I was beginning to wonder when Sprint would jump into the fray and now they have. Starting tomorrow new and existing customers can opt for the Simply Everything plan that encompasses just about everything (unlimited voice, data, text, e-mail, Web-surfing, Sprint TVSM, Sprint Music, GPS Navigation, Direct Connect® and Group Connect®) Sprint has to offer […]

I was beginning to wonder when Sprint would jump into the fray and now they have. Starting tomorrow new and existing customers can opt for the Simply Everything plan that encompasses just about everything (unlimited voice, data, text, e-mail, Web-surfing, Sprint TVSM, Sprint Music, GPS Navigation, Direct Connect® and Group Connect®) Sprint has to offer for the low price of $99.99. Let’s hope this helps, but service was never Sprint’s problem. It’s their customer service that blows.

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Hopefully you’ve all seen Batman Begins, otherwise the following explanation won’t make any sense. Remember when Morgan Freeman was showing Christian Bale around Wayne’s gadget basement or whatever it was called? And he showed him the material that Batman’s cape was made? Like, it’s flexible like any fabric, but once you run a charge through […]

Hopefully you’ve all seen Batman Begins, otherwise the following explanation won’t make any sense. Remember when Morgan Freeman was showing Christian Bale around Wayne’s gadget basement or whatever it was called? And he showed him the material that Batman’s cape was made? Like, it’s flexible like any fabric, but once you run a charge through it it holds its shape? Well that same concept—a material that changes its shape until you run a charge through it—is at work here.

This computer concept, the Siafu, is aimed at people with vision problems. It’s simply a flat surface, like a keyboard without the keys. Once you run a current though the main ingredient, which is called Magneclay, it keeps the desired shape. That picture above is the best illustration of the phenomenon.

It’s designed by Jonathan Lucas. It’s also the type of innovation I applaud (as opposed to a lot of the Web 2.0 fluff I see lauded every other day).

Metamophing Computer Interfaces [Yanko Design]

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It appears that it might be time to call upon the spirit of motivational speaker Matt Foley to help Sprint figure out how to get “back…on…the right…track.” Sprint announced an almost $30 billion quarterly loss this day. That’s such a large loss that Sprint also announced that it will stop paying dividends to shareholders for the […]

It appears that it might be time to call upon the spirit of motivational speaker Matt Foley to help Sprint figure out how to get “back…on…the right…track.”

Sprint announced an almost $30 billion quarterly loss this day. That’s such a large loss that Sprint also announced that it will stop paying dividends to shareholders for the “foreseeable future,” according to a Reuters report. Not good.

Here’s more from Reuters…

Sprint, which has been losing ground to rivals amid network and customer service problems, forecast that it would lose 1.2 million customers who pay monthly bills in the first quarter, compared with 683,000 such losses in the fourth quarter.

While Sprint had warned last month of continued downward pressure, Stanford Group analyst Michael Nelson stated the subscriber outlook was “considerably worse than even most of the bearish estimates out there.”

Nelson, who had estimated that Sprint would lose 400,000 valuable post-paid subscribers who pay monthly bills in the first quarter, stated investors were also disappointed that the company did not lay out a plan to turn around the business.

“People expected that things were going to be really bad but were hoping they were going to have a game plan of how they’re going to repair it,” he stated.

Instead, Sprint stated it was assessing a reorganization of its business model, and associated sales, distribution and marketing plans. It also said it borrowed $2.5 billion from a revolving credit facility.

The newly-announced $99 unlimited plan is a step in the right direction, but it’s still just Sprint playing catch-up to the other wireless carriers’ $99 unlimited plans.

Sprint posts massive loss, scraps dividends [Yahoo! News]

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View-Masters were a part of just about everyone’s childhood. For those trying to relive those days, Minnesota artist Debra Dressler has come up with these handmade clocks made with genuine vintage View-Masters. As you might suspect, “handmade” and “vintage” are usually codewords for “expensive,” and at $145, that is pretty much the case here. However, if that is a little more money than you want to spend on a clock, you could probably build one using a newer View-Master fairly easily. [Uncommon Goods]

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