 down payment after mail-in rebate with a two-year service contract. Other phones will be available for free. More »
It's been well documented that AT&T's 4G phones aren't just slow—their upload speeds are often slower than its 3G network. So what happened to that extra G? Turns out it's not the network itself that's borked; it's the phones. AT&T has intentionally crippled the Motorola Atrix and HTC Inspire—the carrier's only fourth-gen network phones—by actively disabling the handsets' HSUPA capability. Gross. But there may be sweet relief coming soon. More »
Our virgin sacrifices to the bloody altar of cellular deities must have paid off, because Sprint CEO Dan Hesse just told a CTIA audience that all American phones will use Micro-USB for charging (and, presumably, transfers), by next year. [nexGadget] More »
