Archive for the ‘Phone Companies (Providers)’ Category

Upgrading Verizon Cell Phones

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

I don't have much time right now, but I thought I would add a link to a useful blog article from ComputerWorld.com for all of you. It has a detailed account of an 18 year old looking for a new phone with the same phone number through the same carrier. ...

Free Touch Screen Phone

Sunday, July 13th, 2008

Apple launched a new era of phone and ever since everyone and their mother has been grabbing iPhones and being show off wannabe James Bond players. "Yeah, your sooooo cool for having an iPhone". Well iPhones are high in price and so of course if you couldn't afford one or ...

Unlocking Prepaid Cell Phones - Should it Be Legal?

Sunday, July 13th, 2008

Unlocking cell phones via installed phone manufacture software is causing a stir and and setting off lawsuits in the telecom industry, but is it unethical? Many cellular providers are losing profits due to prepaid cell phones being bought and unlocked to work on competing networks. The cell phone service providers sell ...

Finding the Right Vanity Toll Free Number

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

*A quick note. Some corrections to this article were recently made courtesy of the staff of 800Response.com Apparently toll free numbers are not allowed to be sold at high bidding prices as provisioned by the FCC. I have seen this practice throughout my life and never questioned the legality. Thank you ...

Cell Phone Cancellation Fees

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

A new law may be put into place that will allows consumers to leave a cell phone company without having to pay cancellation fees. The catch? Apparently the cell phone companies will actually get to have lawsuits against them thrown out. The law only will allow people to cancel before the ...

Cricket Cell Phone Recall

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

If you have a Cricket EZ cell phone it may be time to send it back in. The software installed in the Cricket EZ cell phones has been found to have a defect that can prove to be a dangerous and even deadly malfunction. It appears that when some callers ...

Nude Pictures and Cell Phones in Junior High

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

It appears that on May 21st, two days ago, some girls (in junior high school) took nude photos of themselves on their cell phones and sent it to their boyfriends who in turn forwarded them to their friends. Fox News covered the story and I will tell you as a ...

Cell Phones and Pregnancy

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

Update: Here is a news article from enews 2.0 that tells more about this email that was recently sent to me from a reader. ABC news has also published some information on this study on behavioral consequences of prenatal cell phone use, but tends to try to dismiss any real concerns ...

Collect Calls to Cell Phones

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

Not too sure if you can celebrate this news or not, but NCIC and 3Ci have made collect calls to cell phones possible. What could have made this technology come forward and for what main purpose. For emergencies? Nope ... The inmate population previously was unable to connect to loved ones, ...

Mobile TV Channels Launch May 4th

Monday, May 5th, 2008

Wow, technology is on a roll. Officially tomorrow AT&T will be launching their streaming television for cell phones. There are catches of course ... such as the need for an AT&T phone (of course) and it must be equipped with Qualcomm MediaFLO. AT&T is showing some innovation in the technology ...