Mybullfrog.com a Verizon Wireless Premium retailer is currently operating in Springerville, AZ. For all store locations near you click here.

We value every customer and are continuing to seek ways to improve our service. As one of the fastest growing Verizon Premium Retailers, Mybullfrog.com offers cellular devices, smart phones, tablets, and mobile broadband devices on the nation’s fastest and most reliable communications network. We also have a carefully selected range of additional products to complement the wireless devices – such as headsets, phone cases, car chargers, screen protectors, portable batter packs, etc.

If you’re thinking of a new cell phone, want to evaluate your current Verizon plan, or wish to look at the huge range of accessories available, drop by a store and discuss your needs with our team. We carry a huge range of selections such as the popular Apple products – iPhone and iPad – to a majority of the hottest Android phones on the market provided by Motorola, Samsung, HTC and LG, as well as Blackberry and Windows Phone devices. We would be happy to see you and help you get the most out of your phone and plan.

The nation’s fastest and most reliable network, supported by a locally-owned and operated company, with premium world class service – that’s the Mybullfrog difference.

For more information please visit www.mybullfrog.com or call our help center at 855.743.1154

As numbers of smartphones and tablets are augmenting worldwide, the behavior of folks are also being affected – especially amongst teenagers.

A comparative study of teens’ behavior towards mobile handset devices in 2009 and 2011 in US. The firm has noticed that the median number of texts sent per day increased to 60 in 2011 from 50 texts send per day in 2009.

The number of texts sent per day were higher among 14-17 age groups, sending an average of 60 texts per day in 2011 and expected to send 100 texts per day by coming two years. The firm has elaborated that boys of all teen ages between 12-17 sent 50 texts per day in 2011, up from 30 texts per day in 2009. According to the report, teen girls of older age between 14-17 sent 100 texts per day in 2011, compare to boys of same age who sent just 50 text during same year. Click here to read more.

Do you have a favorite song that you’d love to have as a ringtone? You don’t have to be restricted to the pre-installed ringtones that came with your device.

Long ago, the only way to get custom ringtones on your phone was by purchasing them from your service provider. At about $1-2, this method is still an option today, but luckily, you can now create your own ringtones for free and load them onto your device.

With this do-it-yourself method, you’ll be able to turn any piece of audio into a ringtone–any part of your favorite song (not just the chorus), or even audio from a YouTube video.

In any case, make sure you have the audio files for the music you want to turn into ringtones. When you do, follow the instructions for the appropriate phone and desktop operating system. Click here to read more.

News came through yesterday that shipments of the HTC One X with AT&T and the HTC EVO 4G LTE with Sprint have been held up in customs due to an ITC exclusion order – part of the ongoing litigation between HTC and Apple (click here to read more about the delay). There is no news at this time as to when these shipments may be released, meaning customers wanting these devices are facing delays or will need to consider other devices.

People wanting to obtain a flagship 4G LTE device have an excellent option with a special deal available from Mybullfrog stores. Starting May 17 – and for a limited time – you can get the flagship Samsung Galaxy Nexus on the Verizon network at the amazing price of just $199 and add an Adventure Kit or Entertainment Kit for just an additional $10 – a huge saving.

Adventure Kit
The Adventure Kit consists of a zippered pouch, wall charger, USB car plug, retractable data cable, and a 2700 mAh portable battery pack. This kit is usually $79 and provides you with complete charging and data capabilities wherever you happen to be.

Entertainment Kit
The Entertainment Kit consist of a zippered pouch, wall charger, USB car plug, retractable data cable, a 2700 mAh portable battery pack, a set of 3.5mm ear buds and a 3.5mm auxiliary cable. This kit is usually $100 and provides a complete charging and music solution for your device.

Whichever kit you choose, subject to stock availability, will cost you just $10 when purchased with the Samsung Galaxy Nexus 4G LTE – that represents savings on the kit alone of $69-$90!

