Sometimes you can rescue a wireless phone that got wet, but you must act quickly. First and most important, remove the battery as quickly as possible, wipe it dry and set it aside. The quicker you get the battery out of your wet phone the more likely you will be able to save your phone.  Wipe your phone dry and remove the sim card, if your phone has one. If the water you dropped your phone into is dirty, you will need to remove contaminants that were in the water. To do that, immerse the phone in distilled water or alcohol.  Alcohol is preferred, since it evaporates quickly and cleanly. Hardware stores have denatured alcohol, which is commonly used to clean electronic parts. Be careful using rubbing alcohol and make sure it is 91 percent alcohol or higher.  The lower the percentage, the more water is used as filler. You don't want to add any more water than needed! Then immerse your wet cell phone in a container of uncooked rice overnight — or longer, if you can do without your phone that long. 

This does not always work.  Unfortunately, electronic devices just don’t like water, but sometimes it’s worth a try to save your phone.

Get ready, hockey fans! The NHL Network and NHL Network Alternate channels are available for free preview now through January 2, 2012 on DISH Network. Enjoy all the hockey coverage you want over your New Year’s weekend. The channels shown below are available to all DISH Network customers with an applicable antenna pointed to the correct orbital location!

NHL Network is The Home of Hockey. It's the only network 100% dedicated to total hockey coverage via live games, nightly highlights shows, up-to-the-minute hockey news, and exclusive programming and special events you can't see anywhere else.

The Android army of smartphones in the world keeps growing, with the latest number now over 700,000 activations per day according to Andy Rubin, Goolge's head of Android. That's an increase from 550k per day in July, 500k per day in June, and 400k per day in May. Basically, it's a slow and steady growth that's perfectly believable given Android's increase in marketshare this year.

Plus, Andy Rubin announced that over the Christmas weekend, the search giant saw 3.7 million Android activations.  The festive statistic was posted on Google+ by Rubin: “There were 3.7M Android activations on 12/24 and 12/25. Congrats team-Android!”

The Mifflin County School District conducted a test of their SKYLERT Service this morning. Through this service you can receive automated phone calls, emails, and text messages for the type of alert notifications you have selected. The school district will be sending Emergency Alert Messages only. Their goal is to use this as a resource in notifying parents\guardians when there is a school closing, early dismissal, or an emergency alert.

For more information on this service check out www.mcsdk12.org and click on the link for SKYLERT.

Want to have a little fun sending some personalized calls from Santa.  Check out www.sendacallfromsanta.com from Google.

Your kids, nieces and nephews can call Santa and leave a message for him. The answer? Google Voice of course. 

Google has a Google Voice number for Santa (855-34-SANTA) where you can leave the big fella a voicemail (obviously he’s too busy to pick up his Android smartphone). Callers will be entertained by Santa's personal Google Voice greeting.

DISH Network is giving back during the 25 Days of DISHmas sweepstakes! Check out their website every day for a chance to win a new gift! The more you enter, the better your odds. Plus, download a calendar full of the best Holiday programming and check out our Holiday music channels! 

Just visit www.dishmas.com.

Google announced today that their music streaming service is now out of beta and available to all US users, no invite required. It's also staying free, letting you stream up to 20,000 songs to all your devices, as well as adding a music store that integrates with the streaming service. 

You can buy music either from the Android Market on your phone/tablet, or from the new desktop store. Google's partnered with the big 3 record labels in addition to tons of indie labels, giving them access to about 13 million songs (8 million of which are currently live on the store). Individual tracks run about the same as iTunes: many tracks are $0.99, while more popular artists might run you $1.29 a track. A typical album is either $9.49 or $10.99, again, depending on popularity. All tracks have 90 second previews and are downloadable in 320kbps mp3 format. 

Check out  http://music.google.com/about 

Get the Samsung Galaxy Tab™ for only $99.99 down from its original price of $399.99.

*Offer good while supplies last. Two-year contract and minimum $35 per month data plan required.

The House on Tuesday approved a five-year freeze on any new state and local taxes imposed on cellphones and other wireless services, including wireless broadband access.

The voice vote reflected a consensus that new taxes on wireless mobile services have far outpaced average sales taxes on other items and have become a deterrent to the spread of wireless broadband technology.

Check out the press release from MyWireless.org.