We had dropped calls in my neighborhood with AT&T, my first carrier. I had great service in rural Wisconsin, but I had to walk out of my house to use Verizon.

Frustrated, I asked many people who visited my home what cell service they used and then I examined their phone and their “signal bars”. Wisely, we chose T-Mobile. We have had no problems with the our cell service nor with their customer service.
Everyone I talked to loves their iPhone. On the other hand Mashable readers seemed fond of the Google Android phones.

How to…

How to save a cell phone dropped into slush.

You’re rushing along. You reach your car. In goes your hand, you grab your keys. You pull your hand out and woah! What was that?!?

Splat! Suck! You look down, mortified. Your cell phone lays half-submerged in dirty slush.

No!, you silently scream!

What should you do?

1. Pick it up! Immediately.

If you are reading this right now and haven’t yet removed it from the slush, forget the rest of the steps and start budgeting for your new phone.