Are the Days of Paying for Cell “Minutes” Coming to an End?

| Apr 23, 2010 | 0 comments

If it is up to Skype, iChat, and the other video/audio and chat software in existence already, undoubtedly the answer is yes.

With the inclusion of a front facing camera on the iPhone 4G and HTC Evo, as well as many of the upcoming tablet/slate devices.  It seems that VOIP calling and Internet communication are solely set to take over and remove the need for specific phone to phone minute usage tracking and in that vein, lossen a stranglehold that the cell phone providers have had on customers for years.

Interestingly enough, some carriers are intelligent enough to have possibly realized this was coming and prepared with unlimited usage plans like T-Mobile’s $79.99 (no phone subsidization upon renewal) and Sprint’s $69.99 contracts.

Full article at Gizmodo

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DJ Brady has been in the industry for over 15 years. Due to being rather OCD about research into every nook and cranny of the latest tech, DJ is full of bizarre knowledge that may or may not be relevant to, well, anything. He has attended CES, E3 and GDC (upcoming) trade shows for years. Once upon a time he managed a local overseas importing video game shop, eventually a Gamestop, and at another time wrote for an insider trade magazine called "The VideoGame Advisor". You can contact him at Djbrady@mobilelocalsocial.com and on Twitter @ZenInsight (he comments here under this name too)