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- WSJ wrongly blames AT&T for Google Voice iPhone app rejection
- A guest opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal this week is getting some attention. In a nutshell, it alleges that AT&T was behind the death of a Google Voice app for the iPhone and suggests that, in a world where data is bigger than voice, that we need a...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Wall Street Journal, Voice, AT&T Corp., Exclusivity, App, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-08-19
- Verizon changes tune on handset exclusivity. Will AT&T follow? Will it even matter?
- updated: Verizon is planning to loosen the noose on exclusivity deals with phone manufacturers, reducing the time of those deals to just a few months - a gesture to the lawmakers in Washington who are scrutinizing these exclusivity deals and what appears to be a public calling out of AT&T...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Verizon Communications Inc., Handset, AT&T Corp., Agreement, Verizon Wireless, Exclusivity, Carrier, Wireless, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-07-17
- Senators ask FCC to look into iPhone-AT&T exclusivity
- Senators ask FCC to look into iPhone-AT&T exclusivityDuhThe FCC is a little too late in the game. Yes, locking devices with plans impairs innovation. Isn't it obvious? Mobile networks in the U.S. are now years behind Europe and Asia. Many features the iPhone can do were crippled because of the...
- Tags: Federal government, Government, Telecom & Utilities, Pre, phone, iPhone-AT&T exclusivity, iPhone-AT&T, carrier, FCC, exclusivity, innovation
- Discussion threads 2009-06-16
- Are the exclusive-to-one-carrier phones getting out of control?
- Are the exclusive-to-one-carrier phones getting out of control?FYI, Open Internet Coalition[url=http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070711-open-internet-coalition-wants-unlocked-iphones-for-everybody.html]FYI[/url]Locked and blocked, SSDD.Thanks DavidPhysical limitations aren't the same as virtual limitationsThe analogy with the car and the road is not applicable. Cars and roads are transportation resources which are necessary for our survival.The necessity for a Blackberry or...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, exclusivity, AT&T Corp., phone, network, Apple iPhone, carrier
- Discussion threads 2007-07-11
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- Apple iPhone sales rise in Europe after end of exclusivity agreements
- Sales of the Apple iPhone in Europe are actually rising in the face of the end of exclusivity agreements thanks to wider distribution. What of AT&T in the U.S.? by Andrew Nusca
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Europe, Apple Inc., Agreement, Sales Strategy, Smart Phones, Sales Force Management, Sales, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-11-23
- Apple's app approval revolt: Will it matter? Maybe
- Once somebody matches the ease of the App store,Create a desktop application which makes it brain-dead simple to buy, install, arrange, and sync software and multimedia content with the Droid and it will take off like crazy. That's about the only thing the iPhone has over the Droid at this...
- Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Digital music, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, developer
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- Five ways Android could get into trouble
- the only danger lies with patents owned by Apple, M$ or other trolls.Without them, the sky is the limit!Good points! Apples success, and closed software, and AT&T exclusivity are what are giving Android a big push. Verizon ONLY accepted Android on their network to combat iPhone / AT&T for example....
- Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, OPEN SOURCE, opposite, Apple iPhone, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- Netflix arriving on PlayStation 3 next month
- Microsoft's Xbox 360 will have some more competition from Sony's PlayStation 3 next month, as Netflix just announced that its subscribers will soon be able to stream movies and TV programs from another source. While the Xbox 360 once...
- Tags: NetFlix Inc., Sony PlayStation 3, Sony Playstation, Game Players, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Rachel King
- Blog posts 2009-10-26
- Psystar releases 'build your own Hackintosh' kit
- there a few brain who will throw a fit big time Will nice i really wanna see what will happen on the legal side .but its a bit too late how many people already have the appz .... Well like many people ask for so long osx...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Operating systems, Apple Inc., Psystar, Apple Mac OS X, EULA, EFI
- Discussion threads 2009-10-23
- Barnes and Noble e-book reader 'Nook' to be unveiled today
- What is the difference between this and the Que?RE: Barnes and Noble e-book reader 'Nook' to be unveiled todayWell, the Kindle is still pretty pricy for me. I was in Toys R Us the other day and they had a Sony e-reader (1st time I've ever ACTUALLY seen one....
