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On The Cheap: Take Advantage Of WiMax’s Death And End Your Sprint Contract

Mordechai Osdoby — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:25:49 +0000

WiMax was supposed to be the future of wireless data. Instead, it tanked and the world has moved on to LTE. Sprint Wireless was the only U.S. provider to invest in the tech, and it’s due for shelving eventually. Sprint has changed contract terms reflecting this. The existing WiMax user choices are to transition to […]

Review: Motorola Brings QWERTY Expertise To Sprint With Photon Q

Mordechai Osdoby — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:18:10 +0000

Motorola has long been one of the strongest Android phone makers. While Samsung may get higher numbers and HTC a bit more of the mind share, Motorola’s original Droid for Verizon is arguably the phone that made Android take off as more than just “not iPhone.” The line is so successful that many users dub […]

Review: Test Driving Sprint’s LTE Network

Mordechai Osdoby — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 17:20:08 +0000

One of the big perks about my new hometown, Houston, is that it’s one of the select few cities where Sprint’s high speed LTE network has been rolled out. This replaces the original high-speed WiMax network, largely spanked by AT&T and Verizon’s LTE networks. Heck, in some cases T-Mobile’s HSPA+ has beaten Sprint’s WiMax, and […]

What’s With All The Doubting Thomases In The Church Of Steve?

Mordechai Osdoby — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 19:30:57 +0000

Anyone who’s been following Apple events for a while is familiar with the concept of the “Reality Distortion Field“. For the uninitiated, the term referred to celebrity CEO Steve Jobs’s ability to make you believe what he wanted you to. The phrase has been used to praise Jobs’s charisma and equally used to imply something […]

Sony IFA Roundup: It’s A Desktop, It’s A Tablet, It’s — Both?

Mordechai Osdoby — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 18:00:25 +0000

Sony has unveiled several interesting devices at the IFA Trade show in Berlin today. While many were standards, one stood out. To begin with, Sony continues to add new Android phones to the company’s Xperia line. Today, the world got to see the Xperia T, Xperia V, and the Xperia J. All three phones will […]

Busy Week For MetroPCS: New Handsets, New Pricing, And New Attitude

Mordechai Osdoby — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 19:18:17 +0000

We may have not been all that impressed by MetroPCS’s first LTE device, but that doesn’t mean Techcitement isn’t paying attention to the plucky provider. It’s hard not to, when executives actually have the stones to slam the iPhone in print. For those who don’t want to click away (thank you), COO Tom Keys is […]

Review: Samsung Galaxy S III — Does The Third Time Charm?

Mordechai Osdoby — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 18:30:38 +0000

I confess a weak spot for Samsung’s Galaxy line, and I’m clearly not the only one as Galaxy phones managed to take the number one spot for smartphone market share in the first quarter of 2012. That’s a pretty impressive feat considering we live in a world where most people react to seeing a new […]

Review: Huawei Activa 4G, A Reminder Of What Used To Be

Reuven Shechter — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 14:50:31 +0000

MetroPCS has a great agenda: affordable smartphones that don’t require a contract. Unfortunately, driving a phone down to $149 or $199 without subsidy often requires manufacturers to make cutbacks, especially to fit in LTE (complete with metroPCS’s fledgling coverage). Huawei did this maneuver with the Activa 4G I’ve been testing the last few weeks. This […]

Review: HTC EVO 4G LTE For Sprint Is Full Of Sound And Fury

Mordechai Osdoby — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 18:30:45 +0000

Sprint first introduced its EVO line in 2010 with the classic EVO 4G. This 4.3″, WiMax-connected behemoth did a great job as the company’s flagship phone, spinning off the EVO Design, Shift, and 3D, all fine phones in their own way. None, however, seemed to get as much attention as that first model. We at […]

Why You Should Not Get An iPhone Now

Mordechai Osdoby — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 17:30:58 +0000

I was recently asked the best place to buy a new iPhone, and my immediate response was, “Nowhere. Don’t buy an iPhone.” Before anyone accuses me of being an Android fanboy, please remember that I do not hate the iPhone. What I do hate is seeing people waste money. Simply put, right now, the iPhone […]