Archive for December, 2008
The obvious truth about text messaging: you’re getting ripped off
C’mon folks, does it really take an in-depth research study to figure this one out? On the whole, per-use SMS rates have doubled from $0.10 to $0.20 in the span of three years, and carriers have shown no shame in pushing messaging packs (the “unlimited” one in particular) in an effort to snag more revenue […]
Yes, the iPhone went on sale at Walmart today
From the looks of our tip jar, the iPhone went on sale at Walmart today for $197 / $297, just as we expected. The plan is to attract consumers who don’t shop at Best Buy, Apple, or AT&T stores, so basically Wally doesn’t care about anyone reading this. We love you too, Wally. No crazy […]
Is AT&T down for you?
We’re getting way too many tips on AT&T being down for it to be a coincidence — how’s it going for you? Both EDGE and 3G are pretty spotty for us at the moment in Illinois, but they’re working in NYC, which jibes with reports of a Midwest-specific outage, but we’re also hearing there are […]
Casio Exilim NX9250 phone spotted in Verizon livery
We had an inkling that Casio and Verizon were up to something when we caught an Exilim-branded phone working its way through the FCC, and it looks like that hunch was right-on — check out this hot snap of an Exilim NX9250 that just turned up. We’re told that the chubby-looking handset features a 5.1 […]