Verizon Samsung Galaxy Nexus 4G LTE
The Samsung Galaxy Nexus is a premium top-of-the-range 4G LTE device. Loaded with Ice Cream Sandwich, the latest operating system from Android, the Galaxy Nexus has a 4.65″ HD (1280 x 720) Super AMOLED contour display, 1.2 GHz dual-core processor, dual microphones, 32GB of storage, 1 GB of RAM, 5 MP rear camera with continuous auto-focus and LED flash, 1.3 MP front camera, and 1850 mAh battery. The Galaxy Nexus also has built-in NFC for wireless payments, gyro, compass, and barometer.

Deals don’t get much better than this, so don’t delay. Call into your local Mybullfrog store and grab this incredible deal while stocks last – save yourself serious money, and grab a top device with a full accessory kit.

Android is awesome and powerful, but it has, shall we say, a learning curve. That scares some people away but it doesn’t have to be so.

Android may require a little effort to learn and set up, but you get a tangible return on that investment: A properly configured Android phone can get you the stuff you want faster and with less work than any other mobile operating system.

These tips will get you started exploring. Don’t stop! Once you’re comfortable with the basics, customizing your phone is actually kind of fun. Many of us fell in love with technology because the process of mastering it brought with it a sense of accomplishment.

And once you get an Android phone tailored to your needs, you just might realize you don’t want something that’s all set up right out of the box—because nothing beats a custom fit. Click here to read more.

Verizon Wireless was the first tier-one wireless provider in the world to build and operate a 4G LTE network – the most advanced wireless network technology available – and is currently the leader in 4G LTE. Our 4G LTE network has more than six times the geographic coverage of our nearest competitor’s 4G LTE network.

Verizon Wireless has announced that tomorrow, May 17, 28 new markets will get LTE coverage and 11 existing markets will get expanded LTE coverage. The new markets and expansions bump the total number of markets covered with LTE to 258, blanketing two-thirds of the U.S. population.

Verizon also noted that between now and the end of the year, it will bring its 4G LTE network to more than 140 new markets so, by the end of 2012, the Verizon 4G LTE network will cover 260 million people in more than 400 markets across 49 states.

Verizon’s network was named the “Fastest 4G Network Yet” by Popular Science’s 2011 Best of What’s New Awards and ranked No. 1 on PC World’s 100 Best Products of 2011.

The Verizon 4G LTE network supports a wide variety of 4G LTE-enabled devices ranging from smartphones and tablets to netbooks, notebooks, modems and hotspots to machines. Call into any Mybullfrog store and check out the full range of 4G LTE devices for consumers.

Two active children keep 35-year-old Melissa Lesch from Tarrant County, Texas more than busy.

But sometimes their treats become her weakness.

“If I get stressed with the kids… or husband… the easy way is turn to food,” Lesch said.

But she actually weighs less now than she did before she got married, thanks to the personal trainer and nutritionist she keeps at her fingertips — her smartphone.

With names like Lose It and MyFitnessPal, mobile diet and fitness apps are the high-tech trend in weight loss, with some pretty cool features.

They can track exercise, count calories, scan food, and provide detailed information about restaurant entrees. Click here to read more.

Without really thinking about it there are probably some places that you inherently use your smartphone as a personal shopping assistant when traversing the aisles of a brick and mortar store and other places that your mobile device doesn’t really play a part. A recent Nielsen survey shows that there is a definite correlation between the type of store a shopper is in and how they tend to use their smartphone during the buying process.

For example, of those surveyed, 73% said they have read reviews while inside an electronics store. Other popular places to read reviews while shopping were department stores at 43% and mass merchandisers at 34%. Not surprisingly, places like grocery stores, convenience stores, and dollar stores are not places people commonly read reviews while shopping at, clocking in just 14%, 7%, and 3% respectively. Click here to read more.

Mobile device users already have plenty of photo editing and filter apps to choose from: Instagram, Hipstamatic, Camera+, and Snapseed are just a few. But apparently the world needs one more — or at least that’s what Twitter photo upload service Twitpic is hoping, as it finally released its own iOS app.

