US Cellular Turned Down Opportunity to Sell the iPhone As Too Expensive

By: Ian Mansfield | 6th Nov 2011 ­Although most mobile networks seem at times desperate to be allowed to sell Apple's iPhone, US regional mobile network operator, US Cellular says that it turned down the offer from Apple. The company said that the scale of the subsidy necessary to make the phone affordable was too …

iPhone 4S goes on sale (live blog)

Lines outside the Apple store on fifth Avenue wrap around the block this morning. (Credit:Sarah Tew/CNET) After a longer than usual wait for AppleiPhone fans, the newest version–theiPhone 4S–finally hit store shelves today all across the U.S. and in six other countries. At 8 a.m. local time, the iPhone 4S went on sale at Apple …

The talking iPhone is here (Apple Talk Weekly)

The scene outside the San Francisco Apple Store on Friday morning, ahead of the iPhone 4S launch. (Credit:Josh Lowensohn/CNET) This week was perhaps the busiest one of the year for Apple, with the release of a newiPhone, a new version of iOS, a handful of new iOS apps, iCloud, and updates to itsMac OS X …

Moto’s Speed Demon

The future of wireless technology, like the future of everything, I suppose, comes with trade-offs. For the past week or so, I’ve been testing a new phone from Motorola Mobility (ticker: MMI), called the Photon 4G. The 4G refers to the faster Wi-Max network run by Sprint-Nextel (S). The speed is breathtaking. Web pages seem …

Verizon Wireless CTO talks 4G, data consumption (Q&A)

WALTHAM, Mass.–Verizon Wireless, the nation’s largest wireless provider, is sprinting ahead of its competitors to get a leg up in the 4G wireless market. David Small, Verizon Wireless CTO (Credit:Verizon Wireless) Verizon has already spent millions of dollars building the 4G LTE network, and it has stopped investing in older 3G technologies to get the …