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BlackBerry Release Soon: BlackBerry Style 9670 Flips-out in Purple & Grey for $99
The BlackBerry Style 9670 flip-style BlackBerry smartphone will go on sale October 31 at Sprint. The BlackBerry Style features a full QWERTY BlackBerry keyboard, the new BlackBerry 6 operating system and a wide range of advanced communication and multimedia capabilities. The BlackBerry St…
ETF’s Influence Carrier Change Decisions, Cell Shock for 1 in 6, Says FCC
The Federal Communications Commission's new survey of American consumers of broadband and cell phone service finds that one in six cell phone users has experienced "bill shock ETFs may also play a role in consumer behavior among those who consider changing their cell phone service provider. When as…
BlackBerry Bold and Droid Top Radiation Smartphones, BlackBerry Storm and Omnia II Best for Low Radiation
The Environmental Working Group released its latest guide to cell phone radiation levels (www.ewg.org), focusing on the newest, most highly touted smartphones to hit the market in recent months. (The radiation level of Apple's newest iPhone ranks in the middle of the pack.) For new 2010 cell …
Orgs Ask Carriers to End Early Termination Fees for Unemployed
Leaders of the nation's consumer and public interest organizations want the heads of the wireless industry to immediately suspend charging early termination fees (ETF's) on any subscriber who loses a job. Due to high unemployment rates, consumer and…
Average Cost of Wireless Call $3.02 Says UCAN, San Diego
A study sponsored by utility-watch-dog group Utility Consumers' Action Network, and conducted by auditors with Teletruth, the New Networks Institute, and LTC Consulting found that phone bills are more than expensive. The study of 703 consumers found that many San Diego consumers are paying far more…
Wireless Bill To Watch Bears Game on Cruise Ship, $28,000
A Chicago Sun Times reader wrote he needed help from "The Fixer" with a really big cell phone wireless card bill. The traveler received $28,067.31 wireless phone bill after a recent trip for watching a Bears game on his laptop computer via a wireless card.He was in Miami on Nov. 2, getting ready to …
Charge for Universal USB Chargers in 2012 by GSMA
The GSMA and 17 mobile operators and manufacturers announced that they are committed to a cross-industry standard for a universal charger for new mobile phones. What this means is that one charger would work will all the phones.The move should result in approximately per cent reduction in standby en…
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