Twitpic has made it easy for Twitter users to post photos to the social platform since it was founded in 2008, but the service never really expanded beyond its supporting cast member role. So, when Twitter adopted a built-in photo uploading service for tweets, third-party photo providers like Twitpic likely (and rightly) decided to move on to greener pastures.

And so we have the Twitpic app. Is it worth your time? Click here to read more, or click here to download.

Two decades ago, a woman having a difficult birth in a Ugandan village would have had few options to get life-saving treatment if there was not a nearby health clinic. But today, mobile technology can help her get advice from a doctor in Kampala over the telephone, alert a community health worker about her situation, or even get her to a hospital.

Mobile technology is changing the landscape of health care delivery across the developing world by giving people who live in rural villages the ability to connect with doctors, nurses and other health care workers in major cities.

“Now, a phone call can compress the time that it would have taken before to come to that decision point and get the woman care more often and quickly,” said Dr. Alain Labrique, a professor of International Health and Epidemiology at Johns Hopkins University, in Baltimore.

More than 60 faculty members and 120 students are part of the Johns Hopkins Global mHealth Initiative, which has 51 projects exploring the use of mobile technology in health.

Its work received such a positive response that in March 2013, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health will begin two courses on incorporating mobile technologies into global health fieldwork.

“The students coming into global health today are challenged with the need to think of the potential appropriate use of these technologies in the resource-limited areas where we work,” said Dr. Labrique. “There’s a lot of excitement among faculty, but there’s 10 times as much excitement coming from students.”

“What mobile technologies are doing is changing the way that we see global health in terms of our ability to impact populations, to collect data in real time, to develop real strategies to impact public health that we hadn’t thought of before,” he added. Click here to read more.

A lot of people have been waiting on turntable.fm to land on Android for some time. Well, it’s finally here!

The music sharing service has been available for a little over a year on desktop machines. The concept is simple: DJs join a room and share songs with an audience that can then vote on whether a song is Awesome or Lame. It’s a great concept for sharing music.

The only thing that could make it better is if you could listen to (or DJ!) a room while away from your computer. iOS users have been able to do this for a couple months, and now Android users can join the fray. The app, from a bird’s-eye-view looks very much like its iOS counterpart (more on that in a bit), but more importantly, almost identical to its desktop version, which makes the entire experience rather seamless.

The Interface

In general, I will be the first to say that using an iOS scheme is confusing, lazy design. It mixes Android and iOS navigation elements and generally doesn’t look good. However, in this instance, not only did the folks behind turntable.fm at least take the effort to use high-resolution assets in the iOS elements they did use, but they very rarely used those elements to begin with. Most of the interface is still built specifically by turntable, based on turntable, for turntable. Not only that, but those lovely head-bopping animations, as well as many other trademark turntable accents, are beautifully fluid.

I would like to reiterate this clearly for those of you who insist that a single iOS button means an app is ugly: This app is the single most gorgeous app I’ve used on Android ever. If you think this app is ugly, you either think turntable.fm itself is ugly or you’re getting hung up on 10% of the app design. Most of the time you use the app, you’ll barely even notice it.

Music On The Go

In short, if you don’t have a decent network, you’ll have trouble with this app. You may be able to get a good experience even on 3G, but only if you have a consistent connection. If you’re switching constantly between 3G and 4G, or if you have scattered reception, you’ll face some serious problems. As soon as your connection drops, the app will likely boot you from the room, as well as your DJ spot if you have one. In some cases you may be booted from the room, but not realize it until a song is done playing.

Conclusion

This app has a little ways to go in the stability department. On the day of release, two updates were already released, so the company is probably working on it, but a large part of the problems turntable has and will continue to have are largely dependent on network infrastructure.

Turntable is definitely a product worth checking out – click here to download it from the Google Play Store.

The HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE has finally been officially announced by Verizon.

Looking at the spec sheet, it immediately becomes evident that the HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE for Verizon will be a great… upper-mid range Android smartphone. It won’t compete with the quad-core monsters already available, but it is a very apt offering for those people looking for a powerful handset that doesn’t necessarily scream cutting edge.

