Non-Paid Sponsor: Introducing an Authorized Retailer with Great Deals

Courtesy of http://www.wirelessmarketplus.com/

Today we take a step towards building our way to becoming a tech blog of the future. Part of accomplishing this will involve us making some business deals that meet a mutual interest. Obviously for us on this side site traffic is important to how we make moves and to assist in that we will be offering up the services of Wireless Market Plus.

As an authorized retailer, their site offers up deals on devices from Verizon Wireless, Sprint, T-Mobile and Metro PCS with some devices going for better than in store prices depending on your contract status. Like today the Motorola DROID 3 for Verizon Wireless is being offered for free with either a new 2 year contract or an upgrade if you are an existing customer with the ability to upgrade your contract currently.

Also coming in June and continuing on a monthly basis we will begin a monthly free gift contest or raffle. For either a device purchase or a referral that leads to a device purchase you will be entered into a contest to win a free value gift. More details to come so stay tuned.

To access the site please contact me via message for authorized number you will need to enter the site.

Regrouping with a New Plan

After a long hiatus it looks as if we are ready to start the ball rolling again for the first time this year. Having acquired some new knowledge and concepts it's about time to start implementing the new plan. If you're still with us we're thrilled to still have you and if you are new and reading this for the first time be prepared for some down to earth, news, blogging, insight and different perspectives from us here at DigitalSolace.

We also have some other business interests we will start combining with the blog and our social networking legs to maximize our reach and if you're in the market for a new mobile device we will look to answer that call as well will sales opportunities that may fit your budget. Posting might slide to a more weekly basis with some posting in between when the demand calls for such. None-the-less, we're back. Mobile phones, tablets, carriers, manufacturers and the technology! Thanks for staying and thanks for joining!

Google Music Makes It's Official Post Beta Debut

After a month long hiatus we have officially made it back. A little thinner and a little wiser and hopefully dedicated to all of you followers out there for a long time to come. It's an absolute pleasure to talk to you Android heads out there about a new player to the game. The story doesn't just pertain to handheld devices but it does relate. As you can see Google is becoming a multimedia powerhouse under the leadership of CEO Larry Page.

For those of you who have followed us here at DigitalSolace throughout the year, you might remember when we introduced to you via brief Facebook post updates, the introduction of Google Music Beta. At the time it was a music storage locker only. You download your music through iTunes, Amazon Music or other "entities" and you would bring it over to Google Music to be stored in the cloud for streaming playback. That was considerate but it wasn't enough and obviously Google saw it the same way because as of yesterday Google took the time to officially introduce Google Music + Store. This is where the device end comes in. The Android Market is very device centric yet this is where you will find the new Google Music store. When you go to the Android Market on your laptop or desktop you will see a selection of tabs at the top for the usual different areas of media you are looking to acquire whether it be apps, books or movies. Well now the new tab on the menu as of right now is Music.

First thing you will notice is that the Music page is loaded with content. Free, Featured, New, Top Songs, Top Albums and on it goes! And what do you know? You can download straight to your computer, which will automatically store the music in your music storage account by will not count against your storage limit since you purchased and downloaded the song through Google and hence the song will be playable on any of your GMail connected devices like your Android phone, Android Tablet or Google TV. Songs can be previewed at least once in almost the song's entirety prior to purchasing and downloading. Now this is where the mass media comes in. Songs can be shared with your friends on the social networking site Google+ where your friends will be allowed to play a song one time after you share it and must purchase it for additional plays.

So what about the Android Market on your Android handset? If you go there now, you'll likely find yourself agreeing to the new terms and agreement which in term will allow you to see the new Music section through your device. Now you're ready to start downloading songs! With one major condition. There is a sizable section of music missing all from the music label Warner Music Group. They are the only major player not to agree to a deal with Google. All because Warner doesn't feel Google does enough to protect against music pirating on the search engine. If you ask me, Warner will sign on the dotted line asap. All of this comes just in time for some very exciting device releases coming up such as the Galaxy Nexus and the ASUS Transformer Prime tablet. Keep your eye on Google in 2012. These guys are ready to explode!

