Category: Smartphones

Why Mobile Payments Will Fail

If you aren’t familiar with the concept of mobile payments, here’s a quick little rundown of how they work. First, you must sign up with any number of services out there such as Google Wallet or Isis Wallet. These serve as your “bank” in which you can deposit money or have it transferred from your … Continue reading Why Mobile Payments Will Fail →

Blogging 365, Day 51: The Last Virgin Mobile Post

UPDATE 2/21/13: In the midst of Virgin Mobile's outage that they are now quietly acknowledging, I got this interesting text today: I clicked on the link and it took me here (click image to enlarge or go directly to site): Ahem. So I went ahead and called my voicemail and it told me exactly what … Continue reading Blogging 365, Day 51: The Last Virgin Mobile Post →

Review: LG Optimus Elite for Virgin Mobile

You might recall a post I wrote in April in which I was debating whether to stick with Virgin Mobile or move on to T-Mobile since Virgin was going to make it practically impossible for users to avoid rate increases by implementing said increases upon the activation of any smartphone released after May 2012. I … Continue reading Review: LG Optimus Elite for Virgin Mobile →

Virgin Mobile to Sell iPhone on June 29

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock all day, you’ve no doubt heard about Virgin Mobile’s earth-shattering yet not entirely unexpected plan to finally bring the iPhone to the U.S. (it’s been in other markets for quite some time now). It will be sold at Virgin Mobile's site, Radio Shack, Best Buy and "select local … Continue reading Virgin Mobile to Sell iPhone on June 29 →

Wordless Wednesday: Memorial Day

Taken with an LG Optimus V; enhanced with PicSay Pro.