photo credit: MetroPCS Android Cell Phone

Partnering with Boingo, the nation’s leading source of public Wi-Fi, MetroPCS phones running Android can now tap into hotspots for free. The LG Optimus M and Huawei Ascend, two of MetroPCS’s Android phones, will now come pre-loaded with special software from a company called Devicescape. The app recognizes 500,000 hotspots that are controlled by Boingo, which would cost other users a monthly or weekly connection fee. For the other 200,000 hotspots that actually cost money, the user would have to pay $7.95 a month fee. Read the rest of this entry »

photo credit: Cell Phone Bill

Have you been shocked by your cell phone bill lately? One in five people got an unexpectedly high bill in the past year, according to Consumer Report’s just released cell phone survey. Were you texting more than your plan allowed? If you recently upgraded to a Smartphone, you may have gone over your data usage allowance. How can you avoid cell phone bill shock? Read the rest of this entry »

photo credit: Free Gmail Calls

Google introduced phone call capabilities through Gmail back in August. Google promised calls in the US and Canada would be free until the end of 2010. On December 20th, Google announced Gmail phone calls would be free until the end of 2011. They must have been moved by the holiday spirit. Read the rest of this entry »

photo credit: Motorola Splits

Effective January 4, 2011, Motorola will split into 2 companies. According to an article written by Peter Svensson, AP, Motorola is splitting its consumer-oriented side, which makes cell phones and cable set-top boxes, from the side that sells police radios and barcode scanners to government and corporate customers. Shareholders of record on December 21, 2010 will receive shares in both the consumer business, Motorola Mobility, and the professional business, Motorola Solutions after the first of the year. Read the rest of this entry »

photo credit: Verizon iPhone

When Verizon finally gets the iPhone 4, Apple’s stocks will skyrocket. This is according to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster. Munster is so sure that Verizon will have the iPhone 4 in early 2011 that he has included Verizon in his Apple sales estimates for next year. Munster is predicting that Verizon will sell 9 million iPhones next year, and that is a conservation estimate. Read the rest of this entry »

photo credit: Supersized Sale at Wirefly.com

Last week Wirefly.com announced its Supersized Sale. Every day from now through the end of the year, Wirefly is offering over 30 of the latest Smartphones absolutely FREE. The new free Smartphones are for both new accounts and upgrades with a two-year agreement. The free cell phones include the Android and BlackBerry phones, as well as the new Windows 7 phones. Some examples of the free Smartphones available are the DROID Incredible by HTC, Sony Ericsson Xperia X10, Samsung Intercept, Motorola CLIQ. Read the rest of this entry »

photo credit: Verizon at Airport

Verizon will be giving 60 airports nationwide faster wireless data networks. According to Roger Yu, USA Today, Verizon plans to have the faster networks in place by the end of 2010. With the faster speed, the 4G network will allow users to everything a wired network will do. Read the rest of this entry »

photo credit: Mobile Medicine

4G networks allow radiologists to download and upload images 10 times faster. With the new technology, 4G offers a way for radiologists to do preliminary reads or image demonstrations on Smartphones and iPads. It won’t replace actually reading the image with the more sophisticated imaging equipment, but it allows radiologists the flexibility to view a “quickie.” Read the rest of this entry »

photo credit: 4 G in Seattle

Last month Verizon announced its plan to offer 4 G wireless service to Seattle by the end of the year. 4 G is a new-technology market already offered in Seattle by Sprint and T-Mobile, so naturally Verizon wants to join in the race. AT&T Mobility, having exclusive rights to the iPhone at this time (which is NOT 4 G), hasn’t announced plans to join the 4 G race in 2011. If they do join in the fray, can we assume then that AT&T will be pushing for 4 G iPhone? Read the rest of this entry »

photo credit: Verizon to the rescue

Lost your phone and all its data? Verizon Wireless has a solution that allows you to not only recover all your data and contacts, but also to wipe out the info from the lost phone. Verizon Wireless has just announced the release of a new mobile application for its users, the Mobile Recovery software solution from Asurion, which comes as a web- and phone-based application aimed at helping users in the event they lose their devices. Read the rest of this entry »