cell phones

Here’s another case where a customer gets a phone bill in the thousands of dollars. A man in Miami set his laptop up on a wireless network to watch a Chicago Bears game. When he came back after a trip, he had a bill for over $27,000 from AT&T. His charges were later dropped down [...]

I just renewed with Verizon at a local phone store. I got myself a new phone. Of course, it didn’t come with a car charger. The salesman reached for one hanging on the wall and handed it to me. The price said $35. What? $35 for what is basically a wire in a bag? I [...]

When it comes to refurbished products, many people shy away from them. They don’t want a product that has had problems in the past. For me though, I prefer refurbished. Heck, I’m even considering buying a refurbished Vizio HDTV soon. Refurbished products are cheaper and usually go through more testing than a new product.
Now that [...]

Here are some great shortcuts to know when you’re typing on your BlackBerry device.
Insert a period - Press Space key twice. The next letter is capitalized.
Capitalize a letter - Hold letter key until capitalized letter appears.
Type an alternate character on a key - Hold Alt key and the character key.
Type an accented or special character [...]

I’ve been looking into finally purchasing a new smartphone. I have a friend who just decided to invest in a Motorola Q smartphone. The thing looks sharp! However there have been problems after only one day of ownership. Two main problems:

It’s currently locked at the VerizonWireless screen. A hard reset won’t even help it.
When the [...]

The Andoid Phone is set to come out next week. Everybody seems to be saying that it will be a definite iPhone killer. HA! Sure the Android phone is cool for us techie geeks, but these people that are pitting it as an iPhone killer are way off base. The iPhone is cool, sexy, and [...]

It’s becoming more common. People using their cell phone outside of the country and getting hit with a cell phone bill that’s in the thousands. The problem is so bad that recently an iPhone user decided to sue AT&T over a $2,000 bill. It happened to this person too. A $6,000 bill and he didn’t [...]

A Pittsburgh cancer institute has warned that use of cell phones may lead to cancer. This is the first cancer institute that has actually come out and said that cell phones impose a risk. Only time will tell if these warnings are true. In the meantime, the institute recommends the use of wireless headsets to [...]

How many times have you signed a long contract with a wireless provider only to find it’s way too much money? Then you would have to pay even more to get out of the contract. It’s a problem many wireless subscribers face. The FCC has been working to make wireless providers charge less for their [...]

With the merger of Alltel and Verizon, I’m wondering which phones customers will be able to use on the Verizon/Alltel network. In the past, Alltel didn’t lock down their phones as much as Verizon. You can access all of the nice features without hacking them. Verizon on the other hand, likes to make you pay [...]