Get Clearwire's Clear Spot for only $20 No Contract Required

Clear is having the best Clear Spot sale ever - just for today and tomorrow - for only $20, there is no term commitment.

You can use it as a mobile hotspot service to any Apple mobile devices (iPad, iPhone, iPod touch) or any other mobile devices. Service contract starts at $25/month, no term commitment.

You need to visit www.clear.com/holiday-sale to get it.

If you also want to add a Clear Spot Mobile Router, Amazon has it on sale too (but just a small discount).

A Classical Example of How Greedy a Hungry Lawyer Could Be

I read it as an entertainment news this morning - there is a one-man band unknown lawyer who is hungry for money thought of a "brilliant" idea - a class action suing Sprint for the $10 premiem price on its 4G phones.

This is pretty much laughable because this is not any sort of hidden fee that Sprint charges, instead, every customer before making the decision to get the 4G phone, was well explained about what it is for - a premium 4G UNLIMITED usage that is only available from Sprint at this time.

Now why I should join that class-action and enrich that greedy lawyer instead letting Sprint use MY money to better the service that we all can enjoy?

Just another joke right for the holiday season ...

Top Free Smartphones

They are not cutting edge, but they all once were, now they are the falling angels when the wireless carriers are ready to move on to the next phase.

A list is here.

Black Friday and Cyber Monday Phone Sales Rank

This ranking list is based on Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales figures.

Note that iPhone 4 is not on the list, well, what can we say!

1. DROID Incredible by HTC (Verizon Wireless)
2. HTC EVO 4G (Sprint)
3. Samsung Captivate (AT&T)
4. BlackBerry Torch 9e BlackBerry Torch 9800 (AT&T)
5. DROID X by Motorola (Verizon Wireless)
6. DROID 2 by Motorola (Verizon Wireless)
7. Samsung Intercept (Sprint)
8. Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 (AT&T)
9. HTC Aria - (AT&T)
10. myTouch 4G (T-Mobile)

Sprint Drops Blackberry Curve 8530 to $199.99 with NO Contract

If you are in the market shopping for a blackberry, Sprint's Boost Mobile just dropped Blackberry curve 8530 to $199.99. Still sounds expensive? Remember, you pay only $60 a month for unlimited text, talk, and data, and, most importantly, there is no contract required!

Verizon Wireless' Samsung Tab Pricing - Not Desirable

I’ve been playing with a Samsung Tab from Verizon Wireless since November 11th. I will share my impressions of the device in the coming days but in the interim, I wanted to let the world know about how crazy Verizon Wireless has made the monthly payment for data usage, and what other fees are lurking.

When I purchased the Tab I paid $599.99 for the Tab itself, $39.99 for a case, and $44.80 in tax. So, my total price was $684.78. Since I purchased the Samsung Galaxy Tab without a contract, I expected to pay a premium, so this first part didn’t really bother me. However, moments after leaving the store, I read the fine print on the Verizon Wireless receipt. I have just now confirmed what the Samsung Tab will really cost me to operate on Verizon Wireless’s network.

First off, if you purchase from Verizon Wireless and decide that the Tab is not for you, you will be hit with a $70 restocking fee. If that’s not bad enough, if you return it after three days of having purchased it, you will not be credited back your $35 activation fee either. Oh, did I forget to tell you about that fee? Yeah, in addition to the price of acquisition, Verizon also throws a $35 activation fee onto your first bill.

The above would be bad enough, but it gets worse. The receipt that you get when you purchase the Tab has an estimated monthly bill on it. Since I opted for the $20 per month for 1GB, the first estimated monthly payment was a whopping $88.36!! Needless to say, this sounded alarm bells so I called Verizon Wireless to discuss it. Here’s what I found out:

1. Verizon bills you for one month in advance: In my case the service started on 11/11/2010, and the bill date was 11/12/2010. So, I owed 65 cents for that partial month.

2. My first real month is $20. That’s what I figured, but then it gets worse. Because the activation fee is on the first month, add $35, plus $5.67 for taxes and fees. That puts the first bill at $61.32–approximately. Not quite the $88.36 estimated, but still not just $20 for a month of broadband.

So, after finding out the two points above, I figured maybe I’ll just cancel the broadband for a month so I can think about whether or not I need to pay $20 for 1GB. Well, even though it’s advertised as “no contract”, Verizon Wireless will still hit you with a $35 reconnect fee if you stop and then want to re-start your broadband account. Thankfully, there’s a workaround. If instead of deactivating your account you “suspend” it, there’s a $15 fee for suspending, which my rep was kind enough to credit.

Long story short, I used to think that the pricing of the hardware itself on the Samsung Tab was too high. Now I see that there are a bunch of hidden fees if you decide to start and stop your service. This may be acceptable for some people, but I would think that most people are going to be shocked when they receive a bill that’s not only loaded with an activation fee and more taxes, but also a possible overage fee. Overage fee, you ask? It turns out that even though I mostly used my Samsung Tab on Wi-Fi this month, whatever time I spent demoing the Tab completely sucked away my 1GB of data. I can honestly say that I think the total demo time was maybe 10 minutes, so I’ll be researching that one, too. Verizon Wireless wasted no time sending me an email letting me know that my data usage was running out, though.

I’m not sure what the other carriers are doing for pricing and hidden fees on the Samsung Tab, but this definitely makes me appreciate my $14.99 a month fee for my iPad. In the case of the iPad, the $14.99 never changes, except when I have to renew it again for another $14.99 for the next month.

A 4G Phone on a Prepaid Plan

One thing most prepaid users hate the most is lack of the cutting edge smartphones. Now how about this - Sprint Samsung Epic 4G on Boost Mobile Unlimited Talk Txt Data $50 Plan? Yes, although obviously you have to foot the bill for a fancy smartphone upfront.