Verizon Backs Down on $2 Fee

Well look at that, a company actually listened to it’s customers!!  There will not be a $2 fee to pay your phone bill. The PR only mentions wireless, if I remember correctly it was most all of VZW services that are getting the fee. So I guess since I have FIOS TV and Internet through … Read more

iFresh Rechargable External Battery is Now Available for iPhone and iPod

I’m not sure if iFresh is a good name or a bad name but I think it works for an external battery. The iFresh is an external battery for your iPhone, iPod or iPod Touch and the iPad that will charge your battery to full in less than two hours. Supposedly it can be drained … Read more

DoCoMo & Co. to take on Qualcomm

For as long as most of us can remember just about every cell phone we’ve owned has had that familiar Qualcomm sticker on the back.  Well, it looks like cell company DoCoMo and a consortium consisting of Fujitsu, Fujitsu Semiconductor, Samsung, NEC, and Panasonic Mobile are looking to challenge slash dethrone the current mobile phone … Read more

Actually Yes, AT&T Can Suck Harder

Still hanging onto that unlimited data plan? Bad news champ, this ain’t your grandfather’s data plan anymore. If you are in the top 5% of AT&T’s data users, you will get throttled down if you don’t curb your usage enough in your next billing cycle. According to Bill Palmer at Beatweek, whatever the top 5% … Read more

Tablets: The tech worlds ‘D’ students

Yes, I get it.  Tablets are the new thing. Aside from being a smartphone with no phone abilities and glandular problem, I don’t understand why. Let me preface this by saying I know why some people have them:  They want to, they can afford it, and it completes a few menial tasks better than their … Read more