Tag: carriers

How Apple screwed the carriers

The day was June 6th, Steve had taken the stage, he had announced nine major features of iOS, blah, blah, blah. You’ve heard about that. You may have also heard about iMessage, Apple’s BBM killer. From a competitive standpoint it makes a lot of sense because BBM seems to be the one thing only most […]

Understanding Carriers

The purpose of this post is to answer some of the questions I get asked most frequently about cell phone carriers. The first question I am asked is… Q: “Why can’t I get a new phone?” First off, you can. What you can’t do is get your carrier (AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, US Cellular or Sprint) […]