It features a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor – a Snapdragon S4 by Qualcomm, 1GB of RAM, and 8GB of built-in storage. The screen measures 4 inches in diagonal, uses the Super LCD tech and has qHD resolution (540 x 960 pixels). Even though it’s not really an HD display, this shouldn’t disappoint you, since with the diagonal being 4 inches, pixel density is still quite high at 275 ppi. If you’re not of the tech-savvy type, all of this means that the screen will be very sharp and small elements like text will be clear and easy to see.

Other features that are available with the DROID Incredible 4G LTE include an 8MP camera with f/2.2 aperture, BSI sensor, and a single LED flash. Just like with other recent smartphones made by HTC, full resolution still images can be captured while the device is shooting 1080p video. Also included is a front-facing camera for video chats and the occasional self-portrait.

Behind the smartphone’s back cover resides a 1,700mAh removable battery and a slot for microSD cards of up to 32GB. And since the device comes with an NFC chip, users can take advantage of Android Beam for quick and simple exchange of web pages, apps, and contacts between compatible handsets. As the name suggests, the DROID Incredible 4G LTE supports Verizon’s speedy 4G LTE network. Simply put, users can expect getting real-life download speeds of 5 to 12Mbps in areas covered by the Verizon’s leading-edge LTE network. Software-wise, the new Incredible comes with Android 4 ICS, with the notorious Sense 4.0 UI on top.

If the HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE seems like the smartphone you have been waiting for, you will be able to get one pretty soon. Check with your local Mybullfrog store (click here for store locations) as to when these devices will be on the shelf, and then come on down and see what the fuss is all about.

Technically, the brain isn’t a muscle, but if you don’t use it, your brain gradually turns to mush. It starts with your swearing that you know a word or a name and that it’s at the tip of your tongue. Over the years, you start forgetting things and the rest is pretty depressing. Though retaining a sharp mind and a keen brain is partly because of our diet, engaging our brains in regular mental exercise helps, as well. We may not quite be in our old age, but there’s no harm in starting as early as now. So here’s a list of 10 brain exercisers and memory games to keep you on your toes and to make sure that your brain won’t get rusty.

Memory Trainer

Fruits Memory Game

Brain Workout

Memory

Word Breaker Full

Visual Memory

Improve Your Memory

Training Memory – Game

Four Powerful Memory Techniques

Crystal Memory

From a design perspective, Android tablets have struggled to match the iPad 2′s no-nonsense aesthetic. Every Honeycomb tablet released so far has struggled to match that appeal – until now.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is the first Honeycomb tablet that is not only as thin as the iPad 2, but is actually lighter. An update to Ice Cream Sandwich operating system is very close. CNET describes the Samsung Galaxy Tab 1-” as “sleek, sexy and light” and says it “gets as close to the iPad 2 as any Android tablet before it.”

The first thing that strikes you upon taking the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 out of its box is its slim profile. In fact, when it’s lying next to the iPad 2 it’s difficult tell which tablet is thicker (in fact, they are both 0.34″ thick). The Galaxy Tab 10.1 weighs 1.24 pounds, compared with the iPad 2′s 1.32 pounds.

The Galaxy Tab 10.1 has one of the cleanest designs seen in a tablet. From the front, its 10.1-inch screen is surrounded by its 0.8-inch black bezel and a silver aluminum outline at the edge. In the top middle sits its 2-megapixel front-facing camera. On the top edge from left to right are the power/sleep button, volume rocker, and headphone jack. A speaker adorns the right and left sides and the universal connection port is found on the bottom edge, right beside a microphone pinhole.

This is Samsung’s first tablet with a 10.1-inch screen, and it looks fantastic. The Super PLS-based display, with its 1,280×800-pixel resolution, produces a clear, crisp image, with a wide viewing angle that looks great when Web surfing or browsing the app store.

Angry Birds Rio actually looked better on the Galaxy Tab 10.1 than on the iPad 2, with more vibrant and appropriately saturated colors. “Toy Story 3″ was vibrant and colorful–as colorful as the movie looks running on the iPad 2–and teemed with more life (yes, even in a cartoon) than on the other Android tablets. The speakers are powerful, and capable of deep, thumping bass.

