Cut your home phone bill in half!

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Verizon Wireless Home Phone Connect

Home Phone Connect is a device offered by Verizon Wireless that allows you to operate your home phone on a wireless signal and SAVE MONEY in the process. The Verizon Wireless Home Phone Connect plan is only $19.99 per month with unlimited minutes and free long distance.

You don’t even need to buy a new home phone; you can use your existing phone. Instead of plugging your phone into the wall, you just plug your phone into the Home Phone Connect device.

Many local home phone carriers’ plans are well over $40 per month. That’s not including all the other goodies that you may want, such as Caller ID, 3-Way Calling, Call Waiting and Call Forwarding.  Each one of those services may cost you more.

With Home Phone Connect, the basic number Caller ID is FREE. If you want the name instead of the number, it’s only $2.99 per month. As another free service, you can share your name ID with other users so it doesn’t come up “Wireless Caller.”

There are tons of benefits to Home Phone Connect, but there may be a couple of drawbacks.  If you have a fax machine, Home Phone Connect won’t work with that, but you can use “efax” if you have internet. The only other possible problem would the signal strength in your home.  Dead areas are almost a thing of the past, but they still do exist in some remote places. You’ll want to have your Pearce Wireless rep. check your address for signal strength prior to activation, and make sure you set up your device right away in case you need to take advantage of the 14-day worry-free guarantee.

Virtual Valentine’s Day – Love & Your Smartphone

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Whether hopelessly romantic or just plain hopeless, there are many apps worth checking out as Valentine’s Day approaches.

  • M.A.S.H. Valentine takes the classic MASH MASH Valentinegame and gives it a Valentine’s Day/Dating spin. Find out who will be your Valentine crush, what he will give you for Valentine’s Day, and what you will do that evening. MASH will also predict whether you and your Valentine will become happily Married, Acquaintances, Soulmates, or Happy (get it MASH?)!Tom's Love Letters
  • Tom’s Love Letters: New from the creators of the Talking Tom app is the Tom’s Love Letters app for Valentine’s Day. See Tom as he’s falling in love with Angela, and create neat cards to send to loved ones. (iPhone & Android)
  • Save a flower and pick the petals using the Loves me, Loves me not? 3D Free Android app instead. If you want a similar app for a Windows phone, try Love Petals. The premise is the same, but you can also put it into prank mode to have a little fun with your friends!
  • Games: There are many game apps related to Valentine’s Day from Valentine Slots to versions of Memory and Bubble Blast decked out in hearts.

With the thousands of Valentine apps out there, you’re bound to find one you’ll love (pun intended)!

Easy Ways to Improve Your Smartphone’s Battery Life

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Turn off some of the bigger battery drainers when you’re not using them.Low Cell Phone Battery

  • WIFI: When wifi is active, your phone scans for available wifi connections constantly, which will drain your battery, so disable wifi when you’re not using it. Likewise, if you’re in an area where you won’t get a signal, put your phone in airplane mode. This will keep your device from using extra battery power to search for a data connection.
  • Bluetooth: If you’re not using your bluetooth device, don’t make your phone search for it.
  • GPS: GPS constantly runs in the background. If you’re not using navigation, you may be able to shut this option off. When you need it, you can quickly turn it back on.

Check your phone’s screen settings. Having the phone set to maximum brightness uses more battery power. To get more out of your phone’s battery life, dim the brightness or backlight of your screen a bit.

Use the battery mode & battery saver features. You can control the syncing of your device. For example, many phones have a nighttime saver option that makes your phone stop syncing data after 15 minutes of inactivity during off-peak hours (10 p.m. – 5 a.m.). You can even customize the settings to set your own off-peak hours.

If you still have issues with battery life, ask your cell phone sales rep for assistance. They can recommend even more things to try based on your specific device or let you know what options are available for extra batteries, travel chargers, etc.

Procrastinators Rejoice! Put Off Sending Christmas Cards? Smartphone to the Rescue!

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Merry Christmas from Dog

Created in PicSay. Time: 2 minutes. My brother's dog sends the cutest holiday greetings!

It’s just a few days before Christmas, and you haven’t started working on Christmas cards. Forget about scrambling to find current addresses, address envelopes, sign cards and stop at the dreaded post office…just use your smartphone! There are plenty of apps available to help you, including the two below that are free, fast and simple.

1. PicSay is a free app that allows you to edit photos on your phone. You can crop images, brighten the image, adjust the color, add word balloons and add your own text. You can then send your completed picture with the holiday greeting of your choice via email or text message. You can also post it directly to facebook or twitter. You can do even more to your photos with the paid version.

2. Doodlr is completely free app for electronically creating and sending greeting cards. You can use one of the ready-made designs or create a design of your own from scratch. Add your own photos and text for a personal touch. These cards can also be sent via text message or email, as well as shared via facebook and twitter.

Pearce Wireless Holiday Card

Created using PicSay and Doodlr. Time: 3-4 minutes. The photo was taken at our Withee store after a check presentation to LeRoy Butler for his breast cancer foundation on 12-6-11.

Apps to Improve Holiday Travel

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Charlie Brown Christmas App Screenshot

Charlie Brown Christmas App Screenshot

Car Travel – If you’re traveling by car with the entire family, use your smartphone/tablet to keep the kids from asking, “Are we there yet?” 100 times. Many popular apps have special versions for the holidays, such as Angry Birds Seasons, Bubble Blast Holiday and Christmas Memory. New this year at $6.99,  the app for “A Charlie Brown Christmas” has gotten a lot of love from kids and adults with its interactive scavenger hunt that incorporates dialogue and music from the original show. Your passengers can start the family game-time in the car, too, with apps for Uno, Scrabble and more.

Air Travel – If you’re flying this holiday season, a must-have is My TSA for iPhone. For Android users, the app is available via mobile web at www.tsa.gov/mobile. It tells you what you can and can’t bring through security, as well as security wait times and airport statuses.

Lists – Whether a packing list or a to-do list, plenty of apps are available to keep you organized. Just a few options are: Evernote, Astrid Task/Todo list and Taskos To-do List.