Budget carrier FreedomPop gets into branded hardware with sub-$100 smartphones and tablets

FreedomPop, a wireless operator that’s trying to shake up the industry with free plans, has announced its own line of handsets at tablets, all priced below $100. In the past, FreedomPop has sold refurbished handsets from third-party manufacturers in order to keep prices down, but customer demand outstripped the supply of available second-hand devices. As such, the company decided to build its own. The first such device is the FreedomPop Liberty, an $89 Wi-Fi tablet. Since FreedomPop is VoIP-based with Sprint’s network as a backup, the Liberty is technically a phablet, but, at 7 inches, I’d say it’s more of...

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