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Wirefly Blackberry Deals: ATT/Tmobile/Verizon/Sprint BlackBerry Curves are Free Till Sunday
Great news folks. Wirefly’s 48 Hour BlackBerry Curve Sale is back! This weekend only, every BlackBerry Curve smartphone is free with select service plans and accounts + free FedEx shipping. And, you’re granted exclusive early access: The sale officially runs from 7/11-7/12. Have fun Shopping Wirefly
CellPhonesMarket.com Most Viewed Posts and Pages of May 2009
Happy June, everybody! Here’s what happened last month in case you were bedridden with swine flu and stayed home without even clicking on your keyboard: Best 5 Blog Posts in May 2009 How to Enable TZone in Your iPhone Acer Releases DualSIM Mobile Phone DX900 How to Add Ringtones and Games in You Telus Lg [...]
Vlingo Survey Finds 26% of ALL Mobile Users “DWT”—Drive While Texting
Despite an increasing number of state bans on driving while texting (DWT) and numerous reports of texting-related accidents, Vlingo’s second annual Consumer Mobile Messaging Habits Report reveals that more than 26% of US mobile-phone users send and/or receive text messages while driving. Some of the major highlights are as follows: Five worst offender states are [...]
Survey: 82% of Smart Phone Users says “NO” to Online Banking
“Online Banking” is the new buzz word in the banking as well as the telecommunication industry. According to ABI Research, a technology research firm, the number of people in the U.S. that use mobile-banking services grew to 3.1 million in 2008 from 400,000 in 2007, and the number of U.S. banks that offer mobile banking [...]
Apple to stop taking applications if the App does not support iPhone OS 3.0
In preparation for the next version of the operating system for iPhone OS 3.0, Apple announced that it will not accept new applications for inclusion in the App Store, unless they support the new platform, OS 3.0. So far it’s alos not clear when updates will become available to end users. So, if you are [...]
Verizon Wireless to Introduce the MiFi 2200 Intelligent Mobile Hotspot
Verizon Wireless will introduce the highly-anticipated MiFi 2200 Intelligent Mobile Hotspot on May 17. Developed by Novatel Wireless. The MiFi 2200 lets customers create a personal Wi-Fi cloud capable of sharing the reliability and high-speed Internet connectivity of the Verizon Wireless 3G Mobile Broadband network with up to five Wi-Fi-enabled devices such as notebooks, netbooks, [...]
MetroPCS 1Q profit rises with growing customer base beating the Bad Economy
Wireless carrier MetroPCS released thursday its first-quarter profit with a 11 percent increase form last year, helped by a growing subscriber base as it expanded into the New York City and Boston areas. Incase you didn’t know, MetroPCS offers discount prepaid calling plans, which you can also compare at cell phone comparison section of our [...]
Samsung VICE 3G makes debut in Canada Via Bell Mobility
Samsung Electronics Canada and Bell Mobility today announced the launch of the new Samsung VICE 3G mobile handset. Keeping text users in mind, Samsung VICE 3G comes equipped with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard for easy text and email messaging, a 2 megapixel camera, the fully integrated Bell Media Player, access to services like Full Track [...]
Verizon is Almost to Sell Alltel Assets to ATT for $2.5B
According to the Wall Street Journal and CNBC, Verizon is to sell its recently bought Alltel assets to AT&T for $2.5 billion. Kep in mind, that Verizon didnt want to sell it but this divestiture was a requirement for Verizon Wireless after it bought Alltel. Verizon’s purchase of Alltel and its roughly 13 million customers, [...]
Verizon is to Release it’s First Android Phone “Motorola Calgary” in Q4 2009
At the beginning it was just a rumor and it became a reality. The rumor was that Motorola will release its first Android phone “Motorola Calgary” this quarter on Verizon. But 24 hrs ago, yesterday Motorola handset CEO Sanjay Jha reported to PC magazine that this will not be a reality until the end of [...]
