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Cellular industry going "Green"?

With over 1 billion cell phones sold last year alone the impact on the environment has inspired some new ideas that are so simple it seems almost unbelievable that no one has thought of them before...

Alltel offers 500 free minutes for a limited time

Riding on the heels of Ryan Newman's recent win at this year's Daytona 500, Alltel is offering 500 free minutes to new customers and existing customers who wish add-a-line of service. The offer...

Go Unlimited for $99?

It all started with Helio's announcement of a $99 unlimited plan and now somewhat surprisingly all of the major carriers have begun to offer similar plans albeit not as inclusive, but it's a start. T...

AOL to launch its own Open Mobile Platform

AOL recently announced a new "Open Mobile Platform" and their intentions to compete for a piece of the open source pie. The platform will consist of three parts; the general purpose markup language...

Verizon updates family share plan account features

Verizon recently made it easier to stay connected by offering family share customers the ability to add friends, relatives and employees to their account regardless of where they live. No longer are...

Helio lowers unlimited plan ? Now just $99

This one comes as a pleasant surprise: Helio has lowered the cost of its unlimited plan from $145 to just $99/month. The plan includes unlimited voice, text/video messaging, GPS services with Google...

Roses, Chocolates and Cell phones this Valentines Day?

It's that time of the year again when we all try to find that perfect gift for that special someone. With all of the major carriers offering either a new red or pink version of their most popular...

T-Mobile heading to court over text messaging service

With the latest wave of marketing heading towards mobile advertising it was only a matter of time before customers would start receiving unsolicited text messages. As you can imagine not having the...

How to fix your iPhone SMS issues

Since the release of the latest firmware version 1.1.3 iPhone users have had to deal with their SMS messages being displayed out of order. This obviously is a major issue considering how many text...

SkyFire web browser for Windows Mobile 6

SkyFire has announced the availability of a private beta version of their new web browser designed for WM6 compatible smartphones (Symbian OS to follow). SkyFire is the first mobile browser that...

Nokia N82 first to support "Clear Synthetic Speech"

Raymond Kurzweil, author and inventor, in conjunction with the National Federation of the Blind has completed work on a camera based knfbReader Mobile system designed to help those individuals who...

Verizon and AT&T to increase text messaging rates!

Yes sadly its true, both Verizon and AT&T will be raising their ?per message? rates starting March 2nd and March 30th respectively. Verizon will be raising the SMS rate from $0.15 cents to send...

AT&T MediaFlo launch next week?

After numerous delays it looks as though AT&T will be launching their mobile TV service as early as February 5th according to Matt Kapko of RCRNews. MediaFlo, a subsidiary of Qualcomm that...

AT&T offers no contract options?

According to the guys over at Gizmodo they received an internal memo from AT&T  that if true, depicts a significant policy shift that may affect the way many of their customers purchase cellular...

Nokia introduces three new handsets

Yesterday Nokia announced two new entry level phones the Nokia 2600 Classic and the Nokia 1209, both are targeted at emerging markets. At a fair retail price of $94, the 2600 classic includes a...

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