Did you know that consumers have a free way to change the name that displays when you make a call on your Verizon Wireless Smartphone? This works for any type of cell phone on Verizon and you can make the change yourself for free (business users must pay $1.99 per month). Verizon calls this Share Name ID which enables you to customize the name that others see when they receive your call on a device enabled with Caller ID. It is a free service (except for business lines). Here is how to set it up on your account.

How To Set Caller ID / Share Name ID On Verizon

To set your caller ID on Verizon, first login to your Verizon account online.

Next click on Change Name ID.

On the following screen simply change your Caller ID Name (maximum 15 characters).

According to Verizon Wireless the changes may take up to 24 hours to update and become effective.

Verizon Share Name ID FAQ

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Late last week I spotted that prepaid MVNO SIMPLE Mobile (a T-Mobile service carrier ultimately) was offering a $40 unlimited plan. This pricing, while low, is extraordinary for two reasons:

1. It allows you to bring any unlocked GSM phone – including smartphones – to the plan.
2. It offers seemingly unlimited downloads of data at “up to 3G speeds”

According to some early adopters on the Howardforums site – the “up to 3G” might be exactly the catch that you would expect it to be. In other words your download speeds could be from 0 to 3G and still meet the advertised specifications. In other words even if you have a download speed of 0 — or no data — the plan technically meets the advertised speeds.

Howardforum member BCW48 has some speed tests to share on his recent SIMPLE Mobile based phone. And just as you might have expected his testing shows that the “up to 3G speeds” seems to have been put into the advertising for good reason.

Here’s what he had to say about his SIMPLE Mobile purchase:

Just changed my Simple Mobile service from my previous $60.00 4G plan to the new $40.00 3G plan today, thought that I will save some $$$, am I wrong, have using the new plan for three hours and was very upset about the data download speed.
When I had the $60.00 4G plan, the download speed was really 4G, average 1.5M to 2M, which was really great.
And now today after the plan switched, the so call 3G download speed is cap at 119 kbps, yes 119 kbps!!! I have tried 10 speedtest tests within one hour period time and all cap at the same download speed of 119 kps, no more and no less.
Then I tried played some Youtube videos, the speed is so slow that even the low quality ones buffers constantly, damn, what a diffrence with my previous 4G plan.
I will now stuck with this crappy 3G speed for at least a month, hope that Simple Mobile will raise the download speed so it is more useable.
After this month, I am planning to either going back to the $60.00 4G plan or change my service to Straight Talk $45.00 3G plan, which my friends said is pity good, at least useable.

He follows up with some images that he claims are captures of multiple speed tests showing repeated 119k download speeds – leading him to conclude that (at least in his area) the downloads on SIMPLE Mobile appear to be capped at a rather slow EDGE like 119k.

If you’re thinking of migrating your T-Mobile account over to SIMPLE Mobile – consider the potential impact that “speeds of up to 3G” might have on your mobile use. If you’re primarily on WiFi all day and need just some light web surfing – then a reported speed of 119 k download may not be an issue.

Read the full report

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OfficeMax this week (9/4/11 to 9/10/11) has the BlackBerry Curve 8520 on sale for $79. This is $50 off the normal $129. Expect that this model is likely going to be replaced within the next few months as RIM begins to roll out newer versions. Virgin Mobile is a prepaid (no contract) providers of cellular services owned by Sprint and uses their frequencies. What’s attractive about this prepaid carrier is data is included in the lowest monthly price of $35/mo for 300 minutes which includes your unlimited BlackBerry data and unlimited texting.

Use one of the readily available $10 coupons to bring your cost to $69.

Fatwallet

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For those living in Sunnyvale California you may want to head to the Palm/HP store and score what Fatwallet members indicate a cut rate no-contract prices on Palm WebOS phones.

Here’s a sample of what’s reportedly on sale:

At the Palm/HP store.
Address: 950 W Maude Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94085

Veer AT&T $55
Palm Pixi (At&T, Sprint, Verizon) $27
Palm Centro $27
Palm Pre Plus (AT&T) $27
Treo $27
Accessories 2 for $5
Touch Pad Chargers $8

All sales are final, no returns or exchanges.

via: Fatwallet

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I just spotted this dual mode cellular / satellite phone up for sale on Amazon Wireless. With a price (on contract) of $799 the phone is definitely not for everyday use.  Sadly the OS is stuck back on Windows Mobile 6.5 – so it’s not something that you’d probably invest in for everyday around town use.

