Android Update Lets T-Mobile Customers Charge Apps to Their Phone Bill

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Posted December 11, 2009 at 2:40pm by iClarified

Beginning on December 9th T-Mobile Android device customers will receive an update to the Android Market application to allow for purchases to be charged to their T-Mobile account. This allows customers to quickly purchase paid applications without entering credit card information.

If you are an Android device customer here are some details of the change:
* The Market application update will be invisible to you. No steps are necessary to receive the update!
* To ensure that the update is received by all users T-Mobile and Google will stagger the update. You should expect to have the Market update by 12/30/2009.
* Once you receive the update you will be able to purchase paid applications using your credit card or your T-Mobile account.
* Reminder: Any applications uninstalled within 24 hours will NOT be charged to your T-Mobile account or credit card.

This update will definitely improve sales for the Android Marketplace and may help them close the gap with the App Store.

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Android Update Lets T-Mobile Customers Charge Apps to Their Phone Bill

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Dylan - December 14, 2009 at 12:18pm

If this new ability to purchase apps through your T-Mobile bill creates an influx of inflated cell bills, as some blog comments have suggested elsewhere, I wanted to add a tip for seriously cutting your wireless costs; an intuitive but often realistically tough proposition. However, I work in the consumer advocacy division of the Houston-based company Validas, where we electronically audit and subsequently reduce the average cell bill by 22 percent through our website, http://www.fixmycellbill.com (and I'll add that 22 percent equates to over $450 per year for the average user). You can find out for free if fixmycellbill.com can modify your plan to better suit your individual needs by going to the website. Check out Validas in the media, most recently on Fox News at http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/dpp/consumer/conlaw/lower_cell_phone_bills_072409 . Good luck to everyone reading on retaking control over your wireless expenses and potentially freeing up some extra cash this holiday season. Dylan Consumer Advocacy, Fixmycellbill.com

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