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coupons
JCPenney Tries Out Mobile Coupons In Houston Stores
If you live in the Houston area, you can now use your mobile phone to redeem coupons for JCPenney through a trial-partnership with Cellfire. You have to register with Cellfire in order to receive the promos via SMS or email, and if you register today you'll receive a mysterious "$10 in$tant gift" [sic].
JCPenney Registration Page [Cellfire]
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Anytime, anyplace, anywhere, anyway
Sprint Opens Mobile-to-Mobile To All Providers
If you're a Sprint customer using the company's Everything Data Plan, you can now call any mobile phone on any network without using up any of your plan minutes. Good news? If you're on the carrier's $70 a month plan, which has 450 included minutes along with unlimited data service, it could be — if you don't roam into areas where there's no Sprint coverage (where the meter will start running) and if you have a lot of regular contacts on other cell networks. More » -
updates
Network World Uncovers More Dirt On Zer01
NetworkWorld published its findings on the suspicious histories of the men behind new cellphone company Zer01 just two days ago, but they clearly sent someone behind the scenes scrambling. This afternoon they reported that Zer01's parent company "has stripped its Web site down to only basic information," and that "new details have also come to light suggesting a past connection between two of the involved companies, despite claims to the contrary." More » -
empty promises
Is ZER01 Mobile A Legit Cellphone Service?
ZER01 is a new cellular service launching soon that promises unlimited calling and unlimited, fast data connectivity for $70 a month. There's another unique twist: you can sell the service to your friends for $10 monthly credits. That's right, it's a multi-level marketing mobile virtual network operator—an MLM MVNO. NetworkWorld smelled something fishy, so they researched the companies behind the offering and found that there's a lot of sketchy looking stuff. We put the highlights of their investigation into a chart. More » -
Here's another free game for iPhone/iPod Touch owners to pass the time this weekend: Wild West Pinball. If you're a Blackberry owner, Bplay has a 30% off sale going on right now—enter JULY in the code box at checkout. [IntoMobile]
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smartphones
Alltel Requires Data Plan For Blackberry Owners Who Don't Use Any Data
Dan likes the interface and ease of texting on his Blackberry, but doesn't need mobile Internet or e-mail. He asked his service provider, Alltel, to switch his service to a Blackberry he already owned, but without a data plan. An employee said that was possible and set it up for him, and Dan texted away happily...until he received his bill, which now contains a hefty data plan charge. Alltel now insists that Dan can't have a Blackberry on their network without a data plan. More » -
success stories
Letter To T-Mobile Executives Results In Fees Waived, Charges Reversed
Chris was surprised to find that T-Mobile didn't cancel his account as promised a few months ago. What's worse, the note on his account that mentioned his cancellation request was missing, and nobody at customer service would help him. Chri works for a "very large consumer electronics company" that he won't name (we're pretty sure it's Apple) and thinks customer service is important, so he gave up on the CSR angle and instead came to our site to find contact info for T-Mobile executives. One EECB later, Chris is free from T-Mobile and the ETF they tried to apply. More » -
If you have an iPhone or a G1, Google has just announced a new version of their Product Search specially formatted for those phones. Here's a video demonstrating how the mobile version looks and functions. [Google Mobile Blog via IntoMobile]
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citibank
Citibank Launches iPhone Version Of Mobile App
Okay, all you iPhone dorks, Citi's just released an easy way for you to keep track of your account balances while you're running around pinching things bigger and smaller with your heavily patented gestures. Don't worry, ugly phone owners, they've got other mobile versions too. More » -
best buy
Best Buy Loaner Phone Filled With Pornography
Porn and Electronics. They go together about as well as Peanut butter and Salmonella. Now Rudy Phillips is intimately aware of this connection; after sending out her phone to be serviced by Best Buy Mobile, she received a loaner phone that was filled with... well, you know. More » -
T-Mobile came in first in a J.D. Power and Associates study of cellphone customer care performance, with 755 out of a possible 1,000 points. Actually, though, all the carriers came in above the 700 point range except for Sprint, which was in the 600s. [RCR Wireless]
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sprint
Sprint Asking Employees To Please Pink Slip Themselves
Sprint has asked some of its employees to consider voluntarily resigning by December 3rd in exchange for a compensation package. Says a spokesperson, "No one is being forced to do anything. There are no forced reductions. There are no layoffs in store. It's a matter of employees having the option to exercise discretion. No targets have been announced." IntoMobile says retail store employees and managers are not being included in the offer. Update: We've received a little more info from an anonymous tipster about the downsizing, and what it might mean for customers of Sprint. More » -
Because shopping is never convenient enough, Amazon has introduced a new text message based service where you can shop and purchase directly from your mobile phone via SMS. Ars Technica gives it a trial run and says it works pretty well. [Ars Technica]
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prepaid
AT&T Won't Sell Man GoPhone Because It Can't Verify His Credit History
Nathan's been having trouble this week buying a prepaid GoPhone from AT&T Mobility's website. He finally found out the reason: they couldn't verify his credit history. This is confusing because it's a prepaid GoPhone and because his credit history is superb. "Cheryl refused to transfer me. I asked her if she was in any way motivated to find out what was wrong with their system and help me, and, to her credit, she answered honestly with a simple 'no.'" More » -
fast food
Pizza Hut Announces Nationwide Mobile Ordering
Pizza Hut may not be the world's best pizza, but now that they've rolled out nationwide mobile ordering—via their website on any web-enabled phone, or text message on the rest—they're certainly one of the easiest pizza joints to order from. More » -
personal finance
Intuit Planning To Launch "iPhone-Friendly" Version Of Quicken Online For $3/Month
Would you pay $36 a year to access Quicken on your iPhone? What the hell, why not, right? You already paid for the iPhone! That's probably what Intuit is hoping—and the zillion-dollar iPod accessories market proves there's a lot of "blue ocean" for businesses that want to fish in Apple waters. It launches the product as a web service on January 8th, 2008, with an iPhone-friendly flavor also available then. There are plans to roll out "tweaked" versions for other mobile devices at an unspecified point in the future. More » -
personal finance
Wesabe's New Mobile Site Helps Track Expenses On The Go
Wesabe, the popular personal finance website, has unveiled a new mobile version that "lets you check your balances, see recent transactions, and... enter cash transactions, from any mobile browser." To save time, you only need to enter the most basic information via your phone—you can add the details to the entry later from a standard web browser. More »
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