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Wednesday, 20 July 2011 23:56

T-Mobile Cuts Rates, Will Let You Buy Smartphones on Layaway

The MyTouch 4G Slide is one of TMobile's most recent smartphones to hit the market. (Photo courtesy TMobile)

T-Mobile introduced on Wednesday a new financing plan for purchasing devices over an extended period, as well as a price reduction for one of its smartphone plans.

With T-Mobile’s new layaway plan, customers make an upfront down payment on a particular smartphone, with the amount varying depending on the model. Afterward, customers pay a monthly EIP — or equipment installment plan — typically anywhere between $5 and $15 monthly, again depending on the phone purchased.

Additionally,...

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Fun Facts: Apples to (Ahem) Apples

By Eric Blattberg
July 20, 2011 |
5:53 pm |
Categories: Enterprise, Finance

Apple’s Q3 results hugely outpaced analysts’ estimates. The company earned $28.57 billion in total revenue, $7.31 billion of which was net profit. It ...

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Budget Storm Could Sink U.S. Plan to Rule Sea and Sky

Back in 2009, the Navy and the Air Force secretly shook hands on a new way to work together to fight future wars against major powers. It’s called AirSea Battle, and not much about it has been made public. But the Air Force’s second in command publicly fretted on Wednesday that some of its core components might not be affordable.

The basic concept behind AirSea Battle is to maintain U.S. dominance of the air and sea, as the Navy War College’s Milan Vego writes in this month’s Proceedings, and overpower any nation that might try to push the United States back from its shores through advanced...

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