Look Out AT&T Customers, Your Upgrade Fee Doubles On Sunday

If you’re an AT&T customer coming off of a contract and looking to snap up a new phone, you should probably get on that right now. According to an AT&T memo obtained by BGR , AT&T will be raising their device upgrade fee from $18 to $36 as of February 12, which means you’ve got until Sunday to swap phones before your first post-upgrade bill gets even bigger. The memo states that the fee hike is needed because “the overall costs associated with upgrading to a new ...
Windows Phone 7.5 update heading towards Samsung Focus 1.4

For AT&T customers who are rocking to a Samsung Focus 1.4 smartphone, here is a little bit of good news to end your week on a decent note – it seems that Windows Phone 7.5 updates will be rolling out for said smartphone, while the same update is also in the works for those who are using the Samsung Omnia 7 all the way across the pond – in Spain, specifically, for Telefonica subscribers. The scheduling process ...
Sprint: AT&T/T-Mobile Merger Would Destroy Jobs, Here’s A Study To Prove It (Update)

It’s no surprise whatsoever that Sprint isn’t down with the AT&T/T-Mobile merger, and with good reason. There’s no telling just how severe the effects of this deal may be on Sprint, but we know for sure that it won’t be good. So with no other option, the carrier has campaigned against the merger since day one. We’ve seen statement after statement, release after release… but this time Sprint is taking a new approach. Today Sprint threw their weight behind a study which debunks claims made by AT&T ...
AT&T will count Micro-Cell usage towards your data cap

Just when you thought it was safe to love AT&T again, we have another interesting tidbit about their famous 3G Micro-Cell, AKA the “rip-off box.” As you recall, AT&T’s MicroCell is being marketed as a way to repair bad connectivity in areas with little or no AT&T reception including, but not limited to, basements, attics, Manhattan, and San Francisco. It essentially piggy backs on your own home network to provide data service and voice to your phone. However, AT&T will still charge data used while in range ...
iPhone 4 Order Security Breach Exposes Private Information [Exclusive]
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Apple's iPhone 4 pre-ordering has been a total disaster, but it gets much worse: An AT&T insider claims that this iPhonecalypse may be related to "a major fraud update that went wrong." The bug is exposing AT&T users' private information.
So far there have been at least three accounted cases of mistaken identities sent by Gizmodo.com readers. This is how it happens: A customer tries to log into their ...
So, Is Operation Chokehold Melting AT&T In Your Area?

It’s just after 12 o’clock here on the left coast, which means Operation Chokehold should now be in full effect. What that means (if anything at all) is still up in the air — which is why we’re turning to you for a status report.
For the uninitiated: Operation Chokehold is a sort of cyber-protest against AT&T, as conjured up by ...