by Joe P on April 10, 2012
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Last week AT&T made a surprise announcement: they would unlock off-contract iPhones hassle-free. Well, relatively hassle free; there have been complaints of long wait times to speak with technicians. But in any case, qualifying AT&T customers can free their iPhones for use on other networks. There might be no greater beneficiary to this than T-Mobile, which already has 1 million unlocked iPhones running on its network. Might customers flock to them after unlocking their unused AT&T iPhones?
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by Joe P on March 9, 2012
It seems that every website these days has an app. It makes enough sense. Smartphone users love apps; they’ve downloaded millions of them, maybe billions. Apps also offer companies and websites a different form of engagement. While websites are generalized, mobile apps are made for a specific type of user. Still, apps aren’t the only way to engage those users. Some companies and sites have chosen to create excellent mobile websites instead of apps. That allows them to remain cross-platform, which can open them up to more users. Here are some glowing examples.
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by Joe P on March 1, 2012
In the race to create a mass market, widely adopted electric car, companies have realized that they need improvements in one crucial area: battery life. That one area is truly the gateway to wider electric car adoption. Without a powerful and long-lasting battery, a car can’t do all the things we expect a car to do. This reveals an important lesson for cell phone manufacturers.
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by Rae H on February 15, 2012
T-Mobile announced recently that it will begin carrying the Square Credit Card Readers in select T-Mobile stores. While T-Mobile had already been offering the device in select 4G smartphone business bundles, the recent announcement made them the first carrier to offer the device in their retail stores.
The Square Credit Card Reader is a smartphone accessory available on the Apple iOS and Android platforms that plugs into the headphone jack of your device and allows you to accept mobile credit card payments anywhere, charging a 2.75% processing fee before depositing the funds into your bank account the following business day.
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by Rae H on February 13, 2012
Smartphone technology changes almost daily, and the best cell phone manufacturers and providers are those that are constantly developing and upgrading to make sure their phones are the best on the market. T-Mobile and HTC do just that. Here are our top five favorite HTC phones offered on America’s Largest 4G Network:
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by Joe P on February 10, 2012
To this point, it was a one-map game. Most map interfaces on mobile devices to this point have been powered by Google Maps. There are exceptions, of course, but Google has made it easy for developers to use their API to easily integrate G Maps into their applications. Since mobiles make for great navigation devices, this has been greatly to Google’s benefit. But it appears that there is a new player in the game. AOL’s MapQuest has released its own API for both Android and iOS.
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by Rae H on February 10, 2012
J.D. Power and Associates released their annual customer care rankings this month and the dubbed winners were Verizon Wireless (for contract service) and Virgin Mobile (for non-contract providers).
Even more interesting is that it would appear that according to J.D. Power, no other contract service provider was even in the running for the award (which Verizon received a five star rating to earn). While a two star rating was nothing new for AT&T and Sprint, T-Mobile had received the highest rating in the 2011 study (earning a five star rating) but fell down to a two star rating this year.
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by Joe P on February 3, 2012
Choosing the right phone for you takes some research, recommendations, and in some cases, the need to actually hold a phone in your hand and see how it feels and responds.
For those in the first two stages, here’s some research and recommendations for the best T-Mobile Phones LG wise that will look great in your hand and feel great on the wallet (and they’ll get the job done, too!).
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by Joe P on January 7, 2012
Next week we’ll see the future. The immediate future, that is. Hundreds of technology companies will convene for the annual Consumer Electronics Show, where they’ll unveil their latest contraptions and inventions. There’s so much going on that it takes a full-time reader to keep up with all the releases — and that doesn’t even cover demonstrations and keynotes. We’ll surely see some new technologies that build on past ones and make our lives a little simpler (and more fun to boot). It has me wondering how far we are from a huge step forward in how smartphones affect our lives.
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by Joe P on January 5, 2012
The greatest advantage of cell phones is that they’re with us all the time. This comes in handy, especially with smartphones, which can store tons of useful information. Think of all the times you’ve had to carry around various documents. Most of the time you can condense them and put them on your smartphone. There might be no better example of this than travel itinerary. If you’ve ever carried around a manila folder with your itinerary, you know the feeling. Things can fall out of it, and things can get misplaced. Keeping everything on your smartphone makes life much easier.
Here are some great smartphone apps to help you keep your travel plans.
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