Word: wireless
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...RATE FITS ALL Now that AT&T has won over wireless callers with its Digital One Rate plan, it's working to get customers to use its long-distance service as well. Last week it unveiled Personal Network, which charges a flat $30 a month, plus 10[cents] a minute on all U.S. calls--long distance, wireless or calling card. It's good for heavy mobile users--if they don't stray too far. Unlike Digital One Rate, which eliminates "roaming" fees, the new plan costs 60[cents] a minute outside the local area...
...need to save your pennies to buy this stuff, of course. One possible solution is Uniden's Long-Distance Call Manager. When you make a long-distance phone call, a Uniden wireless phone ($49.95) automatically connects to a database that instantly searches more than 60 of those "10-10" calling services and finds the best deal at the time. It works with whatever long-distance plan you already subscribe to (using that, if it happens to be cheaper than the 10-10s.) There are no monthly fees, and it should be available...
...kind of active trader who worries that your stocks might head south while you're out getting coffee? Help is on the way. Last week Fidelity and Bell South Wireless announced that those who trade at least 36 times a year will soon be able to check quotes and trade stocks on the go with a RIM two-way pager and Fidelity's new InstantBroker wireless service ($50 a month). Those who use standard pagers can also have updates and stock alerts sent their...
...hate it when someone at the next table in a restaurant thinks it's cool to yammer away on his cell phone? Well, there's a new book out to set him straight: Wireless Etiquette by Peter Laufer ($14.50 from Omnipoint, available at branden.com) Maybe you can copy a few appropriate pages for your briefcase and pass them out to offenders...
...REMOTE First came the remote, then came the couch potato. The wireless Space Commander, which used ultrasonics to activate television controls, was invented by Robert Adler in 1956 and remained an industry standard for 25 years. Remotes now work by using an infrared light beam...