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T-Mobile Announces Free Streaming / 7 Day Test Drive
The other big mobile industry even today was T-Mobile’s #uncarrier5 press event, where John Legere unveiled his 5th move to shake up the traditional cellular industry. It is a new test drive […]
Amazon Announces the Fire Phone
As expected – Amazon today announced the new Fire Phone – with prices starting at $199 (with two year contract), shipping July 25th exclusively on AT&T. Is it a breakthrough […]
AT&T Increases Activation Fees – If You Want A Contract
AT&T this week announced a $4 increase in activation fees – but only for customers who sign up for or are currently in 2 year contracts. This increases the basic […]
Avoiding WiFi Tracking With iOS 8
Very few people realize just how much information their gadgets are constantly leaking out into the world. If you have WiFi turned on, even if you are not explicitly connected […]
Sprinting Towards T-Mobile
The rumor-mills have been buzzing for a while now about Sprint attempting to buy T-Mobile – America’s third largest carrier gobbling up the fourth. According to the WSJ the deal […]
iOS 8 Announcement: WiFi Calling
Another feature of note seen on the iOS 8 feature list: WiFi Calling. WiFi calling routes phone calls and SMS messages over WiFi if available, allowing for calls to get […]
Cool RVer Stuff Announced at Apple WWD 2014
Today was Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference keynote – and the first public showing of iOS 8 and Mac OS X 10.10 “Yosemite”. There is a lot of awesome stuff […]
Escaping iMessage
iMessage is Apple’s awesome free messaging service that works beautifully for sending text, picture, and video messages (even group chats!) – not just between phones, but also to Macs and […]
Voice over LTE (aka VoLTE) is coming! But what is it?
VoLTE has been in the news this week – AT&T announced that as of May 23rd it will have VoLTE service in four states, supported by just a single phone […]
Verizon’s new XLTE
Verizon yesterday gave a name to it’s new enhanced LTE service – they are calling it “XLTE”, and it is live in 44 states now. If you have a compatible […]
The FCC, LTE Boosters – And Why The Wait
Without our two cellular boosters, our six weeks spent at Cape Blanco Lighthouse would not have been quite the serene paradise that it had been. It would have been maddening. […]
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