So T-Mobile has just announced a few new prepaid plans with unlimited talk, text and data and 4G which all sounds great until you read the fine print. The three plans are $40, $50 and $60 per month with 1GB, 3Gb and 5GB of 4G LTE on the respective plans and all have unlimited talk, text and data. The fine print comes in with the data as once you use your 4G allotment you’re throttled all the way down to 128k for the rest of the month. What could you possibly do with 128k speeds? I think even downloading emails would be ridiculously slow and trying to load some of these webpages out there wouldn’t even be worth the time as the site would probably be updated by the time it showed up in the browser?! I’ve been looking into a new plan, I’m on AT&T and I pay about $90 per month after taxes and that’s only 450 minutes, the lowest plan, and yes I still have “unlimited” data, but I have no texting plan so I pay 25 cent per text but I honestly hate texting so I try not to ever use it but other people text me so I have to pay for them. I don’t know, for me, for as much as I actually use it, it’s not worth the price and I need to get something cheaper but sadly it seems AT&T is the only company that let’s me get phones calls in my house and I’ve tried others. Anyway, the PR is below if you want to see what the new plans are all about..
Kristofer Brozio
Mean Girls Coming to iOS
Yes it’s that Mean Girls, the ten year old movie is apparently getting it’s very own iOS game and I don’t understand why exactly?! I understand part of it I guess, money, to make some money off of the popularity of the movie. From what I recall the movie was about bullies, superficial and pretentious teenagers who think they’re better than everyone else who enjoy tormenting other people. How can you make a game out of that? I don’t think I’d ever want to play it, I’ve dealt with bullying and my kids in school and it’s not nice at all. I don’t think I’d want to play a game that seems to glorify bullying?! Yeah I know Mean Girls is supposed to be a comedy so maybe I’m looking too much into it? I guess it all depends on how they do the game, but then again I don’t think a Mean Girls app is aimed at someone like me anyway.. Some more info below for you a few screenshots that don’t show too much really..
Poseidon Military-Grade Portable Charger Fully Funded on KickStarter
I normally don’t like to post KickStarter stuff as I’m still leery of their service honestly, I’m just not comfortable of the idea of giving my money and maybe getting something for it sometime in the future. Sure lots of things work out just fine on these crowd-funded sites but there are some that don’t and some of the stories are really bad when it comes to the ones that don’t. To me posting about one of these projects is sort of like endorsing it and I don’t want to be responsible if someone invests and then something bad happens because I posted about it. Whatever, anyway, that being said there is one on KickStarter that I just came across that is already over 100% funded and it still has 44 days left so apparently it’s something that people want and I think it’s rather cool myself. The product is called the Poseidon and it’s a military grade portable battery for all your devices, it’s dust and waterproof and even drop proof and they have a video of them shooting it with a shotgun and it still surviving, so this thing seems very rugged. Sure it’s for outdoor use but it’s something that I would want personally even though I don’t do a whole lot of outdoor stuff, I just like the fact that it’s rugged and durable as accident happen… PR is below for you with links..
Microsoft Lumia 435 and Lumia 532 Come to ‘Select Countries’ Starting at $80
The Microsoft Lumia 435 and 532 is launching in Europe and Asian countries with the 435 priced at about $80 US, and the 532 coming in at about $92 which isn’t bad pricing at all for a quad core phone. I don’t see anything listed for a US releases in the PR, maybe they’ll come here and we can get a semi-decent phone on the cheap. The phone both run Windows 8.1 and come with full Microsoft Office and 30gb of storage on OneDrive and they even have Cortana in them. They seem like decent phones, especially for the price… Details below for you…
Verizon Announces Verizon Vehicle Roadside Assist Service and More
The North American Auto Show is going on and Verizon has just announced Verizon Vehicle which is their version of OnStar apparently which will cost you about $15 per month. This new service is up for pre-order now on the Verizon Vehicle website and they’ll give you the first month for free if you pre-order. The service is more than roadside assistance it seems ass it can even monitor the health of your vehicle. There is a OBD reader that plugs into your car and there’s a Bluetooth speaker that clips onto your visor that can be used for emergencies. There’s also and app for both Android and iOS devices that can give you information and support and you can also get texts from your car it seems to remind you of things like oil changes. The service is expected to launch officially in late 2015…
Free Android App Homefacts Tells You What’s Bad or Good in Your Neighborhood
So here’s a free Android app for you that just launched today, it’s called Homefacts and it can tell you all kinds of stuff about where you live, both good and bad. I don’t exactly live in the greatest neighborhood so I don’t know if I even want to know what this app might tell me. On the other hand though it might be good to know these things especially since I’ve got kids. The Homefacts app can help you research property if you live there or if you’re thinking of buying in an area and it will tell you thinks like school ratings, registered sex offenders, crime risk, unemployment rates and it will even tell you about any former drug lab locations. The app look very detailed in the information it can provide and for free, why not giver it a try and see what it’s like where you live? Official PR and download link below for you and some screenshots I grabbed as well..
iPhone Theft Tracking GPS Isn’t Exactly Accurate
So I just had a visit from some guy and his two friends and he accused me of stealing his iPhone. He showed me on his Macbook with the GPS marked and yeah it’s near here I guess, GPS says it’s in the middle of the street actually. He says he was at Target shopping … Read more
TGI Fridays Servers To Use Dell Venue Windows 8 Tablets to Take Your Orders
The next time you got out to eat at TGI Fridays your server might come up to your table with a Windows tablet to take your order. TGI Fridays did a pilot run of using Win8 tablets for ordering in Texas and Minnesota and they liked them so much that they’re expanding to 80 more restaurants by ordering over 2,000 more tablets. Everything will be in place by March so chances are you might be seeing one in your local TGI Fridays very soon. I think this is a big win for Microsoft tablets, would be great advertising that’s for sure. One a side note, I’m not going to post it, but Hardee’s restaurants are also using Windows 8 devices at 30 of their restaurants but those are self-service kiosks and not exactly the same as tablets, but they are running Windows 8 as well.
Tonino Lamborghini Mobile Unveils 88 Tauri Android Smartphone in Limited Run
Hello all, it’s been a while since I’ve wrote anything here, been busy with some other stuff and life in general but I need to get back at it. So let’s start with posting something I think is a bit outrageous but yet I’m sure will appeal to most guys out there and maybe some women too. Tonino Lamborghini Mobile has recently unveiled the 88 Tauri at CES which is an Android smartphone which has a limited run of only 1947 pieces. Yes that’s an odd number for sure but that’s the year of Tonino Lamborghini’s birth so it’s significant to them at least. The phone itself has a price tag of $6,000 and for that you get a Snapdragon quad core CPU at 2.3ghz, along with 3gb of ram, dual sim capability, a 5” full HD display and 64gb of on-board storage that can be expanded to 128gb with a microSD card. The phone also has a 20mp rear camera and an 8mp front camera along with 13 exclusive ringtones from DJ Ravin. It’s a special phone so it comes with leather back available in five colors and black, gold or steel sliver metal panel. It’s running KitKat and has a3400mAh battery inside for up to 35 hours of life. It’s also hand made and numbered, but is all that worth the price? Some more details below for you and a picture…
Samsung Galaxy Tab S Android Tablets up for Pre Order
I need a new tablet as mine is acting up, I’ve reset it and everything but it’s still running slow for some odd reason, it’s annoying me as it ran fine for quite a while. Anyway, Samsung has just announced the new Galaxy Tab S is up for pre-order right now and it has some awesome specs like an Octa core processor, 2560×1600 resolution screen, 8mp rear camera with flash, 2mp front camera, support for 128gb microSD cards and more. Yeah I want one…