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Reducing environmental impact: new “green” phones

Posted in February 12th, 2009
Published in A Green Future

Now available at T-Mobile: The Motorola Renew phone, unveiled at CES 2009 last month.
The W233 Renew doesn’t take photos. It doesn’t let you access your email. It has a smallish screen and a boring, old-school look. In short, there’s not much that would make this phone stand out, at least at first.
But what makes the Renew special is [...]

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You’ve heard of spamming… How about cramming?

Posted in September 30th, 2008

Telemarketers are bad enough; at least you know they’re trying to sell you something. But when entering a contest or calling an 800 number leads to unexpected charges “crammed” onto your telephone bill, the annoyance becomes a full-on headache.
“Cramming” happens when fees appear on a phone bill for services the consumer didn’t authorize or agree to. In some cases, consumers [...]

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