In this video, Jonathan and Clayton from Wilson Electronics talk about their signal boosters. Two versions for AT&T or Verizon LTE – these devices will work with cell phones or MiFi.

 

MISC 

• Instagram!
• EasyBib http://www.easybib.com/
• thanks for the amazing info graphic, Mashable. http://mashable.com/2012/04/03/draw-something-is-taking-over-the-world/ DrawSomething!
• UK 800 numbers free to call from mobile phones http://thenextweb.com/uk/2012/04/04/at-last-uk-0800-numbers-could-soon-be-free-to-call-from-mobile-phones/
• iPhone users twice as likely to use WiFi as Android users http://mashable.com/2012/04/03/iphone-android-wifi/
• Save Money. Study Faster. Ace the Class. | Boundless http://www.boundless.com/ Can university professors survive without selling their own textbooks? Are textbooks necessary at all?

Apple 

• AT&T to start officially unlocking iPhones that are off contract

Microsoft 

• Lumia  900 reviewed everywhere. Still looks meh.
• Windows Phone apps pass 80,000 titles – http://www.forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2012/04/03/windows-phone-passes-80000-mobile-applications/

Google

• YouTube (now part of Google’s domain) and 3D. Discuss.
• Google tablet. While it could obviously end fragmentation – will it? Did the Nexus phones?

App Picks

• Diana (Android) Wallpaper Slideshower https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.knu.mlw&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5rbnUubWx3Il0.
• Alli – Evernote http://evernote.com

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We will be bringing Diana back soon. After an entire show devoted to choosing an Android tablet, she bought an iPad and is in love.

Speaking of iPads and love, Jerry’s house got (another) new toy….iPad 2 for Lara!

I got a Kindle Touch very comfortable!

AT&T / T-Mo merger no mo

Mirosoft Office for iOS YES!

Xbox & Kinect selling like hotcakes    (no pepper spray needed)

• Xbox 360 sold more than 960,000 con­soles in the U.S. alone, with more than 800,000 sold with­in a peri­od of 24 hours.
• More than 750,000 Kinect for Xbox 360 sen­sors were sold in the U.S. – stand­alone and bun­dled.

Paypal on Cyber Monday – up more than 500% from last year. Wowza!

Google Maps 6 for Android – indoor mapping.

Hello iTether Goodbye

iOS 5.1 beta…blocks all those shortcuts everyone was so excited about 2 weeks ago.

The case roundup: Graft Leverage for iPhone 4 – FTW!   e13tron Hybrid?  Not so much. Full review of LifeProof case coming.

 
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To those of you who are outraged by this, I say “seriously? Maybe you need to get a life.” While I very much agree that the data I buy from AT&T is mine, and I should be allowed to use it as I want (ie, why can’t I tether my laptop if I’ve already bought the data), I am actually sickened by the people who feel that they can replace home internet with cellular data. It was never meant for that.

Now maybe I don’t understand, because even for the short period where I tethered (I was on holiday and had no available WiFi at all), I only got up to 2 GB of data. And I was using my laptop normally during that period of time, just like I would at home. I realize I may be atypical, but I recently bought a Verizon MiFi card, and for two weeks, I had 5 devices attached 24/7. We conducted business using that MiFi. We pushed it to its limits…and didn’t come close to my 5 GB plan.

I keep coming back to the question that’s been niggling at my mind since I first read a story of outrage on a forum: what the heck are you doing with your cellular internet that you would even need that much? The majority of people complaining in forums keep talking about streaming media. Ok, I’ll buy that you stream a lot of media. But again, if you work 40 hours a week, and have any kind of social life, it doesn’t leave you time to stream that many “geebees” of media data.

Trying to stream music and video (hulu) in the evening to relax? Come on, people, get yourself a home broadband connection, or better yet, cable tv! I don’t get what this top 5% is using their cellular data FOR. I don’t understand when most people would have time to use 10 GB of cellular data, even if tethered.

And yes, I am perfectly content if AT&T (or Verizon, or any of the carriers worldwide) throttle YOUR data once you’ve used 5 GB in a month if it means I will have a better experience. We’re all sharing this data, and just because I choose to take a smaller piece of the pie doesn’t mean my piece shouldn’t be as rich and flavorful as anyone else’s.

So for those of you complaining about caps and throttling on your unlimited plans – buy yourself home broadband. Or get a life.

Watch and enjoy.

Watch the intro with moderator, Jim Cramer. I have a few more good clips coming, but this is definitely a “best of show.”

In province of EU Empire where I live, there are 2 cheap carriers and 2 expensive carriers (funnily enough T-Mobile is considered to be one of the 2 most expensive ones, while in USA T-Mobile is for hobos, poor people and teenagers).

If the first part of buying decision “which microSIM to use in me paddy, in my iPad?” is “get the cheapest one” then only 2 cheapest operators/carriers remain for me.

Here, in this editorial, I am pondering about suitability of 2 cheapest carriers from the province of EU Empire where I live.

The one of the 2 cheapos that is slightly more expensive, offers higher 3G speeds:

… than the other, even cheaper, cheapo:

… but if there is no 3G coverage, the more expensive cheapo offers usually only GPRS speeds (note “o” in title bar that denotes “GPRS network only, no EDGE”):

… while the other cheapo offers almost everywhere EDGE (i.e. next generation of GPRS that is 2-3 times faster than naked GPRS; note “E” in title bar that denotes “EDGE”):

So now the choice becomes simple and depends on your usage patterns: if you travel often or regularly between cities so you often don’t have 3G coverage but only 2G coverage, then clearly the carrier with EDGE everywhere is much better choice.

Similarly in the USA: if you travel a bit, Verizon is much better for iPad because AT&T’s 3G coverage is considered to be inferior to Verizon’s. Furthermore the inability to make voice calls and data connections at the same time doesn’t matter at all in iPad because, unlike Android tablets, iPad can’t do voice calls over cellular networks (not-VoIP) at all.

Conclusion: get yourself speed test app and measure 3G speeds or just test where there is EDGE if you don’t have 3G where you live or where you travel and then select this network that has faster coverage in most areas that you visit. Simple!

Episode 71

Feb. 22, 2011

Special guest “Wireless Issue”

Shout out to Wes, former msmobiles.com fan

Mobile carriers we love to hate.

Why does Sprint continue to have billing issues?

Power up your stuff at work and save money?

Cellphone radiation

More hate for mobile carriers

Best Buy’s buy back program

Mobile Me story: It works!

Hardware and Software Capabilities – iOS/Android

Voice plans vs text plans vs data plans – how much is too little?

Matt’s newfound iPhone Apps: Angry Birds, MLB App, Justin TV

Picks of the week:

Alli: Words With Friends – now with Android support! and iColorWraps

Jerry: SGP Ultra Series (Oleophobic)

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Last week I mentioned purchasing Slickwraps – got ‘em yesterday, Slight issue with metalic.

VZW to keep unlimited $30 data plan for iPhone – more reason to leave AT&T?  Caveat Emptor!

http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/25/iphone-5-and-ipad-2-will-come-with-nfc-built-in-suggests-well-c/

HP/Palm “Topaz” I hope they just leave that for its name.

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