Tag: Warranty

5 Black Friday Ripoffs To Watch For in 2011

5 Black Friday Ripoffs To Watch For in 2011

Black Friday is a day of great deals, but it is also one of the easiest days of the year to get caught up in a shopping frenzy and pay too much for a gift or gadget. I already showed you apps to help you save on Black Friday, but now I want to warn [...]

Posted by | 11/16/2011 | 3 Comments More
5 Reasons You Shouldn’t Jailbreak Your iPhone 4S

5 Reasons You Shouldn’t Jailbreak Your iPhone 4S

The iPhone 4S jailbreak is on the way, and while many of us are excited about the ability to customize and do more with the iPhone 4S, there are a number of reasons you shouldn’t jailbreak your new iPhone. Jailbreaking refers to unlocking areas of your iPhone that Apple has locked down, so that you can customize the experience, [...]

Posted by | 11/14/2011 | 57 Comments More
Last Day to Purchase AppleCare+ on your iPhone 4S

Last Day to Purchase AppleCare+ on your iPhone 4S

If you have been meaning to purchase AppleCare+, the new warranty and accidental damage protection plan from Apple, for your preordered iPhone 4S, you better get to it. Today, November 14th, is the last day you can add the plan to your iPhone 4S if you didn’t purchase the warranty when you bought your iPhone [...]

Posted by | 11/14/2011 | 1 Comment More
Apple Geniuses Fail to Deliver, More Like a PC Everyday

Apple Geniuses Fail to Deliver, More Like a PC Everyday

This week I took my MacBook Air into the closest Apple store for a number of issues, including overheating, a 2″ wide band of black and cyan on the right half of the display and just general non-Mac issues. I had been prepared to write a post about the huge win that Apple gets from [...]

Posted by | 10/09/2011 | 20 Comments More
Apple Store in Greensboro, NC

Apple Replaced My Broken iPad Out of the Kindness of Their Heart

While on a trip this weekend my iPad 2 Dock Connector stopped functioning. iTunes showed nothing when I connected it to my Mac and it would not charge, either. So I went to my closest Apple store in Greensboro, NC assuming I would get taken advantage of by the Geniuses, as my only other trip [...]

Posted by | 08/11/2011 | 7 Comments More
For Verizon, Rooting is the Point of No Return – Literally

For Verizon, Rooting is the Point of No Return – Literally

Verizon Wireless is the latest party, following Apple, to not be taking rooting, hacking, or jailbreaking kindly. Though the U.S. Digital Copyright Millennium Act makes it legal to root or jailbreak your phone, Verizon Wireless does not have to honor your warranty if something wrong happens to your device, regardless of the cause of the [...]

Posted by | 06/17/2011 | 5 Comments More
Verizon Preparing for New Upgrade Policy in Anticipation for iPhone Launch

Verizon Preparing for New Upgrade Policy in Anticipation for iPhone Launch

U.S. carrier Verizon Wireless may be making some amendments to its devices upgrade policy, phasing out the new every two year program and some other popular upgrade deals in anticipation for launching the iPhone. The stricter upgrade policy perhaps is designed so that the carrier won’t lose money while subsidizing the Apple flagship smartphone to [...]

Posted by | 01/05/2011 | 2 Comments More
A Week with the Asus N10 Business Netbook

A Week with the Asus N10 Business Netbook

The Asus N10 Business Netbook has been primary computer for the past week, and I have been impressed with its features, performance, and usability.   The N10 highlights the benefits of the netbook form factor; the N10 is easy to transport and offers reliable features that increase productivity.   Let’s examine a few things that [...]

Posted by | 02/16/2009 | 0 Comments More