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AT&T launches Aio, and the latest reports on an Amazon smartphone say the device will have 3D screen technology.
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Today’s Mobile Minute:
- RCR’s Dan Meyer reported last month that AT&T is looking at a bigger prepaid presence – and now we have some specifics. AT&T is launching Aio, its new prepaid subsidiary. Aio will offer no contract service plans ranging from $35 to $70 a month. Speeds are capped at 4Mbps, and customers can bring their own phones or buy a new one to use with the plan — a new phone of course costs full price because without the contract there’s no carrier subsidy. So for example the iPhone 5 on Aio is $649.
- Aio is launching today in Houston, Orlando and Tampa at select AT&T retail stores. The carrier says it will roll out nationwide during the months ahead.
- In other news, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that Amazon is developing a new smartphone with a screen that presents 3D images. The Journal says images appear to float abobe the screen like holograms thanks to retina-tracking technology. Amazon is not currently in the smartphone business but it does of course make the Kindle tablets.
Other top stories for today:
Apple suppliers say low cost iPhone in the works
Report: Microsoft to buy Nook for $1B
Carrier Wrap: Final Q1 results
