In an oddly announced and carefully worded deal, Convergys today won Leap Wireless’s next-generation billing business

This won’t be of note to most prepaid customers, but it’s worth noting that Leap Wireless, parent of Cricket Communications, has agreed to a deal with Convergys for the latter to manage Leap’s new billing system. What this means to the consumer, hopefully, is a stable pricing model. And, you know, peace of mind in knowing you’re getting billed correctly. A few quotes after ...

Late in December we got the first indications that Leap Wireless and MetroPCS would have good showings in the fourth quarter. With the economy trending downward, it makes sense for people to eschew the typical two-year cell phone contract. Since Leap and Metro both offer unlimited calling services, they’re logical destinations for many consumers. Today we learn that MetroPCS added 520,000 su...

MetroPCS had 520,000 net additions in the fourth quarter, boosting its presence in the wake the launch of its nationwide service plan and roaming agreement with rival Leap Wireless. The company's 520,000 net additions was a 74 percent increase year-over-year. The carrier also had 1.3 million gross additions for the quarter, which was a 55 percent increase over the fourth quarter of 2007. The ...

As it turns out, there's an even simpler solution and one that does not require a bit of a warranty-voiding hack job. The dying Zune phenomenon appears to have something to do with a leap year glitch

Microsoft's Zune misses New Year's Eve due to software bug that couldn't handle leap year.

The culprit was not a spy or someone disguised as a ghost, but a driver.  To be specific, the guilty party is an internal clock driver that controls how the Zune handles leap year.  The reason that only the Zune 30 was involved is that the driver effects a specific part that is ONLY in

According to several reports in online forums Zune 30 devices (these are the original Zune models) started freezing up all at the same time last night. I have a black Zune 30, but it is in the drawer and I wouldn't know if it froze up or not. It is still very early in Redmond so there is no official word from Microsoft on the cause and what the remedy is for this issue.

Speeek is an app that can recognize up to 1,500 spoken Japanese phrases and translate them into either English or Chinese. Pocket Babel Fish? Please bring it on. And so the utility of the iPhone increases even more. This is, of course, only for Japanese speakers, and it only covers basic hello/goodbye/where is the bathroom type phrases, but this doesn’t seem like too far of a leap for Google...

Yahoo! has recently made their Go application version 3.0.47 compatible with the all new sleek BlackBerry Bold. This bold new leap (pun intended) to make… + view full entry