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iPhone 5 likely coming to Sprint, T-Mobile Says Analyst

Tuesday, July 12th, 2011

Several analysts now have reportedly weighed in on the iPhone 5?s release track, and one thing is becoming quite clear: if the analysts are right, you’re going to find the iPhone 5 in a whole lot more places than you originally found the iPhone 4 in. Some right now are saying that, besides AT&T and Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile will get in on the game as well.

The key point driving the analysts’ predictions is that the iPhone 5 is set to run on more networks than the iPhone 4 did, which in turn has the additional effect of opening up the iPhone 5 to more potential customers. You may wonder why Apple would feel the need for more customers, and all you’ll have to do is look over at Android (and of course, Windows Phone 7 and Blackberry, though not near so much) and see why they’d like to open the field as much as possible. Indeed, if Apple goes into Sprint and T-Mobile, some estimates say that they’ll add as much as a third to the overall size of their audience. Will that result in increased sales? Some, more than likely, but not necessarily that entire market.

Still though, any gain in sales is likely to be a good one for Apple, who could use it especially in the face of the massed array of legal challenges they’re undertaking, and getting a popular device to more people can’t hurt in that old court of public opinion, either.

“Making the next generation iPhone universal with all carriers would essentally solve the current problem of iphone unlocking and would help more people gain access to the latest Apple Technology” Says “Rob Noorani”, CEO of Dr. Cell Phone.

“We have the required tools and knowledge to offer repair services to both CDMA and GSM version of iPhone, since we already offer repair services for both, we would be more than happy to extend our services to T-Mobile and Sprint Customers” Said Rob.

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Before iPhone Unlock: How to find Current software version

Thursday, March 3rd, 2011

A lot of people have problem finding the current software version on their phone. In order for us to let you know if we can unlock your iPhone 4 successfully, we would need to know what baseband iOS is running on and what software version is currently installed. Here is a way to find out the current software version on your iPhone.

Find the version of your iPhone software.

Verizon iPhone 4 repair available at Dr. Cell Phone

Verizon iPhone 4 repair available at Dr. Cell Phone

1. Tap Settings.

2. Tap General.

3. Tap About.

The Software version is shown on this screen.

As with the release of iPhone 4 on Verizon, we have all the repair services now available for verizon iphone 4 including the most common cracked glass screen repair. “Verizon iPhone Screen is a little different than the one used in AT& T iphone, but we have had no problems replacing the screen on Verizon iphone so far” Says the parts manager at Dr. Cell Phone Dallas.

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Dr. Cell Phone is conducting a research study on Cell Phones and Spyware.

Friday, May 7th, 2010
The line is blurring between cell phones and computers. Cell Phones are more powerful than ever. Because of this, cell phones are facing an increasing risk of spyware. This means that sensitive information such as emails, text messages, and phone calls are hacked into and stolen.

Free iPhone Spyware Check up at Dr. Cell Phone

Free Cell Phone Spyware Check up at Dr. Cell Phone

Obviously, this is a major problem that Dr. Cell Phone takes issue against. Cell Phones are a vehicle for our personal life–it must be protected at all costs. As such, we extend an offer to our loyal customers: Come to Dr. Cell Phone and conduct a FREE Anti-Spyware test.

Information is power. And we’ll help you protect it–at no charge.

-The Dr. Cell Phone Team
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Sprint unveils its first 4G phone

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

To no one’s surprise, Sprint kicked off CTIA 2010 here by announcing its first 4G phone.

Sprint EVO 4G Phone Repair to be made available at Dr. Cell Phone.

Sprint EVO 4G Phone Repair to be made available at Dr. Cell Phone.

The HTC Evo 4G is not only the carrier’s first WiMax cell phone–previously the carrier only has offered 4G laptop cards and the Samsung Mondi — but also the first commercially available 4G handset with a major U.S. carrier.

The Evo runs Google Android OS 2.1; finally, a new Android phone meets the world with the latest Android OS available.

From the outset, the Evo is an attractive touch-screen device that closely resembles the HTC HD2. We got a taste of the Evo’s candy bar design when photos of the HTC Supersonic leaked in late January. And in the end, the final product doesn’t stray far from those initial impressions.

The massive 4.3-inch display is quite a looker. Its rich resolution and color support make for a pleasant browsing experience.

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Tablet, iPhone OS 4.0, iLife 2010 ‘confirmed’ for Apple event – report

Monday, January 18th, 2010

A new report Monday from FoxNews.com cites an anonymous source to claim Apple will introduce its tablet, “iPhone 4″ and iLife 2010 at next week’s event.

