• LG Thrill 4G Thrilling News Preorders Soon @ Best Buy for LG Thrill 3D

    LG THrill 4G 3D.JPGBest Buy is expected to start taking preorders for the LG Thrill 4G soon.  A leaked Best Buy August catalog shows the LG Thrill 3D.  The LG Thrill 4G is an AT&T-branded LG Optimus 3D for the United States with a glasses-free 4.3″ touchscreen.

    First, we thought that the LG Thrill 4G would have an August 7 release date, many believe now that August 21 will be the release date for the LG Thrill 4G. RadioShack began taking preoders for the LG Thrill 4G in July. An unnamed source told Phone Arena that Best Buy plans to take preorders soon.

    LG Thrill 4G
    also allows you to record 3D photos and videos with
    5-megapixel dual-cameras with added video stabilization technology that
    will correct any shaking during recording.  Specs of the LG Thrill 4G
    include a 1GHz dual-core, dual-channel RAM processor, 16GB of memory
    (8GB on board plus an 8GB microSD card), Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. It comes
    with 3D games, such as “Let’s Golf 2″ and “NOVA,” the Gameloft 3D store,
    as well as YouTube 3D and 3D movies from mSpot.

    It is will available from from AT&T. Read all LG Thrill 4G articles.

    WIRELESS AND MOBILE NEWS

     
  • Dare 2 Comapre: T-Mobile vs Virgin Mobile – Who’s Got the Best Deal and Dress

    Dare2compareTMOBILEVirginmobile.jpg

    Last night on TV, we noticed that new commercial for T-Mobile’s family voice with data plan, called the “Best Plan Ever.”  Surprisingly, the T-Mobile gal’s dress seems to be no longer a shade of pink but a combination of both pink and orange, which may have think that it may be a precursor to be AT&T T-Mobile merger.

    In another commercial Virgin Mobile takes on the T-Mobile gal implies Virgin Mobile is better and cheaper.

    Let’s compare the T-Mobile plan with the plans mentioned in Virgin Mobile’s latest commercial.

    According to the commercial, the T-Mobile Best Plan Ever has unlimited data, talk and text for .99 for each line.  You have to read the fine print because each line includes up to 2GB of full speed data per month, then reduced speeds after that. On top of the .99 per line are taxes which could be close to 20%.

    In the Virgin commercial the Virgin Mobile spokesmodel points out that T-Mobile will be taken over by AT&t who is last in customer satisfaction.  The plan, the commercial is advertising shows .00 for unlimited data and messaging which only includes 300 minutes of talk. The Virgin .00 a month plan includes 1200 talk minutes while the a month plan has unlimited talk. Virgin Mobile data use greater than 2.5GB per month will be throttled to 256kbps starting in October. It you start today, you will at least have a month or so of unlimited data without throttling.  Virgin Mobile plans include most taxes, however sales tax and some fees may be added.  Both plans in October will be very close in price.  Data speeds on Sprint’s 3G network are much slower than the T-Mobile 4G data network.

    T-Mobilecompare.JPG

    If you compare T-Mobile prepaid with Virgin Mobile prepaid as Virgin does in their own chart, Virgin Mobile is the cheaper plan. However the advertised plans are very close. 

    To determine which is better for you, check coverage in your area.  Sprint has better coverage in some areas while T-Mobile has better coverage and other areas.  T-Mobile also has a greater selection of subsidized phones which are cheaper.

    The easiest things to compare in the two commercials are the spokesmodels’ dresses the T-Mobile gal wears what looks to be a silk fluffy full frou-frou dress while the Virgin Mobile gals wears a tight-fitting red short red dress which is obviously more stylish.

    WIRELESS AND MOBILE NEWS

     
  • Wirefly Thanksgiving, Black Friday & Cyber Monday Deals – Best Prices Ever

    BlackFridayCyberMondaysales1.jpg

    Wirefly has started a Pre-Black Friday through Thanksgiving to Cyber Monday sale with free activation for new customers on AT&T and
    Verizon Wireless networks.  They are also slashing prices on bestselling smartphones.

    Besides free activations, Wirefly is selling free Android  smartphones with a new contract, including super cheap deals on the Samsung Fascinate, LG Vortex and Samsung Intercept.

    The Samsung Fascinate is
    Verizon’s version of the Samsung Galaxy S series of Android
    smartphones.  It packs the power
    of a 1GHZ processor, Android 2.1, 5-megapixel camera,  4-inch Super
    AMOLED touchscreen, Wi-Fi and GPS.

