Dec 19th, 2008 at 2:00PM: Up for a contract renewal for your mobile phone? Desperate for a cheap plane ticket? T-mobile might have your answer. If you sign up for a two-year contract with the wireless provider, they'll give you a free companion ticket to any seat that you buy. The offer is fairly flexible too: there are no blackout dates, tickets are good through 2010, you can earn frequent flyer miles and you can fly on ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Sign up with T-Mobile, get free companion airfare
Dec 19th, 2008 at 2:00PM: Up for a contract renewal for your mobile phone? Desperate for a cheap plane ticket? T-mobile might have your answer. If you sign up for a two-year contract with the wireless provider, they'll give you a free companion ticket to any seat that you buy. The offer is fairly flexible too: there are no blackout dates, tickets are good through 2010, you can earn frequent flyer miles and you can fly on ...Keytoss offers one-stop-shopping travel tools for mobile web users
Dec 19th, 2008 at 10:30AM: If you have ever tried to access up to date travel information on the road, then you'll really appreciate a new site called "KeyToss". Mobile web users can access several sources of information on one handy page. The site has flight status updates, a translation tool, snow conditions and even real-time currency exchange rates. Because the site is designed to be lightweight, you won't run up a ...The top 10 ways to make phone calls when you are abroad
Oct 31st, 2008 at 2:30PM: Welcome to the Gadling top 10 ways to make phone calls when you are abroad. This top 10 list will take a quick glance at 10 ways you can save on keeping in touch with people back home. It's a well known fact that international calls are quite the racket, and making long calls back home can severely deplete your vacation spending money. Thankfully, technology has opened up all kinds of ways to ...Buying a prepaid mobile phone in the UK may soon require a passport
Oct 20th, 2008 at 4:30PM: Prepaid mobile phones have long been a travelers best friend. In the past, anyone could pop into the local store, and walk out with an activated mobile phone with a local number. Sadly, visitors to the UK may soon have to add one more step to their prepaid purchase; showing identification. Apparently the UK government has decided that prepaid phones can be used by terrorists. All customers who ...Ryanair weeks away from offering in-flight mobile phone service
Sep 25th, 2008 at 1:00PM: An article posted by The Register this morning reports that Irish low cost carrier Ryanair is just a few weeks away from launching in-flight mobile phone service. The service will be provided by OnAir, a joint venture between SITA and Airbus, which was setup to bring Internet, phone and text messaging service to the skies. Mobile phone calls will cost £2 per minute, which at the current ...Do you suffer from nomophobia?
Sep 17th, 2008 at 1:00PM: Hot off the heels of my article yesterday in which I reported that 35% of those interviewed would pick their phone over their spouse, I was listening to the BBC this morning and heard about a new phobia called "nomophobia". Nomophoiba is the fear of being without your mobile phone. (No Mobile Phobia). Apparently some of us are now so scared to be anywhere without our phone that it can give us ...Garmin Nuviphone delayed till mid 2009
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Jul 30th, 2008 at 3:00PM: Back in January, Garmin announced their first combination of a GPS unit and mobile phone called the Nuviphone. The Nuviphone was originally slated for Q3 of this year, but this morning, Garmin announced that things were delayed till the first half of 2009 due to "carrier requirements". While this delay may seem like bad news, it is actually not all doom and gloom. Having to make changes for ...Affordable phone rentals in China with Yoyoor
Jul 23rd, 2008 at 3:00PM: If you are planning to travel to China, then this new service from mobile company Yoyoor sounds like it is worth checking out. Yoyoor provides rental phone services, and while they are certainly not alone in that segment, their product is quite different from most others. For just $3.99 a day, you get a GPS enabled Nokia 6110 smartphone with English language maps of China, live personal ...Phone safety tips - safeguarding your phone on a trip
Jul 21st, 2008 at 11:00AM: If you plan to take your phone abroad, please take a moment to read through these tips on safeguarding your phone and your data. Back in January a member of the UK government lost his Blackberry during a trip to China. Of course, with a device like that there are all kinds of security risks. But even if you are not a senior government official, it is important to protect your phone. I've put ...Gadling's guide to GPS and location based services
Jun 10th, 2008 at 1:30PM: Traveling for me evokes memories of ancient explorers, navigating across vast oceans with only a sextant and the light of the stars and moon. Or the arduous journey of Lewis and Clark as they mapped a slow path across the great wilderness of the Louisiana Purchase. We've certainly come a long way since then in terms of navigation - in fact the now-ubiquitous availability of handheld GPS units and ...How to use your mobile phone abroad
Apr 2nd, 2008 at 8:20AM: I understand why many people don't pack a mobile phone when they leave the country. Aside from the high costs for international roaming, many associate mobile phones with the annoyances and stresses of day-to-day life. Nevertheless, I am a strong proponent of bringing your phone along for your trip. With a few small modifications, your phone can become a tremendous enhancement while you're out of ...The pocket translator goes mobile
Mar 16th, 2008 at 6:00PM: One of the more difficult parts of my trip to Russia last year was the language barrier. Aside from having to navigate a whole new alphabet, it was difficult at times to find anyone that understood English. I frequently found myself pointing and gesturing or making use of a few phrases of poorly pronounced Russian I had picked up from my guidebook. That's why I was excited to hear about Steape, a ...
