News by Carrier

Sprint has put together its own economic package aimed at Mainstreet America. Sprint customers cans save up to $1000 annually versus other company’s plans and this isn’t a scaled back, no talking, no messaging plan Sprint’s Family Pricing plan outshines the competition by leaps and bounds.

Sprint offers a Family Share program starting at $99.99. This is an annual savings of $240 when compared to AT&T and Verizon’s Family plans. This is just one of the ways Sprint is doing its part during the economic crisis.

Verizon surprised six lucky callers in November of 2008 with the “Rock My Room” promotional contest for its 1-800-THE-INFO service. Randomly selected callers to the service were awarded prizes ranging from a complete sound and entertainment system to American Express Gift Cards.

I-800-THE-INFO is an information service very much like directory assistance, only better. For one thing, it’s free. There are no charges for using the service no matter how often you use it.

AT&T’s new Telepresence Solution is the first telepresence solution to be an end-to-end or B2B solution. Partnering Cisco’s TelePresence technology and AT&T’s world-wide networking capabilities, this solution to offers the advantages of being a scalable, fully-managed reliable environment that is also highly secure. The Telepresence Solution allow businesses using the AT&T Business Exchange to have personal, conference meetings via the telephone with the unique ability to provide a secure code for attendees to dial in with.

T-Mobile recently debuted its new web browsing option along with a new pricing plan for data access. The new web2go will work across voice phones and smartphones making the web even more accessible to mobile users.

T-Mobile was already a player in the mobile Internet market with T-Zones, now however, users will have the ability to customize their home page, access more downloads, use themes and colors, and customize up to 8 channels.

Sprint was the first cell phone carrier service to offer photo sharing and now they have taken it up a notch with Sprint’s Picture Mail adding many popular social networking sites to the Now Network with the new features the enhancement brings to the Now Network.

My Picture users will be able uploads and share pictures and videos to social sites like MySpace and YouTube without having to first download to a computer. They will go straight from the Sprint phone to the website.

In December of 2008 AT&T announced the Greatest Moment in AT&T Cotton Bowl History contest. The winning moment to be determined by ‘the people’.

The January 2nd, 2009 Cotton Bowl is to be the last played in the Cotton Bowl Stadium. Voting for the Greatest Moment is via the Internet or by texting.

AT&T believes this is a great way to get college football enthusiasts involved in the decision making and put their wireless technology in the middle of the action as well.
The Greatest Moment in Cotton Bowl History is narrowed down to three choices.

Google’s open mobile Internet software has finally landed. Partnering with T-Mobile for the G1 mobile phone, this long awaited launch will bring the open mobile platform to the masses. The T-Mobile G1 powered by Android is available for T-Mobile customers spanning two continents and is sure to keep expanding.

Mobile communication has reached far beyond a simple phone call or text message. Increasingly mobile users are needing to stay connected to their offices or the web for important information or news and for delivery of email. The T-Mobile G1 powered by Android will increase the number of people accessing the Internet from the mobile devices.

With the release of Virgin Mobile Festival’s Streaming Video the door is opening for performances of major concerts to be released via streaming mobile. In December, 2008 Virgin Mobile announced that customers of Virgin Mobile USA and Helio would be able to access streaming videos of the 2008 Virgin Mobile Festival.

This streaming video performance was the first from a major festival that was made available to mobile clients across the mobile platform. The Verizon Mobile Festival featured highly popular artists such as Iggy Pop, KT Tunstall, The Offspring, Sharon Jones, The Dap Kings, and Rodrigo y Gabriella.

T-Mobile’s new products are guaranteed to insure that you don’t miss out on any more of those special moments, whether it is by phone or by photo- for your phone, your picture frame or for printing, T-Mobile’s new lineup has something for everyone.

T-Mobiles camera phone lineup is being enhanced with the addition of the Motozine ZN5 which allows you to take and send photos from your phone. This camera phone uses Kodak Imaging Technology and Kodak Perfect Touch technology to finally bring a camera phone into play that has a high-quality camera.

September 2008 marked the introduction of the T-Mobile G1 Android, Google’s answer to the I-Phone. T-Mobile is the first cell network carrier to offer Google’s Android-powered cell phone. The Android is available only to T-Mobile customers across 2 continents.

Google users, and who these days isn’t, will be glad to see all the Google incorporated tools that the Android offers, including Google Maps Street View, Gmail, and YouTube just to name a few. Customers can access the Android Market and find applications suited to their lifestyle and needs.