Samsung Galaxy S III Supports Verizon 4G LTE

If you are looking for a powerful smartphone that embraces the latest technology for features and speed, look no further than the Samsung Galaxy S III for Verizon Wireless. The Galaxy series has always led the way in innovation, with this model continuing the tradition.

The Galaxy S III is an android smartphone running the Google Operating System 4.0 “Ice Cream Sandwich.” It sports a 4.8 in. HD Super AMOLED display with 1280 x 720 pixels to make text, video and everything else on the screen look crisp, vibrant and rich. The curved display helps to minimize screen scratches even when placed face-down.

But is it fast? You know it is. The processor is a 1.5 GHz dual-core with expandable memory capacity up to 64 GB. It supports Verizon’s 3G and 4G networks so that you’ll have broadband almost everywhere. The 4G standard is LTE, the fastest wireless network standard available. In non-4G areas, the data download speed falls back to EV-DO Rev A 3G speeds, which was state of the art until recently. Don’t bogart all that bandwidth. Share your 3G/4G connection with up to 10 WiFi-enabled devices.

The camera capability of the Samsung Galaxy S III is also impressive. You have two cameras on-board. The primary rear facing camera features 8 Megapixels with zero shutter-lag, a burst shot for rapidly snapping 20 pictures in burst shot mode to capture the fast moving action, and the ability to record HD video and shoot still photos at the same time. The front facing camera is 1.9 Megapixels for nice clear video conferencing. The new Share Shot feature lets you share all the photos you snap at an event instantly with friends nearby. You don’t even need WiFi connection. Want to check a video while doing something else? Pop up Play puts your video in a small picture-in-picture window that you can view while multi-tasking.

Speaking of video chat, Video Chat-Google+ Hangouts lets you join a hangout video chat with up to 9 other participants.

A new technology Samsung introduced in the Galaxy S III is called “S Beam.” It’s a combination of NFC (Near Field Communications) and WiFi Direct.

NFC is meant to establish communication links over very short distances. It is most often associated with digital wallet applications that let you use your smartphone in place of cash or a credit card. As more merchants equip their POS (Point of Sales) terminals with NFC, you may be able to leave your physical wallet at home and use your smartphone to buy just about anything.

WiFi Direct establishes a WiFi link without the need for a WiFi router or access point to act as intermediary. WiFi Direct has a longer range than NFC and can transfer large files at high speeds.

What Samsung is using S Beam for is sharing photos and other files between two phones without going through any setup gymnastics. You simply put the two phones back to back and tap the file you want to share. The person with the other phone accepts the transfer and the file is copied from your phone to theirs. How fast does this occur? Using WiFi Direct, the Samsung Galaxy S III can achieve speeds up to 300 Mbps.

Are you ready for an upgrade or a totally new phone? Do you want to get the latest technology at a discounted price? If so, check out the Samsung Galaxy S III Blue for Verizon Wireless. Many other models are also available at great deals.

Cell Phone Plans With Aircards

Wireless modem aircards are the way you free yourself from the tyranny of the WiFi hotspot. With an aircard, your laptop computer suddenly becomes a mobile computer. But how do these work and what types of service plans do you need to use aircards?

An aircard is basically a digital two-way radio. But it’s a special kind of radio. Its signals are digital computer data rather than telephone calls.

But aren’t aircards set up to run on cell phone networks? Indeed they are. Right now the vast majority of wireless modem aircards are designed to meet one of the two major cellular broadband standards. Those are EVDO for Sprint and Verizon Wireless or EDGE and HSPA for AT&T and T-Mobile. There is another standard called WiMAX that is just being deployed in major cities by Clearwire.

As you may have surmised, you need a cellular service plan to use the cellular network. For an aircard, you buy what is called a data plan. That’s different from the voice plan that you would order for normal cell phone operations. The data plan gives you full time access to the provider’s nationwide data network. It’s just like having DSL or Cable broadband but without the wires.

There often is one limitation. Because the cellular networks have limited wireless capability, you are limited to a certain number of Gigabytes downloaded per month. For most mobile users the 5 GB limit won’t be a limitation. But if you expect to be downloading a lot of video, especially HD video, you could exceed your monthly limit and have to pay overage charges.

