This coming November 20th, Verizon will launch a a smartphone with a QWERTY keyboard and touch-sensitive trackpad, the BlackBerry Curve 8530 for $100 with a two-year contract.
This new cell phone will have an integrated optical trackpad which will allow users scroll through menus, icons by just gliding fingers over items, just like one on the laptop. If you want to choose it, you do it by combination of pressing and clicking.
There are media keys features that will handle music and vedeos mostly.
If you are a social network fan, then you can utilize built-in camera of 2 megapixcel, taking photos and videos then uploading to Facebook or Twitter so easily.
In addition to it, it comes with a large color display screen, music player with stereo headset jack and GPS of Wi-Fi capabilities.
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With T-Mobile ToGo Prepaid Cell Phone, you don’t have to pay monthly payment. Instead you only need to pay for refills online or buying a minute card at your local retails store. Also you can buy a starter kit that has all you need, such as phone, accessories and starting minutes when sign up. Of course, the basic call features are already included.
On the other hand, calls can be expensive when you purchase the lower denomination refill cards.
For example, 10 dollar refill card will cost 33 cents per minutes, and minutes will expire quickly.
There is no credit check, and no initial contract upfront either. With all plans except the Sidekick plan, text messaging costs 10 cents to send and 5 cents to receive. Picture messaging is also available at 25 cents per message.
T-Mobile offers prepaid Sidekick data plans for $1 per day. There seems to be no other web access for any other device for a lesser cost. Nokia and Samsung phones are popular with this service.
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I called T-Mobile today and decided to see how cheap I could get a HTC G1. I was quickly offered the G1 for $160by a customer loyalty agent, including tax and next dayshipping. The phone, with 2 year renewal, is listed for $179+tax+shipping ($200).
The new Google phone, originally billed as an iPhone killer, really isn’t all that cool compared to the iPhone.. For example, the specs given by HTC for the G1 have it as a non multi-touch device, meaning you can only use one finger or point of contact on the screen. That eliminates a lot of cool tricks that the iPhone is capable of. Due to the current multi-touch screen being used, it is possible to hack them into multi-touch devices, but no applications will support multi-touch.
On the other hand, the iPhone in it’s second generation is slick looking and has over 16k applications available. It’s easy to see that switching to AT&T is easily worth it.
My contract is not up for another week, at which time I could probably get another $20 credit when I call in to cancel. Unfortunately, $140 for a G1 just isn’t worth it. I’ve owned HTC before, and don’t plan on making that mistake again.
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Want out of a cell phone contract but don’t want to pay an Early Termination Fee (ETF)?
Most all cellular providers allow you to get out of your contract by transfering your contract to another person who meets their credit check. It’s pretty easy to find someone who would like a contract with only a year or 6 months left, especially when you throw in your old phone.
I’m not aware of any providers who will not allow you to do this, and there are even a couple services who facilitate this, such as CellTradeUSA.com. It can take awhile to find someone using these services, so I would recommend your local craigslist. If you don’t have a popular phone to offer with the contract, you can always offer a cash incentive like people do when swapping leases.
This is a lot easier than roaming your phone over a few weekends, or tethering your phone. Both of which can work, but if you want to escape morally, just give someone your contract.
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Looking for some quick credits to order a new phone with your prepaid company? I’ve had a phone with Virgin Mobile for over 2 years now and broke the phone. I rarely use the account, so I didn’t want to spend much money.
Since T-Mobile has always given me credits when I loose/want a new phone (even without a contract push), I decided to call in and mess with some VM reps. A rep offered me $10, the maximum amount they can offer. Talking with a retention agent, I was able to score a total of $20 towards a new phone.
This could work with other prepaid providers, or maybe I just got lucky. It’s worth trying out if you have had your account for awhile.
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