I have been working hard to avoid Blackberries of all kinds having seen sales people (who if you ask anyone who works with technology, they will tell you that people in sales push for the worst solutions available almost all the time) fiddle with them for years.
They never quite worked right.
Their voice quality sucked.
They’re a [...]
Every time I have an interaction with AT&T wireless, it is an agonizing and drawn out horror of an experience. Because I know this, I only call then when absolutely necessary. Basically this is when they break things and I need to figure out why my stuff is busted.
I spent about four hours on the [...]
Chris Soghoian made an interesting point in his recent cnet article entitled iPhone rules pose Net neutrality, antitrust concerns. My key point of interest here is the following:
Apple’s, and to a degree AT&T, inclination to lock in customers is counter to the current direction of the market. Verizon is opening their cellular network and allowing [...]
I was asked for help with someones iphone recently. It is amazing how many guides are out there and nearly all of them have a very specific instructions of what to do. If you don’t fit into their ideal situation, then you need to figure it out yourself.
Because I’ve spent a lot of time figuring [...]
As any proper geek should, I now have configured my new hardware to closely integrate into my life.
Most of it was quite straight forward, but there were a couple snags worth mentioning.
First is the Nokia Lifeblog software. You need to know the correct settings for things like Flickr and Wordpress.
Second, N95 support is absent from [...]
Whenever I try to get a cell phone, it always ends up being a circus.
For instance earlier today I ordered the previously mentioned Nokia N95. I must now reject receiving it because this phone is going to be out in a couple of weeks.
From the product description:
Uses 3.5G wireless technology for easy, convenient Internet browsing
Features [...]
