It's not only Verizon-locked Galaxy S9 and S9+ variants that will be getting a number of apps owned by Big Red subsidiary Oath pre-installed. Soon enough, the bloatware partnership is set to expand around the world.
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The app will allow Huawei phones in the near future to access RCS. Huawei is also helping Google out by providing servers to carriers for their clouds.
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It was never Sprint's intention to shove bloatware down the throats of BlackBerry KEYone users, and a fix for this vicious bug is in the works.
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The bloatware situation on Sprint’s BlackBerry KEYone is reportedly out of control, with disabled apps capable of coming back without the user’s approval.
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Here’s one less thing we have to worry about other than locking ourselves into a Verizon-backed Google Pixel.Not only do we get to allay ourselves from checkmarks everywhere on the device, but we also have only three pre-installed apps from the carrier: My Verizon (actually useful),
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You know what Verizon-locked Android smartphones need more of? Pre-installed bloatware, aka junkware or crapware, or rather “brandware”, as Ad Age dubs an upcoming new type of unnecessary apps you may soon see Big Red load your handhelds up with by default.These will differ from manufacturer or carrier-proprietary software bloat in several important aspects, as America’s number one wireless service provider seeks between $1 and $2 for each device “affected” in possible deals struck with “big” retail and finance brands, among others.For the time being, it’s unclear exactly ...
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Digital Turbine Ignite. Three words that strike anger in the hearts of many smartphone users.If you’re not familiar with what it does, it’s an app that’s installed on the carrier’s side that automatically downloads and installs more “preload” and “postload” software, known disaffectionately by many as “bloatware“. It then automatically updates those ...
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Most of the time we all love it when our phones get system updates. They might contain bug fixes, add new features, update our operating systems with a new look and feel, make our phones faster, or they might contain critical security patches to keep our information safe. All this depends on what’s in the update, of course, but there’s one roadblock standing in the way of these updates – and it’s forced upon us without our knowledge or consent.BloatwareBloatware is most often defined as generally unwanted software included on phones by the manufacturer – or ...
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Some things in life should be exclusive, like the people who are allowed to drive my car or eventually date my daughter. Other things, however, should be open to the general public. Parks, roads, drinking fountains, and the front seats of busses come to mind. Unfortunately, that’s not the way things work over here in the States, at least not when we’re talking about cellular phones. Carrier exclusives are still very much a thing — although they should not be, not any more anyway. “Exclusives” are just like they sound, “restricted or limited to the ...
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We tend to get a little fussy over carrier bloat, or the pre-installed applications that may come on a number of carrier-specific Android or Windows Phone smartphones. Bloat can and often does come from carriers, partners like Amazon, and even the manufacturer. For instance, I bought the T-Mobile HTC One M8 just this morning. It comes with five T-Mobile-specific applications I’ll rarely (if ever) use: Mobile HotSpot, My Account, T-Mobile Name ID, T-Mobile TV, and Visual Voicemail. While it’s mostly ...
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