AT&T’s DirecTV Now service launched on Wednesday. That means, short of Hulu’s expected product sometime in the future, there are now three streaming TV options to choose from. My how things have changed since Sling TV made its debut at CES a few years back. No doubt, most people will find some of what they’re looking for in one of the various packages below. There are still...
AT&T officially unveiled the final details for its DIRECTV NOW on-demand streaming video platform on Monday, including the launch date and the monthly pricing tiers. It will compete directly with services such as Sling TV and PlayStation Vue when it launches on November 30 starting at $35. AT&T revealed these four different pricing tiers: Live a Little – $35 / month (60+...
AT&T announced Stream Saver on Friday, a new function of its network that will default all streaming video across its network to just 480p when it launches in 2017. I know it sounds bad, but don't go burning down barns just yet. This, of course, follows T-Mobile, Sprint and Verizon's moves to execute similar changes. I argued that T-Mobile's implementation was a bad idea because...
AT&T is reportedly running a profitable spy program capable of pinpointing where a customer is, who he has spoken to, and why. The allegations come from an extensive report by The Daily Beast, which obtained documentation that details a program known as "Project Hemisphere." According to the report, Hemisphere is a product developed, marketed, and sold at the cost of "millions of...
Qualcomm and AT&T announced a partnership on Tuesday in which both firms will test the ability to fly drones beyond the line of sight using AT&T's 4G LTE network. Currently, most of the drones that consumers can buy in the United States need to be flown, under FCC regulations, within light of sight. They're also limited in the distance they can fly from the controller; however...
AT&T is rolling out new Next plans that it says will help lower monthly payments and make it easier to upgrade your phone. The two plans, AT&T Next and AT&T Next Every Year, are set to replace the current slate of options on June 9. AT&T Next Year promises a yearly device upgrade with a 24-month financing program. So you can grab a new phone once you’ve paid for 50...
Sprint announced a buy-one get-one sale on Friday and, turns out, AT&T has a huge one going on as well. The carrier said Friday that customers interested in one of the following phones will be able to buy one and receive credit toward a second: Galaxy S7 Edge, Galaxy S7, Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 Edge, Galaxy S6 Edge+, Galaxy S6 Active, Galaxy Note 5, LG G5, LG V10, Lumia 950, HTC One...
HTC announced the HTC 10 on Tuesday morning. It’s the company’s new flagship Android smartphone that will go toe-to-toe with the LG G5 and Samsung Galaxy S7 in many markets, including the United States. It’ll be sold by Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile in the U.S. but, oddly enough, won’t be carried by AT&T. “AT&T won’t be selling HTC 10 directly, so we encourage AT&T customers...
LG sent us a review unit of the Watch Urbane 2nd Edition several months ago. The company ultimately said the device was “delayed indefinitely” with no clear plans for a future launch. It was a bummer because we really liked the Watch Urbane 2nd Edition. Good news: you’ll soon be able to buy one again. AT&T said Monday that it will begin selling the Watch Urbane 2nd Edtion LTE for $...
Do you even have a landline today? I don’t. And I guess I don’t ever really rely on a dial tone. An old video from AT&T shows what it was like when the dial tone was actually new, though, and how customers should get used to a new dial telephone. The video was posted to YouTube back in 2012 but, heck, I’ve never seen it, so we can all enjoy it now. It’s from AT&T’s archives and...