Clayton Morris said the event will focus on the three products, but new iPhone hardware will not be introduced. However, he said, iPhone OS 4.0 (which he referred to as “iPhone 4″) will be a part of the proceedings.

“I spoke to a source at Apple this morning, before the invite hit my inbox, who said the event would likely focus on three projects: The tablet device, iPhone 4, and a new round of iLife 2010 software,” Morris wrote. “While we won’t see new iPhone hardware just yet, we will see the next-generation software.”

Apple Tablet & Mac Book Repair at Dr. Cell Phone

Apple Tablet & Mac Book Repair at Dr. Cell Phone

Morris went on to offer a caveat that Apple sometimes changes its mind about what products to introduce at the last minute. He noted last September’s iPod unveiling, when a new iPod touch was introducedwithout a camera due to rumored technical issues. Sources have told AppleInsider that the company still intends to add a camera to a future iPod touch.

The report also follows a rumor from earlier this month that Apple could ship a multi-touch version of iWork when the tablet debuts. It was not said whether iLife 2010 would be available for the tablet.

Earlier Monday, Apple sent out invitations to the event at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. The company used the tagline “Come see our latest creation” to invite select members of the press. The included graphic has the Apple logo surrounded by colorful paint splatters. The event is scheduled for 10 a.m. Pacific time.

Last month, select developers were allegedly asked to prepare full-screen demos of their iPhone applications for a public unveiling. Reports have said that some have been working with a new software development kit, iPhone OS 4.0, that includes a “simulator” that aims to make it easy for developers to adapt their software to different screen resolutions.

Late last month, Morris also corroborated early rumors that Apple would hold an event in late January. That report and the initial news from the Financial Times were off by one day in their claims, stating the event would be held Jan. 26

Source: Apple Insider.

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Google’s Nexus One Hit by Slow Sales

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

The Google Nexus One, the much-hyped smartphone that has recently been plagued by user complaints, sold only about 20,000 units in its first week of sales, according to analytics firm Flurry. In comparison, theMotorola Droid on Verizon Wireless–the other Android phone that had been buzzed about in November–sold 250,000 in its first week. The T-Mobile myTouch 3G, an earlier Android device, sold 60,000 units in its first week.

Dr. Cell Phone Mail-in Repair for Android Phones

Dr. Cell Phone Mail-in Repair for Android Phones

The most likely reason the Google Nexus One isn’t selling well has to do with the way in which it is being sold. The much-talked about model of selling phones–both unlocked and on contract from T-Mobile–directly from the Google online store has led to poor customer support and confusion about how to get service from T-Mobile. User complaints and the unflattering word-of-mouth could cause the phone’s sales to slow even further.

Source: PC Magazine

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Google Launches Nexus One phone with Cool Voice-to-Text Capability, Sells Phones Direct

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

Google today announced the Nexus One, a new HTC phone that showcases the latest version of the Android mobile operating system–Android 2.1. Google also announced today a new smartphone marketplace where consumers can buy phones and service plans, and get setup and support information for Android devices.

The Nexus One is $529 when purchased directly from Google, or $179 from T-Mobile with a two-year contract.

Google Nexus One Repair at Dr. Cell Phone

The Nexus One phone was designed by HTC, with input from Google’s engineers. In its specifications, much of the speculation before today was correct. These specs include:

  • HTC Nexus One size--click for full-size image.Android 2.1 operating system
  • 3.7-inch display
  • 1GHz Snapdragon processor from Qualcomm (very fast)
  • 480 x 800 OLED display (for brilliant colors and deep contrast)
  • 5-megapixel camera with LED flash
  • Audio stereo Bluetooth
  • Active noise cancellation using two microphones
  • Live-action wallpaper that responds to your touch
  • Google Maps navigation
  • Improved Facebook integration

The Nexus One features a number of software and user interface niceties, but these look like natural, incremental improvements on the Android OS. Nothing revolutionary here, as some had expected by all the hype Google had generated around this event.

Perhaps the coolest one is the phone’s voice-to-text capability. Not only can you perform text searches, but you can now populate any text field in the UI by talking. This is huge, given the size and input limitations of smartphones. It’s far easier to talk to your phone than it is to type on the screen, especially when you’re trying to do something else, like driving (of course, we don’t recommend driving and typing at the same time).