    Starting on Black Friday and running through the weekend, the well-reviewed Motorola Droid Pro will be selling for an “unbeatable price.”  The Droid Pro by Motorola has a 1GHz processor, 4GB of memory
    (2GB internal and 2GB removable), 5-megapixel camera with LED flash,
    Wi-Fi, 3.1-inch touchscreen, DLNA connectivity, mobile hotspot
    capabilities, and world roaming.

    On Cyber Monday, Wirefly will be selling the Droid X (read Droid X review), Droid Pro and Droid 2 (read DROID 2 review) as well as the HTC Droid Incredible (read DROID Incredible review) at “the best prices ever.”

    Wirefly
    claims it will “have the lowest prices ever, anywhere, on all AT&T
    phones,” starting on Thanksgiving (Thursday) through Cyber Monday.  They
    call them amazing Black Friday savings on popular AT&T phones, such
    as the BlackBerry Torch, LG Quantum, and Samsung Captivate (read Samsung Captivate review) with prices so-called “too low to show.”

    The BlackBerry Torch has
    Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, 5-megapixel camera, GPS, media player, with added new
    feature of Wi-Fi media syncing.  It is a touchscreen with a sliding
    keyboard, social networking and new media features.  Read BlackBerry Torch review.

    AT&T free activation ends November 30, midnight PST.  Verizon free activation ends November 29 at midnight PST.

    Other Black Friday Articles:

    WIRELESS AND MOBILE NEWS

     
  • 67% Mobile Buyers Choose by Carrier, Multimedia Top Feature, Says Best Buy Mobile

    Thumbnail image for BestBuyUpgradeCehcker.JPGA Best Buy Mobile study found that while
    nearly one in four shoppers (23 percent) made their mobile phone
    decision based on the mobile phone device itself, the majority of
    respondents (67 percent) selected carriers
    as their main purchasing
    influence.

    They also found  more than half of
    American mobile phone owners do not know the month and year when their
    current mobile phone contract expires.  Only four in 10 say
    they received a reminder notice that their contract was about to expire,
    leaving many consumers in the dark about upgrade eligibility and the
    plan options available.

    The survey, conducted for Best Buy Mobile by GfK Roper, sheds light on
    consumers’ knowledge and shopping habits around mobile plans, devices,
    technology and accessories.

    One in 10 selected a mobile phone based on the operating
    platform, such as Google’s Android or Apple’s iPhone platforms.

    Survey respondents also noted that they expect multimedia capabilities
    as a primary function on a mobile device, though content interests
    differ:

    • 45 percent look for multimedia capabilities including music, video and
      camera.
    • 32 percent look for GPS navigation.
    • 29 percent want to replace landline phone.
    • 26 percent want to be able to access social networking sites.
    • 26 percent want to be Wi-Fi enabled.
    • 15 percent want to make eCommerce purchases from their mobile devices.
    • 15 percent want to be able to download a movie.
    • 14 percent want to be able to play games from their smart phone.

    Best Buy Mobile has launched an Upgrade Checker campaign.

    WIRELESS AND MOBILE NEWS

     
  • Top 10 Best Things 2Do While Waiting for Your HTC Droid Incredible and HTC EVO 4G

    HTCEVO4GHTCDRoidIncredible.jpgThe well-reviewed 
    HTC Droid Incredible and also well-reviewed HTC EVO 4G are truly incredible super smartphones, they are both made by HTC and run Android 2.1 with HTC Sense.  They are both hugely popular and both have a 1GHz Snapdragon processors and 480 x 800 pixels displays.

    The HTC Droid Incredible sells out in stores and according the Verizon website, will be shipped by June 28 and we have heard that some stores sell out of the EVO 4G, or you may have ordered an HTC phone and are anxiously awaiting the delivery and noone delivers on Sunday!

    Our friend was out early on Thursday, and got her HTC EVO 4G and then found out that Sprint couldn’t transfer her contacts from her Samsung Instinct (there are several ways to do it, which we will explain later.) Her travail got us thinking.  Because HTC Sense pulls all kinds of information together it would save you a lot of time when you get your HTC EVO 4G or Droid Incredible to get all your email accounts, social networking, passwords and “stuff” ready before you get your new HTC EVO 4G or Droid Incredible. Here our tips for what to do while you are waiting for

    1. Read the Manuals & Quick Start Guides
    Reading  HTC EVO 4G User Guide(Manual) and the EVO Getting Started Guide, or Droid Incredible User Guide (Manual) will give you all kinds of insights on how to set up your HTC smartphone to work with all your accounts.

    2. Get a Google Gmail Account for Android Market
    If you don’t already have a Google login or Gmail account, you’ll want to get one online. If you have your contacts in Gmail or Google Voice they will all import and sync into your HTC Droid Incredible and HTC EVO 4G.

