February 26, 2012 • 8:00 am 0

Unlock Your iPhone With a SIM card, Tweeticide: Allows iOS users to delete all of their Tweets at once.

Smartphone Briefs

By Chris Coleman|@PhoneKnack

The Gevey Ultra S is a now up for preorder for $55 and will unlock your iPhone without the need for a jailbreak. Unfortunately this sim unlock only works for GSM phones meaning only users of AT&T and TMobile will be able to use the Gevey Ultra S. Verizon and Sprint users have to figure out another option. The Gevey Ultra S will begin shipping March 3rd.

The Gevey Ultra S boasts the following feature set –

GEVEY™ True Plug-and-Play Unlocking SIM Interposer
No Need to Dial International Emergency Number 112
Untethered Unlock with no Jailbreak Required
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Filed under: Apple, General technology, Hardware, Services, Software, app, App Store, Apple, AT&T, CDMA, Chris Coleman, embarrassing apple, Gevey, Gevey Ultra S, GSM, iOS, IPad, iPhone, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, ITunes, SIM, sim unlock, Sprint, Subscriber Identity Module, Tmobile, Tweeticide, tweets, Twitter, unlock, Verizon

March 21, 2011 • 10:21 am 0

Blue + Magenta = Green; AT&T to buy T-Mobile USA for 39 Billion

by George Heymann

techeadlines@gmail.com

AT&T buys T-Mobile USA for a reported $39 billion. If approved by government regulators, the deal would make AT&T the largest U.S. carrier.

In hindsight, the acquisition makes a lot of sense for AT&T as AT&T and T-Mobile both use complimentary GSM technology and are building out their HSPA+ networks. In addition, AT&T is planning to use T-Mobile’s existing 1700 MHZ spectrum to supplement its ongoing 4G LTE build out.

After T-Mobile quelled speculation of a rumored Sprint Merger, the company inked a deal with AT&T for $25 billion in cash and $14 billion in stock, giving T-Mobile’s parent company Deutsche Telekom an approximately 8 percent stake in AT&T. The transaction is expected to close within 12 months.

Press Release after the break.

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Filed under: General technology, 3GPP Long Term Evolution, 4G LTE Buildout, AT&T, DeutscheTelekom, goverment regulators, GSM, HSPA+, LTE, merger, René Obermann, T-Mobile, T-Mobile USA, United States

March 9, 2011 • 3:36 pm 0

iOS 4.3 software update released today ahead of scheduled release date.

If you own an iPhone 4 (GSM), iPhone 3Gs, 3^rd or 4^th generation iPod touch, or iPad you have an early present waiting for you from Apple, iOS 4.3. Open iTunes and tether your device to download and install it to your compatible device.

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Filed under: Apple, iOS, Ipad, Iphone, Preview, Review, Apple, GSM, iOS, iPhone, IpodTouch, ITunes, JavaScript engine, Safari, Update

May 13, 2010 • 6:59 pm 0

T-Mobile set to begin testing UMA calling on Android devices?

T-Mobile is set to begin testing UMA calling on Android devices according to a Boy Genius post. Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) technology provides access to GSM and GPRS mobile services over Wi-Fi. I’ve used T-Mobiles UMA service in the past with a Blackberry device and it’s worked quite well. Despite reports from others claiming intermittent problems with T-Mobiles UMA service with routers other than T-mobiles Linksys WRT54G or the Linksys Hi-Port Router. I experienced no such problems in my daily use. UMA calling on Android would certainly be a welcome addition.