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American's are cutting back everywhere they can during this time of economic woes, everywhere that is except on their cell phone usage. Offering a cell phone with no long term contract is one way to stay in the game during this time.

According to recent polls, 87% of Americans are changing their spending habits. They aren’t going to the mall for clothes, they aren’t running to Ticketmaster for the next show in town but they are not giving up their cell phones either.

The Blackberry 8020 is the thinnest Blackberry phone available. It is available in a blue color at the moment. The Blackberry 8020 strives to sync style and substance, with the phone catering to the entertainment needs as well as professional needs of an individual.

With the Blackberry 8820, you can easily connect with your family, associates and friends via Wi-Fi. You can also access voice as well as data communication via the said Wi-Fi.  The Blackberry has also taken care of email programs, with it offering word class support both for personal as well as professional emails.

Although this may seem like old news it is something that you need to know about if you are not a Verizon customer. Verizon has created a partnership with V CAST Music and Rhapsody to bring customers a lot of music.

This was an important teleconference because V CAST Music with Rhapsody is the first mobile subscription service; in other words, you won't find this service with any other cell phone company.

If you are driving through the state of Washington you need to know about this new law, especially if you have a tendency to speed. Starting in July of this year, a new law requires everyone to use hands free devices because of the dangers of talking on the road.

Verizon Wireless is stepping up to the plate to help consumers find out more about hands-free devices, Bluetooth devices, what others are buying and even giving responsible driving tips.

If you have been reading this blog for any length of time then you know a little about the Interoperability Solution because we talked about it before with law enforcement programs. Now, Verizon Business has expanded the service to include not only police officers, but fire as well as other safety personnel in public services.

This network lets everyone communicate through phone, radio, or email during a crisis or an emergency no matter what communication system they use. There is no problem with incompatibility because Verizon has figured this out.

If you are wondering how you can help save the environment from global warming and you are a Verizon customer, you can do this very easily by signing up for their Green Billing system. You will also help to get new trees planted with their new program.

Customers are asked to sign up for the paperless billing option and because you are doing something to help save the environment, they will also plant a tree for each customer who registers for the Green Bill and Auto Bill pay. They will do this until October 1.

If you are an AT&T subscriber you probably still have the memories of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing because you are still playing around with the music and the ringtones you downloaded during that week.

If you are not a subscriber then you really missed something. In a similar format as artist have done for such projects as We Are The World, recording artists came together again to support the U.S. Olympic Team athletes as they competed in the Olympic Games.

If you are a customer of Sprint wireless you probably already have this information because you are using the service, but if you are not with Sprint you might want to think about switching your service.

Sprint has partnered with Google to give customers a great deal. For starters, Google is Sprint's "preferred mobile search provider" so that customers can have easy access to all Google products. If you are traveling you will be able to get to Google Maps easily.

T Mobile and The Recording Academy have announced the rolling out of their exclusive tour. The tour will cover five cities and will feature various GRAMMY nominated as well as GRAMMY winning artists. The tour will be one-of-its kind, with several  experienced as well as up and coming musicians will get a platform to work together and make music.

The musicians are catering to all the genres of music, like hiphop, pop, rock, latin and country and Rhythm and Blues. The various artists billed to work are:

T-mobile has received the highest rank in wireless retail customer satisfaction in a J.D. Power and Associate study. T-mobile first emerged on the cell phone market in 2002 and is currently headquartered in Bellevue, Washington. T-mobile was rated either high or above average by their customers in this particular study that consisted of four unique categories: sales staff, store display, store facility, and price/promotion.