A member on our forums Cody has pointed out to us that Rogers Mobile (Canadian Service Provider) is now offering a My5 plan.

The My5 plan is similar to the T-mobile MyFaves plan which allows unlimited calling to 5 people of your choice on any carrier, however unlike the MyFaves plan from T-Mobile, My5 from Rogers gives unlimited texting to those 5 people as well. The plan cost an extra 10 dollars a month.

For more information about My5 click here.

T-Mobile today announced that it has added over 980,000 new customers, to bring their total customer base to over 26 million.

The annoucement was made in their financil report for the first quarter of 2007, the report also stated that T-Mobiles average revenue per user went from 51 to 52 dollars, and posted an operating income of $1.22 billion up 11% from last year.

I am one of those new 980,000 customers as I switched from Cingular to T-Mobile a month and a half ago, I also know of a guy who switched to T-Mobile from Nextel, he got the Dash but couldn’t figure it out so he switched to the SideKick 3.

Nokia wants to help save energy and this beautiful world we live on, so they have added energy saving mobile alerts to their phones.

Owners of the new Nokia 1200, Nokia 1208 and the Nokia 1650 which were announced last week, will receive an alert to unplug their phone from the charger when the battery is fully charge. Nokia believes that if enough people follow the advice of the message, enough energy to power 85,000 homes will be saved each year.

Kirsi Sormunen, Vice-President of Environmental Affairs at Nokia said, “Around two-thirds of the energy used by a mobile phone is lost when it is unplugged after charging but the charger itself is left in a live socket. We want to reduce this waste and are working on reducing to an absolute minimum the amount of energy our chargers use. The new alerts also play an important role, encouraging people to help us in this goal by unplugging their chargers.”

Nokia and other cell phone makers have agreed to make various changes to their phones in order to make them more energy efficient. Nokia is the first to implement the mobile alerts.

Nokia plans to add the alerts to all future phones.

Palm Inc. today introduced the Treo 755p smart device runing Palm OS, for Sprint.

The Treo 755p is the first Palm device to offer built-in support for Microsoft’s Direct Push technology, Google Maps, micro-SD slot and the latest Treo design.

Sprint will be the first carrier to offer the device. It will sell for $279 with a 2 year contract.

The phone is available in two colors, midnight blue and burgundy. For more information visit: http://www.palm.com/treo755p

Other Treo 755p Features and Benefits:
• Ability to watch mobile video directly on the Treo 755p with Sprint TV, which features more than 50 channels of live and on-demand content, including CNN, FOX, ESPN, The Weather Channel, MTV, E! and The Cartoon Network;(3)
• Dial-up networking via USB or Bluetooth® wireless technology on the Sprint Mobile Broadband Network for using the Treo 755p as a modem for a laptop computer (requires an appropriate service plan);
• Superior phone functionality, including one-touch speakerphone and conference calling, the ability to ignore a call with text messaging, and the option to use the touch-screen dial pad;
• Support for EvDO (Rev.0) speeds, which make streaming mobile content, such as live TV, movie clips and audio from radio stations, as well as training videos or company communications, enjoyable;
• 128MB memory (60MB user available) and support for Mini-SD memory cards up to 4GB;
• Voice-memo application, which can be used to create custom ring tones and add voice annotations to photos or simply record a quick memo;
• Threaded SMS/MMS messages in a single chat view and out-of-the-box support for Yahoo!, AOL, and Gmail;
• 1.3-megapixel digital camera and video recorder, and application to organize and share photos;
• Support for Sprint Picture Mail;
• Smart, fast web browsing using the award-winning Access browser;
• Full PDF support using DataViz® Documents To Go® Version 8.0, which also offers support for native Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents;
• User-friendly and familiar Palm OS platform, including one-touch access to key applications;
• Color touch screen and full QWERTY keyboard for easier email, messaging and web use;
• On-device user’s guide, giving customers access to the full user’s guide right from the device; and
• Default data transfer mode, which allows users to be notified of incoming voice calls while using data services, rather than calls automatically going to voicemail.

