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by Anton D. Nagy | April 16, 2014 1:30 AMRead OnA smartphone kill switch, as described by CTIA's Smartphone Anti-Theft Voluntary Commitment, is "a baseline anti-theft tool" which will come, at no additional cost to the customer, pre-installed, or downloadable, on the first phones produced after July 2015, by the manufacturers adhering to the document. Network operators, manufacturers, and OS builders that adhered so far include Apple, AT&T, Google, HTC, Huawei, Motorola, Microsoft, Nokia, Samsung, Sprint, T-Mobile, U.S. Cellular, and Verizon Wireless. This so called kill switch will likely grace your next phone -- if manufactured ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | June 30, 2012 9:00 AMRead On"We believe in giving our customers the latest technology and device options and we are excited about the Windows 8 phone", said U.S. Cellular's PR department. Microsoft's next mobile platform is set to land at the end of this year and it looks like U.S. Cellular is on the list of carriers that want in. Not only that but "it will be an important part of our device lineup going forward", said the network operator. Alongside AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon, U.S. Cellular is the fourth carrier to act excited about the upcoming platform leaving Sprint, Cricket and MetroPCS, for the moment, out ...
