BlackBerry Madness: Evolution of a Smartphone
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Ah, the CrackBerry – the one phone that started the smartphone craze. The BlackBerry was originally created in order to provide businesspeople [...] Continue Reading…
While it’s more famous for its laptops and business computing services, Lenovo has made substantial and increasing forays into the cell phone [...] Continue Reading…
The most noticeable difference between the Palm Pre on the Sprint network and the Palm Pixi has to do entirely with [...] Continue Reading…
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Jesus Phone
The term “Jesus Phone” refers to Apple’s iPhone, since the phone itself has caused a sort of religious or cult following since its [...] Continue Reading…
When the Palm Pixi was first released, consumers flocked to this phone right away. Its sleek design and lightweight feel were unlike [...] Continue Reading…
The term microSD refers to the smallest of Secure Digital’s data storage cards used extensively in cell phones. About a quarter of the [...] Continue Reading…
Hey folks – you probably noticed that we posted up our February 2010 newsletter. For those of you who noticed this and wondered, “Hey, [...] Continue Reading…
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Besides being a tasty fruit, the Blackberry is a highly popular mobile device invented by Canadian company Research In Motion (RIM). Originally [...] Continue Reading…
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A dead zone is a geographical area where cell phones have no reception. In a dead zone, you can’t make or receive calls, [...] Continue Reading…
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Foursquare first hit the scene some time ago, turning New York City into a virtual playground for smartphone users with location aware phones. The [...] Continue Reading…
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Android has been taking the cell phone world by storm for good reason – most of the Android smartphones are, well, incredibly [...] Continue Reading…
It’s a new month and there are new phones here at Cell-Phone-Plans.net. Check ‘em out below:
T-Mobile myTouch 3G
The myTouch 3G from T-Mobile is all [...] Continue Reading…
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Essentially, Virgin Mobile is nothing more than a brand name that is used by various cell phone providers. Since Virgin Mobile has a decent [...] Continue Reading…
You may have heard of roaming before, you’ve probably even been charged for it, but what does “roaming” mean, and how do you know [...] Continue Reading…
From dinner tables to cafes, you’ve probably noticed that most people seem to have their noses stuck in some type of cell phone. This [...] Continue Reading…
Boost Mobile is a cell phone service provider which was founded in Australia and New Zealand in 2000 and moved to the USA [...] Continue Reading…
It’s built into everything from cell phone earpieces to car stereos, but what exactly is Bluetooth? Well, Bluetooth is a short-range wireless protocol [...] Continue Reading…
Dual band allows for a phone equipped with it to work on either the 800 MHz cellular frequency or the 1900 MHz PCS frequency. [...] Continue Reading…
Is it that time already? Has it really been two years? If you’re contract with Verizon Wireless is expiring, then you’re in luck. Right [...] Continue Reading…
We here at the Cell Phone Plans blog pay attention to what you like and the figures for January 2010 are interesting indeed. Among [...] Continue Reading…
If you don’t travel much, you might not have ever heard of global roaming, but it’s out there for people who want to use [...] Continue Reading…
The Samsung BlackJack was a hit among business-ready messaging phones, inspiring its successor, the Samsung BlackJack II. Now, the BlackJack line has diverged somewhat [...] Continue Reading…
A Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card is a type of microchip that contains valuable user information. Details such as a person’s cell phone number, [...] Continue Reading…
Even if you don’t know what SMS means, you’re probably already using this technology. Essentially, SMS is an acronym for Short Message Service – [...] Continue Reading…
The New York Times Bits Blog asks a good question about the recently unveiled iPad: To 3G or not 3G?
