U.S. Cellular was on the verge of offering the iPhone to its customers before an agreement fell through. This revelation was revealed during U.S. Cellular’s third quarter earnings call. Now that we know there was an offer on the table, the chance of U.S. Cellular becoming an iPhone carrier in the future shouldn’t be ruled out.

We had mentioned the rumor yesterday morning, and aside from coming a day ahead of when we expected, it looks like it was indeed accurate — Apple is now selling unlocked (contract-free) iPhone 4′s here in the US. That said, the model that is available is GSM, and furthermore, if you want to use it more »

While this one has yet to be officially confirmed, it looks like Apple may be offering unlocked iPhone 4′s here in the US as early as Wednesday. The details have arrived by way of Twitter and come with the details to include SKU numbers. According to the information given, it looks like the unlocked iPhone more »

Has private billing by the companies that make the OS helped the market for smartphone applications? Bucking the trend of carrier-billed applications, the smartphone revolution has changed many of the rules. One company in Germany is looking to undue this model and put the power of billing back into carriers hands. The new generation of more »

There have been many reactions to the news that AT&T plans to pick up T-Mobile USA assets. Many tech pundits, like Om Malik, see the carrier combination as a bad thing that will stifle innovation and be a bad thing for consumers. CWA, a union for T-Mobile workers is thrilled for both US and German more »

Yet another carrier has been added in the Android Market and is now supporting carrier billing. The latest is AT&T, who have joined T-Mobile. “Today, I am pleased to announce the availability of AT&T Direct Carrier Billing for Android users on the AT&T network. AT&T Android users can now easily charge their Android Market purchases more »

Now that Sprint has officially announced the pricing and release date for the Epic 4G, they seem ready to begin showing the phone off a little more. This first bit comes by way of the official sprint YouTube channel and gives a nice side by side comparison of the two Android powered 4G smartphones — more »

What’s the most common phrase heard around the Gadgetell newsroom? Is it “I love Apple?”, “that’s cool!” or “sweet!” ? Answer: none of them, it’s “they are on crack”. This week we take a look back at the things that made us chuckle in the tech world. Let’s get to the suspects: RIM’s iPad killer more »

As of last year T-Mobile began allowing customers to make a purchase from the Android Market and have the purchase billed to their monthly account. And since then they have remained the only carrier that supports carrier billing. Basically, this means Android users would no longer need to have a Google Checkout account with their more »

Palm has recently posted their Q3 results, and I hate to say that many people would be surprised by this, but those results were not all that great. In fact, Palm posted a net loss of $22 million dollars. Of course, that loss almost seems good as compared to the $98 million loss that they more »