If you're a T-Mobile subscriber locked into a multi-year contract, you have to hope that AT&T's latest shenanigans aren't a sign of things to come. Following a bunch of complaints made to the Better Business Bureau, AT&T admitted to intentionally crippling the Atrix and HTC Inspire, which explains why owners of these two smartphone models have been unable to see anything near 4G upload speeds, according to DSLReports.com[......]
Boutique system builders, OEMs, and DIY hobbyists have all been spoiled by rock bottom RAM prices in recent months, much to the dismay of memory makers struggling to stay afloat. The latter will get a little help this month, assuming contract prices for DRAM memory chips go up as expected. [......]
We're more interested in Android and Windows Phone 7 devices ourselves, but for those of you itching to go all Apple-y with an iPhone, Best Buy is giving them away today only, the company announced in a Twitter post. "It's true: iPhone 3GS 8 GB SKU 1048998 free to qualified customers! One Day Only Fri Dec10 http://bbyurl.us/freeiphone #bbytweets ," Best Buy tweeted. One of the caveats should be obvious -- this is the older iPhone 3GS and not the new iPhone 4 model, which means no FaceTime (or antennagate woes). [......]
Planning a new build this summer, or just looking to upgrade your rig? The good news is you should have plenty left over after picking up a DDR3 memory kit. Citing un-named "industry sources," news and rumor site Digitimes says contract quotes for DRAM chips continued to fall this month. [......]
While perhaps not as resilient as the 3.5-inch floppy disk, DDR2 is doing its damnedest to avoid obsolescence. [......]
