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Priceline Waives Booking Fees

by Logan Abbott on Monday, June 11, 2007

UPDATE: Booking fees now waived until September 3rd!

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The iPhone Arrives June 29

by Logan Abbott on Tuesday, June 05, 2007

Very few products have gotten the amount of free publicity that the Apple iPhone has gotten since it was announced in January. The phone will finally be available during June, and will serve as a great marketing platform for the reintroduction of AT&T --- the Cingular name will likely disappear for good this month as well.

iPhone Features

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Colorful Phones

by Logan Abbott on Saturday, April 14, 2007

One of the major trends in phones this year is color. Many of the most popular phones are seeing their time on the market extended as new hues are released. Here's a list of some popular phones and their color variations:

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Live TV on your Phone

by Logan Abbott on Saturday, April 14, 2007

Verizon is now offering streaming LIVE television broadcasts, available in select cities. Only a couple of recently-released headsets are capable of supporting this feature. As of this writing, these include the LG VX9400 and the Samsung U620. For $15 to $25 a month, you get 8 channels, including Comedy Central, ESPN and MTV.

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AT&T Unity Plans

by Logan Abbott on Saturday, April 14, 2007

If you live in an area with AT&T local phone service, and are considering Cingular/AT&T wireless service, check out the new AT&T Unity cell phone plans. For the most part, these are priced the same as existing Cingular plans but have a couple big differences.

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Get your Excise Tax Refund

by Logan Abbott on Monday, January 29, 2007

When filing your 2006 taxes, don't forget to claim your one-time refund for federal excise taxes paid on your telephone bills, available to anyone who has paid for long distance or bundled service since February 28, 2003. Rather than requiring people to dig up old phone bills, the IRS has set fixed amounts for the credit.

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A Caution about T-Mobile myFaves

by Logan Abbott on Wednesday, December 06, 2006

Earlier this fall, T-Mobile introduced a series of myFaves rate plans, providing unlimited calling to any 5 numbers that the subscriber selects. These numbers need not be T-Mobile subscribers, nor do they have to be cell phone numbers.

Sounds good right?

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Coming Soon: Cellular + WiFi Phones

by Logan Abbott on Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Later this year, T-Mobile is expected to roll out plans for a new generation of cell phones, ones that work on both cellular networks and the Internet (via wireless / WiFi connectivity).

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LG Chocolate to get Speakerphone

by Logan Abbott on Wednesday, September 27, 2006

The LG VX8500Chocolate for Verizon is one of the most popular phones of 2006. Part phone and part MP3 player it is Verizon's attempt at competing against the iPod. Oddly, unlike almost every other cell phone launched in the last two years, the LG Chocolate did not have a speakerphone.

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Verizon to Pro-Rate Early Termination Fees

by Logan Abbott on Thursday, June 29, 2006

Once again taking advantage of its very low rate of customers leaving (churn), Verizon has announced some changes to try and further separate itself from the pack. Details aren't available yet, but the CEO of Verizon announced these changes, for implementation later in 2006:

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