Prepaid Cell Phones

Tracfone $45 Unlimited Prepaid Plan

tracfone-logoTracfone a few days ago released a $45 unlimited prepaid plan.  Straight Talk is the Mobile Virtual Network Operator’s new brand, which offers no-contract prepaid service.

So what do you get for $45?  

You get 30 MB of data.  

Unlimited calling and text messaging

For $30, prepaid wireless customers get 1,000 anytime minutes and 1,000 text or multimedia messages.

The new Tracfone $45 plan looks pretty good and is sure to compete with the Boost Mobile Unlimited Monthly cell phone plan released earlier this year.  That plan costs $50 and has many of the same “unlimited” features as the new one from Tracfone and has helped Boost solidify its place in the prepaid cell phone market.

Metro PCS also offers a $45 plan to customers.  

This is clearly a very aggressive move by Tracfone.  Things in the prepaid market are getting heated.

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AT&T Donates Prepaid Phone Cards to Soldiers Overseas - You Can Help Too!

Big ups to AT&T for donating $150,000 worth of free prepaid phone cards to soldiers stationed overseas.  Each prepaid phone card is loaded with 20 minutes of free talk time for soldiers to use to stay in contact with friends and family back home.

AT&T Wireless is working with the USO to give out the 20,000 prepaid cards to soldiers in time for the independence holiday on July 4.

You can help too!  Donate your used cell phones and wireless accessories to your local AT&T store and some of the proceeds will go toward the Cell Phones for Soldiers program.  You can also visit att.com/holidayconnect to download a free shipping mail you can use to send in your phone or accessories for the program.

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Verizon RIM Blackberry Tour

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The Verizon RIM Blackberry Tour will be released on July 12 and is now available for preorder from the Verizon online store.

The Blackberry Tour will retail at $199.99 after a mail-in rebate worth $70 and a fresh two-year contract.  The Tour will support VZ Navigator and V Cast Music as well as world roaming and internet capabilities (as you might expect from this smartest of smartphones).

This high-tech gadget also comes with a 3.2 megapixel camera, should you choose the model equipped with it.  (Read more about the Blackberry Tour at CNET)

This smartphone is a far cry from the prepaid phones we tend to write about here, but in the interest of keeping up with the wireless industry, we figured we’d let you in on this pretty sweet looking phone.

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