From now until December 1, 2012, you can enter to win a Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 during the Verizon Tablet-A-Day Giveaway. All you have to do is enter your email address – so simple!

Remember, you can still enter my $100 Verizon Gift Card Giveaway with a Nokia 822 Smartphone!

Disclosure: I am participating in the Verizon Wireless Midwest Savvy Savers program and I have been provided with a wireless device and six months of service in exchange for my honest opinions about the product. Learn more on how I disclose on my Disclosure Policy page. 

Even if you aren’t a football fan, a chance at a Super Bowl XLVII trip to New Orleans still sounds really, really awesome.

Verizon is selecting four grand prize winners who will receive:

• Round-trip coach air transportation for two to New Orleans
• Five-day, four night hotel accommodations (January 31 – February 4, 2013)
• Two Super Bowl XLVII tickets to the game to be played on February 3, 2013 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, LA
• $1,000 spending money
• Two gift bags complete with NFL Experience tickets and an NFL Shop Gift Card

Disclosure: I am participating in the Verizon Wireless Midwest Savvy Savers program and I have been provided with a wireless device and six months of service in exchange for my honest opinions about the product. Learn more on how I disclose on my Disclosure Policy page. 

It’s Domestic Violence Awareness Month and Verizon is sharing the message of hope through Hopeline. Hopeline is a organization that turns no longer used cell phones into support for domestic violence victims and survivors. Phones and technology can be serve as an important link in case of emergency or as a safe connection to family, friends, employers as survivors rebuild their lives.

Through the month of October when you enter a photo in the Verizon Cover Photo Contest for the theme “Hope”, Verizon will donate $1 to the National Dating Abuse Helpline – up to $10,000. Your photo could also be featured as the cover photo of Verizon Wireless’ Facebook page, win a Android Tablet, or win an all expense paid trip for two to Yellowstone National Park.

If you would like to donate your old phone, it is suggested you confirm disconnection of your service, wipe it clean, and use one of these pre-paid mailing labels here. You never know how important your donation could be until you actually hear the stories from the survivors. Hopeline also has a Hopeline app which will help you locate your nearest drop off center if you would prefer to donate your phone in that manner.

Disclosure: I am participating in the Verizon Wireless Midwest Savvy Savers program and I have been provided with a wireless device and six months of service in exchange for my honest opinions about the product. Learn more on how I disclose on my Disclosure Policy page. 

Raise your hand if you have every lost a phone or had to use a app to find your phone.  I have lost at least one phone and almost daily I use my “Find my iPhone app” to find one of our Apple devices. Once I found it in the washing machine but the GPS signal doesn’t quite work in the washing machine.

I read about this new app that will find your phone even when the battery is dead. Basically the Lookout app automatically flags the last location of the phone when its battery starts to die. This doesn’t necessarily mean that that it won’t travel elsewhere in that time period when the battery dies and the time you could reach that location. However, it is a good starting point and will probably be successful in more instances.

Is this something that would be useful to you?

Disclosure: I am participating in the Verizon Wireless Midwest Savvy Savers program and I have been provided with a wireless device and six months of service in exchange for my honest opinions about the product. Learn more on how I disclose on my Disclosure Policy page. 

Over the past few months, I have been sharing some of my favorite apps and ways to use the Motorola Xyboard with Verizon 4G service. Now it’s time to move on to another device! A few weeks ago we played 20 questions with Verizon via Twitter to see what our next device was going to be….

and….

it…..

is….

The DROID M! I was kind of hoping for the iPhone 5 but this phone has not been disappointing. It is light weight, speedy, and very durable. So far, I’ve been able to do everything I do on my iPhone 4S on the Droid M and quite a bit faster as this phone is 4G LTE.

I’ve used it to keep tracking of my jogging with the Runkeeper app, streamed shows with Hulu & Netflix apps, listened to music with the Pandora app, surfed the world wide web with the Chrome browser, checked out my email on the go, and much more. One thing it does have above my iPhone is I dropped it straight on the concrete the first couple days I had it and it didn’t scratch, dent, or damage in any way – with NO case.

The price for the new Droid M is just $99 with a new two year activation, which is a great price point for this phone. You probably have noticed commercials for this phone as it is the phone with the edge to edge display, which makes it great for watching movies. It also fits in the palm of your hand just like the commercial and makes it good to view while walking/running. :)

I also love that the temperature/weather is right on your home page instead of having to open an app or pull your notifications down to view. It’s right there in front of your face with no effort required to find this vital information.

Right now my son, who just had a birthday and begged for this phone is using this phone. The next post you will see will come from him as this was part of the deal of him using the phone. He gets to use it for a couple weeks if he writes a post about it. He wasn’t too happy at first because it sounded too much like school work. However, he is having a great time with this phone so I’m sure it will be worth it to him!

