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Worst of the Week: Battle of the acronyms!

March 19 2010 - 6:00 am ET | Dan Meyer

-Five and a tree!-

I was planning on using this week’s WOTW column to poke fun at certain aspects of the upcoming CTIA event in Las Vegas. But, as I was swishing around those ideas in my head I came to realize there is actually not that much ... Read More »

Worst of the Week: Programmed to fail

March 5 2010 - 11:06 am ET | Dan Meyer

-Dumber than he looks.-

This past week I was in the enviable position of being put in charge of acquiring a new mobile device for a pair of my teenage nieces. ... Read More »

Worst of the Week: Rage against the machine

February 26 2010 - 12:12 pm ET | Dan Meyer

-I paid how much?!?-

I was hoping to avoid writing one more column about the recent Mobile World Congress event, but I feel that there is still a topic from that show worth exploring/exploiting for my own amusement. ... Read More »

@MWC: Worst of the Week: Nerds! Nerds! Nerds!

February 19 2010 - 6:00 am ET | Dan Meyer

-Booger Presley-

BARCELONA – I am writing this week's Worst of the Week column from the Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona, Spain, so I apologize up front if it reads sort of jet lagged and over tired as that is exactly how I feel. ... Read More »

Worst of the Week: Quasi-evil?

February 12 2010 - 11:46 am ET | Dan Meyer

-Readying for his luge lessons.-

I will let everyone reading this know up front that this was not a happy column for me to write, and not just due to my own inabilities/inadequacies in both writing and meeting deadlines. ... Read More »

Worst of the Week: The big letdown

January 29 2010 - 12:02 pm ET | Dan Meyer

-Crying on the inside.-

Some weeks we struggle here at RCR Wireless News to find a topic with enough meat on its bones to be worthy of a Worst of the Week column. And then there are those rare weeks where Apple unveils a new product. Those weeks are ... Read More »

Worst of the Week: I am a robot

January 15 2010 - 11:16 am ET | Dan Meyer

-Brains!!!-

If the recent Consumer Electronics Show taught me anything it's that 2010 is shaping up to be the year of the Android. ... Read More »

@CES Worst of the Week: A mind is a terrible thing to waste

January 8 2010 - 6:00 am ET | Dan Meyer

-Insane in the membrane-

LAS VEGAS — Not sure how it happened, but I again attended the annual Consumer Electronics Show after having sworn off ever attending this celebration to all-things electronic the last time I attended. ... Read More »

Worst of the Week: The boogaloo review

December 11 2009 - 10:58 am ET | Dan Meyer

-Stuck in the '80s-

With just weeks to go before the end of 2009, and for many not a moment too soon, we thought we'd take this time to look back at the past year and list a few lowlights that really stuck in our craw, and give it the sweet title of ... Read More »

Worst of the Week: Metric System: Part Deux

November 20 2009 - 11:39 am ET | Dan Meyer

-Dazed and confused-

I know there are some of you out there who think all of this talk about network operators migrating en masse to the LTE standard for 4G services will be the bee's knees and finally put a halt to these silly technology wars that ... Read More »

Worst of the Week: Let's play the Feud

October 23 2009 - 12:05 pm ET | Dan Meyer

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This may seem an odd statement from a person who “won” his first, last and only fight because he was able to outrun his opponent, but I enjoy watching an oddly matched pair of antagonists going at it. ... Read More »

@CTIA IT Worst of the Week: Bedazzled Edition

October 9 2009 - 11:02 am ET | Dan Meyer

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CRUISING AT 40,000 FEET — So, I am typing this column on a late-night flight back from the ongoing CTIA Wireless IT Wireless and IT and Entertainment IT Wireless show in San Diego. And because of this, I have christened ... Read More »

Worst of the Week: Does the truth really matter?

October 2 2009 - 10:21 am ET | Dan Meyer

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I, like I think most people, want to believe that the things I believe to be true are in fact true. Sure, there might be some corner of my mind where I let a few self-delusionary thoughts live (I can win the lottery! If I flap my ... Read More »

Worst of the Week: Reality bites

September 18 2009 - 10:36 am ET | Dan Meyer

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Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us atRCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way. We ... Read More »