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Fanswag: Wii Fit and a Nyko Energy Pak {Nintendo Wii Fanboy}
Jun 2nd 2008 7:47PM I was at the Nintendo World store in NYC the day before release, but had to fly out the day of release. That's a good reason, right?
Fanswag: Mario Kart Extravaganza {Nintendo Wii Fanboy}
Apr 20th 2008 2:25AM I think it was Wario Stadium. If that's the one with the dirt track and big jumps.
Alltel snags lots of gold in recent call quality survey {Engadget Mobile}
Apr 2nd 2008 10:20AM I said it before (http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/11/10/verizon-t-mobile-take-top-honors-in-latest-j-d-power-survey/comments/8668283/), but the prior JD Power survey was not for customer service but for retail sales satisfaction for the mobile carrier's individual stores.
Their notes about the average quality of CDMA versus GSM is interesting. The article states that GSM is not as efficient, and therefore requires more towers than CDMA for equivalent call quality. But that would be resolved if GSM were the dominant standard, which it is not, in the US. Market forces at work, I suppose.
Still, hard to decide: cool phone... good quality...
Win a Philips 42PFL5603D 42-inch 1080p HDTV! {Engadget HD}
Feb 5th 2008 4:32PM Kickstart my theater!
Win an LCD HDTV, Xbox 360, and plenty of Old Spice {Engadget HD}
Feb 4th 2008 1:26AM My dad always used to wear Old Spice.
Verizon, T-Mobile take top honors in latest J.D. Power survey {Engadget Mobile}
Nov 13th 2007 12:47PM The engadget article seems misleading. This survey is for the *retail stores*, not the same as the spring survey (located at http://www.mobileburn.com/news.jsp?Id=3314 ) which was general customer satisfaction.
MobileBurn says this survey's four leading factors were:
* Sales staff
* Store display
* Store facility
* Price/promotion
Contrast that with the spring survey's six leading factors of, "all performance and reliability, brand image, cost of service, service plan options, billing, and customer service."
Personally, I spend almost no time in phone carrier's retail stores, since they usually cannot solve the problem I need. I'd weight the customer service of my carrier much higher than its store displays.
The hundred gadget giveaway: round 37 {Engadget}
Sep 13th 2007 11:31AM Am I too late?
The hundred gadget giveaway: round 35 {Engadget Mobile}
Sep 12th 2007 4:35PM Hey, Sprint! I have those guys!
The hundred gadget giveaway: round 25 {Engadget}
Sep 10th 2007 3:57AM Hooray for giveaways!
The hundred gadget giveaway: round 19 {Engadget}
Sep 8th 2007 5:04PM Could use a webcam.
