Rants Archive
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Man I Hate Content Thieves
Posted September 1, 2010by Doug Simmons | 10 CommentsIf you’ve ever run your own blog you may have noticed that the Internet is a cesspool of evil-doers who’ve set up their own Wordpress blog to run around on other blogs’ RSS feeds and... -
Is the era of the iPod over?
Posted August 31, 2010by Eric Greenwood | 8 CommentsSo, my 60 gig iPod “Classic” was stolen out of my car recently. Sure, I left the door unlocked, but it was sitting in my driveway. I don’t live in a shady part of town.... -
How Google Lied About A WP7 Snapdragon Chip
Posted August 31, 2010by David K | 2 CommentsComing off the heels of Doug Simmon’s finding that Google Maps is misdirecting people at major tourist attractions, it now seems as though when you use Google Translate it is misdirecting people as well. In... -
I’ve found the reason carrier associates know nothing about phones.
Posted August 29, 2010by Matt Anderson | 5 CommentsAs most of you readers know, I work at Best Buy. At Best Buy we sometimes have over-zealous vendors who like to provide us with in store representatives of their brand. You would think major... -
Handang-Go-Bye-Bye (Sooner or Later)
Posted August 28, 2010by Doug Simmons | 1 CommentWith the advent of centralized software distribution systems for mobile platforms run by the companies who are responsible for the platform with customers whose emails and often credit cards or other methods of simplified billing... -
Do you want "anyone" to be able to use your phone?
Posted August 28, 2010by Matt Anderson | 16 CommentsSo I woke up today feeling a little cynical and coupled with Simmon’s article about the "mom-readiness" of Android gave me an idea. Do I want just anyone or their mother to be able to... -
Falling off the fence or being realistic on AT&T
Posted August 27, 2010by Matt Anderson | 8 CommentsSo I’ve been sharing a lot of my ideas about what my next upgrade was going to be over the past few months. I’ve been considering several handsets including some lofty pipe dreams that never... -
Why Is Buying a New Phone Without any Add-on Services so Hard??
Posted August 26, 2010by Vikram | 17 CommentsGetting a new cellphone has become such a huge hassle these days!!! I recently had a friend who came to the United States to do her masters so I was trying to get her a cell phone... -
Bloatware Fail
Posted August 15, 2010by Doug Simmons | 2 CommentsThe other week European carrier Vodafone built up their HTC Desire-using customers about an Android 2.2 Froyo update but pulled a bait-and-switcharoo and instead hit them with an AT&T-esque bloatware bundle slap upside the head... -
PSA: Don’t Use Your Cell In The Elevator
Posted August 12, 2010by David K | No CommentsLook, I’m not Kanye West crazy, but seriously every day I have to deal with some idiot who walks into the elevator and either tries to continue a phone call or worse yet, starts to...
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