ESPN & Technology

I've always liked how ESPN ran things. In my opinion, no one covers sports better, and this is probably a big reason why:

http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/12/editorial-espn-bypasses-corporate-red-tape-with-ipad-and-xbox-3/

(My one complaint: even though they are doing a good job covering the World Cup, I wish they would show more soccer during the year. One MLS game a week is lame. European soccer shown very sporadically. And can anyone say baseball overload every summer?)

AT&T losing its iPhone exclusivity soon?

Speaking of AT&T, they announced recently that anyone eligible for an upgrade in 2010 will be able to cash in early and get the new iPhone 4 at the full discounted rate; after signing a new two year contract, of course. Cool, I guess? But why? Well, I have a theory that AT&T will be losing their exclusivity in the not-so-distant future. Admittedly, this would be very un-Apple like with the timing, seeing how nothing was mentioned at their most recent keynote presentation. The odds of an announcement offering the iPhone on another U.S. carrier this fall or winter is unlikely at best. Still, it doesn't really make much sense for AT&T to offer early upgrades of up to six months in advance to existing customers. Sure, they lock you into another two years of monthly premiums, but that's not a good enough reason for me at this point. Also, I find it highly unlikely that AT&T is doing this to "be nice" to their customers. I mean think about it; if you knew one of your competitors (especially Verizon) was going to be getting the iPhone too, wouldn't you want to renew as many iPhone contracts as you possibly could before said announcement? That's what I thought. As unlikely as it may be, don't say I didn't warn you if sometime around Christmas 2010 or early 2011 it's announced other carriers are getting the iPhone.

Something is just fishy about the whole thing. It's hard to believe there isn't something else going on behind the scenes that we're not aware of. Oh well, I guess only time will tell.

Source: AT&T, Engadget (Picture)

More proof U.S. phone carriers rip us off; especially AT&T

I've always felt that the U.S. cell phone carriers have been ripping us off for years, especially when it comes to texting plans (don't even get me started), and this just adds fuel to the fire. Vodafone UK accidentally posted their upcoming iPhone 4 plan details a little early (only to be taken down), and I think I almost cried. Before I joined a family plan, I used to pay about $86 for an iPhone that had 450 minutes, 200 texts, and "unlimited" data. This was after I paid $199 for the iPhone. 

To be fair, AT&T just started offering a $15 data plan for the iPhone that provides you 200Mb of data. So that $86 would drop to $71. Also, AT&T includes free night & weekend minutes, which it appears that the above plans do not. However, I personally rarely use more than 300 minutes total in a month, so the free night & weekends means nothing to me.

With that being said, as you can see above, the 600 minute plan for roughly $52/month and a purchase price of $131, blows AT&T out of the water. For $19 less a month you get more minutes, unlimited texting, 5x the data, and a cheaper phone price. 

For us Americans, we have some hope with T-Mobile and Sprint offering cheaper plans. However, they can lack sufficient coverage and/or quality phones. But hey, at least when you sign up with AT&T you get a complimentary punch in the face for your extra hard-earned dollars.

Source: Engadget

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