The Nexus One also features a cool new Google Earth app for mobile. The hi-res images of earth looked fantastic on the Nexus One’s screen. The app also responds to voice commands, allowing a user to speak a location, prompting the app to move to that location on the map.

Google Android 2.1 Photo Gallery--click for full-size image.The phone also features new UI innovations for browsing pictures and organizing apps on the home page. And, as expected, the Nexus One features interactive wallpaper that moves by itself or in response to user screen touches.

All of the software innovations seen on the Nexus One are part of the Android 2.1 operating system, so they will all migrate to other Android phones when those phones have their software upgraded to 2.1 in the coming months. Google would not be more specific on when this would actually happen.

New Marketplace

As noted, Google today moved from just being a maker of operating systems and other software to being a retailer of mobile phones and service plans.

Google Phone Marketplace--click for full-size image.The Google phone marketplace now sells only one phone, the Nexus One, and one service plan, from T-Mobile, but Google says it will add more devices and carriers in the coming months. For instance, smartphone buyers will be able to get a Nexus One that runs on the Verizon network this spring, and Europe’s Vodaphone is on board for that time frame as well.

Google says it wants to provide a place where consumers can go to easily shop for smartphones and service plans, and get support on setting up and using new phones.

One interesting aspect to all this is the reaction of other handset makers that have adopted, and invested millions in, the Android OS for their phones. With the perception that the Nexus One is the “Google phone,” the new phone could tempt smartphone buyers away from other Android phones, like the Motorola Droid, for instance. And for good reason: the Nexus One is the only phone on the market with Android 2.1. Why would I buy a Droid now, when the Droid has a lesser OS and a slower processor?

Google seems to have anticipated this tension. Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha was present on the stage today, and said his company does not see the new Nexus One, or the new Google marketplace, as a threat. “We just see this as another way at getting to consumers,” he said. “I don’t see it as a threat; this is potentially an expansion to the marketplace.”

The new Android OS will eventually come to other phones. HTC CEO Peter Chou says Android 2.1 will soon come to its Droid Eris phone. And the Android 2.1 OS will eventually come to the Motorola Droid too, but it’s not clear if it will be weeks, or months, before that update happens.

Source : PC World

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Report: AT&T network problems are iPhone’s fault?

Monday, December 14th, 2009

Over the weekend, the New York Times reported a rather surprising story: as it turns out, it’s not AT&T’s fault when your iPhone drops a call or fetches your e-mail at a rate of one message per hour. The problem is actually that your iPhone is poorly designed.

iPhone Diagnostic for Reciever issues at Dr. Cell Phone

iPhone Diagnostic for Reciever issues (signal drops) at Dr. Cell Phone

No, really. That’s what it said.

The claim was made in Randall Stross’s Digital Domain column and is based on data from Global Wireless Solutions and Root Wireless, two companies which test cellular networks. Global Wireless results claims that AT&T has 40 to 50 percent higher throughput than its competitors. Root Wireless also found that the network had better average speeds (unquantified in the article), and stronger signals to boot. iPhone users who see worse results, Stross postulates, are running into problems because of poorly designed circuitry in their handsets.

I think this qualifies. Granted, it’s not AT&T making this claim—but AT&T is a client of Global Wireless, and there’s no information about how Global’s results came to be reported alongside those of Root Wireless. Maybe Stross just happened to get two independent press releases on the same day. Maybe.

I checked out the Websites of both Global Wireless and Root Networks, hoping to find some information about their testing methodology. Nada on Global’s; I infer from the Times article that they have a bunch of guys in vans with cell phones. A large bunch, who made 5 million voice and data calls across 3 million miles of road. Root’s process is rather interesting; it collects data from apps running on smartphones. Unfortunately, Root can’t run its application on the iPhone itself, due to the limitation in background-processing, throwing yet another question into the mix. The company’s run 17 million tests on other phones, though, and its results are published at CNet Review’s carrier coverage page.

Those testing numbers, incidentally, are why I wanted to know more about the tests. They’re too high. Tell me you tested a network 10,000 times, and that sounds reasonable; say you’ve made 5 million phone calls, and I start dividing by 365. (Nearly ten calls a minute, year-round, no breaks.) I’m not saying they haven’t done it; I’m observing that is a number designed to shut off the critical thinking function in the listener.

The main reason I’m skeptical: many of the high-volume bloggers and tweeters are also the kind of people who run network bandwidth monitors 24/7. So am I, using a utility called MenuMeters. Eventually, you get a feel for your actual speed with plain old human perception. It’s just not credible that a speed difference of 50 percent would have gone unnoticed among this crowd. When one commercial provider has a service that knocks everyone else into a cocked hat, we talk about it.

