U.S. prepaid smartphone sales increased to one-third of the smartphone market in Q1 2013

Prepaid smartphone market is booming. According to the latest market research released on May 15th by the NPD Group, a global information company, prepaid smartphone sales reached 32 percent of all smartphone sales in first quarter of 2013. Comparing these to 21 percent in the first quarter of 2012, this is 11 percent increase. If we know that year-over-year total smartphone sales have increased 42 percent, this increase is quite significant. Read more

More leaks of Radio Shack No Contact Wireless, rate plans this time

Radio Shack is one week away from launching its own prepaid service based on Cricket, if the leak shows to be reliable. However, even more leaks of Radio Shack No Contact Wireless are coming Engadget’s way so according to couple of screenshots posted on their website, we have insight in future plans that this new Cricket’s MVNO might offer to its potential users. Read more

RadioShack might launch MVNO RadioShack Mobile based on Cricket Wireless

According to leaked images received by Engadget, RadioShack might launch MVNO called RadioShack Mobile. On one leaked image, version of HTC One V, an Ice Cream Sandwich phone, is listed for release by new MVNO while on the other, there are further details on the phone, their affordable prepaid plans and the number customers can call to activate the service. Well, that activation number is the one that led us to Cricket since that’s the Cricket Wireless’s customer service number. Read more

Search Google by handwriting on Android and iOS

Google today introduced a new way of web search on the touch-based devices. Instead of typing words using standard keyboards, users can simply search Google by handwriting, by drawing letters down on their touch screens. This new tool applies only to Android and iOS 5 touch-based device. Read more

AT&T and T-Mobile merge plans are over

AT&T and T-Mobile merge plans ended yesterday, December 19, 2011. AT&T announced that it came to an agreement with Deutsche Telekom to drop the acquiring deal of T-Mobile USA. Read more

ZTE Warp from Boost Mobile now only $199.99 after cutting $50 off the price

Two days ago, Boost Mobile released its latest and the best Android smartphone so far ZTE Warp for $249.99 and already shaves the price down to $199.99. That’s lower for the whole $50 which is significant saving but that’s the beauty of the competition and holiday shopping season. However, the ZTE Warp was highly expected by many potential customers who skipped on purpose of getting Transform Ultra since this one is more higher-end Android smartphone so its possible that they have made purchase already at the higher price. Read more

Republic Wireless brings in $19 unlimited plan on the market starting November 8th

We have learned to be careful with everything in life that sounds too good to be true, not just with prepaid plans offered by certain cell phone companies like this latest one, the $19 unlimited plan offered by Republic Wireless, a new MVNO, division of Bandwidth.com.

Republic Wireless is preparing to lunch on November 8th more than affordable monthly $19 unlimited plan that includes unlimited voice, text and data. This offer is more than double cheaper from already existing unlimited prepaid plans offered by other carriers on the market. Read more

Leap Wireless moves to LTE technology, adds new customers, MetroPCS did well but worse than last year

Cricket’s parent company, Leap Wireless moves to LTE technology first by launching an LTE trial market in Tucson, Arizona. But that’s just the beginning of their ambitious plan. According to Leap CEO Doug Hutcheson, by the end of 2012, they will have a total of 25 million people covered with LTE network and in the next couple of years or so, two thirds of their existing network will be covered with fast LTE technology. And, of course, that wouldn’t mean much without LTE enabled smartphones, that the carrier plans to add to its lineup in mid-to-late 2012. Read more

Straight Talk increased the number of subscribers for an additional 515,000 in third quarter

Straight Talk, a subsidiary of TracFone Wireless, had a very successful third quarter of this year, 2011. It appears that Straight Talk increased the number of subscribers for an additional 515,000. This number isn’t for underestimating considering that third quarters together with the second are usually known to be the slowest in this industry so for this drastic change, there might be one interesting to us, reason. Read more

There is no iPhone 4 on Page Plus nor it will be for the time being

Just few days ago, we were letting you know that Page Plus was allowed to activate Verizon’s iPhone 4 but that information showed as misleading. In fact, it was valid at that time but probably due to Verizon and Page Plus’s misunderstanding, the latest statement that Kitty Wireless, the source of the original article on this subject, was given by Page Plus is:

“The iPhone is not allowed at this time. Should an iPhone be activated on the network, it could be subject to deactivation at any point in time in the future if the “powers that be” determine to do that.” Read more