Palm Inc. and Orange Mobile announced early Tuesday the availability of the Treo 680 in the Dominican Republic.

The Treo 680 GSM/GPRS/EDGE(1) quad-band world phone, will run Palm OS®. With the introduction of the Treo 680 smartphone, Palm and Orange Dominicana are targeting new users in the rapidly growing smartphone and feature-phone markets. The Treo 680 will offer a simple and fun way for Orange Dominicana customers to get started and stay connected.

To order visit: http://www.orange.com.do

Marisa a member of our Forums recently posted a rant about the in store customer service alltel provides.

Marisa has been an alltel customer since 1991 (way before the were called alltel), and in her rant she praises the company for giving her reliable service where no other provider can and for allowing her to keep the fantastic plan she has (3000 minutes Unlimited nights and weekends for $270, she has 5 lines), even though her contract has expired.

Her only complaint is their in store customer service. She says their sales reps are rude, and one time she arrived at the store 12 minutes before closing and they did not let her in, she says the girl yapped away on her phone and just ignored her.

I think I would be extremely upset if that happened to me.

Check our Marisa’s rant here, and feel free to post yours!

Alltel wireless introduces the Samsung Wafer, one of the thinnest mobile phones on the market.

The wafer weighs 2.7 ounces, features XM Satellite Radio and, Axcess TV and Mobile Guide. The phone also has a 1.3 Mega Pixel camera and Bluetooth. The phone has Video playback capabilities and a built in MP3 player. The Wafer is also the only phone from alltel with Bluetooth stereo capabilities (meaning you can stream audio to a Bluetooth computer and stereo).

Alltel is selling the wafer for 149.99, or 109.99 after a 40 dollar MIR with two year contract agreement.

Click here to view an image of the phone.

We have been able to confirm with a representative of Samsung (MWW), that Cingular customers will get a free Windows Mobile 6 Upgrade for their BlackJacks in the summer.

No specific date is available for when the upgrade will be released, we were just told it will be available in the summer.

As soon as we know a specific date we will let you know.

T-Mobile Dash customers like my self will be the first users in the US to beable to experience Windows Mobile 6. (Outside of the Microsoft Beta)

Begining May 4th T-Mobile Dash customers can upgrade from Windows Mobile 5.0 to Windows Mobile 6 via a free desktop download available directly from T-Mobile.

“T-Mobile is focused on finding new and richer ways to help our customers stay connected to the people that matter most,” said Leslie Grandy, vice president, product development, T-Mobile USA. “As the first company in the U.S. to offer the increased functionality of Microsoft Windows Mobile 6, T-Mobile continues to build on the already great communication experience for T-Mobile Dash customers and our promise to help people ‘Stick Together.’”

On the 4th to get the upgrade visit: http://www.t-mobile.com/wmupgrade

Ringtones bring in millions of dollars to the Music Industry and Cell Phone providers each year, and we here at CellRants.com believe that they are over charging for Ringtones, after-all you can buy an entire song for 89 cents but a ringtone cost 2.00 and up.

The high price of ringtones are burning a hole in the pocket of a lot of cell phone users, so what can we do to make up for some of that money we spend on Ringtones? Well, we can take advantage of our service provider’s policies.

In a conversation with this customer service rep who wishes to remain anonymous, we were told that if you purchase a ringtone, wallpaper, game or any service from Cingular (at&t) via their CingularExtras.com site, you are allowed 2 to 3 uncontested automatic refunds each month, and that the majority of all refund request after your first 2 are approved in 24 hours or less.

She told us that an at&t Cingular subscriber only has to login to their direct bill account and request the refund there.

The process is as simple as clicking a “request refund” button. You do not need to delete the content from your phone and no charge will appear on your bill.

We did not try this to see if it indeed works, but we did speak to a second Cingular rep who confirmed that it does.

Personally we think if you do this it is stealing, but we won’t let our morals interfere with yours, if you chose to do this.

If anyone tries this, or if any other Cingular Reps wish to confirm this, please do.