US Cellular: buy a smartphone this week, get $150 toward your future bills
Seems like Black Friday is nearly obsolete, doesn't it?
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: billcredit, black, blackfriday, cellular, credit, mobile, offers, phone, press, week, wireless
Verizon sends $25 million settlement to FCC, credits customers $52.8 million for wrongful data fees
Did we say Verizon would dole out $90 million in credits? It seems we spoke too soon, because the US Government is taking its cut of the carrier's apology after charging for data that customers didn't actually use. Verizon says it's settled with the FCC for $25 million and will cut a check to the US Treasury, and put the remaining $52.8 million towards the bills of 15 million affected customers in the form of $2 to $6 credits each
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: 52-8-million, another-reason, credit, engadget, fcc, fees, government, original-data, settle, ustreasury, verizonwireless
Mophie Juice Pack family portrait: Powerstation, Reserve, Boost, and Air for iPhone 4
Mophie's had quite a few product announcements recently, from an iPhone 4 case / battery pack to a credit card solution with intuit . Hot on the heels of this week's Juice Pack Powerstation unveil, the company stopped by to give us a glimpse of their revised lineup. In addition to all the aforementioned, we also got to check out the Reserve and Boost that formally debuted back in June
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: battery, battery pack, credit, credit card solution, creditcardsolution, entry, few-product, heels, iphone, juice-pack, juicepackair, mophie, Pack, revised
BlackBerry App World 2.0 leaves beta, includes cheaper apps and new payment options
The latest version of BlackBerry App World is now available to all, and it includes a number of welcome additions.
Categories: BlackBerry, Mobile Phone Tags: additions, app world 2.0, appworld2.0, beta, credit, revenue-split, superapps, the-developer
BlackBerry devs can now offer $1 and $2 apps
In conjunction with BlackBerry App World 2.0's emergence from beta today, RIM has announced that developers will now be able to charge 99 cents or $1.99 for their wares. Doesn't sound like news, right?
Categories: BlackBerry, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: app world 2.0, apps, appworld, between-devices, blackbery, card, crap, credit, developers, devs, emergence, marketplace, mobile
Epic 4G pre-orders starting today?
We've gotten several tips this week suggesting that pre-orders for Sprint's mighty Samsung Epic 4G should be starting today, though at the time of this writing, the page where reservations are apparently supposed to take place is just offering to take down contact information to find out more about the device. We're also hearing that reservations will be taken through the 17th -- though we wouldn't necessarily say that means the phone's launching on the 17th or 18th -- and only one reservation will be allowed per customer, which won't require any cash or credit card hold upfront. Oh, and if you reserve, be quick about picking it up, because you'll only have until noon the day after launch to pick it up
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: 17th-or-18th, card, cash-or-credit, credit, credit-card, epic4g, keep-refreshing, samsung, sprint, time
DARPA and NIST testing real-time translation system for use in Afghanistan… with a Nexus One
DARPA has long been working on making real-time translation systems practical and portable , and it looks like it's now closer than ever to its goal -- although it can't necessarily take all the credit. The research agency recently teamed up with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (or NIST ) to test three different systems as part of its TRANSTAC project, at least one of which relies on none other than a Nexus One to do real-time, spoken language translation from Pashto to English, and vice versa.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, nexus one, Other Tags: credit, darpa, Demonstration, engadget, institute, national, nist, relies-on-none, research-agency, star, translator
FaceCash mobile payment apps are like real money, only with your face on it instead of someone smart
ThinkLink's FaceCash mobile payment system has debuted several apps (for BlackBerry, iPhone , and Android devices) which allow you to pay for things merely by scanning your phone -- and showing off the attached photo to confirm it is, in fact, your own money that you're spending. You sign up, link your FaceCash account to your personal checking and savings account, and you're good to go with participating merchants. The apps can also store credit card numbers and banking information (perfect for when you lose your phone during a night of heavy partying), making it easier to leave your wallet or purse behind..
Categories: Android, BlackBerry, Mobile Phone Tags: Attached, BlackBerry, california, card, credit, credit-card, facecash, mobile-payment, money, personal, result, wallet-or-purse
AT&T prepping MobileProtect insurance program for iPhone?
Shots of some docs over on BGR have us believing that AT&T is on the cusp of launching a program called "MobileProtect," but don't be fooled by the fancy name -- this is basically an Asurion-operated handset insurance plan just like any other, the only real difference being that it's for the iPhone and offered directly by the carrier. Interestingly, it seems that you'll buy the protection through the App Store of all things, automatically billing the credit card that you've got on file with Apple, but you'd better really want the protection because it's going to run $13.99 a month. Oh, and you'll have to pay a $99 deductible to fix an 8GB 3G, scaling up to $199 for a 32GB 3GS.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: att, credit, docs, fancy, insurance, iphone, mobileprotect, program-called, protection, real-difference, result, rumor
Is there an application dedicated to credit card budgeting for the Droid?
I am looking for an application to the droid that will help me keep track of my credit card bills. I want the application allows me to insert the name of the credit card (the beneficiary) the amount due, the amount due for the month, date and a reminder. There must be something that does not exist? Thanks in advance.