Celio RedFly in Action
November 7, 2009 – 9:36 pm | Comments

A few days ago I commented about the Celio Redfly adding support for BlackBerrys. I came across that bit of information first while researching to purchase a Celio RedFly myself and then while I’ve been …

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It will be Easier Being Green
November 14, 2008 – 8:50 am | Comments

All they need to do is tie it to your credit card and Al Gore will be able to tax you directly.
Keeping track of your carbon footprint could become as simple as slipping a mobile …

Rising Text Message rates
September 10, 2008 – 6:47 am | Comments

In my uninformed opinion, I’d call some of this an excuse to “assist” users into buying unlimited plans and to offset users preferring to send SMS messages instead of using more expensive voice minutes.
WASHINGTON (AP) …

International Use Of AirCard Cost Family $20,000
September 4, 2008 – 1:40 pm | Comments

Sometimes it is hard to remember that Canada is another country and that there is “international” billing
PORTLAND, Ore. — A Portland family racked up nearly $20,000 on their AT&T bill, local station KPTV reported.
The Terry …

Dell DJ Redux?
July 30, 2008 – 1:06 pm | Comments
Dell DJ Redux?

Dell is looking to revamp its consumer electronics unit again by delving back into the PMP arena again with a new MP3 player and web portal

The company currently sells several MP3 players on its site, …

California Judge Says Early Termination Fees Illegal
July 30, 2008 – 7:00 am | Comments

This is only for one State and the appeal in inevitable, but Early Termination Fees are a blight to consumer advocacy. They say it is to subsidize handset prices, while others say it is to …

Sprint Nextel up for sale
July 16, 2008 – 10:49 am | Comments
Sprint Nextel up for sale

With the US dollar devalued internationally, foreign investors are finding many opportunities to buy up struggling US companies.
NEW YORK (AP) — South Korea’s SK Telecom Corp. is in talks to buy struggling U.S. wireless carrier …

Why Unlocking Your Phone Annoys the Carriers
June 11, 2008 – 7:32 am | Comments

This little snippet was buried in a story about how Apple is making it more difficult to unlock an iPhone.
One major incentive for unlocking remains, especially for Europeans. Those who travel to other countries with …

AT&T settles suit over 3rd-party cell phone fees
June 3, 2008 – 10:14 am | Comments
AT&T settles suit over 3rd-party cell phone fees

A two of my teenaged children had gotten tied up with a few of these SMS services and were billed hundreds of dollars for these “services”.  I had to call Customer Service and complain loudly …

SPB Phone Suite 1.3 released
April 30, 2008 – 8:15 pm | Comments
SPB Phone Suite 1.3 released

 
SPB has finally released the updated version of Phone Suite after being in public beta for a while.  This is one of the MUST HAVE’s for all PPC Phone devices.
 
Spb Phone Suite is a …

Microsoft Surface Coming To AT&T Stores In April
April 2, 2008 – 1:35 pm | Comments
Microsoft Surface Coming To AT&T Stores In April

This is a cross promotion to expose the Microsoft Surface to corporate markets as well as get some real world feedback.  This is a very interesting technology that will have some HUGE future appeal if …

Yahoo Closes Music Service
February 5, 2008 – 3:00 pm | Comments
Yahoo Closes Music Service

More and more of these music services are closing their virtual doors. Is iTunes forcing them out due to market dominance or is this just the first of the Yahoo services being sacrificed in the …

Domino’s Pizza – Track Your Pizza
February 1, 2008 – 5:30 pm | Comments
Domino’s Pizza – Track Your Pizza

All they need is GPS in the car and you could meet the pizza at the curb :)

Basically you can watch the progress of your order up to the time it leaves the store.  …

AT&T Network Failure – Jan 31
February 1, 2008 – 5:21 pm | Comments
AT&T Network Failure – Jan 31

 
I wondered what had kicked me off the network. I almost accused my Ex of not paying the bill…
 
AT&T technicians have resolved a network failure that may have limited access to data today for users …

How to Save Wet Devices
December 9, 2007 – 3:38 pm | Comments
How to Save Wet Devices

This is pretty good info for many devices, I’ve saved a laptop from a quart of Gatoraid and a cell from a swimming pool. Conversely, I’ve lost several phones from washing machines .  So, I’d …

T-Mobile Sidelines the Sidekick Slide
November 26, 2007 – 11:36 am | Comments

Oopsie, there is a problem here.  I’d assume there will be a program to return affected devices announced at some point.
On Friday evening, T-Mobile issued an advisory noting that the company had ceased sales of …