It’s no secret to the average smartphone user that we all get assaulted month after month with overpriced, barely-there data plans. Nevermind the fact that these ultra fast next gen networks are marketed in a way to make us believe we can truly use them for anything — a marketing ploy that rings far from the actual truth. But data caps and bandwidth aside, one thing that is perhaps even more needed now than ever — shared data plans. For many years now,...

So far, AT&T and T-Mobile are the only Windows Phone 7 launch partners in the U.S. Those on a non-GSM carrier have been left to wonder when Microsoft is going to grace their CDMA carrier of choice with some new Windows Phone 7 love. Thankfully, we don’t have long to wait — this according to an @windowsphone tweet which states we should see Microsoft’s latest and greatest by “holiday 2010″. Since the tweet pictured above, @WindowsPhone...

Starting Monday, November 22nd, U.S. Cellular will be holding a massive Android sale just in time for Black Friday shopping season. Several of U.S. Cellular’s Android lineup will be heavily discounted. Samsung Mesmerize (Galaxy S Phone): $99 HTC Desire: $49 (after $80 mail-in rebate + 2-year contract) LG Apex: Free (after $80 main-in rebate + 2-year contract) Samsung Acclaim: Free (after $80 mail-in rebate + 2-year contract) Furthermore, customers who...

Talk to any cellphone user who knows their stuff and bring up the subject of GSM vs. CDMA. Almost always you’re touch on the topic of SIM cards. Specifically, GSM phones have them while CDMA phones don’t. While there are of course pros and cons to either technology, I find GSM with more victories when all is said and done. The biggest bragging point, however, is the SIM card’s ability to be swapped with other devices quickly and without the need to call...

Up until 2010, mobile data was a great uncharted land of adventure. Those precious bits were fed to you in unlimited quantities. Times were good. And then carriers started feeling the burden of a growing smartphone user base. The caps came and the prices rose. As we look towards even faster technologies such as WiMax and LTE, such things as data caps become even more of an issue. With that said, Verizon Wireless CEO Ivan Seidenberg made some recent statements...