TING A LING

“Ting” is a new cell phone service that won’t make you pay for minutes you don’t use. It will launch early next year on the Sprint… Read more

PROTECTING GRANDMA

It’s good when an elderly person has a cell phone at hand, to call 911 in an emergency. Even better is a big button around their… Read more

FREE UNLIMITED TEXTING

The average cell phone user sends 41 text messages a day (That’s 41 more than we do.). Such wordy chatter can get expensive if you go over your… Read more

PHONE HELP FOR SENIORS

The Samsung Jitterbug phone seems like a good choice for those needing easy-to-read numbers and an operator who’s there 24 hours a day. Now the… Read more

THE APPS ATE MY DATA

AT&T has a free calculator that makes it easy to find out why you keep going over the data limit on your smart phone. It’s especially helpful… Read more

MORE TALK TALK

If you have an Android phone, consider the Motorola Roadster. Besides the usual hands-free talking, it has a cool extra feature: If someone sends a… Read more

HANDS FREE ON THE FREEWAY

We envy our friend Louise for the built-in hands-free speakerphone that came with her Toyota Prius. We’ve been in her car when a call came… Read more

PROTECTING YOUR SMART PHONE

A recent Wall Street Journal investigation of 101 smartphone apps revealed that nearly half identified the phone’s location and five passed along the… Read more

OJO VIDEOPHONE – NEW AND OLD

The Ojo video phone looks like a traditional landline phone, except it has a screen so you can see the person you’re talking to. To make a… Read more

SENIOR PHONE

The Jitterbug phone is a phone with great big numbers and simple buttons for the basic controls, like on and off. This February, they’ll offer… Read more