Android Overload: Verizon Strike Gets Ugly, US Cellular Moving Towards Tiered Data and More
Happy Manic Monday, everyone! Hope you all had a great weekend but it’s time to get back to the grind of work week. With that, comes the Android Overload. These are all the news stories we couldn’t squeeze onto our front page but still felt were worth taking a look at. Today, we have a whole lot of carrier news for you like yet another carrier moving towards the tiered data business model. Also, day 2 of the Verizon strikes and things are starting to get ugly. Have a great night and if you’re reading this in the UK, stay safe! Night.
- Day 2: Verizon strike is starting to get ugly. [Reuters]
- US Cellular announces future tiered data within next 3 quarters. [Engadget]
- LightSquared signs roaming deal with ClearTalk. [EngadgetMobile]
- Google exec assures investors that “We can protect the values of Android.” [ZDNet]
- Sony Ericsson Mini Pro now officially available in the UK. [PhoneArena]
- Oracle asks court to FORCE Motorola to testify. [PCWorld]
- The Samsung Galaxy Gio will launch at Bell and Virgin in Canada on Monday, August 8th, for a price of $250 without a contract. [MobileSyrup]
- HTC buys another small web services firm to help build their cloud multimedia distribution platform.
- Koodo’s Nexus S has dropped to $350.
- GetJar’s Patrick Mork will join Google in September as marketing director for their mobile apps. [ATD]
- US Cellular lost subscribers but gained revenue this quarter.
- The Samsung Galaxy Gio has launched on Bell and Virgin and Canada, free on-contract and $150 without.
- The Sphero (a robotic ball) will launch with Android support.