By Rick.BroidaGuest Blogger(view all posts by Rick.Broida)
at 12:06PM Tuesday May 8, 2012
under
Stuff We Like
I've long been a fan of Virgin Mobile's cellular service, if not
its actual phones. The company offers no-contract plans that start
at $35 per month and include unlimited (well, unlimited with an
asterisk) data.
But its phones, well, so far they've been mostly entry-level
models. And they've run on Sprint's older, slower 3G network
(Sprint owns Virgin Mobile).
All that's about to change. Starting May 31, you'll be able to buy
the
HTC Evo V 4G smartphone for $299.99 and pay as
little as $35 per month for 4G service -- no contract
required.
Color me interested.
The Evo V runs Android 4.0 (a.k.a. Ice Cream Sandwich), the latest
and greatest version of Google's smartphone operating system.
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By MoneywiseMoms(view all posts by MoneywiseMoms)
at 7:55AM Wednesday January 11, 2012
under
Loose Change
Image by *Luana* via FlickrWhether you're a techno-geek or a Luddite, eventually you end up with electronic waste. Those old computers, cell phones, and other gadgets that go unused and obsolete. What do you do with them? It may depend on where you live.
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By benjamindsearle(view all posts by benjamindsearle)
at 8:57AM Monday January 9, 2012
under
Newsworthy
The
iPhone
4S comes with one of the most revolutionary features we've seen
on a phone yet: Siri. For those of you who haven't seen the
commercials yet, and have managed to avoid the hype, Siri is a sort
of personal assistant within your phone. You can talk to your
iPhone in natural language, and Siri is the program that sorts out
what exactly it is that you're asking for and tries to get it for
you.
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