We all know tablets are huge these days. Everyone wants to third screen in, but the big barrier is, as always, the cost. Sure, tablets aren’t that expensive. Even if you can’t afford a $500 iPad, a $200 Kindle Fire is usually within reach. But that’s not the only cost customers are facing. Unfortunately, the […]
Verizon, you’re already the most expensive carrier with the most ridiculous fees, and yet you still find ways to make even more money. A $30 fee just to upgrade your phone? To be fair, AT&T, Sprint , and T-Mobile have already implemented such fees, but up until now, Verizon had remained mum on the issue. […]
Have any interest in Nokia’s new Windows Phone 7 bearing hotness, the Lumia 900? Maybe you’re interested, but not enough to smack down a hundred bucks? Good news for you. AT&T has decided to make the practically new handset free through April 21. This is with a mail-in rebate so it’s for a given value […]
We told you last week to be careful texting while walking down the street. We said we weren’t going to lecture, and we stand by that. But as this La Crescenta, California man found out this morning, texting might keep you from noticing the bear walking straight toward you on your own driveway. [yframe url=’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7h2dsRUZly8′] […]
You’re not alone if you read the headline and wondered “Who the heck is Alcatel?” The handset maker is a bigger name in non-US markets. Here, however, the Venture seems to be their only handset on the market, which I hate to say, is a good thing. The Venture should be right up my […]
According to a statement by AT&T, the company’s customers that use Apple iPhones can now request a phone be unlocked (allowing use with other carriers), under a new policy that went into effect on April 8. AT&T requires that a customer complete a two-year contract, upgrade under one of their upgrade policies, or pay the […]
Here’s a reminder: life on your screen will only continue if life outside of your screen does so as well. I’m not going to lecture. I don’t think it works or else no one would drive drunk anymore. People aren’t moved by the statistics of fatalities caused both by drivers’ and pedestrians’ inattentiveness. It seems […]
At yesterday’s HTC/Sprint event, I wasn’t too surprised to hear Sprint lavish the EVO line with praise. As they pointed out, Sprint introduced the EVO 4G two years ago and the 3D last year. Now, the company is giving us the third generation of the EVO franchise, and while at first glance it just seemed like a […]
Some of us are still waiting for Sprint’s “any day now” Galaxy Nexus. The current Google reference phone is more than a neat bit of hardware — it represents Sprint’s first shift from a high-speed WiMax network to one based on LTE. While Wimax continues to work for those who picked up earlier 4G Sprint […]
Back in 2010 when Tom Scott presented a nightmare version of a flash mob gone wrong, it was greeted with rueful awareness that events could coalesce to a dangerous point. The message, that oversharing through social media can have real life consequences, is still being shouted from websites. [yframe url=’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyMdOT8YJgY’] In one of the more […]