The lowest priced iPad comes [...] Continue Reading…
When people hear the word prepaid, they generally think of cell phones. However, they often wonder whether these phones are of the same quality [...] Continue Reading…
If you read about cell phone technology, or if you like learning about it, you’ve probably heard the term CDMA. That doesn’t mean you [...] Continue Reading…
Cell phone users are getting younger and younger, which is no great surprise. Kids and teenagers have always been quick to pick up new [...] Continue Reading…
If you live in the United States, you might not know very much about GSM, because it’s the predominant system in Asia and Europe. [...] Continue Reading…
The battle over the Early Termination Fee (ETF) rages on. As consumers, we’ve long been frustrated by the high cost of breaking free from [...] Continue Reading…
There are so many cell phone carriers and so many different phones that it’s hard to keep up with. However, one of the things [...] Continue Reading…
Google and Apple have long been at odds over the Google Voice app, which lets mobile users transcribe voicemails, make free VOIP and 3G [...] Continue Reading…
Google Voice has finally found a way to workaround Apple’s kibosh on Google Voice’s free voice calls, SMS and free voicemail transcription by offering [...] Continue Reading…
Anyone who has a television set is well aware that the myTouch 3G, T-Mobile’s flagship Android phone, is the seem official cell phone of [...] Continue Reading…
In the world of cell phones, 4G is the big deal right now. It’s the talk of the town. The downside is that none [...] Continue Reading…
Peter Pham, CEO of BillShrink.com, went on a local news channel recently to talk about how to reduce your cell phone bill. Pham said [...] Continue Reading…
For quite a while, companies like Nextel and Verizon used only 2G technology. It was all that was available, and no one expected anything [...] Continue Reading…
Nokia acquired Symbian in 2008 and created the Symbian Foundation, which encourages open development of applications and user interfaces for one of the most [...] Continue Reading…
The term 2G refers to the second generation of wireless or cell phone technology. This was designed for slow data transmission, but mostly for [...] Continue Reading…
“Well, If you want to sing out, sing out/And if you want to be free, be free/’Cause there’s a million things to be/You know [...] Continue Reading…
New York is notorious for its sometimes frustrating cell phone coverage. New York’s a 24 hour city that never sleeps – and that includes [...] Continue Reading…
There are a lot of technological advances out there when it comes to cell phones, and 3G is one of them. 3G stands for [...] Continue Reading…
In order to understand the basics of cell phones and how they really work, there are terms and definitions you should know. One of [...] Continue Reading…
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When you travel a lot – overseas and all over the world – you need a cell phone that can keep up with you. [...] Continue Reading…
Airtime is the actual number of minutes that you spend talking on your cell phone. Companies that offer cell phone service charge different rates [...] Continue Reading…
If you really want to impress (and possibly confuse) the salesperson for your cell phone or airtime plan, ask him or her about attenuation. [...] Continue Reading…
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Just about every company runs a credit check on potential customers before signing them up for service – including cell phone companies. If you’re [...] Continue Reading…
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This article about cell phone use and cancer is a guest post from Lisa Kearney.
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Ymax, the company behind the MagicJack (the nifty little devices that lets you make unlimited phone calls from your home, just like you had [...] Continue Reading…
Before Apple even dreamed of entering the mobile space, Palm was the king of PDA smartphones. Now, the two companies are in somewhat of [...] Continue Reading…
Google recently rolled out its supposed Urbanspoon and Yelp killer in the form of “Near Me Now,” a quick and easy location-based search that [...] Continue Reading…
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Earlier this week, we took some time to discuss how to tether your Verizon phone to your laptop using Mobile Broadband Connect. After reading [...] Continue Reading…
One of the biggest arguments against allowing elderly family members and senior citizens to live alone is the concern that no one would be [...] Continue Reading…
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2010 is upon us and many of the top tech producers are unveiling eyebrow raising smartphones. It’s just day [...] Continue Reading…
LG makes some pretty slick music phones including the LG Chocolate and the LG Dare. However, iTunes remains one of the most extensive and [...] Continue Reading…
We follow the smartphone buzz pretty closely here at the cell phones blog, so we definitely know which Verizon handsets get the most hype [...] Continue Reading…
The official launch of the Google Phone was yesterday and served chiefly to confirm all the rumors and hands-on reviews we’ve already read about [...] Continue Reading…
The Palm Centro, as well as the Palm Treo 700p, Palm Treo 700w, Palm Treo 700wx and Palm Treo 755p, are Verizon Mobile Broadband [...] Continue Reading…
Cell phone batteries go bad. They drop charge, they fail to take charge or they drain too quickly. Cell phone battery degradation is an [...] Continue Reading…
It’s a brand new year, and one thing that many states are cracking down on in 2010 is texting while driving. The rationale behind [...] Continue Reading…
Have you received that scary forwarded chain email about the poor fellow that got zapped after answering his cell phone when it was plugged [...] Continue Reading…
Google has successfully achieved what it wanted to do with Android – create an open source platform which will enable developers across the world [...] Continue Reading…
BlackBerry Cell Phones focus on providing quality email and messaging capabilities that keep businesspeople connected to the fast-paced enterprise world. They boast a proprietary [...] Continue Reading…
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Here at the cell phones blog, we’re consistently amazed at the vast amount of rumors that circulate about smartphones. And no phone is the [...] Continue Reading…
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