It’s understandable why T-Mobile wants customers to choose its assortment of Android and Windows Phone devices over bringing in an unlocked iPhone. The carrier would much rather sell phones and service instead of just voice and data plans. T-Mobile’s latest attempt to convince customers to choose 4G devices involves teaching its employees how to leverage more »

This week, Verizon started to implement what it’s calling “network optimization” for its 3G network. Verizon’s network optimization is the carrier’s way of slowing the data speeds for the top five percent of its customers that have unlimited 3G data plans. The top five percent of users are identified as using 2GB of data or more in a month. Verizon isn’t using the term “throttling” to describe its actions because it’s doing things a little differently than competitors such as T-Mobile.

I guess I should file this under “good to know” because I had been thinking about replacing my MiFi with a Palm Pre Plus now that it has the Mobile Hotspot app available. But after reading a recent article over on jkOnTheRun I am pretty glad that I have been dragging my feet about making more »