Google Inc., which owns the most popular and widely used search
engine in the world, will be launching their line of mobile phones,
the first to run on the company’s operating System, Android,
right in schedule.
June 19, 2008
Verizon Communications Inc. is preparing to offer discounts
to their wireless customers who subscribe to Verizon’s Internet
or television services but who do not have a land line phone
June 18, 2008
Sprint’s new Samsung Instinct, the most feasible competition
for the iPhone, is not only being launched first but will also be
less expensive, so a writer for the Washington Post is launching
a comparison.
June 17, 2008
Although it is by no means as widespread as email spam, text
message spam on phones is becoming increasingly common – and
annoying. According to the Seattle P-I, however, there are several
things cell phone users can do to block unwanted texts – 1.5
billion of which are expected to strike people this year.
Usage Profile
Deciding how you are going to use the cellular phone. Is it for emergencies,
general purpose, or business? The purpose of having the cellular phone
should dictate which service plan you are going to choose.
Do you need a phone for personal or business use? A customer that needs
a phone for business use usually needs a plan with a lot of minutes and
flexibility. A customer that needs a phone for personal use is usually
looking for something inexpensive.
Would you use your phone for just the strictest of emergencies or do
you plan to use it all the time? Someone that needs a phone for emergencies,
say 10 minutes or less a month is usually a good candidate for pre-paid
wireless service. Why pay a flat rate every single month if the phone
is going to sit in your glove box?
Do you travel? If so is it all over the state or all over the nation?
This helps determine if a local plan would make more sense for the customer
or if a plan that had much broader roaming range would be better. The
reason to ask this question is because if you do not plan to travel or
if when you travel you will only use the phone for emergencies, you would
be better off with a local plan. More minutes for your money.
June 23, 2008
