Droid sales attract cell phone geeks
Stores opened at midnight. People lined up in the streets, awaiting Verizon Droid sales. When did people become cell phone geeks? I think it started with the iPhone, which was the first mobile communication device in recorded history to cause people to behave this way.
Now, [...]
Information on Droid phones released
Controversial commercials that take shots at the iPhone have caused the release of Verizon and Motorola’s Droid phones to be a much-anticipated event. Today, the companies have finally released pictures, prices and the official retail date for Droid phones.
Word on the street is that the Droid [...]
New downloads at Verizonwireless.com/storm
Verizon products have gotten a lot of attention lately, as the controversial Droid commercials directly target the iPhone. Now, people are paying attention to the new BlackBerry model, the Storm2. You can purchase the phone at verizonwireless.com/storm starting Wednesday and download the latest enhancements for all versions [...]
Droid release date Oct. 30
Though the commercials for the Verizon Motorola Droid were stark and simple — just black text on a white background — they have created a lot of hype. Since the Droid commercials started airing, everyone has been waiting to find out the Droid release date, and [...]
Consumers seeking ‘iDroid’
Verizon has made no bones about it: The Droid is its answer to the iPhone, and the company is doing everything it can to point out the superiority of its product, most notably in the Droid commercial that recently came out.
However, this Droid commercial has created a strange [...]
I was as mad as BEEP
The first time I signed up for cellular telephone service, it was with Cingular. I wanted two phones so that my fiancée and I could communicate during our wedding planning phase, so I signed up for a family plan with shared minutes. At first the [...]
Cutting the land line
Do you remember rotary telephones? I’ve never owned one, but I remember my parents having a couple. Spinning the dial took forever if you compare it with today’s speed dial and voice-activated wireless devices, but there was something about guiding your finger to its destination in the [...]
Samsung Alias 2: flip phone with keyboard
Today the Samsung Alias 2, made by Verizon Wireless, goes on sale. It features both a mutable E Ink keypad and a second hinge that allows it to be used as a flip phone.
Wireless phone users who had a tough time choosing between a [...]
Internet everywhere
Verizon wireless has launched Novatel’s portable MiFi 2200 personal hotspot gadget, which allows users to carry access to wireless broadband Internet just about everywhere with them.
Anywhere you can pick up a Verizon signal, which is just about everywhere in the country, you can use the MiFi. You don’t even [...]
Payday loans easier than getting the internet?
Is it easier to get payday loans in America than it is to find broadband Internet? If cases like those of Robert Berger are any indication, bank on payday loans.
Isn’t America the most technically advanced nation on Earth?
Robert Berger, a blogger who lives in [...]