U.S. Cellular celebrates Mobile Moms this Mother's Day
Has your mom gone mobile?
Moms work hard to keep everyone's schedules straight, but they also enjoy spending time surfing the mobile Web and using health, shopping and exercise applications, according to Babycenter's 2011 Mobile Mom Report. Perhaps a smartphone is a perfect gift for her this Mother's Day.
“Moms can communicate easily with family members via text message and synchronize multiple calendars by using their smartphone to stay connected and organized while on-the-go,” said Chris Rathsack, director of sales in Chicago. “Switch your mom to U.S. Cellular so she can join the happiest customers in wireless. If your mom keeps close watch over the household's bottom line, she'll appreciate that a family of four who switches to U.S. Cellular's Premium Plus plan can save more than $1,000 a year.”
In time for Mother's Day, U.S. Cellular is offering a “jewel” of a phone for moms with the Samsung Gem™, the company's latest Android™-powered device. It's free after a $100 mail-in-rebate, and has an easy-to-use calendar along with a 3.2 megapixel camera to take pictures and videos of the kids. It also comes with the unique benefits of being a U.S. Cellular customer, like faster phone upgrades without continuously signing contracts, and U.S. Cellular's high-speed nationwide network, which has the highest call quality and network satisfaction of any national carrier.
Setting Mom up with a new smartphone loaded with applications personalized to meet her needs can make it a Mother's Day to remember. Here are Chris Rathsack's top free smartphone app recommendations to make your mom's life easier:
• Google Latitude™: This app, available on Android-powered and BlackBerry® phones, makes it easy for Mom to check in and keep up with her entire family. Using GPS technology and Google Maps™, Google Latitude helps Mom track the entire family by seeing their location on a map. Families can also check in with each other when they arrive at a location so they can meet up easily.
• Evernote™: Mom has a lot on her plate. Evernote, available on Android-powered and BlackBerry phones, conveniently keeps track of it all in one place by storing notes, ideas, snapshots and recordings on her phone.
• Google Shopper™: With Google Shopper, moms can find prices, reviews and specs on thousands of items, find nearby stores that carry a certain product, scan barcodes to get more information about an item and even search for products by voice.
• All Recipes™: Does Mom like to cook? All Recipes offers a fun way for her to put together a quick meal. It works like a slot machine and helps Mom create meals based on the time and ingredients she has on hand.
• Finally, Mom does plenty for everyone else. Pick out an app that's all about her. If your mom loves music, then download Pandora™ so she can stream personalized tune selections to her phone.
The Samsung Gem is free after a mail-in-rebate with a data plan. A new two-year agreement and activation fee may apply.
About U.S. Cellular
U.S. Cellular rewards its customers with the unmatched benefits of The Belief Project, an array of industry-leading innovations designed to elevate the customer experience. The Belief Project, named Frost & Sullivan's Customer Value Enhancement of the Year, complements the Chicago-based carrier's growing catalog of cutting-edge phones that are all backed by its high-speed nationwide network. U.S. Cellular was recently named a J.D. Power and Associates 2011 Customer Service Champion and was also named one of Forbes Magazine's 2010 “Most Trustworthy Companies.” To learn more about U.S. Cellular, visit one of its retail stores or uscellular.com. To get the latest news, promos and videos, connect with U.S. Cellular on Facebook.com/uscellular, Twitter.com/uscellular and YouTube.com/uscellularcorp.