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    • Cell Phones: The Ads Are Coming

      The New York Times has a rundown of the future of cell phone advertising, and it seems pretty bleak:

      11:19 AM on Mon Jan 22 2007, by Meg Marco, 0 views, 12 comments

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      • Woot: HP Photosmart M517 5.2 Megapixel Digital Camera for $89.99

      7:47 AM on Fri Feb 2 2007, by Ben Popken, 0 views, 3 comments

    • Be Your Own Wireless Company

      A former Microsoft exec is starting a service that will allow any group—from churches to sports teams— to become their own wireless provider, according to BusinessWeek. The service, called Sonopia, will rent space on Verizon's network...

      10:29 AM on Tue Apr 3 2007, by Meg Marco, 0 views, 8 comments

    • Amp'd Mobile Files For Bankruptcy After 1/2 Of Their Subscribers Don't Pay Their Bills

      Amp'd Mobile has filed for bankruptcy after nearly 1/2 of their 175,000 customers failed to pay their bills. From Businessweek: Apparently, those free-spending youths don't care much for paying their cell-phone bills. A court motion filed on June...

      6:59 PM on Tue Jun 5 2007, by Meg Marco, 0 views, 50 comments

    • Helio Call Centers Still Staffed By Nincompoops

      Not only does virtual cellphone carrier Helio work by piggybacking off Sprint's network, it seems to have leased their call centers' famous dedication to customer service as well.

      11:37 PM on Wed Jun 6 2007, by Ben Popken, 0 views, 33 comments

    • Helio Baits Customer With 1-Year Contract, Switches Him To 2-Year

      I wanted to sign up for the Ocean on May 13th, but I noticed that on the web site, the only option for contracts was a 24 month agreement. Given that Helio is a new company, I wasn't sure I wanted to commit to two years. I called Helio to find out...

      11:31 AM on Thu Jun 14 2007, by Ben Popken, 0 views, 30 comments

    • SunRocket Postmortem: Virtual Everything Means No One Really Gives A Damn

      From NYT:Start-ups like SunRocket and Vonage, the largest and best known of the group, tend to offer only phone service, and they do not have the ability of the larger companies to ensure quality of service because they do not operate their own...

      12:58 PM on Tue Jul 17 2007, by Ben Popken, 0 views, 13 comments

    • Amp'd Mobile Bankruptcy Costing Verizon $370,000 A Day

      Amp'd mobile declared bankruptcy after nearly 1/2 of their customers did not pay their bills. Now Verizon, the company the leases Amp'd its network space, is petitioning the court to let them cut service to Amp'd's remaining customers.

      6:49 PM on Thu Jul 19 2007, by Meg Marco, 0 views, 24 comments

    • Amp'd Mobile Shuts Down Tomorrow, Port Your Number Today!

      Amp'd Mobile will shutter its ailing service on July 24th at 12:01 am, meaning that today is the final day to port your number to another carrier. The mobile virtual network operator has worn a giant "Kick Me!" sign ever since it filed for...

      10:25 AM on Mon Jul 23 2007, by Carey, 0 views, 9 comments

    • Got Cellphone Service With Unicel? Welcome To Verizon Wireless

      If you've got a cellphone with Rural Wireless (also known as Unicel) your contract has just been purchased by Verizon Wireless.

      12:02 PM on Mon Jul 30 2007, by Meg Marco, 0 views, 11 comments

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