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Cheapo Review Of The Nokia 2760

December 8, 2009

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My Nokia 6101 just died after 2.5 years of faithful, inexpensive service, so I was in the market for a new phone in a hurry. When I originally bought this phone, I hoped that Google would have revolutionized the cell phone industry in America, making smart phone service more flexible and inexpensive. Well, the changes… [Read more…]

The True Cost Of A Cutting-Edge Gadget

April 11, 2008

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I read a great article on the Freakonomics Blog today regarding the opportunity costs associated with financially free software updates: How Much Does a Free iPhone Update Cost? In it, the author basically points out that his financially free iPhone update cost him one hour of his life when the update broke his phone. A… [Read more…]

Eager To Try MediaMVP

March 19, 2008

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Well, I finally purchased a MediaMVP yesterday from Newegg. If you haven’t seen one of these before, it’s basically a little box that streams videos and music from a networked server to your television. I’m hoping to use it to do the following: Play back recordings that I have stored within my MythTv system Pause… [Read more…]

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