- Tags: E-books, Kindle DX, e-book, Nook, Barnes & Noble Inc., e-book Reader, Kindle2, pricing strategy
- Discussion threads 2009-10-20
- Sprint acquires iPCS; Deal ends legal spat
- Sprint Nextel said it will acquire iPCS for $831 million in a move that adds almost 1 million wireless customers and shelves litigation between the two companies. In a statement Tuesday, Sprint said the $831 million price tag ($24 a share) includes the assumption of $405 million...
- Tags: Sprint Communications, iPCS, Litigation, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Business Operations, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-19
- Why I moved to iPhone
- The other day I was griping about the non-availability of the iPhone in Spain. I solved that in the UK by buying a pay as you go model and then jailbreaking it. Why would I do that when there are perfectly good Blackberry's or Android phones? A...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Phone, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-10-16
- Sennheiser HD 800
- Model changes at the upper end of Sennheiser's headphone line don't happen very often. The previous flagship--the still available HD 650s--were introduced in 2003, and remain in the line. Their predecessor, the HD 600s, came out more than a decade ago, and are still popular with audiophiles. I've reviewed both,...
- Tags: headphone
- Product reviews 2009-10-15
- AT&T bursts the iPhone tethering bubble; not until 2010
- AT&T iPhoneIn general I am very happy with the iPhone and AT&T, but I am becoming concerned that AT&T's exclusivity has allowed AT&T to be slow in 3G expansion, poor iPhone customer service little value add, slow on releasing new functionality (i.e. tethering), and of course one of the highest...
- Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Wireless and Mobility, AT&T Corp., Apple iPhone, 3G
- Discussion threads 2009-10-15
- ComScore: Microsoft's Bing holds steady in its search share
- I know I haven't stopped using it! nt:PI've only used it when it was shoved down my throatWhen using XP and EI 7, some how it just pulls up Bing sometimes even though I have google set as default.I use it exclusivelyNo problems here and share will only climb.Don't care,...
- Tags: SEARCH, Operating systems, Google Inc., Bing, Microsoft Bing, Microsoft Corp., ComScore Networks Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-14
- CTIA: Qualcomm, AT&T execs reflect on Mobile's past, future
- Is AT&T trying to "sour the milk" for other carriers?Could all of this "iPhones use too much data" whining be AT&T trying to turn other carriers off on adding the iPhone when the exclusivity agreement ends, whenever it [i]actually[/i] does? If so, how much more passive-aggressive can you get than...
- Tags: Smart phones, AT&T Corp., Apple iPhone, CTIA, Qualcomm Inc., mobile
- Discussion threads 2009-10-08
- Google plays a hand of Ogre with Apple
- 'Ogre' is an interesting - if obscure - analogy. But I would suggest that you'd to better to stick with plain old chess.In my view, the AT&T/iPhone team have a better position, if only by virtue of their early start in the market. But, as a belated entry, Android is...
- Tags: Google Inc., AT&T Corp., Ogre, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-08
- Are you a mobile broadband hog? Should that be your problem?
- Well, if I am a light user, I DO NOT want to pay for the hogs that drive upcosts for the carriers. I want a dirt cheap plan, that will immediately throttle me if I start hogging, or, possibly give me the option to pay more if I want to...
- Tags: Smart phones, Wireless and Mobility, Network technology, Apple iPhone, mobile broadband, AT&T Corp., broadband, mobile, UNLIMITED
- Discussion threads 2009-10-07
- CTIA: Genachowski taps wireless industry to help foster growth, innovation
- Right DirectionI think I won't be the only one to say, long on rhetoric, short on details, so far.But, the indications are that the mindset of this current FCC administration is clearly in the right direction. That is, on the side of the mass of consumers.Which is most of ZDNET's...
- Tags: Cellular phones, Wi-Fi, Leadership, Genachowski, wireless industry, CTIA, wireless
- Discussion threads 2009-10-07
- Are you a mobile broadband hog? Should that be your problem?
- Should mobile broadband be preserved, much the same way people are interested in conserving energy and saving the environment? During a keynote speech at CTIA, AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph de la Vega spoke about the state of the wireless industry and the trends that we're seeing in...
- Tags: Mobile, Broadband, AT&T Corp., Mobile Broadband, Advertising & Promotion, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Wireless And Mobility, Marketing, Networking, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-10-07
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