With T-Mobile Name ID, You'll Know Whose Call You're Ignoring

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Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
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You know what’s really annoying? Calls from numbers you don’t have stored in your contacts. If you don’t answer, you could end up missing out on a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, or getting some much-needed good news. If you get brave and answer, you could end smack-dab in the middle of a conversation that you never wanted to have in the first place.

Landlines have long been spoiled with Caller ID, and now T-Mobile customers will be equally privileged, as the carrier has introduced “Name ID.”

It’ll be available for free for the first ten days, and after that cost $3.99 per month. As of right now, the service is only available on the Samsung Exhibit 4G and the forthcoming myTouch 4G Slide.

[via TmoNews]