HTC Windows Phone 7 device hits FCC, destined for Europe?
You've already gotten one flavor of Windows Phone 7 from HTC via the feds' filing system -- but how about another?
Categories: htc, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: boy, europe, exclusive, fashionable, fcc, feds, from-the-filing, htc, phone, the-fashionable, wcdma, windowsphone7
FCC offers ‘simple’ ‘tips’ for avoiding pesky early termination fees
The government is just about the last place we'd look for helpful pointers on much of anything, much less when shopping for a new phone -- but that didn't stop the FCC's Consumer Task Force from whipping up a PDF of things you can to do prevent yourself from getting burned with a multi-hundred dollar early termination fee when buying the handset of your wildest dreams. There's nothing in here that isn't obvious to a seasoned phone buyer -- buy the phone at full price instead, ask about a trial period, look into proration, and so on -- but it goes without saying that these are the kinds of tidbits average consumers should know before setting foot in the store.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: consumers, dreams, etf, fcc, feds, fee, pdf, phone-at-full, pointers, stink-it-made, takes-advantage, tidbits-average, trial, wildest
Verizon whittles $350 ETF ‘advanced device’ list a bit, FCC pressure paying off?
There hasn't been any official announcement by Verizon -- nor any recent public chatter between the carrier and the FCC -- but for whatever reason, Big Read has gone ahead and smacked some ten devices off its premium "advanced device" list that it had used to determine whether a particular phone qualified for the gargantuan $350 early termination fee . On the surface, it would appear that these guys might be looking to appease the feds now that even Chairman Genachowski is getting in on the offensive , but the more plausible scenario is that they're looking to restrict it to smartphones and netbooks alone -- the ten phones removed were all featurephones, including the Motorola Krave , Samsung Rogue , and a host of LGs
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: devices-off-its, fcc, feds, krave, lgs, motorola, offensive, phones-removed, samsung, verizon, verizonwireless, whatever-reason