You know, our wireless carriers don’t nickel and dime is enough. How about another fee. But wait a minute. It isn’t AT&T serving the latest slap in the face — it’s Verizon. Beginning April 22nd, VZW will charge a $30 fuck you over “upgrade fee” to upgrade to a new device when re-signing a new contract. Some small saving grace can be found in the fact that if you trade-in your old phone through VZW’s green program you can...
Buying a seemingly bleeding edge device only to have a new one that trounces it announced a mere few weeks after your initial purchase is maddening, saddening, and frustrating. That very scenario no doubt happened to quite a few Verizon users who don’t stay up to date with their consumer electronics news over the holiday season. Normally, if you buy a phone and a better one comes out soon after, you’re stuck. But Verizon is really pushing the whole iPhone...
It appears that Verizon’s anti-consumer policies are once again pushing full steam ahead. The leaked slide above details two very disheartening changes to Big Red’s network. First and foremost, early upgrades are out. Customers will now have to wait until after month 20 of their contract if they want any type of discount with their new upgrade. Second, the “New Every Two” deal that gave Verizon users a steep discount off of new purchases when...
Owners of the Android-powered Sprint Intercept will be pleased to know that the official Android 2.2 (Froyo) update is coming within days. But if you can’t wait, you can get things moving yourself by going to “Settings” > “About Phone” > “System Updates” > “Update Firmware/Android”. Some of the new features added by the latest update include Sprint Navigation, Sprint Mobile Hotspot Support, and the full list of general...
You may recall a handy little upgrade provided by Photo Fast that brought a faster, and much larger 256GB SSD of sorts to Apple’s 11″ Macbook Air. Currently, Apple doesn’t allow 11″ Macbook Air owners to partake of anything more than 128GB of non-moving storage. And apparently, Apple wants it to stay that way. The after market upgrade you see above has had sales suspended following conversation between Photo Fast and Apple. The latter of whom...
