Technology & Pop Culture

Cell Swapper Helps You Screw Your Mobile Provider

Posted by Bradley under Movies, Technology

Ditching your current cell phone contract for another carrier is usually a nightmare.  Look forward to early termination fees, credit checks and bitchy customer service agents.

Enter Cell Swapper.

Log on and find someone who will take over your existing contract.  Or find a short term contact.

Ohh, that shiny new iPhone 3G.  Ohh, that shiny new 2 year AT&T contract.  No more!

http://www.cellswapper.com/

Tags: Cell Phone, Cell Swapper, Contract, iPhone

Nancy Botwin Returns Next Monday

Posted by Bradley under Personal, Technology, Television

Stop asking me to review the 3G iPhone.  Weeds starts next Monday!

http://www.sho.com/site/weeds/home.do

Oh Silas you hott thing!

P.S. - Fuck you Steve Jobs for cutting the price to $199 and letting AT&T rape us with hidden charges to make up the difference.  Total, most, epic, F-A-I-L!

Tags: 3G, AT&T, iPhone, Nancy Botwin, Showtime, Steve Jobs, Weeds

From Macworld: Apple Releases Macbook Air, Time Capsule, et al.

Posted by Bradley under News, Technology

New Macbook Air fits in a manila envelope!

New Time Capsule backs up all of your computers without a second thought!

Apple TV 2.0 gets HD movie rentals and lower price!

So there you have it. The black turtleneck has spoken. Not to mention the iPhone gets new firmware, the iPod touch gets iPhone’s applications and iTunes gets movie rentals. Too many details to post here… full coverage over at Engadget!

http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/15/live-from-macworld-2008-steve-jobs-keynote/
http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/15/apple-macbook-air-first-hands-on/

Tags: Apple, iPhone, iTunes, Keynote, Macbook Air, Macworld, Steve Jobs, Time Capsule

iPhone Rate Plans Announced Today!

Posted by Bradley under News, Technology

Apple.com today revealed the new rate plans for the iPhone. The base plan seems attractive to the casual consumer, albeit a tad on the expensive side. I like that they are bundling in the data plan. Early rumors suggested it would be an additional $40!

The existing AT&T customer can sign a two year contract and must pay an additional $20/month just to have the privilege of using the iPhone. LAME!

Interesting tidbit, The iPhone is capable of operating on any cellular network domestic or foreign. Apple has locked the phone to AT&T’s for two years! This means July of 2009 Sprint *might* be getting one.

My prediction is that the initial sales will be high. People will forget about it. The iPhone ‘line’ including the iPhone Nano will sell much better than this first iteration and people who have bought version 1.0 will be shamed at the dinosaur it will have become.

I’m not jealous, well okay I am a small bit…envious…of the elegance that is the iPhone interface.

My Sprint plan includes:

• 1000 anytime minutes
• Unlimited nights/weekends
• Unlimited text
• Unlimited internet
• First incoming minute free
• $49.00/month

I’m pretty happy with my TOUCH SCREEN, MP3 PLAYING, VIDEO WATCHING, INTERNET BROWSING Windows Mobile device. We’ve been doing this for 5 years already. *cough*

http://www.apple.com/iphone/easysetup/rateplans.html

Tags: AT&T, iPhone, Rate Plans

Apple - iPhone - A Guided Tour

Posted by Bradley under Technology

http://www.apple.com/iphone/usingiphone/guidedtour_large.html

Tags: iPhone