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No Contract iPhone From Apple for $500-$700
The Apple iPhone will now be sold sans a contractual agreement, according to an internal document obtained by Gizmodo. Before this, any customer who wished to purchase an Apple iPhone was required to show proof of an AT&T contract to obtain the device (through official channels at least ). Now anybody who wishes to own…
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BlackBerry Curve outsells iPhone in 4th Quarter, Droid 3rd
According to research firm IDC, RIM has sold more BlackBerry Curves than the Apple iPhone 3GS in the 4th Quarter of 2009. Remembering that the Curve is offered on 7 different carriers as opposed to the iPhone’s exclusive deal with AT&T, this is still a momentous occasion as iPhone sales increased by 100%, to 8.7…
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Google Voice in your Mobile Browser
Definition of workaround– A workaround is a bypass of a recognized problem in a system. A workaround is typically a temporary fix that implies that a genuine solution to the problem is needed. Frequently workarounds are as creative as true solutions, involving outside the box thinking in their creation. Google has definitely engaged in a…
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At&t iPhone Exclusivity Rumored To End Wednesday
Update 4pm CST: According to BGR, Verizon Wireless store managers have been told that Wednesday will be a big day and it will be a “kick off” for the new quarter, with a live Webcast at 1pm EST. Since this is the same day as the Apple media event, we’ll let your imagination run wild…
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At&t Online Stops Selling iPhones In New York
Update: After this story has circulated the internet, it looks like At&t has got the message and is now offering the iPhone online to people in New York again. It appears as though At&t’s next step in preventing network overload may be to temporarily (or permanently) stop selling the iPhone online in those areas that…
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Android Taking Market by Storm
As the rivalry between carriers and phone companies heats up, Android seems to be winning. Android just keeps getting more and more buzz. Apps are continuously rolling out for it. The talk about the iPhone has been swamped by conversation of the Droid and Hero, especially the Droid. I don’t know how Verizon does it,…
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Nintendo64 Emulator Released for iPhone/iPod
If you’re lucky enough to have a jailbroken iPhone 3GS or an iPod Touch 3G, you can now play your favorite N64 games on your device! We’ve seen a video of this app a while back, but it wasn’t available to the public. You can find it for $2.49 in the ZodTTD repository. It uses…
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Will Operation Chokehold Succeed?
Update: The operation seems to have failed according to Yahoo! Tech. Some users reported that they could only get EDGE access and no 3G, while others said they still had 3G and some even said their speeds were faster than usual. For my area, I still had 3G with the same speeds I usually get.…
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At&t May Charge iPhone Users For Excessive Data Usage
Since At&t has come under fire recently for its network’s abilities, At&t has now said that it may have to charge the heavy iPhone data users extra. AT&T claims that the high bandwidth usage, brought on by iPhone users, is causing network issues such as dropped calls, slow 3G network and problems connecting to the…
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Only 5 out of 1.3 Billion Chinese buy iPhone online
According to a report in PC World, only 5 Apple iPhone’s were sold on the official website in China in the first 2 weeks of availability. The store, Taobao.com, the biggest Chinese e-commerce Web site and is similar to eBay in how it handles transactions, has sold just two 8GB iPhones and three 16GB iPhones,…
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RadioShack To Sell iPhone Nationwide Next Year
If you haven’t been in a RadioShack lately, you may not have noticed that they’ve been trying to ramp up their mobile device department over the past year. They offer a wide variety of phones from different carriers and is hoping to compete with Best Buy and Wal-Mart. Currently, only 10 RadioShack stores sell the…
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And the winner is…
The iPhone 3GS, which is apparently the highest rated smartphone according to Consumer Reports. However, the Palm Pre, the Blackberry Storm, and other BlackBerry models bested the iPhone in messaging, and the Pre is a superior multi-tasker. And what phone do you think came in second? It is not an Android phone, but rather a…
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[OP/ED]- Microsoft to ditch Mobile OS?
An interesting article has been posted by the UK’s newspaper The Guardian hypothesizes that Microsoft could abandon their Mobile OS platform, Windows Mobile, all together and call it quits. They cite that the 3.1 percent drop of their share of the Mobile OS Pie (down from 11 to 7.9%), the increasing support for Android from…
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Apple’s 3G Money Gambit
If you want to create a 3G-operating device, do you know who you will have to pay a license fee to? If you guessed Qualcomm, you would be right as they currently hold a multitude of patents related to 3G technology. However, something you most likely do not know is that Apple has seemingly gotten…
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[PPCG Recommended Joke]- iPhone or Droid?
With all the hardships we face each day (scratched screens, dead batteries, no 3G coverage), I would like to share a comic with you from Randall Munroe over at xkcd.com. It covers a topic PPCG has covered in the past and is especially relevant due to the recent launch of the Droid smart phone. So…
