Tag Archive for 'services'
I just received an official notice from Blockbuster Total Access that my next subscription fee will increase from $24.99 to $34.99. That’s the 2nd raise in a short 5 months!! $34.99 for 3 DVD out where Netflix going rate is only $16.99. I don’t know about you but that sucks big time and I [...]
Moviebeam, a Video On Demand services via local TV spectrum to OTA receiver is to show down the 2nd time. It was a failed project originally founded by Walt Disney sold for a big lost to the video rental chain Movie Gallery. The acquisition was a desperate attempt to utilize the same concept [...]
Zonbu, the company that brought you the uber cheap desktop that had a monthly subscription fee attached to it is now bringing you a notebook with the same deal. The biggest difference is you get a whole notebook instead of a dummy terminal with everything being based online.
Canadian can finally enjoy the famous TiVo service as TiVo announces its availability in Canada. Tivo Series 2DT is the only device that will be sold during the launch giving Canadian consumer up to 80 hours of recording time. The set top box sells for $199 at some stores such as Best Buys and Future [...]
Samsung is the maker, its their SLM phone, and it’s a flip phone. So, what are Samsung, Napster, and AT&T all bringing to the table that could possibly compete with the iPhone?
Well, not much really, I mean, first it’s a flip phone, so it loses all the touchscreen functionality of the iPhone, then its not [...]
Musiwave, a French company that offers AYCE (all you can eat) music services to cellular providers in Europe, might get purchased by Microsoft. If that were to happen, we might see that technology spread to Windows Live, WinMo, and maybe even the Zune.
God knows how long we’ve been waiting to see such a service available [...]
Now I know this isn’t all that pertinent to consumer technology, but it does represent the state of things in today’s web-based world. You can now, not only fill out the necessary forms through a series of questions, but you can also file them online.
It will cost you an extra $20 to file them online, [...]
Apparently there are some Wal-Mart locations that are a bit over-zealous on their timeline for release of the Zune 2. So if you live in St. Louis or are able to get there, you might check out a certain Wal-Mart that has decided to start selling them about 12 days ahead of time.
I have an [...]
C is for Cookie that’s good enough for me! Alright, so here is what is going on, there are 9 separate consumer and privacy groups that have asked the FTC (Federal Trade Commision) to make a “do not track” list of servers that give off cookies that they can block.
I have two issues with this, [...]
Well, I got mine earlier today and have been playing with it; it’s the same color as the OnCentro one. I must say, I love it.
First off, I have a Helio Fin with a 3MP cam, and a Moto Q with a 1.3MP cam with flash, the Palm Centro, in my opinion, took a better [...]