Check out the Amazon Android Daily Freebie too for more free Android apps.

Disclosure: I am participating in the Verizon Wireless Midwest Savvy Savers program and I have been provided with a wireless device and six months of service in exchange for my honest opinions about the product. Learn more on how I disclose on my Disclosure Policy page. 

Are you in the market for a new smartphone? Verizon has a offer valid through September 30, 2012 to help you save on your next purchase.

To activate your offer, simply text the word SAVE to 73507. You will then receive a barcode with an offer to save up to $30 of a 4G LTE smartphone priced at $100 or more after rebates. Message and data rates may apply and a new two year activation is required.

During the past few months, I’ve been sharing some of my favorite apps and ways to use the Motorola Xyboard with Verizon 4G service. I’ve been backing up my photos using Dropbox, utilizing the free Verizon online tutorials, reading books for free with my Kindle app, and using the the tablet as a universal remote with Dijit. I’ve even shared some of my youngest daughter’s favorite Android apps.

Check out the Amazon Android Daily Freebie too for more free Android apps.

Disclosure: I am participating in the Verizon Wireless Midwest Savvy Savers program and I have been provided with a wireless device and six months of service in exchange for my honest opinions about the product. Learn more on how I disclose on my Disclosure Policy page. 

During the past few months, I’ve been sharing some of my favorite apps and ways to use the Motorola Xyboard with Verizon 4G service. I’ve been backing up my photos using Dropbox, utilizing the free Verizon online tutorials, reading books for free with my Kindle app, and using the the tablet as a universal remote with Dijit. I’ve even shared some of my youngest daughter’s favorite Android apps.  I still have plenty more to share!

When I’m doing data entry or folding laundry, I like to keep my mind occupied so I don’t get too bored. If there is not a television or a radio handy, it is nice to have the Motorola Xyboard Android tablet to watch some of my favorite shows. I’ve been reading of some people who are going completely to video streaming and ditching their cable or satellite bills. We are not quite ready to go there but I love having the Motorola Xyboard as an option.

Netflix is one of the my favorite apps to watch television shows or movies.  This is a monthly subscription service and well worth it. For example, I watched four seasons of a show that would have cost me over $30 a season to buy the DVDs for.  You can get a FREE one month subscription to Netflix here. For streaming only, it is just $7.99 a month.

Another option to watch streaming on a Android tablet is the Hulu app. This is a premium subscription to view on your device, which is very low compared to cable or satellite. The only frustrating thing about this app is that there are some shows that can only be viewed on your computer and not on mobile devices, which can be a bummer.

Having the 4G service makes it convenient to watch these apps wherever. This means if we are traveling far the kids can be entertained if needed since we don’t have a DVD player in our vehicle anymore. It is also very nice for my youngest daughter when she has to tag along with me to one of her older brothers or sister’s sporting events.

Video streaming can eat up your data plan pretty quickly so if you are at home or have access to another wireless network, you have the option of connecting to the wireless network instead of using your valuable data minutes.

Do you watch videos on your mobile device or tablet? What’s your favorite app? Favorite show? Any tips? 

Check out the Amazon Android Daily Freebie too for more free Android apps.

Disclosure: I am participating in the Verizon Wireless Midwest Savvy Savers program and I have been provided with a wireless device and six months of service in exchange for my honest opinions about the product. Learn more on how I disclose on my Disclosure Policy page. 

As you can see there is at least a whole page of apps dedicated to the kids, well, Sofia. She has a blast on the Motorola Xyboard  and is always stealing it away from me. Luckily, there are plenty of FREE apps she can enjoy!

Here’s a few of her favorites:

Garfields Diner: She says this is one of her favorites! I don’t get how this one works but all the kids seem to enjoy playing this one.

She is a HUGE fan of any of the play cooking apps, especially any dealing with sweets including Donut Maker, Cupcake Maker, Icee Maker, Cake Maker, Pizza Maker, Sundae Maker….you get the drift!

Netflix: Requires a subscription but you can get a FREE one month trial to Netflix and have access to so many television shows and movies.

Coloring Book: Color various pictures with various crayons.

Playtales: This is a cute one where kids read and play.

These are some of her favorites to play on the Motorola Xyboard Android tablet.  Check out the Amazon Android Daily Freebie too for more free Android apps.

Disclosure: I am participating in the Verizon Wireless Midwest Savvy Savers program and I have been provided with a wireless device and six months of service in exchange for my honest opinions about the product. Learn more on how I disclose on my Disclosure Policy page.