Early this morning, the Samsung Galaxy Note II was announced for five carriers. And just a few hours later, US Cellular puts up a pre-order page for it. Faster than any of the big four. It’ll be $300 on contract, with 16GB of storage. It’ll have the standard 1.6 GHz quad core Exynos processor, LTE, 2GB of RAM, S-Pen, 5.5″ PenTile-free HD SAMOLED… Read more
The ASUS Transformer Pad TF300 Has been receiving a very quick Jelly Bean update in the UK as part of their OTA rollout. However, the US hasn’t bee so lucky. Well today, ASUS put up the official update file on their website. The 440MB file only works on US TF300′s, so if you don’t want to wait for the OTA, you can go get the update now. However, the OTA… Read more
US Cellular has announced a new device for their lineup called the Samsung Galaxy Metrix 4G. I don’t have words for that name choice. But otherwise, it’s a solid budget phone. It’s very much like Verizon’s Samsung Stratosphere, having the same 1GHz processor, 4″ display, 5MP camera, 4G LTE capabilities, and slide out QWERTY keyboard. It can be purchased… Read more
To celebrate the joyous occasion of going back to school (!!!), U.S. Cellular is offering adding lines to their family plans for free through 2012, with up to four extra lines. Meaning you can pay to have a 2 line family plan and get 6 lines, saving up to $80 per month. Their family plans start at $99.99 for unlimited minutes and messaging for two… Read more
LG has announced that the Optimus Vu will be hitting the US this quarter, in the summertime. However, they did not state a carrier. So why do we mention Verizon? Because the Vu has come through the FCC bearing Verizon radios with 4G branding. We’ve also seen photos of the Verizon model in the wild. It couldn’t be coming to any other carrier. Will… Read more
Google has added live traffic coverage in Google Maps for 130 more cities in the US. Live traffic is incredibly useful, and knowing this feature is coming to so many people is great. But the US is not the only one getting more support. Google has also released support for cities in China, Brazil, Canada, Russian and many other countries. Check out this… Read more
Motorola has officially announced two new phones for U.S. Cellular, the Motorola ELECTRIFY 2 and the DEFY XT. The ELECTRIFY 2 will be their mid/high end phone (the specs are very impressive). It is 8.4mm thick weighing in at 130 grams, is powered by a 1.2 GHz dual core processor paired with 1GB of RAM, has a roomy 1780 mAh battery, a 4.3″ qHD ColorBoost… Read more
The original HTC Flyer received the Honeycomb update in December, 7 months ago. Now to demonstrate the damage carriers can cause, US Cellular has just released the same update for their variant of the Flyer. When Ice Cream Sandwich is on most tablets, and Jelly Bean has been out for weeks, these lucky Flyer owners get Honeycomb. Not only is it such… Read more
If you pre-ordered your US Cellular Samsung Galaxy S III, you’re in luck! The pre-orders are shipping today. However, if you want one but did not pre-order, you’re out of luck today. But you’re in luck tomorrow! US Cellular has announced that the 16GB variant of the S III will be available online tomorrow, July 11th, and will arrive in brick and mortar… Read more
Ever wondered when the mid-range HTC One V was headed stateside? Well good news, U.S. Cellular has announced that it will be carrying the mid-range smartphone starting July 6th. This phone, while it isn’t a high-end phone by any of today’s standards, still holds it’s own in the middle ground market. It packs a 1GHz processor and 5MP Camera all being… Read more
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