Yesterday was a fun day to be the writer of a column about cheap tech. I was so busy answering texts, Facebook messages, and tweets about what the best deals were that I wasn’t able to share them all here. Now that the dust has settled, I thought we could take a minute and see […]
In this space should be a review of the Nokia Lumia 920. However, instead is the story of why there is no review. Like any good and faithful techie, I pre-ordered the 920 in cyan on the November 7, to be shipped on November 8. I was in the midst of being displaced by Hurricane […]
While AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon are all going gaga for Windows Phone 8, the fourth major U.S. carrier has been staying out of it. I’m not sure I blame Sprint for doing so. The somewhat struggling carrier was badly burned by investing in the initial launch of webOS and the solitary Windows Phone 7 phone […]
For the last two years, Amazon Wireless has been the best place to go to score cutting edge cellphones during the big holiday shopping season. A few years ago,the online retailing giant had every single smartphone for a penny, including then-$199 top of the line devices. Amazon has gone live with a “4G phones for […]
Windows 8 phones are around the corner, which means that Windows 7 phones are now on final sale. The 900 is available at AT&T for 1 cent with a 2-year contract; is the question is whether it’s a good buy for someone who wants a good smartphone but doesn’t want to spend a lot to […]
Nokia made a big splash last year with its Lumia devices. Bright colors and a distinct curved shape along with a sharp screen made for a truly unique set of phones. Unfortunately, the intriguing form factor wasn’t enough to overcome some serious hardware limitations imposed by Windows Phone 7. Yesterday, Nokia unveiled the updated Lumia […]
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 […]
