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Beginner’s Guide to Smartphones: Part II
Smartphones are basically mini computers. With your smartphone, you can not only make calls and send texts, but you can browse the internet, download music, play games, access useful apps and more. In...
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10 Tips for Safe Online Shopping
Online and mobile shopping is more popular than ever and as the holidays approach, scammers are on the prowl even more than usual. Whether you’re shopping for last minute gifts or just looking for...
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10 Essential Apps for New Smartphones
If you’re anything like me, the first things I do when I get a new smartphone is customize it to make it my own. The most obvious things are to change the actual settings of the phone, like the...
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Ideas and Options for Old, Outdated Phones
Getting a new phone can be really exciting–all that shiny technology–but once you have everything switched over from your old, boring phone to your new, exciting phone…what do you do with the old...
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Dealing with Unwanted Apps
We’ve all done it at least once. You open up your app list on your cell phone and you’re scrolling through, when you see an app you’ve never seen before. You know you didn’t install it. Where did it...
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Why Aren’t Prepaid Phones More Popular?
When I tell people that I write about prepaid phones, I generally get a sort of half-hearted smile and a polite nod. Prepaid phones are, unfortunately, not mainstream and summon to mind old-fashioned...
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Reduce Browsing Data with Chrome
Yesterday I read a blog post by Ting that shows how to reduce your mobile data while browsing the internet with Chrome. Since I use Chrome anyway, I clicked the article and was amazed that I hadn’t...
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6 Steps to Finding the Perfect Wireless Carrier
We’ve all been there. You’ve decided you want to switch from your current carrier to something new. But the more you research carriers, the more you find that they’re all screaming over each other...
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Tips For Choosing a Phone for Seniors
In today’s fast-paced world, it can be hard to operate without some kind of mobile phone, no matter what your age. While it might be hard to picture granny surfing the web on her smartphone, Pew...
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Tips for How to Buy a Prepaid Phone
If you’re interested in making the switch to a prepaid plan, then you probably have some questions about how how to buy a prepaid phone and how to pick the best one. Just like with a postpaid plan,...
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Misconceptions about the Obamaphone
CBS Miami is doing a fantastic series of articles about the misconceptions and myths of the ‘Obamaphone,’ also known as the Lifeline Program. During President Obama’s first term, there was a lot of...
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Smartphone Tips for Weathering Winter Storms
A good portion of the United States has been getting pounded with snow and bad weather in the last week or so, with more storms on the way. If you’re expecting to be hit by a winter storm, here are...
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Phablet Pros and Cons
The wireless industry has been trending towards larger and larger phones in recent years, and the iPhone 6 Plus has helped push phablets firmly into the public eye. Juniper Research published a report...
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How to Avoid Buying a Bad Phone
The ZTE Grand Max X was rated as one of the worst phones by CNet. Image from CNet There are literally dozens of new phones released every year, and all of them claim to be great values with...
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7 Tips For Protecting Mobile Privacy
In this day and age, everything from banking to dating is done online. But, as the internet invades everything, personal information protecting your privacy becomes more and more important. Here are...
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How to Set Up Auto Reply Messages
Most people have their cell phones on them at all times, but there are a lot of situations in which you simply cannot answer like when you’re driving down the highway, bungee jumping off a bridge or...
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Tips for Choosing the Best Kids Phone
In this technology-driven day and age, it seems like kids and cell phones are nearly inseparable–especially going into the tween and teen years. If your kid has been bugging you for a cell phone, then...
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Protect Your Smartphone From Cold
Cold winter weather is on the horizon for a lot of the US this week. Whether or not you like the cold, I guarantee that your phone likes it even less. While every phone has different perimeters and...
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7 Smartphone Hacks to Make Life Easier
Most people carry their smartphones with them day in and day out. So, why not make that device work for you? Check out these seven smartphone life hacks to make things so much easier! Use your voice...
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Flip phones vs. Smartphones
My favorite phone was a flip phone. It was an old Razr, to be exact and man, that phone was tough. It lasted through high school and the first couple of years of parties. It was dropped from the top...
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