May 18th, 2011 
Tyler Yesterday, approximately 10PM CST, Sprint was having some technical difficulties with their network. Customers were having difficulty sending text messages, but some were also not able to make or receive phone calls. Sprint was aware of the problem right away and worked to fix the issue as quickly as they could. Here was a statement [...]
March 16th, 2011 Tyler Many of us have long been awaiting the LTE capabilities to the Verizon Wireless network, and even other networks for that matter. Alas, tomorrow the first LTE phone will be released. Some people think the name may have come from Apple’s new Thunderbolt technology, but that really isn’t the topic at hand. Wirefly began pre-orders [...]
March 15th, 2011 Tyler Now, we all expect and are used to our current cell phone providers ripping us off and sometimes making us pay more than we need to for things they make up on the spot. Or perhaps you’ve had the “that’s not under warranty” or “yeah, that’s water damage, which isn’t covered” lines countless times. But [...]
February 23rd, 2011 Tyler The Global Positioning System (GPS) allows satellites to track a user’s specific location, with the accuracy depending on the network and reception. In a report by News Scientist, the situation was explained as follows: Based on lab simulations of the new transmissions, Scott Burgett and Bronson Hokuf, engineers with satnav manufacturer Garmin International in Olathe, [...]
February 18th, 2011 Tyler It looks like I was mislead by the Wall Street Journal on a previous post, so I apologize. The latest information has leaked that an iPhone will be released that is cheaper, but the size will not change. Apple is currently satisfied with the size, as changing it would mean that app developers have to [...]
February 16th, 2011 Tyler Facebook is growing very quickly. And of course, the mobile aspect is increasing faster than anyone imagined. HTC has released two new smartphones that they call “Facebook phones.” The official names: HTC ChaCha and HTC Salsa. These were released at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona yesterday. Ironically, Facebook did not attend this conference, though [...]
February 14th, 2011 Tyler After the initial release of the iPhone 4, people, as well as the media, started claiming that the iPhone 4 had a very slow and insignificant release. Well, compared with the AT&T release, it was less hectic. People weren’t running the streets and going berserk. However, there may be some reasons for the calm atmosphere [...]
February 8th, 2011 Tyler Users of the Windows 7 Mobile Phone’s have recently been having troubles with bills going way higher than they ever imagined. Why, do you ask? This was due to the phone causing extreme amounts of data usage because of Yahoo Mail’s not being integrated with the Windows 7 Mobile OS. Over the typical month, running [...]
September 22nd, 2010 admin Verizon has set up a teaser page for its upcoming 4G service. Not much else is known about it at the time, but I’m not surprised by the move at all. Sprint has it, and Verizon is the largest provider in the country, so I assume they want to jump on the bandwagon ASAP. An [...]
August 19th, 2010 admin Hot off the failure of the PSP Go, Sony (well, Sony Ericsson) is rumored to be coming out with a PSP phone. These rumors have been around for a long time now, yes, but they might be real this time. According to Engadget, the phone will be modeled after the PSP Go and will be [...]
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