If you wanna get your phone converted, contact Joshua Drenter at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). The base conversion is $300. The full conversion, which includes the white dock port and headphone jack (so the phone is identical in every way to Apple’s white iPhone) is an additional $120.
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Bleeding Edge TV 368: A look at the White iPhone 4 October 27, 2010
Well, one thing for all users would be faster math. But for users like me that have more than 4GB RAM in their computers (I have 12GB,) there would be more significant improvements in speed.
iLife '11: Sadly, not 64 bit October 24, 2010
The bandwidth to push 1080p rentals streaming is a reality. Look at Vudu HDX.
Apple TV review (2010): 5 Things We Hate October 14, 2010
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Giveaway: Lenovo A63 with two 22-inch widescreen monitors! July 2, 2010
Right, but the thing is that with AT&T’s new plan, if you use less than 200MB per month, you can drop your rate significantly by getting the $15 plan—and if you go over, you pay in increments of $15 per 200MB. No crazy hidden charges for overages, just clear stepping and scaling for usage. That’s a great, pro-consumer change, even if you don’t necessarily like the rates or the increments of data.
So why, then, does a data plan so focused on the consumption component charge an extra $20 for tethering (and without even adding any data to your pool)? For a plan so focused on usage, this makes absolutely no sense. There is zero technical or logical difference between a computer funneling data through a phone or the phone requesting that data itself, especially when you’re paying by the meg. Par for the course with AT&T, it’s a cynical and sour-tasting ploy to gouge customers for every last cent before consumers wise up and demand it be bundled. And the sad thing is, a lot of people are going to pay for it in the mean time.
ATT finally announces iPhone tethering plan. And it sucks. June 3, 2010
Your info doesn’t make sense. In this case Apple is selling you 2GB of data for $25. If you want to use that SAME 2GB of data while tethered, they charge you another $20. It’s like ordering food at a buffet for $25, and getting no silverware. When you ask for a fork, they charge you a $20 fee.
ATT finally announces iPhone tethering plan. And it sucks. June 2, 2010
James,
SXSW is South by Southwest, and it is a three-in-one event/festival. There is a music festival, film festival, and “interactive” festival that all overlap. Tens of thousands of people attend. The Interactive festival is basically a technology/Internet/software/social media event. We will have much more from the event, so hopefully you’ll get a better understanding of it ;)
SxSW 2010: Austin is now the Thunderdome March 12, 2010
These definitely don’t stick out from the ear as far as the Tour edition, however when looking at sound, we aren’t sure, because we haven’t heard them. That said, looking at price, they are more expensive than both the Tour and the Heartbeats, so we are guessing that they offer a more premium sound.
Diddy Beats packaging revealed January 22, 2010
I think the bezel makes the screen sizes look different. The reading area on the Kindle and nook are exactly the same size. I wouldn’t be surprised if they used the exact same part for their screens, in fact ;)
Barnes and Noble nook vs. Amazon Kindle: Size comparison shots December 9, 2009
And again I ask, how much time have you spent with both an iPhone 3GS, and the Motorola DROID? I’ve spent a lot of time with each, and while I use an iPhone as my primary device, I am constantly (CONSTANTLY) having to use other devices as my primary device for a week or two at a time in order to review them.
You can do a feature-to-feature comparison all you want, but sometimes a loss in one area negates in win in all others. Heck, put up a Corvette against a Kia, and go feature to feature…but if the brakes on the Corvette don’t work, I’ll take the Kia.
The fact is, the DROID has some things about it that just make it not as polished a product as the iPhone. The keyboard is an absolute mess, and while the software on-screen keyboard is better, it’s nowhere near what the iPhone has. For many buying a smartphone, they do a lot of typing (texts, emails, entering URLs, Twitter, etc.) - the DROID makes this a chore.
That is just one example.
Motorola DROID review November 4, 2009
Oh nice, so, obviously I’ve used an iPhone for years, and have had the DROID here for over a week, using it as my primary device. So I am completely comfortable with my assessment. It sounds like you have had your hands on the DROID for quite a while as well. Can you give your personal opinions, based on your actual USE of the DROID?
Because, well, that is what I did.
Unless feature-by-feature comparisons are more your thing, then go ahead and trust those.
Motorola DROID review November 4, 2009
Austin,
While I appreciate your judgmental and sarcastic tones, the fact is that FiOS has the best picture, period. It’s been proven time and again in independent tests. Also, I don’t recall reviewing any of their movies, which is what movies critics do. I talked about the quality - the PICTURE QUALITY, of the video on demand services. Again, FiOS has a much cleaner picture. Why? Because they don’t compress the signal like Comcast (and other cable companies) does.
I do this for a living, and I think I know what I am talking about. I’ve been with Verizon for about 3 years now. When my friends come over who subscribe to Comcast, they immediately notice a difference and comment on it.
Sorry, but you are wrong in this instance.
Verizon FiOS vs. Comcast: Feature-by-feature November 1, 2009
If you turn on push notificatiolns, yeah ;)
Ping! brings iPhone-to-iPhone messaging to the App Store September 28, 2009
Nope - SMS is a 3.1 feature.
MMS feature released for iPhone 3G and 3GS September 25, 2009
Julian,
I took the photos based on the out-of-box experience of both devices. To make the Zune HD device look the way it does, all I had to do was turn it on. I didn’t have to go into any settings area to change the brightness or anything. So in fairness, I did the same with the iPod.
DaHarder,
Using a media button and then swiping on a screen is *NOT* “no more difficult” than tapping a hardware rocker. I have my iPhone in a beltloop Monster LRG case. If I want to adjust volume, I just tap, without looking at, the hardware rocker that the case leaves exposed. I don’t need access to the screen at all, and i don’t need to touch two different surfaces on two different sides of the device ;)
Zune HD Review: Music discovery at its finest September 24, 2009