    You have to have a Google account in order to buy or download
    anything from Android Market. The HTC Sense interface makes it super
    easy to sync with your Gmail.

    3. Make Names and Passwords
    Short an’ Sweet

    We had too slips in using HTC Sense with our
    Gmail account. First we have a very long user name and even longer
    password!  Although the touchscreen keyboards are excellent on the When we set up syinc on the HTC
    Droid Incredible
    , it took several attempts to
    type in a rather long password.  For the username we used voice to text
    the edited it. Now we wished that instead of a company name we used
    initials and had a shorter password.

    4. Delete Old Messages Decide on Email Strategy
    The Gmail account online, had well a couple of hundred email messages that we forgot to delete, which were all downloaded through HTC Sense to the our HTC Droid Incredible. Deleting hundreds of messages on the phone requires finger acrobatics.  We logged into our Gmail account on the web and deleted the old junk, which automatically deleted the email messages on the Droid Incredible.  We suggest you clean up your email before you get your new phone.

    5.Check with IT Dept
    Business Users Note: You can only add one Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account on your HTC Sense smarpthone. Make sure your IT department knows what that you will be syncing with the corporate server, they may or may not have suggestions.

    If your like, many of us, you may have several email accounts and hundreds of Facebook friends, do you really want all that informtion on your Droid or EVO?

    6. Prep for POP or IMAP Accounts
    If you use POP  for your email account and retrieve your email from more than one place, you could lose track of emails. With IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) you read your mail while it is still on the mail server. Because your mail remains on the server you can access it from any IMAP- device, anywhere.
    POP (Post Office Protocol),  downloads e-mail to ta location, generally
    removing
    it from the central server.

    Some people have a smartphone-only email address, that they give out only to a few people. You really don’t want to use your battery juice for accounts that are spammed several times an hour. We are making an extra short email account at wmns.mobi, just for our smartphone and testing  use.

    7.Decide Who Your Friends Really Are Get Passwords
    With the HTC Friend Stream app, you always know what’s going on on Facebook
    and Twitter, without actually going on Facebook and Twitter. The question is how many people’s Tweets and trips to the market you want to read on Droid or EVO. You can de-friend people before you get your Droid Incredible or HTC EVO 4G to avoid Friend Stream Bloat. You can also get your passwords together to send in an email to your self to save time typing in passwords, (copy and paste them into the setup screens.

    8. Ready Set Sync – from Your PC?
    Clean Up Contacts on Comptuer
    HTC Sync allows synchronization between a phone and PC. This handy program will sync  Outlook and Windows Address Book (Outlook
    Express), contacts and calendar events between your computer and your
    phone. However if you are like many of us you may have contacts on your PC that you can’t even remember who the person is none

    9. BACK UP BACK UP SAVE SAVE On Your Old Phone
    If you can save you contacts onto your a microSD, save them in a compatible format on the microSD on your old phone. If you carrier offers cloud backup, see if you can backup your old phone. You can check with your carrier before you get your new HTC Droid Incredible or EVO 4G to figure out how you will get your contacts from your old phone to your new smarpthone.

    10. Find a New Home or Sell or Recycle the Old Phone
    Shop around to find the best price you can get for recycling your old phone.  You can sell your used cell phone to iBuyPhones.com
    for cash, or recycle their qualifying phones. In conjunction with a
    partnership with American Forests, they will plant a tree for every
    recycled phone received.  You may decide to do good with your old phone.

    You can donate your old phone to HopeLine to help survivors of domestic violence, download the postage-paid label available online. The donation of a cell phone can help make a difference for survivors
    of domestic violence who need a vital link to emergency or support
    services in a time of crisis or a reliable, safe connection to
    employers, family and friends. By the time your mailing label comes, you have your HTC EVO 4G or Droid Incredible up and running.

    You can also check out shows you would want to watch on Sprint TV or V CAST, or favorite apps from Verizon or Wireless and News.

    WIRELESS AND MOBILE NEWS

     
  • Best iPhone Sandwich Man ever…

    You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video

    Tags: , ,


    Copyright © 2007
    Dieser Feed ist nur für den persönlichen, nicht gewerblichen Gebrauch bestimmt.
    Eine Verwendung dieses Feeds auf anderen Webseiten verstößt gegen das Urheberrecht. Wenn Sie diesen Inhalt nicht in Ihrem News-Reader lesen, so macht sich die Seite, die Sie betrachten, der Urheberrechtsverletzung schuldig. (digitalfingerprint: )


    iPhone News