Just a quick note

So the other day U.S.Cellular released the Samsung Galaxy Note II. I of course was drooling from the get go. I went to the store to get a good look at it and was in love at first sight. I had to have it, but was a few points shy... :-( Now I had some points waiting to be posted to my account (USCC has the belief plans that comes with a points system where you can use points to upgrade faster. Check it out at www.uscellular.com ) So when I called USCC monday morning to see if the points had been added the lady I spoke with said that they had not... I was in a panic, for I am a phone whore! Well she said I was so close to my upgrade date that she would okay a push of the update. With the help of the USCC Customer Crew people (Libby) and the ever so helpful people at Customer service I was able to pop in the local store after work and pick up the Note II. I have been a little busy this week and havent even had time to finish the setup let alone learn all the tricks that this "Phablet" or also known as a "Tweener" can do. I do know that the S pen is really going to be a favorite of mine for sure. So stay tuned for more this week and the comming week for some tricks and treats of the Samsung Galaxy Note II. USCC Customer Crew Member

A look at the Alcatel one touch shockwave

This is another new phone being carried by U.S.Cellular. Its an entery level phone with a twist. Its shock, dust and water resistant! It comes with a 3.5" touch screen 3.2 mp camera 1GB Internal storage and a 2GB sd card. Its running 2.3.5 Gingerbread with a 800MHz processor. I ran the quadrant standard test on it three times and it scored between 709 and 833. Like I said its a starter smartphone not a powerhouse. The color theme looks nice (and electric blue trim around a black phone) It has a rubber coating feel to it that would really help with the shock resistants. All in all I think it would be a perfect phone for that tweenager that can't keep clean.

The Duck talks phones

Yes, this blog is about phones, mostly. It will also be about U.S. Cellular, IMHO the best carrier out there. I will also post the rumors I hear (most that I get are pretty much right on) and I will post links to news I think worthy. I will be dressing this blog up over the next few days, so check back and give me feed back on the looks.