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Cellular-Let’s Back up on Backing up Phones

Many of us have had that heart felt moment when our cell phones have gone kapoot!  They won’t power on, or the screen is dead.  We toddle off to our local cell phone provider’s retail location in seek of the miracle that will bring them back to life.  The cheery faced associate tells you that [...]

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Cellular Service is Very Taxing!

I have been asked many times why a cell phone bill seems to vary between friends.  Some of the questions start with…”Dude, do they hate me more than my friend, I got the same plan?”   Many people go to a store and settle on a rate plan and do not figure in taxes.  So right [...]

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Your Wireless Telephone may be a violation for State Labor Laws

So you have a wireless telephone that has email pushed, voicemail and im.  You’re all set to be connected to work.  Yee Haaw!!  But what are you saying and what laws are being violated.  If you are hourly, you may be violating or helping your employer to violate state labor laws.  In this rough economy [...]

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Texting is a Profitable Cellular Option-For Who?

We have written articles before about purchasing the text option and here is another one.  Why do we keep doing this?  Well let’s look at the popularity of this beast.  According to the CTIA at the end of the year 2008 270 million subscribers sent more than 1 trillion texts.  This was a huge increase [...]

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Government Tracks Cellular- Is it more Traceable Than ever?

I would like to start this article with a funny story.  I was a manager with a now defunct wireless company.  A woman walked in and said that she was going through a divorce.  She had stated to me that she thought her soon ex husband was using her very techno son to spy [...]

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Do you really need a Bluetooth Headset?

Well State Cell Phone Use Bans say Yes!
What is a Bluetooth.  Depends who you ask.  If you ask a dentist, it probably means a dead tooth.  For our purposes the word Bluetooth is actually a trade marked technology for a circuit that allows audio and file transfer by an FM short-wave signal.  Both the device [...]

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