In each issue of Distro, editor-in-chief Tim Stevens publishes a wrap-up of the week in news.
At a rather vitriolic (and frequently profane) presentation given to a small group of frequently bemused journalists (myself included), T-Mobile CEO John Legere laid out the company’s reinvention. In the interest of keeping things PG I won’t repeat the colorful language, but Legere accused the other major carriers of being not only confusing, but also misleading — ignoring the fact that his own company has, for years, enacted the very same policies. No more. It’s time for the UnCarrier to step up.
But, it’s important to note that you’ll be paying full price, or near to it, for your smartphone.
First is a series of contract-free Simple Choice plans, which are similar to those the company offered before. It’s $50 for “unlimited talk + text + web” — though the data use is indeed limited to 500MB. Stepping up to truly unlimited everything is $20 more, which is a fair bit cheaper than the biggest plans from competing carriers. But, it’s important to note that you’ll be paying full price, or near to it, for your smartphone.
Filed under: Misc, Apple, Blackberry
It looks like the Ouya console has come full circle, after managing to capture the attention of the world with its Kickstarter campaign which remarkably managed to collect more than $8 million in funding last June, which means a year after that, the startup will keep to their promise and fulfill the pledge of rolling out the Ouya game console to retailers this coming June 4th. The Ouya console is definitely one of the more affordable consoles out there, with a $99 price tag stuck to it, and the role of the Ouya console is to disrupt the TV gaming market in a similar manner that the iPhone changed the world of portable and casual games.
