Mobile & Wireless

Be patient, owners of the Motorola RAZR and RAZR Maxx. You’ll get your ice cream someday – Ice Cream Sandwich, that is, otherwise known as Android 4.0. But if you can’t wait until the end of June to get your hands on the latest update to Google’s OS, and you haven’t already installed a custom Continue Reading →

I very rarely call the “time of death” of a company.  It’s really not my place.  But, after my customer service experience with RIM (Research In Motion, the makers of BlackBerry smart devices) the other day, I think it’s safe to say that BlackBerry has passed on! RIM is no more! It has ceased to Continue Reading →

Any remaining doubts of high demand for Samsung’s Galaxy S III smartphone can be laid to rest: Vodafone told the Inquirer that pre-orders for the coming soon phone have set records, making the Galaxy S III the operator’s most pre-ordered Android device yet. Carphone Warehouse, a UK retailer echoed these sentiments, saying “The Galaxy S3 Continue Reading →

The Verge and other outlets are reporting from the federal courtroom in San Francisco that a jury deliberating the patent-infringement phases of the Oracle-Google trial over Java has come back in favor of Google. The claim had concerned patents in Java that Oracle had accused Google of infringing when it created the Android operating system. Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120523_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] While it’s true that Verizon Wireless is going to force customers with grandfathered unlimited data plans into new, capped data plans.  If you happened to have a grandfathered unlimited data plan, there’s a loophole … you can pay full price for your next mobile device and keep Continue Reading →

Amazon has begun taking pre-orders for the international version of the Samsung Galaxy S III, but the smartphone will come with a steep price to pay for Americans who don’t want to wait. Though the 4.8-inch-screen Android phone is set to release in Europe next week, its U.S. arrival is further away. If you want Continue Reading →

Verizon Wireless plans to make its data-hungry customers pay a lot more, either in service fees or smartphone prices, as it tries to cut costs and boost revenue from data services. The No. 1 U.S. mobile provider said it will eliminate unlimited data plans for all customers who upgrade their cellphone at a discounted rate, Continue Reading →

If you need a dirt-cheap desktop PC and don’t mind Android, $74 will get you one that fits in your pocket.To use this little guy, you’ll need a monitor or HDTV that accepts HDMI input, plus an HDMI cable. You’ll also need a wireless USB keyboard and mouse combo, which would plug into the machine’s Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120517_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] If you thought your grandfathered unlimited data plan on Verizon was safe, think again.  During a speech at an investor conference, Verizon’s Chief Financial Officer said that Verizon’s 3G Unlimited Data plans are about to go extinct.  What will replace them?  Tiered data plans, of course.  Although Continue Reading →

Verizon Wireless subscribers who have held onto their $30-a-month unlimited data plans will soon be forced to upgrade to a new tiered offering the company plans to launch this summer, according to the Web site Fierce Wireless.Speaking at the J.P Morgan Technology Media and Telecom conference today, Verizon Communications CFO Fran Shammo told investors that Continue Reading →