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White Hot Rumor: Sprint Pays $20 Million for iPhone 5 Exclusive?

We're not exactly big fans of rumors around here but the boys at BGR are reporting a dozy.

For starters they claim according to their sources, there will be two iPhones released tomorrow as has been rumored all summer long. The iPhone 4S and the iPhone 5. According to these sources both devices will be available for purchase on release day but as always when it comes to rumors and sources there's a catch. The catch here is that the iPhone 4S which is allegedly a lesser device than the iPhone 5 will be available on all networks, but the iPhone 5 will not be available on all networks until early next year leaving only one carrier to hold the soon to be named baddest phone in the land. Sprint!

Something seems wrong about this, but then again something seems right. Apple is in the business of making money and releasing different iPhones at different times on different carriers means more for their bottom line. With iPhone 4 releasing on Verizon in January of this year, this potential move makes sense on that network. Even for AT&T it makes sense as doing so will allow both carriers to toss in their coveted LTE 4G chips boosting iPhone data speeds for those looking for faster browsing. This even makes sense for Sprint who is in need of something to stay relevant. The WiMax 4G chip from Sprint is ready for action now although what doesn't makes sense is why bother with WiMax when Sprint has obviously given up on it? What also makes sense is that we here knew LTE was not ready for the iPhone this year so why make everyone way until late next year when you can release an LTE iPhone as soon as the calender flips the year?

I don't know....once again these are rumors but it's white hot and we have to report what's going on at the moment. We find out the truth tomorrow. See you at 1 PM!

iPhone Announcement Day: Tomorrow @ 1 PM Eastern

Well tomorrow we finally get to see what she looks like. Yes folks we here at DigitalSolace discuss iPhone too. Although this is a very rare event for us, we try to play all fields. Having said that, the festivities kicks off at 1 PM and although we won't be live blogging the event and doing so from the location in California. We will do our best to present you with as many details as possible. Some of which have already been provided from the software level as the release of the new iPhone whether it's called iPhone 4S or 5 or maybe even both will surely come installed with the new iOS 5 software for iPhone and iPad we posted back in the spring.

So if you need a quick fix on what's going down regarding the new must have device, give us a click. We will be following along with our friends who will be live blogging from the event itself.

#Teamiphone preparing to burst at the scenes!

A debate years in the making: Mobile coverage in NYC Subways

Courtesy of CNET

Or maybe decades in the making. Cell phone coverage has finally arrived at 6 of the NYC Subway stations in an official form. Some of the underground passageways have been known to have a signal or two leak in, but this is a first for NYC. Decades late behind other underground train stations in the United States and around the World, it's finally here which seems to be the case you always throw the direction of the MTA. Service can be found in the following stations for the GSM carriers of AT&T and T-Mobile for the time being:

• A, C, E station at Eighth Avenue and West 14th Street;
• L station at Eighth Avenue and West 14th Street;
• C, E station at Eighth Avenue and West 23rd Street;
• 1, 2, 3 station at Seventh Avenue and West 14th Street;
• F, M station at Sixth Avenue and West 14th Street;
• L station at Sixth Avenue and West 14th Street.

Typically you would think this would be much of a non-story, but the New York Media seems to have a way of making something out of nothing.

This is where Second Avenue Sagas comes in. This happens to be one of my favorite blogs with discussion relating to the ongoing construction of the 2nd Avenue subway line, which directly affects me as a Upper East Side Manhattan resident. But discussion also ranges around a plethora of transit related matters. In this case mobile technology fits in with a wide range of heated opinions. From interrupted quiet below, which I find hilarious, to the rudeness of some and this is something I can agree with. More importantly the author Benjamin Kabak also goes into discussing the city divide around this issue with most of the outer boroughs already experiencing coverage inside of trains running on elevated structures and in trenches with miles of track between them. Seemingly the outer boroughs of NYC handle the issue just fine. So what's Manhattan's problem? Hit the link above and check out the story. It's a pretty solid read provoking some intriguing thoughts.