The 8-megapixel rear camera took high-quality pictures for a tablet camera, with a sharpness and level of color vibrancy that was unmatched.

Web site speed is one of the fastest out there. Both for low-bandwidth sites and somewhat higher-bandwidth sites, the Galaxy Tab 10.1 compares equally with the iPad 2. However, the Tab 10.1 provides consistently faster speeds when going to a much busier site like CBSnews.com.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 impresses with its lightweight, thin, minimalist design. That, coupled with a huge and beautiful screen, makes for a well-designed tablet. Call into any Mybullfrog store and see the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10″ for yourself, and see why it’s a top seller for those wanting a high quality tablet with the Android operating system – you’ll be amazed!

People once took photographs so they could capture a moment for themselves and keep it forever. Then digital cameras and cellphones turned photos into something more ephemeral and more easily shared. But as Anthony Weiner learned, photos that are shared but are not meant to last, sometimes stick around.

Mr. Weiner’s downfall does not seem to have discouraged people from sharing risqué photos. According to a study by the Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project that is due out later this year, 6 percent of adult Americans admit to having sent a “sexually suggestive nude or nearly nude photo or video” using a cellphone. Another 15 percent have received such material. Three percent of teenagers admit to sending sexually explicit content.

All of this sexting, as the practice is known, creates an opening for technology that might make the photos less likely to end up in wide circulation.

This is where a free and increasingly popular iPhone app called Snapchat comes in. Snapchat allows a person to take and send a picture and control how long it is visible by the person who receives it, up to 10 seconds. After that, the picture disappears and can’t be seen again. If the person viewing the picture tries to use an iPhone feature that captures an image of whatever is on the screen, the sender is notified.

Click here to read more about Snapchat, or click here to download the app from the Apple App Store.

It’s faster and downloads more pictures, lets consumers watch movies anytime and video chat on-the-go.

Everyone has heard these claims before, but not everyone is sure what exactly 4G LTE means. Understanding 4G facts and terminology can take some time. To help uncover the mystery that is 4G LTE, below is a quick primer on what it is and how it applies in day-to-day life.

The term 4G LTE is really two terms. 4G means the fourth generation of data technology for cellular networks ̶ following 3G, the third generation. LTE stands for Long Term Evolution and is short for a very technical process for high-speed data for phones and other mobile devices. Together, they make 4G LTE ̶ the fastest 4G service available today.

Being the fastest network available means download speeds four to five times faster than 3G networks, which rivals some home broadband connections. The real hook, though, is the fact that consumers don’t have to be at home to appreciate these speeds. Consumers can access the internet wherever there is coverage with any 4G-enabled device, including smartphones, tablets and mobile hotspots.

The term data means anything other than SMS (simple text messages) and phone calls. Everything else including downloading apps, checking email, watching a YouTube video or downloading a picture requires the use of data. In short, data means everything that a smartphone or tablet is needed to do.

The speed, then, is exactly why so many people are excited about 4G LTE. Cellular data is a part of many peoples’ lives and the ability to utilize and experience the internet in a quicker, richer way opens new possibilities for both business and personal lives.

For more detail, the Wall Street Journal offers insightful analysis into 4G LTE technology and decodes the confusing terminology surrounding it. 4G LTE coverage will only continue to grow as new devices hit shelves and the coverage area expands rapidly. Knowing what 4G LTE means and what the benefits are will help consumers when it comes time to make their next device purchase.

Mother’s Day is just around the corner. If you’re scrambling to find a special gift for Mom, think about a smartphone – one that suits her personality and lifestyle perfectly. There are plenty of great devices out there for every type of mother, and when your mom unwraps the box to find a smartphone just right for her, she will know you put the time and thought into making her day special.

The stylish mom will love the plum-colored HTC Rhyme. If the vibrant hue doesn’t catch her eye, the light up charm accessory certainly will. Plus, it will notify her of any incoming calls or texts, since mom certainly doesn’t want to be out of the loop.

