Best of the Blog 2016, Volume 5
May 2016 was a good time to be alive. Take a stroll back there.
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THROWBACK THURSDAY: The end of 2G
5G is coming. We all know this. It’s still a while off, but it’s actually far more interesting than 4G, 3G, or any of the other “G’s” that came before it. Why? Because 5G doesn’t just…
What is AWS?
You hear a lot about LTE. Everyone loves LTE. But occasionally, you hear a little bit about AWS. It’s almost always an afterthought… it seems that LTE has captured the public’s imagination but AWS doesn’t seem…
Best of the Blog 2016, Volume 4
Take a look back at the spring of ’16 and you’ll be surprised what you find!
Will your next phone be a PC?
Here’s something I thought I’d never say: Microsoft’s already cooler than Apple and getting cooler by the day. Surprisingly, it’s true. It was revealed a while back that Microsoft customers are more satisfied with their tablets than Apple…
Will the instant messaging wars ever be over?
You’ve got mail. For many people, AOL Instant Messenger was their first experience with live chat. It wasn’t really the first of course, as real-time chat has been around pretty much since the first time that two people…
Best of the Blog 2016, Volume 3
Some of the blog’s best work can be found in March, 2016
Best of the Blog 2016, Volume 2
Check out what we were doing back in early ’16.
Gigabit data on your cell phone… by the end of the year?
Super-fast cell data without waiting for 5G. Is it even possible? A recent article in engadget claims that by using an encoding scheme that’s currently used in cable television, it will be possible to get speeds up to 1000Mbps…
Best of the Blog 2016, Volume 1
The new year brings great new articles at The Solid Signal Blog.
FUN FRIDAY: A better calculator
I just found this out and obviously my first question is, how did I not know this in 2010? Apparently you can backspace on the iPhone calculator. Like, if you make a mistake and you want to…
Now Sprint wants to buy T-Mobile. Big Mistake. Huge.
Some events leave a mark on your consciousness. It may sound silly to you but for me one of those events is the whole mess from about 5 years ago where Sprint, DISH, T-Mobile, Softbank, Clearwire,…
AT&T losing bid for Straight Path?
This morning, Engadget reported that AT&T’s bid for Straight Path Communications, thought to be ironclad, was trounced by an unnamed competitor, thought to be Verizon. AT&T had put $1.6 billion on the table for the small communications company,…
OPINION: Smartphone design is stalled
Although I’ve yet to see one in person, The Samsung Galaxy S8 is the most fulfilled expression to date of Steve Jobs’ original vision. Mr. Jobs believed that the devices needed to “disappear” behind the content…
IT’S NOT 2011: Somehow people ditching their landlines is still news
Wait, people have landlines? Yeah apparently they do but apparently not for long. I was surprised to run into an article at 9to5Mac of all places saying that for the first time, a majority of households have mobile-only…