SOMM Soapbox

It seems AT&T and its top brass can’t stop complaining. AT&T complained when mobile market players like Sprint as well as the government (DOJ) went against its attempted acquisition of T-Mobile here in the states. They didn’t want to see it in the light we all saw it as, a potential duopoly between Verizon and AT&T. Now, AT&T’s chief executive regrets giving iPhone users unlimited data because it cost them too much.

It seems I may have angered the Android gods with my last entry, the five things I hate about Android, as my HTC EVO 4G will no longer take a charge. Instead of buying a new EVO or using my upgrade (I’ve been eligible for an upgrade for 5 years now), I went back to my Blackberry Curve 8330. So I thought I would start a short miniseries of blog entries that will document my readjustment to a phone I once loved. Could my misfortune allow RIM to win me back?

Much time has gone by since we parted ways. I won’t lie and say I don’t miss your superior messaging or e-mail experience. Lest not forget your amazing battery life either, others counted in hours, yours in days. The problem was I couldn’t continue to spin those positives into the faces of friends and family when your negatives are so overwhelming.

With Google apparently showing interest in video games and now based off a report by Engadget that Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) will support USB gamepads and HDMI, you might be able to turn your future Android phone and tablet into a nifty game console!

In a move that is not unexpected, Sprint (the third largest mobile company in America) has ended the all you can eat buffet of its 4G mobile plans for tablets, netbooks, USB cards, connection cards and its Mobile Hotspot service. Originally, customers had a 3G data cap of 3GB, 5GB, or 10GB respectfully, and if you had Sprint 4G in your area it was unlimited. Sprint has now combined the two technologies under the same restriction, whether it is 4G or 3G, they both count towards your data cap.

Apple is set to reveal the next iPhone today at 10:00AM PST, but rumors and reports persist that the “next” iPhone is nothing more than a minor hardware upgrade from the iPhone 4. The minor upgrade is said to be the Apple A5 processor (same processor in the iPad 2) and more RAM, noting there is nothing about a radical change in neither the phone’s screen size nor its resolution over the iPhone 4. What does this all mean?