Articles tagged ‘Cell Phones’
FREE Cell Phone Headsets!
By Carrie Thompson | June 5th, 2008 |Headsets.com, a company that offers headsets of all types from the tiny bluetooth devices to the larger, Britney Spears style, is offering free cell phone headsets to drivers who have been ticketed for talking on the phone while driving.
Quite a few states have enacted laws banning cellular phone use while driving. I addressed the [...]
Southwest Airlines Passenger Ticketed for Cell Phone Use
By Carrie Thompson | May 12th, 2008 |You know how every time you fly the flight attendants are constantly harping on people to get off their cell phones after they close the boarding door? Well, it turns out they mean business.
Earlier today, a Southwest Airlines passenger was cited by police in Dallas, Texas for refusing to get off his cell phone [...]
Noon Solar Powered Bags
By Carrie Thompson | April 23rd, 2008 |Noone Solar Powered Bags are 100% recyclable bags with a built in flexible solar panel. With these babies, you can charge your cell phone and iPod on the go and feel good about opting for a greener lifestyle. Wow, and to think a few years ago the only solar powered device you could [...]
Teleflip Free Email to Text Message Service
By Carrie Thompson | November 24th, 2007 |Teleflip offers a service called Flipmail for the few of you who don’t have web enable cellular phones or PDA’s. Flipmail will convert your email to SMS text messages so that you can view them directly from your phone. It can also prevent you from racking up huge data usage charges if you [...]
Apple iPhone NCAA and NFL Widgets
By Carrie Thompson | November 4th, 2007 |So you have an iPhone and you need a football widget to help you obsess over your fantasy team or track your gambling debt. Or maybe you just like the game and you want to keep up to speed.
A company called Plusmo, who is the self-proclaimed world leading provider of mobile widgets, has launced [...]
Internationl Cell Phone Airport Vending Machines
By Carrie Thompson | November 2nd, 2007 |Automated Vending Technologies has created an interesting new product vending that will dispense pre-activated cellular phones at international airports throughout the United States. I’m envisioning them being pretty similar to the iPod vending machines that have popped up in airports over the last year or so. The new machine is being built in [...]
Validas Cell Phone Bill Organizer
By Carrie Thompson | August 1st, 2007 |Validas has a new product that may be useful to business travelers. It is a software package that helps you keep track of your cell phone bill, which you can use for expense reporting or taxes. The software provides a graphical representation of your monthly cellular bill that will “give you an autopsy [...]
10 Ways to Stay Connected on the Road
By Carrie Thompson | June 27th, 2007 |Sprint recently released 10 ways to help business people keep connected while away from the office. That is if you want to keep connected while on vacation, which I strongly discourage. Here is the advice, provided from Tom Shaughnessy, director of business marketing for Sprint:
1. Download that big file – from the [...]
Brightroam Global Cellular Service
By Carrie Thompson | June 2nd, 2007 |Brightroam is a cellular carrier who recently announced the availability of SIM cards, which are designed to help global travelers save up to 80% on international roaming charges. Brightroam offers contract-free monthly billing rate plans and a comprehensive portfolio of local SIM cards and global roaming SIM cards. So it’s more or less [...]
United Airlines Mileage Plus W300i Walkman Phone Bonus
By Carrie Thompson | May 17th, 2007 |United Airlines is offering Mileage Plus members 5,000 miles when you get the Sony Ericsson W300i Walkman Phone FREE after instant discount with a new Cingular Wireless account from Mileage Plus Wireless. To recap, that’s a free phone AND bonus miles. The W300i features everything from an MP3 player, FM radio with 8 [...]
