The other day, a neighbor dropped over and asked me to help him figure out why my texts to his Samsung handset kept being rejected. Receiving his messages presented no problems whatever, so it was curious why it didn’t work in the reverse direction. The neighbor used Sprint, I used AT&T. A phone call to […]

I have to tell you that I’ve been tempted to switch carriers from AT&T to T-Mobile for reasons of cost, though I have a few concerns. But before I ponder my decision, let me tell you about my search for the perfect wireless experience. When I first got a cell phone, I signed up with […]

Just recently, in a move to head off the latest “uncarrier” marketing scheme from T-Mobile, AT&T offered to you a bribe if you leave its rival carrier. Now most of you recall that, at one time, the two companies were planning to merge; that is until the U.S. antitrust people at the Department of Justice […]

You’d think what with tens of thousands of talented designers and engineers working for all the major tech companies, including Google and Samsung, that Apple would be only one of many when it comes to real innovation. It would be difficult to believe that no other company has the creativity to make a dent in […]