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By Doug Mohney, on October 1st, 2009 This week, word came out that Verizon is pulling the plug on its Hub media phone and VoIP service — all the more ironic given a report out this week saying media phones will be big business in the future. In retrospect, Verizon’s Hub product was doomed from its launch for three reasons.
1) [...]
By Doug Mohney, on July 6th, 2009 Best Buy is offering Sprint bundle deal offering a netbook for 99 cents (yes, under a dollar) with a two year contract commitment. Dan Hesse, are you crazy, or crazy like a fox?
I was a little shocked when I first saw the Best Buy Sunday ad flier — I thought that there had [...]
By Doug Mohney, on June 2nd, 2009 Deutsche Telekom (DT) has said it won’t ban VoIP on its mobile networks in Germany, but customers will have to pay extra for the service. Can’t wait to see this get taking to the EU.
DT T-Mobile customers in Germany will shell out a surcharge starting at 9.95 euros per month to use VoIP [...]
By Doug Mohney, on May 27th, 2009 On Wednesday, AT&T announced how it plans to upgrade its 3G network to deliver faster speeds, including LTE trials in 2010 and deployments starting in 2011.
HSPA (High Speed Packet Access) 7.2 technology is the central part of today’s upgrade announcement, and will give a speed boost to AT&T’s favorite child, the iPhone. In [...]
By Doug Mohney, on May 14th, 2009 Verizon Wireless is rolling out its 3G netbook bundle, but does it make financial sense? On Sunday, you will be able to purchase an HP Mini 1151NR Netbook for only $199.99 after a $50 dollar mail-in rebate in combination with a two year Verizon Wireless service agreement.
A Verizon two year data plan will [...]
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