For the multi-tasking mom who wants an easy-to-use smartphone, the Lucid by LG is the perfect match. The stunning 4-inch touchscreen display protected by Corning Gorilla Glass gives superb brightness, enhanced clarity and readability, even while outdoors. The Quick Reply feature lets mom respond to messages on the go.

An on-the-go mom rarely has time to recharge her batteries, which is perfect for the DROID RAZR MAXX. The Maxx has one of the longest lasting batteries available, letting Mom use her phone all day without having to charge it.

Of course, if Mom is perfectly happy with her smartphone, there’s always the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7. The Android tablet has full 4G LTE capabilities and an AMOLED screen for easy Web browsing, reading and video-watching. If your mom is looking to slow down and find time for herself, the Galaxy Tab 7.7 could be her reminder to make time for herself.

Mother’s Day comes just once a year so treat your mom to a gadget that’s a perfect fit for her personality.

AirPort Utility lets you manage your Wi-Fi network and AirPort base stations, including AirPort Express, AirPort Extreme, and Time Capsule — right from your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch. See a graphical overview of your Wi-Fi network and devices. Change base station and network settings, or manage advanced features such as security modes, wireless channels, and more.

AirPort Utility works with all Apple 802.11n Wi-Fi base stations, including AirPort Express, AirPort Extreme, and Time Capsule.

• See a graphical overview of your Wi-Fi network
• Get information about your connected Wi-Fi devices
• View and change network and Wi-Fi settings
• Restart or restore a base station, or update the firmware on a base station when available
• View or update passwords for your network, base stations, or disks
• Easily access network information such as IP address, DNS servers, and router addresses
• Manage DHCP reservations and port mappings
• View status or error messages for your base stations

The AirPort Utility app is compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Requires iOS 5.0 or later. Click here to download the app from the Apple App Store.

Smartphones now represent the majority of mobile devices in the, US ahead of basic feature (or “dumb”) phones, according to analyst outfit Nielsen.

The Nielsen bean counters reckon that as of March 2012, 50.4 per cent of American mobile subscribers have a smartphone, which is up from 47.8 per cent, at the end of last year.

The company noted that Apple was the most successful smartphone vendor in the country, and Android the most prevalent operating system.

In fact, Android holds a 48.5 per cent US smartphone market share, with the iOS not miles behind, on 32 per cent. RIM is in third place, but could only muster an 11.6 per cent share, and the picture was just as bleak for Microsoft.

Particularly Windows Phone, which only managed to secure a paltry 1.7 per cent, with Windows Mobile on more than double that, with a 4.1 per cent market share. This is not good news for Microsoft, which is currently attempting to crack the US market with its new OS – although the firm has hit further troubles with the Lumia 900 launch bug (now cured).

Nielsen also noted that 50.9 per cent of female mobile owners carried smartphones, marginally more than men, at 50.1 per cent. Smartphones were most popular among those aged 25 to 34, with more than two-thirds having one in this age group.

The analyst firm further observed that Asian Americans were the top smartphone users by ethnicity, with 67 per cent having a smartphone as their primary mobile.

RootMetrics, the first independent service to measure mobile experience from a consumer’s point of view, announced today their new report, “Catch Me if You Can: A Quarterly Review of Data Performance,” looking at carrier performance from January 2012 through May 2012.

This report analyzes more than 320,000 drive and indoor location data tests collected from 42 U.S. markets, using off-the-shelf Android phones to experience what consumers can truly expect from carriers. Based on the results, RootMetrics observed that, when looking at national carriers, Verizon’s LTE network continues to dominate. AT&T remains squarely in second place. T-Mobile is close on the heels of AT&T, and Sprint is falling behind the other carriers.

For regional carriers, MetroPCS showed interesting opportunities with a history of innovation but Cricket recorded the lowest speeds in all tests.

“This year, we’ve continued to crisscross the country, comparing carriers and putting their data networks to the test,” said Bill Moore, CEO of RootMetrics. “In the end, numbers are powerful and the end results speak for themselves. They provide people with a clearer picture of what to expect from their carriers in real-world conditions.”