“AT&T: More stalkers in more places.” Perhaps changing their tagline to this sentiment might help customers understand how the company knows where you are. In this Gadgetell exclusive, we’ve uncovered what the giant telecom AT&T is doing to its customers and why it believes it is in the right. This may lead to an unnatural more »

SanDisk and LG have partnered together to create a flash card that cellular providers can lock down to their service only. This new “smart card” will allow companies to provide many features and services on removable cards without worrying about piracy across phones. This opens the door for more iPhone like features on standard and smart cell phones

Ring back tones, that music you can opt to hear instead of a ring phone when you place a call is getting more intelligent. Ring Plus, a US company, has been offering free calls (even international) to its subscribers in exchange for listening to an advertisement while waiting for your callee to pick up. Could it be just that easy?

Ring Plus thinks so. They’ve just completed a six month beta test of the service and were impressed with the results. They believe they are going to revolutionize the telecom industry. Keep reading to find out more.

Stefan over at IntoMobile has a very interesting post on what is ahead for phones/carriers as new phones begin casting nets into the net and begin to pull in more and more content from the net. His view seems to be at odds with what I see: this is an amazing time to be alive and into tech.

His viewStefan sees the manufactures of devices calling the shots, picking platforms, picking the spec and building the phone to it. The problem here is the manufacturers are usually not the ones figuring out how to charge for it all. Carriers have trained consumers to expect it for free – a very hard habit to break. Their “unlimited” plans, Stefan would contend, are short-sighted and will make it tough to add on features that otherwise customers would want to pay for.

In the new world services are built for virality and terms like monetization are on the bottom of the todo list. This new way of thinking is not being fully embraced by the old rulers in their respective kingdoms, but more importantly it is causing the people to become accustomed to everything being free or supplemented by advertising.