Sometimes it’s the kindness of strangers—and not some newfangled GPS tracking system—that gets your lost iPhone back in one piece. So, here’s what happened. About three weeks ago, my wife and I had just finished visiting a friend in Manhattan’s East...
Have a Sprint phone? Noticing that it’s taking hours or even days for text messages from your friends to show up? You’re not the only one. After weeks of complaints from annoyed customers, Sprint admitted to Wired that a “small percentage” of...
Today’s the day when Verizon Wireless officially yanks its unlimited 3G data plan for new customers. (If you’re already signed up for Verizon’s unlimited plan, don’t worry—you get to keep it.) Verizon’s new smartphone plans are now...
With Verizon Wireless pulling the plug on its unlimited smartphone data plan as of today, it may only be a matter of time before the iPhone finally arrives on Sprint (the last major U.S. carrier with a truly unlimited data plan) and T-Mobile (which offers relatively...
The back-and-forth predictions about the next iPhone showed no signs of stopping Wednesday, with no less than the Wall Street Journal claiming that the iPhone 5 (or whatever it ends up being called) will arrive this fall with a slimmer, trimmer, and ligher profile...
Starting this Thursday, anyone looking for a truly unlimited smartphone data plan from a national wireless carrier will have just a single option: Sprint. That’s because Verizon Wireless—for now, the only other big U.S. carrier besides Sprint with an unlimited...
AT&T just announced that it’ll offer lower iPhone insurance rates starting later this month. Good news, right? Maybe so, but consumer advocates have long argued that cell phone insurance typically isn’t much of a bargain at all. MacRumors reported over...
So, will the next iPhone be a full-on revamp of the current iPhone 4? Or will it look more or less the same on the outside, but with a souped up processor and camera on the inside? Well, the scales are slowly tipping in the direction of a relatively minor update, with...
Mark writes: I finally pulled the trigger on a VZW iPhone. I was wondering if you had any thoughts on better camera apps than the stock one on the iPhone 4 and if it makes sense to get anything considering the enhancements in the iOS 5. Thanks. Hi Mark! It’s...
At last, the Android version of Skype’s smartphone app adds video calling to its list of chat features. That’s the good news; the bad news is that Skype video chat only works on four specific Android phones. Skype for Android 2.0 is available now in the...
