By pmiller
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9 months ago
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Newsworthy
Photo courtesy of Kenneth Lu, via FlickrThis week the United States government sued to
prevent the acquisition
of T-Mobile by competitor AT&T. The reason given is that this
would lessen competition and, in turn, hurt consumers.
Anyone who has ever dealt with a major cell phone carrier knows that the
present state of competition isn't exactly producing a renaissance of
terrific customer service. The norm is two-year contracts, high
early termination fees, and steep charges when you go over your allotted
voice, data or SMS limit.
But there are alternatives. Read on to find a few tricks to owning and
using a decent smartphone without having to deal with the drawbacks of a
contract with a major carrier.
By Rick.BroidaGuest Blogger
at 8:57AM,
9 months ago
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Money Saving Tips
Planning to buy an
AT&T smartphone, either now or after next month's heavily rumored
iPhone 5 announcement? Here's something you should know: Starting August 21,
AT&T will offer only one text-messaging plan: $20 per month for unlimited messages.
That's over and above what you're already paying for voice and data. Gone is the $10/month option for 1,000 messages (
and long gone is the $5/month, 200-message plan), meaning you're now on the hook for an extra $120 annually if you want to send and receive texts.
That sucks, AT&T. So you'll forgive me if I tell readers how they can ditch your ridiculously overpriced messaging plan--but keep on texting to their hearts' content.
By Yasarh
at 9:56AM,
a year ago
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Image Courtesy of dougbelshaw via FlickrThis week the Guy and Yasar show comes with good news for
AT&T
customers. Well, at least good news for those who want more data usage
for tethering.
Here are the details:
By Rick.BroidaGuest Blogger
at 7:55AM,
a year ago
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Spotlight Deals
Virgin Mobile just took the wraps off the single best deal in the history of smartphones.
As anyone who's priced an
iPhone, Droid Incredible,
HTC Evo 4G, or similar phone knows the painful part is not the couple hundred bucks you spend on the hardware--it's the $70 per month minimum you have to pay for voice and data plans.
Oh, and don't forget the two-year contract that goes with it.