Last week, Sony announced two Android-powered tablets, Tablet S and Tablet P, with the earliest deliveries of the former beginning later this month. Surprisingly–and commendably–Sony made some interesting design and functionality choices with their very first tablets. READ MORE
On Wednesday T-Mobile launched new Small Business Value Rate Plans, including one for $45 a month per line for unlimited talk, text and data, with the first 5 GB doled out on full speed. That offer expires November 1, requires a two-year contract and business federal tax ID number, and has a limit of 99 voice lines per account. The company, which says it is strengthening its support for small business, is also refreshing its small business web site and rolling out dedicated in-store merchandising and customer support for small business customers in retail stores nationwide. READ MORE
The much-ballyhooed deal between Sprint Nextel and LightSquared, the upstart 4G network company, has finally come to fruition, the two companies announced Thursday. Both companies settled on a 15-year agreement that includes spectrum hosting and network services, 4G wholesale, and 3G roaming. READ MORE
Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. is sitting pretty these days, thanks to Carl Icahn, its largest, and most outspoken, shareholder. Icahn is urging the company to explore options of capitalizing on its massive patent portfolio, following a $4.5 billion deal for Nortel Networks Corp.’s patents, notes AllThingsD. Motorola Mobility is among a group of companies (including Apple and Research in Motion) that recently picked up thousands of Nortel’s patents. Icahn is urging the company to “maximize monetization,” note The Wall Street Journal’s Spencer E. Ante and Lauren Pollock, particularly on patents relating to 4G technologies. In a Securities and Exchange Commission filing, last week, Icahn said that Motorola’s patent holdings are “substantially larger” than Nortel’s. Read more at AllThingsD.
Nearly a year after its original announcement, Cisco is finally ready to release its enterprise tablet, the Cisco Cius, into the world on July 31, according to TechCrunch. The tablet will be sell for about $750 at Verizon and AT&T retailers. READ MORE
If you’re looking to get your hands on an HP Touchpad, know that AT&T will be providing the broadband: HP announced on Thursday that the Touchpad will be available exclusively on AT&T’s network in the United States. READ MORE
