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Upgrade Your Life While Downsizing Your Budget

Posted 9/28/2011 at 10:56 AM | Source Cricket Wireless

Cricket has partnered with personal finance and savings expert Robert Pagliarini (@rPagliarini) to offer easy tips to help people stretch already-tight budgets.

“As the economy struggles to recover, people are looking for new ways to save money,” said Pagliarini, author of The Other 8 Hours, Six-Day Financial Makeover and a certified financial planner. “But no one wants to cut all of the fun and entertainment out of their lives, especially with deeply personal devices like cell phones and electronics.”

6 Forgotten Features: Things You Should Use on Your BlackBerry Curve

Posted 1/24/2011 at 10:45 AM | Source Cricket Wireless

Even just out of the box and in the hands of a newbie, the BlackBerry Curve is a powerful tool. You may not encounter all the cool things that are built into the OS unless you investigate. Here, we will provide six forgotten features you should certainly use on your BlackBerry Curve.

How Does a Touch Screen Phone Work?

Posted 2/7/2011 at 2:58 PM | Source Cricket Wireless

Ever wonder why some touch screen phones cost more than others? Or why you can't seem to get the touch screen on your smartphone to work if you're wearing a glove? Most people don't know that there are three different types of touch screen technologies available: resistive, capacitive, and infrared. Learn about the different benefits and capabilities to make sure you get the touch screen phone you're looking for.

Round 4: Did You Know? 3 New Tips to Help You Save Money

Posted 3/7/2011 at 2:13 PM | Source Cricket Wireless

10. Closing applications on your cell phone when not using them can improve the life of your battery. (Also, downloading a “task manager” is a useful app to manage apps running in background that may be using up battery life you didn’t know about)

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