You’ve seen the ads on TV. You’ve read the reviews. Now, you want a cell phone with 3G. Which US network is the best? Sprint, Verizon, or AT&T? Six pages of techno mumbo jumbo and lots of ads, but interesting results:

During March and April, we spent a day testing the major 3G services in 13 cities across the United States. Verizon’s service showed a combination of speed and reliability, Sprint’s results lent credence to its ‘most dependable’ claim, and AT&T’s network showed fast upload speeds in most cities.

The real question is, which smart phone is best? iPhone, Palm Pre, or BlackBerry?

Here’s more than you want to know about why there’s no video codec standard in HTML 5. Ryan Paul in Ars:

The HTML 5 working group is split between supporters of Ogg Theora and H.264. Their inability to find a compromise that is acceptable to all stakeholders has compelled HTML 5 spec editor Ian Hickson to “admit defeat” and give up on the effort to define specific codecs and media formats in the standard itself. This is problematic because the lack of uniform codec availability will make it impossible for content creators to publish their videos in a single format that will be viewable through the HTML 5 video element in all browsers.

Browser vendors are selfish, childish, irresponsible bullies who won’t play unless they get their own way.

I’ve made it a point never to grumble, grouse, or argue with certain people. Waiters. Cops. Plumbers. Mechanics. Postman. Among the 20 Secrets Your Waiter Will Never Tell You:

#1 - We’re not allowed to tell our customers we don’t like a dish. So if you ask your server how something is and she says, “It’s one of our most popular dishes,” chances are she doesn’t like it.

An honest opinion requires a bigger tip.

#20 - If you walk out with the slip you wrote the tip on and leave behind the blank one, the server gets nothing. It happens all the time, especially with people who’ve had a few bottles of wine.

I didn’t know that.

Techno pundit Rob Enderle on how Microsoft, Apple, Google are failing. Microsoft is becoming IBM, Google is becoming evil, and Apple is selling colored water.

The real irony may be the words Steve used to capture John Scully: “Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling colored water, or do you want a chance to change the world?” His goal wasn’t wealth—it was to make a real difference.

Rob Enderle is a hit whore.

American’s are addicted to fast food, specifically the iconic burger. While which hamburger is the best is open for debate, the 6 Worst Fast-Food Burgers is now official. From David Zinczenko and Matt Goulding in Men’s Health:

A hamburger isn’t, by itself, a terrible nutritional choice. Topped with some lettuce and tomato, ketchup, and mustard—and placed in a relatively small bun—a burger is a high-protein treat that shouldn’t pack too much fat or too many calories.

Which fast-food hamburgers are the worst nutritional offenders?

1. Burger King Triple Whopper (1,250 calories, 84 g fat, 11,600440 mg sodium)
2. Hardee’s Thickburger (910 calories, 64 g fat, 1,560 mg sodium)
3. Carl’s Jr. Six Dollar burger (890 calories, 54 g fat, 2,040 mg sodium)
4. Carl’s Jr. Six Dollar burger (890 calories, 54 g fat, 2,040 mg sodium)
5. Five Guys Cheeseburger (840 calories, 55 g fat, 1,050 mg sodium)
6. In-N-Out Burger and Fries(790 calories, 37 g fat, 895 mg sodium)
7. Wendy’s Cheeseburger with Everything (700 calories, 40 g fat, 1,440 mg sodium)

Nope. McDonald’s didn’t make the list.

From Apple’s support forums, the top user gripes about Mac OS X Snow Leopard.

1. HP Printer Problems - Error #9672 appeared for dozens of users attempting to connect HP LaserJet P1006—and other printers—to their Snow Leopard Macs.
2. Bricking and the Spinning Wheel of Death - If you’ve tinkered under the hood of your Mac and install Snow Leopard, watch out. The forum regarding these crippling faults stretched for miles.
3. Incompatible Applications - Amazingly, the Mac’s anti-virus apps don’t work.
4. Cicsco VPN - The solution here is to contact your IT department to get Cisco VPN reinstalled on your computer. Also try a complete reinstall.

These are major issues if they affect you, but they’re minor issues overall.

Chris Pirillo videos a Mac mini unboxing for his online show. It’s a show about the experience of opening a box. Seriously.

Mac mini is the world’s most energy-efficient desktop computer. When it’s idle, Mac Mini uses less than 13 watts — that’s 45 percent less energy than ever before.

What other companies have customers who record a product unboxing as an event?