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While, as a digital media player, the Movit mini may not fare much better than other MP3 players Apple has stared down, it represents a new entry in a class of mobile computers free from carrier bonds that likely represent the future of the portable media player''s high end.

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FreedomPop, the free mobile and broadband company, is adding new social features for people to give and get extra megabytes of data from their friends.

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Currently, many tablet owners, for example, only connect to the Internet with Wi-Fi, which is free, because they don't want to purchase new mobile plans for tablets.

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Featuring no data caps, speed limits or bill shock, as well as fast, dependable nationwide 4G coverage, T-Mobile's new Unlimited Nationwide 4G Data plan offers the ultimate worry-free experience.

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By contrast, the new approach is instantaneous and practically free in terms of infrastructure - because the information the system uses comes from mobile phone and sat-nav device users directly.

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Although that represents a fairly small fraction of the five billion mobile phones in use, Bernstrom thinks that many of the new users will always use the free Rebtel service.

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The New York-based company takes broadcast signals for free from the airwaves and charges customers to watch them over computers and mobile devices.

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T-Mobile earlier this month rolled out an entirely new set of service plans that it says are contract-free as a way to lure carrier-wary users to its network.

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