What’s neat is how much satellite phone size has shrunk. Gone apparently are the days of brick sized phones with 4 inch long thick extending antenna.

Apparently this model offers dual high speed AT&T cellular service as well:

Enabled for use on AT&T’s lightning quick HSPDA 3G network, you’ll be able to easily access the Internet as well as quickly download video, music and more. Additionally, with AT&T’s 3G network, you can make a call while simultaneously receiving picture/text messages and e-mail or viewing Web pages.

The GENUS also connects to TerreStar-1 for satellite communications when not within range of cellular connectivity. It is a geosynchronous satellite covering North America and supports the delivery of advanced all IP-based mobile data and voice services.

The TerreStar GENUS with AT&T’s Satellite Augmented Mobile Service is available for consumers as well as for enterprise, government and small business customers. It’s a great choice for outdoor enthusiasts, recreational boaters, emergency personnel and anyone who needs backup satellite communications capabilities.

Pricing on the service plan seems unusually reasonable too (provided you aren’t using too much data):

AT&T Satellite Augmented Mobile service (“SAM”) provides customers with an integrated cellular and satellite mobile communications solution. Customers with compatible TerreStar GENUS™ devices are able to use their AT&T cellular wireless voice, messaging and data services for primary communications and access a satellite network for voice, messaging and data service when the cellular wireless service is unavailable.

Monthly Recurring Charge:

$24.99 Satellite Network

Pay-Per-Use Charges:

$0.65/min for satellite voice calls
$0.40/message for satellite SMS
$5.00/MB for satellite data usage

TerreStar AT&T Satellite Smartphone

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If you’re one of the 612 who purchased the HP TouchPad on August 5 from Woot! for $379 thinking that you got a bargain – only to see HP discontinue the product and firesale remaining inventory at $99 – hang on. According to a message on Woot!’s discussion area from user DennisWKam who is identified as “staff” – Woot! is working with HP for a solution which may include a partial refund.

Several buyers have reportedly sent Woot! emails requesting an update on whether refunds will be offered. As of this morning nobody seems to have received any email reply which seems to indicate Woot! is likely still discussing the issue with HP.

Woot! is a deep discounter of one-deal per day merchandise. They were purchased in June 2010 by online retailer Amazon for a reported $110 million.

Woot!

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Did you just pick up a heavily discounted HP TouchPad? Need a quick link to the user guide in PDF format? Here it is – HP TouchPad User Guide (PDF). This 213 page guide covers: Basics, Setup, Working with Applications, Copying files and syncing your data, Email, Text, Multi-Media and Instant Messaging.

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Wondering how to make that HP TouchPad faster? James Kendrick over at ZDNET has been using one for quite some time. According to a post there one of the secrets is to set the logging of errors to minimal. Apparently by default HP set their TouchPad to log every event which makes it easier for support to debug but causes the TouchPad to run much slower.

James also some instructions on further speeding up the device by loading a few custom fixes that further reduce the amount of logging that occurs in the background.

Head on over to James’s post for the full details here.

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On September 9, 2011 Sprint is reportedly slated to increase their administrative fee on some subscribers to $1.50.

A few members of SprintForum have called Sprint and been told that this increase will indeed (provided that it applies to your account) qualify for early release from Sprint contract without any early termination fee (ETF).

According to the members who have received notification this $1.50 Administrative Charge is for:

The Administrative Charge is applied per line, per month by Sprint to help defray various costs imposed on Sprint by other telecommunications carriers, including, but not limited to, charges imposed by local telephone companies for delivery of calls from our customers to their landline customers and for certain network facilities and services we must purchase from them. The Administrative Charge is not a tax and is not an amount we are required to collect from you by law. The Administrative Charge and the components used to calculate this charge are subject to change from time to time.

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The folks over at Tactical Pants Blog (yes there is such a thing) are out with a summary of various clothing options for carrying your iPad2. Unfortunately one of their top choices – Spectrum’s Warrior Wear Pants – have since been discontinued. They plow through a half dozen or so of additional styles of iPad 2 compatible clothing – which let’s be frank is nothing more than a pair of pants or shorts with a big pocket.

Ultimately when you look at the images I think you’ll agree that none of these look like the ideal carrying device for an iPad or iPad 2. For one – sitting is a problem. The second problem is walking. And if you’re standing still – why not just hold the iPad?

Tactical Pants via LiewCF

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