AT&T announced today that it will enable FaceTime over Cellular free of charge for iOS 6 customers who own an LTE device on any of its connected data plan.
The U.S. telecoms carrier says FaceTime, the video-calling feature of Apple’s iOS platform, will be made available to LTE customers with tiered data plans.
AT&T will also continue to offer FaceTime over Cellular to customers subscribed to its Mobile Share plan, as well as FaceTime over Wi-Fi, which has always been available for all …

AT&T has announced the availability of the Samsung Galaxy Express for $99.99 with a two-year contract starting November 16.
The Samsung Galaxy Express, a 4G LTE smartphone that combines high performance features at a great price, is suitable for first-time smartphone users and those who want to try the Android experience.
U.S. telecoms carrier AT&T inked a deal with Korean phone maker Samsung for the exclusive distribution of the handset in the U.S.
The Galaxy Express runs on Android …

Verizon has announced that it will not be charging Hurricane Sandy victims in the East Coast by not charging them for voice and short messaging service (SMS) usage for a two-week period.
Verizon said that Sandy victims will not be charged for domestic voice and SMS usage during October 29 to November 16.
Customers in the areas covered by this program will not have to do anything to be included. Verizon says they will automatically not be charged although they will still be responsible for …

The launch of Windows Phone 8, the long delays in iPhone 5 and iPad Mini orders, the one million Android activations per day, the impending arrival of BlackBerry 10 in the first quarter of 2013 – all point to the continuous growth of the mobile app market, says Strategy Analytics.
The analytics firm predicts on its App Ecosystem Opportunities (AEO) forecast, Mobile Apps Revenue Forecast: 2008 – 2017, that the mobile app market will rake in over $35 billion, a stark contrast from $1 billion …

Research In Motion (RIM) said on Thursday, November 8, it has been awarded a security clearance from the U.S. government for the launch of its BlackBerry 10 devices in the first quarter of next year.
RIM said its BlackBerry 10 operating system obtained FIPS 140-2 certification, which validates the deployment of the devices and its accompanying enterprise management platform shortly after these are launched.
The Canadian smartphone maker said the decision is a first for any BlackBerry product to …

Samsung’s Galaxy S3 has overtaken Apple’s iPhone 4S to become the world’s bestselling smartphone, according to the latest research from Strategy Analytics.
The analytics firm reports that the South Korean phone maker’s flagship smartphone shipped 18.0 million units, or 11 percent share of all smartphone shipments worldwide, during the third quarter of 2012
“A large touchscreen design, extensive distribution across dozens of countries, and generous operator subsidies have been …

Gartner says smart device consumerism is a force to reckon with in the IT industry, as it estimates that 821 million smartphones and tablets will be sold in the global market, which will account for 70 percent of all electronic device sales in 2012. The analytics firm expects the sales figure to reach 1.2 billion next year.
On Tuesday, November 6, Gartner analysts gathered at its Symposium/ITxpo 2012 in Barcelona and talked about key trends in smart devices and its effect on the PC market. The …

comScore released on Friday, November 2, data from its MobiLens service to show the top mobile phone makers, top smartphone platforms and mobile content usage in the U.S. market in the third quarter of this year.
Top Mobile Phone Makers
The latest comScore MobiLens survey pulled information from over 30,000 U.S. mobile subscribers and saw Samsung remain atop the list of top mobile phone makers with 26 percent market share.
For the three months ending in September, 234 million Americans (13 …

AT&T has announced that the HTC 8X will be released by the wireless carrier “before Thanksgiving”.
In a press release, AT&T says that the phone will be released “before Thanksgiving” for $199.99 with a new two-year contract.
That model, by the way, is the 16GB model.
If you want to pay a smaller upfront fee, go for the 8GB model which comes in California Blue and an AT&T-exclusive Limelight yellow for $99.
That’s the same price as the Lumia 920 which comes you can now …

Facebook’s acquisition of Instagram has finally paid off after the social network added photo filters to its iOS app.
On Monday, Facebook released version 5.1 of its iOS app on the Apple App Store. The software saw the company merging its built-in Camera feature with its popular photo filtering and sharing app.
Facebook listed the new features of the update below its description but did not mention any clue about the Instagram-like uploading of photos. Owners of supported iPhones and iPads …