i dont know about you guys but i have a ton of items on my blackberry desktop. so many actually that i dont want to display all of them. too much scrolling you know the today plus theme eliminates some of my unnecessary icons but i could do to hide some more. thankfully its simple. just scroll to the application when the full menu is open and highlight the icon you want to hide. select of course h...
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does your company use blackberry devices for its workforce if not then you might be wondering why. further you might be looking for ways to convince your boss that going blackberry is a good business decision. thats where we come in. weve heard from a number of workers who think that a blackberry could make for better business. the problem is finding a way to show the boss that it would be a qual...
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a little over a year ago sprint fell under some scrutiny for ditching a number of customers. these subscribers still had time left on their contracts but sprint thought it best for the two to part ways. this caused a bit of anger at first but then sprint dropped the bomb on us that these were really problem customers. as in they would call customer service almost once a day. this was under former ...
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on our sister site we talk about leap wireless as cricket wireless a good deal. for those of you unfamiliar theyre a regional carrier which offers unlimited calling plans for flat monthly rates. they and metropcs compete with this service scheme on a prepaid basis. we know that leap was upset about the way the 700 mhz auction turned out with verizon eating up the c block and att picking off smalle...
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it seems that every story ive read regarding the tmobile open network with particular props to moconews compares the idea to the iphone app store. im not quite sure why other than the fact that we all love to compare things to the iphone. instead though of this open development environment and application store covering one offering from tmobile it will run across the carriers handset lineup. so i...
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yesterday we discussed the verizon acquisition of rural cellular corp.. in the final paragraph i noted that it is unfortunate to lose another regional carrier as they bring more choices to consumers. we dont spend a lot of time with regional carriers here though i think its high time we started. today were going to talk about four regional providers cincinnati bell centennial wireless cellular sou...
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it was over a year ago that verizon announced that it would purchase rural cellular corp. so what happened between then and now lots of oversight. first the department of justice had to look at the deal to see if it violated any antitrust regulations. it turned out that verizon had to divest interests in vermont. finally earlier this month the deal went through. these divestments include areas in...
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historically the consumer has been at a disadvantage in dealing with manufacturers and retailers. this is because the manufacturers and retailers had a decent handle on the flow of information or at least moreso than the consumer. the internet as we know has democratized information making it available to the masses. the problem is this information cant possibly reach everyone. so it is the respon...
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yesterday afternoon a funny item hit my rss reader. sk telecom in strategic talks with sprint nextel. great i thought. he we go again with the merger cycle. a report will come out saying two companies are talking. one will deny it. if were lucky the other will not deny giving the deal hope in curious minds and likely push the stock up. then well get a source close to the situation saying that yes ...
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as i said on our sister site theres not a ton coming our way in terms of cell phone news today. no one wants to make an announcement that will be drowned by the iphone craze. so were going with a very abbreviated version of mobile notes. theres only one note on the iphone though you can find plenty of information here and here. now onto todays link list. well start with the iphone itself. accordin...
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sprint has long been an easy target of cellular critics. still the nations no. 3 provider theyve slipped over the past year year and a half. the biggest blow may have come with the announcement of their first quarter results 1.1 million customers lost to rivals. but theyve got new ceo dan hesse working to change all that. its not an easy task he likens it to ernest shackleton an explorer who lost...
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if this businessweek report is accurate it looks like metropcs might not be the only company to offer a phone unlocking service. olga kharif learns that houdinisoft the company providing metro with the unlockingreflashing services is in talks with a number of other carriers to offer a similar program. this would be a boon for many americans who are sick of their current provider but wish to not pu...
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over the past month weve seen two mergers in the wireless world. first came verizon and alltel with the former acquiring the latter for roughly 27 billion. late last week we saw another with virgin mobile purchasing helio in a merger of mobile virtual network operators mvno. this leaves the cellularloving world wondering whos next theres a rumor swirling that tmobiles parent deutsche telekom might...
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in mobile notes earlier this week we came across an item saying sprint was trying to attract customers with their phone selection. a company rep gave quick reasons why people choose the other carriers and said that no on really gives much consideration to sprint. so theyre looking to grab the device market. kind of tough to do without the iphone and its endless hype but give them some credit for t...
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we talked about the 8820 before when it joined tmobiles ranks so theres little sense in going over the specs again. rogers plans to launch the device and like its pearl 8120 the wifi will only work with rogers home calling zone. i seriously cant stand when carriers cripple features in devices we pay for. itll cost you 349 on a threeyear deal with a voice and data plan and 499 for two years. you ca...
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a few months back on our sister site i talked about how to block incoming text messages. what surprised me was that at the time tmobile didnt offer a way to turn off text messaging. if you had a plan with them you had to receive any text messages sent to you. theyre working on getting a better blocking system implemented but until then theyll have to face another class action suit from consumers w...
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way back a little less than 10 months ago verizon announced the purchase of rural cellular corporation. the deal was met with some resistance as verizon became essentially the only provider in some areas of vermont. back in november they were working on divesting some interests though some considered their plans unfair. the department of justice has ruled and verizon must divest assets in six mark...
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one of the best features ever incorporated into cell phones is the camera. its two gadgets in one slimmed down easy to carry package. its great when you are out and you can take pictures without the burden of a second and possibly bulky device. most major cell phone manufacturers have made at least one cell phone with a builtin camera and some companies have made several. unfortunately not all cel...
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yesterday rogers wireless announced that theyd be offering the blackberry pearl 8120. thats the wifi version which is significant since rogers now offers free home wifi calling. for a flat monthly rate users can route calls over their broadband internet connection and not waste any airtime. the press release notes 249.99 as the price with a threeyear contract but it looks like theres a promotion ...
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do you feel stifled by your current contract wouldnt you like to get out of it and be free as a cellular bird we all would for sure. no one wants to pledge two years of loyal service to a cell phone company. i cant make a commitment for longer than two days never mind two years. problem is the big bad cell phone company wants to charge us 175 or more for the ability to leave them. so it is up to u...
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how do you go about shopping for cell phones personally im an internet guy. of course i like playing with the phone before i buy it. but i tend to do research online and the sale usually occurs over the web since the price is further discounted or in the case of verizon among others your mailin rebate becomes an instant rebate. and you can never discount the power of an instant rebate over a mail...
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its the oldest line in the book give me time i can change. sometimes its a sincere overture sometimes its a crock. so what does it mean when sprint says it im not quite sure. but ceo dan hesse has said that turning the ship around wont happen today tomorrow next month or even next quarter. so what are shareholders to think of this essentially hesse is saying that theyll be losing money until at le...
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...this email me editor at prepaidreviews dot com and let me know how it goes. it sounds like a great option if you dont mind carrying around two phones or just dont use voice. this post was taken from prepaidreviews.com a top source of information on prepaid cell phones and prepaid providers like att go phone net10 and more. thanks joe for the info. this is a huge step in the right direction in my op...
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a bill was introduced in the senate last week by senators byron dorgan dn.d. and daniel inouye dhawaii that would provide consumer protection in the mobile phone industry. its focus would be cracking down on fraudulent and anticompetitive behavior. but perhaps the most important aspect is that it would repeal the common carrier exception in the ftc statute. this means that the ftc would gain some ...
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between this site and our sister site prepaid reviews i get a good deal of questions about cellular service. the questions run the gamut from devices to service. but the most frequent query i see is what can i do if i dont get cell reception in my house but get it right outside my house thats always a tough one because there are really only two answers. one deal with it. two buy one of those 300 t...
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