Likewise, many folks were AT&T subscribers before June 29, 2007, and probably would have noticed if their bandwidth took a hit when they switched from a non-iPhone to an Apple gadget. And, of course, thanks to the iPhone’s global availability, the third dog that isn’t barking is the lack of corroborating evidence from other countries that the iPhone is bottlenecking their speed.

So with all due respect to the Times, I’m taking this with a kilograin of salt until it’s corroborated elsewhere. So far, that’s not coming; David Reed, designer of the UDP protocol, reported to David Farber’s Interesting-People mailing list on Sunday that if you test the AT&T network with high-performance measuring tools and a 3G modem, you can expect the same results you see on an iPhone.

Source:http://www.macworld.com/article/145068

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Verizon opposes Sprint’s “Most Dependable” claim

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

A national advertising watchdog is asking Sprint Nextel Corp. to drop its ads calling itself “America’s most dependable 3G network.”

The National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus made the recommendation following a challenge to Sprint’s ads by rival Verizon Wireless.

Dr. Cell Phone Repairs both Verizon & Sprint Cell Phones

Dr. Cell Phone Repairs both Verizon & Sprint Cell Phones

The division said the most recent tests by the researcher Nielsen Co. showed Verizon had fewer calls blocked or dropped than Sprint. Sprint argued that reviewers should look at more than one set of tests to avoid one-time events like weather or bad cell towers.

Sprint, based in Overland Park, Kan., stands by its claims and says it will appeal to the National Advertising Review Board.

AT&T Inc. recently challenged Verizon Wireless over ads claiming it has wider coverage than AT&T.

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Verizon Droid’s Secret Weapon: Android 2.0

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

The Verizon Droid is coming. You have probably seen the clever ‘iDon’t’ ad campaign attacking the iPhone and ending with an ominous, you-will-be-assimilated sort of message. They left something off of the ‘iDon’t’ list: ‘iDon’t integrate well with business tools and networks.’

Verizon Droid Motorola Repair at Dr. Cell Phone

Verizon Droid Motorola Repair at Dr. Cell Phone

Actually, Verizon did sort of put that on the iDon’t list, just not in those words. The original iDon’t list includes both ‘iDon’t allow open development’ and ‘iDon’t customize’, both of which imply that the Droid does those things which means the Droid provides a customizable, open development platform that business customers can work with.

The Droid, which is Verizon’s rebranded version of the Motorola Sholes device, is slated to be the first of the Android 2.0 generation. Rumors suggest that the cryptic alien message on the Verizon Droid site can be decoded to say the Droid will be coming on October 30. Verizon is officially unveiling details about the Droid today.

According to the leaked specifications, the Droid may very well live up to the iPhone killer hype. The 3.7 inch, capacitive display has significantly higher resolution than the iPhone. The Droid has a fast processor, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, a 5 megapixel camera with zoom and flash. It sounds like it has the features and functions to go where previous iPhone killers like the Pre have failed.

But, from a business perspective the most impressive feature of the slick new device may be the operating system. Lots of phones have cameras, or GPS, or Wi-Fi networking, but not many are as open to custom development as devices built on Google’s open source Android operating system. And, no other device yet is built on the latest Android 2.0 operating system.

Not only does the open source nature of the operating system allow for easier development and customization, but it also results in a much faster development timeframe for the operating system itself. While platforms like the iPhone and Windows Mobile take a year or more to roll out new versions, Android has gone from Cupcake to Donut (SDK 1.6) and now to Éclair (SDK 2.0). The public collaborative nature of open source projects allows for faster development.

The success of the device though is a combination of the operating system and the hardware. There are plenty of other Android-based devices, including the Motorola Cliq and the Samsung Behold II. They are also very capable, but they don’t have the impressive hardware specs of the Droid and they aren’t available from the number one wireless service provider in the United States.

The iDon’t ad campaign and the rumors circulating around the Droid are starting to sound like the ‘Bo knows’ ad campaign Nike ran back in the 80’s, or the ridiculous urban legend stories attributed to Chuck Norris, or that Dos Equis beer guy.

Unlike Chuck Norris though, the Droid may actually be able to live up to the hype and rumors. At the very least, it provides corporate customers with a feature-filled device on par with the iPhone, but with the added benefit of being open and customizable so it can integrate with business.

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