Aaron Baker

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Aaron Baker

With ten years of wireless experience under his belt, Aaron Baker is the guy to go to for all things technology. Since 2001 PhoneDog has been building a loyal audience and today is one of the most trusted brands in mobile news and technology. Known internationally as the “face of mobile phones,” Aaron is a former video producer and editor for PhoneDog and its accompanying YouTube channel and has appeared on FOX, AZ Family (KTVK), and local radio stations to talk technology. In addition to headlining campaigns for AT&T and Sprint, Aaron has starred in web commercials and promotional videos for Samsung Electronics, Best Buy Mobile, and Verizon Wireless. Aaron and his family live in Dallas.

Author's latest articles, videos, reviews and more...

Take Back The Beep Campaign: An end to useless voicemail prompts

I love when individuals go on a crusade.  It's nice to know that, regardless of how large the US wireless carriers are, people still remember that their business is what keeps the aforementioned...

Aaron's Samsung Exclaim M550 Blueberry review

Introduction With back to school time rapidly approaching, carriers are launching devices aimed directly at the school-age crowd. Offering a design similar to the Helio Ocean 2, the Samsung Exclaim...

LG announces a new member of the Chocolate family: the BL40

Though I would personally recommend the removal of the "Chocolate" moniker in favor of "Candybar" due to its striking resemblance to a Hershey's bar, I doubt LG would listen.  Despite the fact that...

BlackBerry News: 8530 coming to Verizon, 9700 specs reported

With the 8520 landing on T-Mobile next month, I knew that it would only be a matter of time before a CDMA version was spotted - though the speed at which it happened surprised me.  The 8530 will...

AT&T implementing yet another fee, now charging to add discounts

Rarely does anything surprise me in the wireless industry, with companies changing their pricing on what seems to be a regular basis in an attempt to one-up its competitors.  So, when I heard that AT...

T-Mobile officially announces HTC Touch Pro2, arriving August 12th

Just hours after we showed a leaked document with T-Mobile Touch Pro2 specifications in our Tidbit Tuesday segment, T-Mobile has officially announced the device, with a launch date of August 12th. ...

Tidbit Tuesday: Barnes & Noble offers Wi-Fi, Verizon to slash jobs

Since we can't actively cover every news article that breaks (as much as we would love to), PhoneDog compiles various announcements and press releases that have been published throughout the week and...

First Impressions: HTC Touch Pro2

Utterly.  Blown.  Away.  If I opted not to come up with three creative, editorially catchy synonyms to enhance my story, those would be the words I would use to describe my initial thoughts about the...

Sprint acquires Virgin Mobile USA for $483 million

In a sign that the prepaid market is an area where the carriers are seeking expansion in any way possible, Sprint today announced the purchase of Virgin Mobile for $483 million, which includes Sprint...

Palm Pre coming to Verizon "early next year"

Though the January date continues to be the popular rumor of choice in regards to a firm date, Verizon did shed light on the future availability of the Palm Pre during their quarterly earnings call,...

BlackBerry Curve 8520 now official, coming to T-Mobile on August 5th

We've seen leaked shots here and there, but it's always nice when products get the official "go ahead" (and cuts down on potentially false rumors, to boot).  In a press release this morning, T-Mobile...

Weekend system glitch makes Palm Pre $99.99

In lieu of the successful launch of the BlackBerry Tour and iPhone 3GS at similar price points, and the fact that most early adopters have already paid the $199.99 premium for the Palm Pre, Best Buy...

Weekly News In Review: Android coming to Sprint; i465 in graphite

Since we can't actively cover every news article that breaks (as much as we would love to), PhoneDog compiles various announcements and press releases that have been published throughout the week and...

BlackBerry Messenger issues surface; is 5.0 beta to blame?

When my BlackBerry Messenger started to act up yesterday, I thought it was just me.  And they were interesting issues, to say the least.  I would send a series of BlackBerry messages, only to have...

Verizon Wireless announces addition of 1.1 million customers in 2Q

While full financial and operational results will be disclosed when Verizon Communications announces quarterly results on July 27th, things are looking good for Big Red, according to the company's...

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