Dell and AT&T are offering the Dell Streak 5 inch Android tablet for $299.99 when you sign up for a 2-year contract. But you can also get the tablet without a contract for $549.99. At that price the device is yours to do with as you will, which means you can use it as a […]
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Dell Streak Android Tablet to sell for $550 starting August 13
Dell and AT&T have finally gotten around to announcing launch details for the Dell Streak 5 inch Android Tablet. And as expected, it’s going to run $549.99 without a contract or $299.99 if you sign up for a 2 year 3G service plan with AT&T. Honestly, the unsubsidized $550 price isn’t all that unusual for […]
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Dell Streak Android tablet to cost $299 with contract, $549 without
The Dell Streak Android tablet will soon be available in the US, and today Dell unveiled the official pricing for the tablet. It will set you back $299 if you sign up for a 2 year service contract with AT&T. If you opt to buy the phone outright, you don’t get the subsidy, which drives […]
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Starbucks to launch free, nationwide WiFi on July 1st
Starbucks has been offering Wireless internet access at its coffee shops around the US for ages… but while independent coffee shops typically go the free WiFi route, Starbucks started out charging for access. A few years back, the company partnered with AT&T to provide free access — but only for customers who registered for an […]
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Tablet news roundup: Mini-tablets reviewed, AT&T reveals 114,000 iPad users’ data
So it turns out that when you bundle your mobile devices with mobile broadband service providers, you run the risk of your private, personal data becoming public. Case in point? It looks like a group of hackers managed to grab email addresses for 114,000 iPad 3G users from AT&T’s web site. It doesn’t look like […]
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iPhone to support tethering… just not for an iPad
So you may have heard that the next version of the iPhone operating system will allow users to tether their phones to laptops and other computers, thus turning your phone into a sort of portable 3G modem. Sure, you’ll have to pay $20 per month to AT&T for the privilege, and the wireless carrier will […]
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AT&T slowly kills unlimited data plans
First the good news: AT&T has announced that iPad, iPhone, and other smartphone users will be able to tether their mobile to a laptop and share the 3G data connection. Now the less good news: Tethering will cost you $20/month on top of a $25/month data plan, which brings the total to $45. Now the […]
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Compaq Airlife 100 smartbook to run on AT&T’s network?
HP’s first smartbook is due to hit the streets in the next month or so. The Compaq Airlife 100 looks a lot like a typical HP netbook, but it has a Qualcomm Snapdragon ARM-based processor, an integrated 3G modem, and a solid state disk. Wireless Goodness spotted an FCC listing for the Airlife 100 which […]
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AT&T to offer Mobinnova Beam Tegra 2 powered smartbook
We’ve been seeing the Mobinnova Beam smartbook show up at trade shows for months. Now it looks like you’re finally going to get a chance to purchase one soon. Mobinnova has teamed up with AT&T to offer the 3G-enabled smartbook powered by NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 platform. Tegra 2 combines a low power 1GHz ARM Cortex […]
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Laptop Mag’s subsidized netbook cheatsheet spells out contract costs
Laptop Magazine’s K.T. Bradford and I share an opinion on subsidized netbooks: we’re not big fans. We’re not really what most carriers would consider their target market, though. Those of you who don’t mind the contract commitment, though, may very well want to consider picking up one of these discounted machines. Hey, if you’re going […]