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T-Mobile’s new contract-free Value Plans go live

, Mar 24th 2013 Discuss [0]

T-Mobile's new contract-free value plans have just gone live. All of the new plans will have unlimited calling and unlimited texting included. The cheapest plan available is the $50 unlimited talk, text, and 500MB of data plan. If you want to increase your data limit, you can do so for an accumulative $10 charge. So for the 2GB plan, you'll have to pay $60, 4GB you'll have to pay $70, etc. After you reach your data limit, your data will be throttled to 2G speeds. All of the tiered data plans come with free Mobile Hotspot, so you can tether your phone to your laptop or PC. Read The Full Story

Facebook to offer free/discounted data for Messenger

, Feb 25th 2013 Discuss [0]

Facebook is working together with 18 carriers throughout 14 countries to bring free or discounted data for Facebook’s messaging services. The free/discounted data will be available for Messenger on Android, Messenger on iOS, and Facebook for Every Phone within the next few months. This will allow people to save money on their current messaging plans, and will also draw in more users from those emerging markets. Read The Full Story

T-Mobile iPhone touted as 14 metro areas get mobile boost

, Dec 20th 2012 Discuss [0]

Here near the end of the year T-Mobile is ramping up efforts to let you know that they are, indeed, a company that's expanding at a high rate. T-Mobile is expanding in 14 new metro areas including areas from one end of the United States to the other and they're making it clear that they're ready and willing to take in your unlocked iPhone 4S with their network - a network they say has beaten AT&T in internal speed tests - imagine that! Read The Full Story

Verizon carrier billing coming to Google Play

, Oct 19th 2012 Discuss [0]

If you've been with T-Mobile or AT&T in the past and miss your ability to add Google Play purchases to your carrier bill each month now that you're on Verizon, you'll be glad to know that they'll be joining the party too quite soon. A confirmation of this update to the Google Play store as well as Verizon's connection to it has come through today via Google Play's official twitter account, complete with a date range for the roll out. If you're on Verizon you'll be able to add digital purchases to your normal carrier bill starting soon - within the next few weeks, in fact! Read The Full Story

T-Mobile iPhone 5 ready for action with NanoSIM release

, Oct 8th 2012 Discuss [0]

It's time to get your T-Mobile iPhone 5 party started with T-Mobile's own NanoSIM made specifically - since there's no other phone that uses it - for the current-generation Apple smartphone. What we're seeing today is the NanoSIM in a set of T-Mobile stores across the USA - the one you're seeing in this post appears to have been sent out - or at least printed - near the end of September. With these NanoSIM cards users will be able to plug their non-carrier-specific iPhone into the T-Mobile network for big pink connectivity across the USA. Read The Full Story

T-Mobile iPhone again in the mix with “Unlimited & Unlocked” plans

, Sep 10th 2012 Discuss [0]

It appears that the folks at T-Mobile are aiming to keep or gain a new collection of customers on iPhone 5 day - that being this Wednesday - with a plan they call "Unlimited & Unlocked." This plan will have customers bringing in their unlocked iPhone devices - of all kinds, we must assume, hint hint - with a lure of unlimited data in the mix. Whether or not they'll offer the same deal for the iPhone 5 as they are prepared to with the iPhone 4S and below is not yet known - what is known is that this is T-Mobile's biggest effort to date for working with a phone that they don't even carry. Read The Full Story

AT&T defends blocking 3G FaceTime with FCC rule wording

, Aug 22nd 2012 Discuss [0]

This morning the folks at AT&T have made it clear that they will indeed be blocking Apple's FaceTime usage over their 3G network unless users switch to their new data plan, and have defended this move with a reiteration of an FCC rule on the subject. The FCC has a rule in place that keeps carriers from blocking applications that compete with their own - but because AT&T does not have an application that competes with FaceTime, they've made it clear that they feel justified in this situation. AT&T representative Bob Quinn spoke up today with assurances that criticism of this move by the carrier is nothing more than a "knee jerk reaction" on the part of users. Read The Full Story

AT&T Mobile Share Plans start August 23: get set up now

, Aug 6th 2012 Discuss [0]

This week the folks at AT&T have unleashed a bit more information on their next generation of shared data plans for mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. This new set of plans for families, businesses, and groups of associates in general gets you ready for the shared data future as it hits AT&T on August 23rd, 2012. AT&T has provided a "Mobile Share Planner tool" that you can use to mark what you'll need and how much you'll be paying for it as well. Read The Full Story

AT&T shared data skewered by T-Mobile claims

, Jul 18th 2012 Discuss [0]

With AT&T and Verizon releasing shared data plans this summer, AT&T's plans appearing just earlier today, T-Mobile has released a statement skewering their competitors' methods and data plans. Coming straight from the keyboard of Harry Thomas, director of product marketing with T-Mobile, you'll find T-Mobile appearing very much as the hero while the other two carriers are dashed and set on fire - figuratively. Have a peek and decide for yourself if AT&T and Verizon's plans are as "costly, complicated, punitive" as T-Mobile says they are. Read The Full Story

AT&T vs. Verizon: Shared Data Showdown

, Jul 18th 2012 Discuss [0]

This week AT&T has joined the “shared data” party that Verizon has been a part of for a few weeks, now it’s time to run down which of the two brings on a better deal for you. You’ll of course want to keep in mind first and foremost that these two networks have different coverage areas and that they’ve, for the most part, got a different device selection as well. If you’re looking for an iPhone or a Samsung Galaxy S III at this very moment, it’s the carriers you’ll be looking at – and both AT&T and Verizon are vying for your attention right this second.

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FreedomPop to add LTE by the end of the year

, Jul 12th 2012 Discuss [0]

Pre-orders for FreedomPop’s WiMAX iPhone case began in May with the company offering 500MB of free data for those willing to pay $99 for the case. The company is hoping to shift free customers onto a paid model later on, but for now is offering the data for free. The case makes use of ClearWire’s WiMAX, but GigaOm reports that FreedomPop will be leveraging LTE in the future. Read The Full Story

Verizon reveals new Share Everything plan with shared data

, Jun 12th 2012 Discuss [0]

You asked for it, so Verizon is going to offer it. The wireless company has today announced its new “Share Everything”plans, allowing you to utilize your call, message, and data plan across multiple devices without requiring additional subscriptions. Verizon say that plans can be shared with up to 10 wireless devices. Read The Full Story
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