Cellular broadband is not intended to replace a wireline BB connection. It’s really just to let you have access to the Internet while you are on the go. Many business users buy aircards so that they can take their laptops into a customer’s office and make a presentation or enter an order. They can also sit in a parking lot, airport, or restaurant that doesn’t offer free WiFi and be on the Internet.

Most of the newer wireless modem aircards look like USB flash memories and simply plug into your computer using an open USB port. Other models have PCMCIA or ExpressCard connectors. If you order one of these, be sure your computer has compatible ports.

Some devices come with aircards already built-in. These include the new netbooks, which are very small notebook computers designed to run on a particular cellular network or WiFi. The more advanced cell phones or smartphones also give you Internet access without having to buy a separate aircard. That circuitry is included in the radio within the phone. You will have to buy a data plan as well as a voice plan to use your cell phone for both talking and surfing the Web.

What are the hottest cell phone deals available right now, including free cell phones? Use the Cell Phone Plan Finder to check out the top phones and associated wireless service plans.

You Pay Too Much For Phone Service

A shocking new study says that most cellphone and landline users overpay for their service. Not just by a little bit, mind you. They grossly overpay. How gross? How about $3 on a cell phone and up to $1 per minute on a landline?

You may think that's impossible and, anyway, YOU don't pay anywhere near that for any type of phone service. Are you sure? Have you sat down and run through the numbers lately? You may be in for an eyes-bugging-out experience.

"What do you mean by do the math ?," you say. After all, you bought into one of those all-you-can-talk bundled plans just so you never had to do any math. You get charged a flat rate per month regardless of how much you call. There is only one bill and there are never any overage surprises.

Well, you may be paying a pretty penny just to avoid some simple calculation work or the overwhelming pain of a - gasp! - phone bill that varies from month to month. Want to be absolutely sure that you're not one of those unlucky stiffs who's shelling out $3 a minute for cellular service? OK, do this. Keep a 3x5 card in your pocket for the next week to a month. Every time you're on the phone, record how many minutes elapse. If you want to be precise, keep track of seconds too. But rounded to the nearest minute will do the job nearly as well. Now, at the end of the week add up all the minutes and multiply by 4. Or just add up the minutes for a month. What's the total? Divide your cellphone bill by that number of minutes and you'll get the dollar/minute figure reasonably close.

Shocked? I'll bet you are. I'll bet if you bought a plan with too few minutes and paid the outrageous 40 cents a minute for overages that some carriers charge, you'd still be ahead. Once you know your actual usage, you can order your next service plan for not too much more than you need. If you get one with rollover minutes you'll have some cushion for the months when you spend more time on the phone. Or consider getting everyone in the family on a single shared plan. That may take some discipline if you have chatty teenagers, but for responsible adults the cost savings could be enormous.

The same comments apply to residential and home office landline service. People have become so enamored by bundled packages that they've lost track of how much they actually use long distance. In many cases you are better off getting a basic local service from your phone company and then signing up with a competitive long distance service. Yes, you'll get two bills a month but one will probably stay the same and the other will vary from zero if you don't make any long distance calls to some small number of dollars when you do. Set it up to automatically charge to your credit card and you'll eliminate the onerous effort of writing a second check each month.

Here's another point to be aware of. Traditionally, landline phone services offer unlimited incoming minutes at no extra cost. That includes long distance. It's only when you place outgoing calls that you pay for long distance minutes. You may or may not pay by the minute or the call when you place outgoing local calls. That depends on your service plan.

What about VoIP service? It makes sense for many people because they already pay for Cable broadband. With DSL, chances are you pay for a phone line anyway so you might as well use it. But even if you add a VoIP phone service to your Cable broadband, you don't necessarily need to overpay for unlimited minutes that you'll never use. VoIP.com has a nice 200 minute per month plan available for $9.95 per month. Packet8 will give you unlimited incoming minutes and 500 outgoing minutes for $14.99 a month. Find these plans and more at AffordableVoIP.com You can buy larger plans, but you could save a fortune if you just tracked your actual usage for a month and bought a plan that covers that much plus a little extra.