Pay-as-you-go broadband
Thursday, July 02, 2009
Here's one for your hurricane kit: Virgin Mobile has a "pay as you go" broadband adaptor.
I picked this up at BestBuy and it pretty much works as advertised. Aside from the initial cost of the device ($149) you only pay for a set amount of megabytes as you go. The catch: unlike the pay-as-you-go phone minutes, your megabytes expire within 10-30 days depending on how much you buy (prices range from $10 for 100mb to $60 for 1gig). But Virgin sells pre-paid cards, so you can throw a few of those into your bag as well and be ready.
It works on an EVDO-REVA network, which I believe to be Sprint's network (don't quote me on that) and the speed is good enough in a pinch.
Its a thumbdrive as well, and comes with the Windows and OSX drivers on board (no CD needed) but you do have to initially activate the device from a Window machine. There's no cool "connection manager" for OSX, so there's a few extra steps to make the connection. But the upside is that OSX will easily share the connection with other computers. Although, at that price-per-meg that's probably not a great long-term plan.
Labels: hurricane, virgin mobile
posted by Russell @ 12:06 AM,
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Sprint Settles Lawsuit; Treocast Gets Paid
Monday, June 01, 2009
I was notified today that Sprint has finally settled the Treo 600 class action suit that they have been battling for so long.
Granted, I had no idea that this lawsuit was happening. But I did own a Treo 600 back in 2004. As a matter of fact, it was the second in a long line of Treo phones that I've owned. (You never forget your first.)
Apparently some Treo owners took the promise of WiFi and Bluetooth literally and became upset when Palm didn't deliver. Rather than play around with every add-on gadget out there to solve the problem as I did (including this brick-expander) some decided to band together and take on Palm on behalf of Treo owners everywhere.
The result: I get a coupon for $27.50 to spend on the Palm web site any way I want. Can't beat that! I wonder what other lawsuits I'm tied up in that will be cashing in soon. Is there an app for that?
posted by Russell @ 8:15 PM,
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SplashCast Shuts Down Free Publishing Tools
Sunday, May 17, 2009
SplashCast has announced that effective June 1 they will no longer be providing free publishing services. SplashCast seems to he gone through a few iterations over the years, starting as a podcast aggregation and publishing system to some sort of "Social TV" site.Labels: podcasting, splashcast
posted by Russell @ 10:53 AM,
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Sling Player for the iPhone
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
It's available now, and from what I hear it works great. But before you get too excited: it will cost you $29, and its WiFi only - it does not work over 3G. This was at Apple's request, according to Sling. Kind of odd, considering other phones on AT&T's 3G network are allowed to use Sling...Labels: att, iphone, Sling Media
posted by Russell @ 1:10 PM,
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Sprint Picks Twitter
Sunday, April 12, 2009
I saw this Sprint commercial tonight and thought it was interesting that they mention Twitter by name. Do any of the other similar (and arguably better) services even stand a chance anymore?
posted by Russell @ 9:18 PM,
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Brightkite and Limbo are "joining forces"
Wednesday, April 08, 2009
I can't say that's I've ever used Limbo; I'm sure I created an account there at some point but that doesn't mean anything. I am, however, a big fan of Brightkite. To me Brightkite's always been a location-based Twitter-like service with better features and better interfaces. But that's neither here nor there.
The news today is the Bightkite has announced that they are joining forces with Limbo. It seems to be more a merger than a partnership though. The Limbo site points you right to Brightkite, and the Brightkite blog offers this explanation:
We plan to move all Limbo accounts and key features to the Brightkite platform. Limbo users gain an enriched product, enhanced user interface, and new Brightkite friends. We expect this transition to happen within the next few weeks. Brightkite users please welcome Limbo users and be sure to show them the ropes.
Connect with me on Brightkite. I'm treocast.
Labels: brightkite, web 2.0
posted by Russell @ 11:54 AM,
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Happy Birthday Gmail
Friday, April 03, 2009
Labels: gmail
posted by Russell @ 7:13 PM,
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Letter From The Boss
Someone just forwarded this to me. I'm sure its a joke, but for some reason I'm not laughing.
As the CEO of this organization, I have resigned myself to the fact that Barrack Obama is our President and that our taxes and government fees will increase in a BIG way. To compensate for these increases, our prices would have to increase by about 10%.
But since we cannot increase our prices right now due to the dismal state of the economy, we will have to lay off six of our employees instead. This has really been bothering me, since I believe we are family here and I didn't know how to choose who would have to go.
So, this is what I did. I walked through our parking lot and found six Obama bumper stickers on our employees' cars and have decided these folks will be the ones to let go. I can't think of a more fair way to approach this problem. They voted for change; I gave it to them.
I will see the rest of you at the annual company picnic.
Labels: Funny
posted by Russell @ 1:51 PM,
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