Following in the footsteps of AT&T and Verizon Wireless, U.S. Cellular on Monday introduced new shared data plans that allow several devices to share a single bucket of data. Similar to how Verizon and AT&T price their plans, you'll pay a flat monthly rate per month for a specific device, and then the recurring data charge for the amount of data that suits your lifestyle best....
U.S. Cellular reported its first quarter 2013 results on Friday, noting service revenues of $996.3 million, down from more than $1 billion in the year-ago quarter. Earnings aside, however, U.S. Cellular revealed something else very intriguing in its report: that it will sell Apple products later this year. “We have a number of strategies in progress to increase loyalty and attract more...
U.S. Cellular announced on Thursday that it will activate new 4G LTE markets in California, Kansas and Nebraska by the end of this year. Several of the new cities include Lincoln and Omaha, Nebraska; Manhattan, Kansas; and Eureka and Ukiah, California. The carrier is also going to expand its existing 4G LTE footprints in Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Missouri, North Carolina,...
U.S. Cellular on Wednesday announced its latest 4G LTE-capable smartphone, the Galaxy Metrix 4G. The device packs a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, a 1GHz processor, a 4-inch touchscreen display, a 5-megapixel camera and a front-facing camera for video chat. It’s not a phone we’d call home about, but the pricing is right. It costs $179 after a $100 mail-in rebate but you can grab it for just...
U.S. Cellular just announced that, in early August, it will offer the Motorola ELECTRIFY and DEFY XT Android smartphones. The Android 4.0-powered Motorola ELECTRIFY is just 8.4mm thin, is made of Kevlar and sports an invisible splash-guard coating. It's also equipped with a 4.3-inch ColorBoost display, a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, an 8-megapixel camera capable of recording 1080p HD...
Samsung announced on Monday that it will offer its "first SAFE-branded smartphone," the Galaxy S III, to enterprise customers through AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless and U.S. Cellular by July. The SAFE-model of the Galaxy S III features enterprise-ready features and support for 338 IT policies that are used by corporations worldwide. That includes AES-256 bit encryption on...
U.S. Cellular’s Android customers using Amazon’s Appstore will now be treated to recommendations from the carrier via a specially “curated app menu.” This new feature will add a U.S. Cellular tab to the Amazon Appstore, which will offer pre-selected and approved applications by the carrier in a wide variety of categories such as games, social media and business tools. It’s unclear how U...
Samsung and U.S. Cellular announced on Tuesday that the carrier's customers will soon be able to get their hands on the Samsung Galaxy S II for $229.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate. The Samsung Galaxy S II offers a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, a 4.5-inch Super AMOLED Plus display, support for U.S. Cellular's 3G network, 16GB of storage, an 8-megapixel camera capable of recording HD video...
U.S. Cellular, in partnership with King Street Wireless, on Thursday announced new markets that will be blanketed with 4G LTE service by the end of 2012. The new markets, which will cover 54% of all of U.S. Cellular's subscribers, include: select cities in Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Missouri, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West...