When it comes to deciding how to pay for your cell phone, the choice can be tough. If you use your cell phone a lot, chances are you may want to sign up for a contract. If you only use your phone occasionally, a prepay plan may be the best option for you.  It’s not always that clear cut, however. Let’s take a look at exactly what prepay and contract mean, and which is a better plan for you and your needs.

AT&T will have to offer a competitive smartphone line-up this year if the carrier loses its exclusive deal to sell the Apple iPhone as suggested by circulating rumors. The carrier needs to make-up for the loss of the iPhone if Apple's prized handset migrates to rival US wireless carriers. AT&T appears to have made preparations for this scenario by jumping into the Google Android bandwagon. The carrier has already announced a few upcoming phones for this year but leaks and rumors have also supplied several exciting devices. Let's look at the upcoming AT&T phones for 2010.

When the time comes to ditch your ancient cell phone for a brand new Blackberry, what should you do with your old cell phone? Rather than stuff it in a drawer never to be seen again, why not do one of the following with it:

ShoeMoney  goes on about his journey from Palm to Blackberry to Android and back to the iPhone.  Although a bit long, a nice commentary on his smart phone usage problems.

Slacker Radio is now available for your Palm webOS device.  Slacker radio is an application that offers free streaming radio, similar to Pandora, to your mobile device.  Also available is Slacker Radio Plus for $4.99 that offers an ad free unlimited skip and song request experience.  Find Slacker Radio in the App Catalog and download it now!

AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson hinted that the carrier has plans to sell the Palm Pre after Sprint's exclusive rights to sell the webOS smartphone expires. Well, a poster at the PreCentral forum has discovered a third version of the Palm Pre (O8F-CASG) at documents filed at the FCC, with AT&T friendly 850/1900 GSM and WCDMA bands II/V. The documents also included a short term confidentiality end date of May 10th, 2010.

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Rhinestone Blackberry Case

With the multimedia capabilities of the Palm Pre (It can play MP4 and H.264 video), there is no doubt that we will want to convert our DVD's or video for use on the Palm Pre. This tutorial will guide you through the entire process using the DVD to Palm Converter Pro. For more feature about it, you can vistit here. In the tutorial, we took the copy of Pixar's "A Bug's Life" and coverted the DVD for use on the Palm Pre.

Now owners of the Palm Pre (plus) and Pixi (plus) can manage their DVR schedule through their mobile phones.  DirecTV has added a new app to the App Catalog for DirecTV users to download.  The app is free of charge with the right set-top box and allows users to search for shows, browse by channel, or browse by data and time, then schedule their DVR to record their favorite shows.  Check out the app today and let us know what you think.