Archive for the ‘Carriers’ Category
Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006
If you are a Cingular user with an analog or TDMA handset, you are going to get spanked $5/month for living in the dark ages. You see, they can't upsell content to users who use old cell phones. Also, it forces Cing to maintain legacy systems longer than they care ...
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Monday, June 12th, 2006
Consumers looking to weasel out of their cell phone contracts may have something to cheer about. In Alameda, CA, a class-action lawsuit against Sprint and Verizon was certified.
The plaintiffs' attorneys have argued that while the contracts are legal, the fees are unlawfully high and are designed to go after customers' ...
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Tuesday, May 30th, 2006
Kids whose parents shut-off their cellphones for running up the bills need worry no longer. By simply watching more TV commercials cell phone video commercials or receiving more text messages, they can earn free talk time.
The program, called SugarMama, lets people earn one minute of talking time by watching 30-second ...
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Tuesday, April 25th, 2006
I think Sprint blew it here.
Pfc. Dane Gabrielson can't cancel his cellphone. He is in Iraq.
Under federal law, a soldier called to active duty can break a lease on a house, apartment or car within 30 days, but not a cell phone contract, although many wireless companies have policies that ...
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Monday, April 24th, 2006
The US cellcos promote brand loyalty amongst friends and family with programs such as "In Calling" where calls within the network are free at anytime. Unfortunately there is always the one or two friends who is on another network and it winds up costing you dearly in peak charges to ...
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Wednesday, April 19th, 2006
Last Sunday I left my phone up in Wayne, NJ where I celebrated Easter with some close friends. Bummer. I was halfway home before I realized it. No big deal; TJ would be coming down this weekend and I could get my calls forwarded to my Sprint Ambassasdor phone.
No problems. ...
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Friday, March 31st, 2006
Today when emerging from Penn Station the AMNY guy handed me their paper before the Metro guy. As a result I now have this to post.
Motorola subsidiary, Mirs Communication, of Israel (of course) debuted a phone last year which carries the seal of approval of Israel's rabbinical autorities. In a ...
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Tuesday, March 14th, 2006
If you've been paying attention to this blog or the mobile space you will know that carriers and manufacturers have been testing cellular-to-wifi handoffs (and back). In Germany, T-Mobile is previewing T-One, allowing users to swithc between the GSM and UTMS networks as well as between WiFi hotspots for calls ...
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Monday, March 13th, 2006
A petition has been released in the UK that, if nothing, will indicate how many people agree that texting costs way too much.
With today's advanced technology it is absurd for us to have to pay around 10 pence to send a 160 character text message to a friend.
If all the ...
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Tuesday, March 7th, 2006
Cingular finally has an on-demand video streaming service.
Starting at $20 a month, subscribers can watch video clips from Cartoon Network, CNN, ESPN, and NBC among others. The service will use Cingular's high-speed UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) 3G data network, which is currently available in 16 cities.
UMTS isn't ...
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