There’s nothing worse than being stuck at home asking that dreaded question of your significant other – “What should we do today/tonight?” To help ease the brain-racking search for new and fun things to do in your area, the Travel Channel is bringing their travel-expertise to the mobile space. Travel Channel GO is a web-app…
American Airlines kicks off in-flight broadband data trials – Aircell Gogo is a go
We’d love to on one of the two flights that American Airlines is using to test their Aircell-equipped airliners’ in-flight broadband data service. Following on American Airlines’ announcement that they’ll be retrofitting 15 of their Boeing 757 jets with Aircell hardware capable of providing 2Mbps data service, the US air carrier is set to test…
T-Mobile unveils T-Mobile @Home service
Still tied to that wireline service of yours? If you just can’t bear to part with your landline and make the jump to go completely wireless, T-Mobile has just announced their T-Mobile @Home service. The UMA service aims to marry your landline and wireless phone service in wireless minute-saving bliss. The service requires T-Mobile wireless…
Virgin Mobile USA announces ‘Totally Unlimited’ calling plan – unlimited calling for $80
Virgin Mobile USA, determined to increase its marketshare in the face of unlimited calling plans from all the major US wireless carriers, has announced its own unlimited calling plan. And, as the joint venture between Sprint and Virgin Group is poised to become the sole MVNO (they’re something of a pseudo-MVNO, like Boost Mobile) to…
Alltel rolling out EVDO Rev. A data network
Despite being Verizon’s next big meal, Alltel has announced that it too will be rolling out an EVDO Rev. A data network to give data-hungry customers some high-speed wireless data as they wait for LTE to get real. The EVDO Rev. A network will give Alltel’s data speeds a boost from 400-700Kbps to 600Kbps-1.4Mbps on…
T-Mobile details quirky prorated ETF policy – almost useless
T-Mobile, facing ETF-pressures from consumers and the Feds alike, have finally given in to the prorated ETF trend. But, we really can’t fathom why America’s favorite (at least according to JD Power) wireless carrier wouldn’t give customers a bigger break on their ETF (early termination fee) policy. While the rest of the Big Four will…
Verizon rolling out unlimited calling circle plans for enterprise customers
With the acquisition of Alltel, it looks like Verizon is set to bring the same My Circle goodness to its business users. Verizon is rolling out its own free-calling circle plan, of sorts, for subscribers of the No. 2 US wireless carrier’s Verizon Freedom for Business unlimited long-distance plan. A penny shy of $5 every…
LG’s Red, White and Bluetooth giveaway event in pictures; LG HBM-760 headset in words
Freebies always draw large crowds. And so, when I heard that LG was giving away free Bluetooth headsets at the Peterson Automotive Museum, I had to check it out (for the readers, of course). Seeing as how it’s a slow news day anyway, I hopped in the car and braved the triple-digit temperatures to check…
Obopay to mobilize MasterCard customers
Last time we mentioned Obopay, they announced a new round of investment. This time, it’s MasterCard that is announcing a partnership with the mobile payment provider, to give its customers the “ability to provide an innovative mobile payments service to their MasterCard cardholders on all credit, debit and prepaid MasterCard-branded products.” The announcement of this…
NIKE PhotoiD customises your trainers with Mobile imaging!
People who like Nike trainers, and Mobile devices are probably going to like this story….. Thanks to a new pan-European mobile marketing campaign, fans of the popular sportswear company will now be able to create their own colour-customised trainers, based on pics they take on their Mobiles. The new service is called Nike PhotoiD. The…