I spent a ton of money on my first generation Mitsubishi 65″ HDTV back in 2002. Yet, as ashamed to admit as I am that it doesn’t even have HDMI, I still feel like 7 years just isn’t long enough to justify buying a new one. When I finally do decide that I’ve gotten my money’s worth from my rear projection behemoth though, I think I want to downsize to the extreme and get a front projector. Lucky for me then that prices for quality projectors are getting into a range I can get excited about.
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Here’s one more reason I’m glad I dumped AT&T a while ago. According to this article at OFB, AT&T has been downgrading their G2 service over the past year. In an effort to beef up their G3 network, they’ve switched their G2 transmitters from the more powerful 850MHz band over to a weaker 1900 MHz band, thus freeing up more of the 850MHz bandwith for G3.
The unfortunate side effect is that existing customers with G2 phones, which include BlackBerries, RAZR’s and even the first generation iPhone, are now left with poor signal in areas that previously had strong coverage.
To add insult to injury, when the customers call AT&T to complain about it, they’re being told to upgrade their phone to a newer G3 version, at their own expense of course, which also extends their contract by another 2 years.
Thanks AT&T, but no thanks. My wife loves her new T-Mobile G1 phone by the way.
Asus Eee PC 900HA
For Christmas this year, I got a great new netbook, the Asus Eee 900HA, in shiny black. I was pretty excited about it too, as I’d been reading about the various netbooks for a while, and decided it would be pretty useful for traveling, given it’s small size. I did a bit of research, trying to narrow down a make and model in a suitable price range, which was between $300 and $350. I eventually came down to two models; the Acer Aspire One AOA150 and the Asus 900HA. Both had similar specs, but based on the reviews I saw, it looked like the Asus would be my best bet, so I added it to my wishlist and crossed my fingers. Fortunately, my wife knows how much I love toys like this, and also saw the value in a tiny notebook, so she got it for me.
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