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iPhone 3G: Was it really such a great deal for AT&T?

AT&T's iPhone 3G pact with Apple doesn't come cheap. It cost AT&T its quarterly targets and took a chunk of cash flow even though company officials declare the iPhone-induced earnings hit "success-based costs." The company on Wednesday reported adjusted third quarter earnings of 67 cents a share,...

Tags: Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp., Apple iPhone 3G, Stephenson, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-23

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How important is 1:1 to literacy?

I think that writing with pencil and paper is over rated. I almost never write anything with a pencil anymore. The newer generations will write even less. Better that they learn to write with modern tools. And, what better way than to give each one a laptop.Tell that to Neal...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Web browsers, computer

Discussion threads 2009-10-07

AT&T's "problem" customers get the blame

Fortune Magazine swallows the AT&T pitch hook, line and sinker in a story titled "Bandwidth hogs â€" iPhones and other smartphones." Writer Jon Fortt dishes up a steaming dish of bull shoveled straight out of AT&T PR: Now the wireless providers hawking those Internet-enabled mobile devices...

Tags: AT&T Corp., 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless And Mobility, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Mitch Ratcliffe

Blog posts 2009-09-02

The iPhone Telephony Tragedy

I've got a first gen iPhone and live in San Francisco, the heart of Apple country. The voice communication part of it has been slowly getting worse and is now virtually unusable. A first gen iphone is of course ancient history to an Apple or Mobile...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Telephony, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Service, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-08-19

AT&T aims to allay iPhone exclusivity worries

AT&T's second quarter was clearly fueled by the launch of the iPhone 3GS. That's the good news. The bad? AT&T's exposure to Apple is increasing and analysts are beginning to look ahead to the day where the iPhone isn't an exclusive. On AT&T's second quarter conference call,...

Tags: Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp., iPhone Customer Base, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-23

AT&T activates 2.4 million iPhones; Second quarter tops estimates

Updated: AT&T's second quarter earnings were better than expected courtesy of a strong launch of Apple's iPhone 3GS. In the second quarter, AT&T activated 2.4 million iPhones, up 29 percent from a year ago and up 31.8 percent from the first quarter. Meanwhile, AT&T churn fell to...

Tags: Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp., Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-23

AT&T plans 3G upgrade; Promises 'considerably' faster mobile broadband speeds

AT&T plans 3G upgrade; Promises 'considerably' faster mobile broadband speeds3G upgradeThat's certainly cool. I may use a standard flip phone, but faster download speeds will always be appreciated.AT&T: Today's Network TomorrowReally, it seems to me that AT&T has always operated this way. Every time I complain about service,...

Tags: Cellular phones, Wireless and Mobility, mobile, AT&T Corp., Network Tomorrow, 3G, network, mobile broadband

Discussion threads 2009-05-27

AT&T plans 3G upgrade; Promises 'considerably' faster mobile broadband speeds

Here's good news for iPhone users: AT&T said Wednesday that it is plotting a 3G network upgrade to offer "considerably faster mobile broadband speeds." Of course, the bad news is that AT&T's network is holding you back now.  The company said its upgrade will...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Network, Broadband, AT&T Corp., Mobile Broadband, Randall Stephenson, 3G, Wireless And Mobility, Cellular Phones, WiMAX, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-27

Apple and Verizon in talks about CDMA iPhone

Apple is apparently talking to Verizon about a potential deal to build a CDMA version of the iPhone that would run on the Verizon Wireless network in the U.S. USA Today reports: The New York-based telecom entered into "high-level" discussions with Apple management a few months ago, when CEO...

Tags: Apple iPhone, CDMA, Verizon Communications Inc., AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-04-27

Verizon and the iPhone: Nothing to report today, but...

Updated: Apple is reportedly talking to Verizon Wireless about bringing the iPhone to the carrier, according to USA Today. And Verizon executives aren't exactly pooh-poohing the reports.  On a conference call, Verizon operating chief Dennis Strigl said the company is always talking to device makers, but had "no announcements to make...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Verizon Communications Inc., AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Verizon Wireless, Apple Obviously, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Networking, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-27

AT&T: First quarter earnings shine; 1.6 million iPhones activated

AT&T on Wednesday delivered first quarter net income of $3.1 billion, or 53 cents a share, on revenue of $30.6 billion. That tally handily topped Wall Street estimates. Meanwhile, AT&T said it activated 1.6 million iPhones in the quarter.  Wall Street was expecting earnings of 48 cents...

Tags: Revenue, Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp., Earnings, Wireless, Wi-Fi, Operational Accounting, 3G, Wireless And Mobility, Finance, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-22

Should Apple keep its exclusive iPhone deal with AT&T?

AT&T chief Randall Stephenson not-so-surprisingly wants to extend an exclusive deal with Apple until 2011, but the larger question is whether Steve Jobs & Co. should stick with Ma Bell. The Wall Street Journal reports: AT&T's exclusive deal to carry the iPhone in the U.S. expires...

Tags: Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Sales Strategy, Wireless And Mobility, Sales, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-15

The "Me Too" Kindle 2 Review

Amazon's Kindle 2 is sleek, stylish, and has a crisp and easy-on-the eyes "electronic ink" display. But it only does one thing -- read books. After all the relatively hostile things I have said about Amazon's Kindle e-book reader in the past, I...

Tags: Device, Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, Amazon Kindle 2, Anathem, Tablets, Handhelds, Smart Phones, Wiki, E-mail, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-04-07

New CIO's vision: Democratizing Data

DC's data feed of crime data on Google Maps links a police report to the location. W. David Stephenson knows our new federal CIO pretty well: he's been cowriting a book with him: Democratizing Data, to be published by O'Reilly. So I turned to Stephenson...

Tags: Performance, Data, Vision, DC, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-03-08

AT&T: 1.9 million iPhones activated

AT&T said Wednesday that it activated 1.9 million iPhone 3Gs in the fourth quarter with 40 percent of those activations representing new customers.  In the back half of 2008, AT&T activated more than 4.3 million iPhones statement. AT&T also noted that it iPhone customers deliver higher revenue...

Tags: Revenue, Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp., Wireless, 3G, Operational Accounting, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-01-28

'The devil you know' keeps worried workers in place

'The devil you know' keeps worried workers in placeI could not disagree more.....I don't look at work as a gift. I've always worked but its a necessary evil not anything that is given to me but that I've worked to achieve. I'm very good at what I do.......

Tags: Craig, environment, worker

Discussion threads 2008-11-14

The five products Apple must make

The five products Apple must makeDon't quit your day jobGame console: No. The market isn't big enough.Tablet: No. the market isn't big enough. Unless Apple can make a notebook computer that can also be a tablet. Without a price increase.iPhone Nano: No. The touch screen interface requires a product with...

Tags: Tablets, Operating systems, Notebooks, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS X, hardware

Discussion threads 2008-10-09

And the calculator saga continues

I spent the afternoon at a local orchard with my wife and my youngest son. The other kids were buried in homework and/or video games, but it's apple season here in New England, so off the three of us went on a beautiful fall day. The orchard was...

Tags: Ice Cream, Games, Taxes, Corporate Communications, Free Trade, Construction, Personal Technology, Financial Planning, Finance, Marketing, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-10-05

E-waste regs are way too lax, GAO says

Greenpeace A new Government Accountability Office report slams the EPA for its "low priority" on e-waste. EPA regs only cover old cathode-ray tube TVs and monitors, John Stephenson, environmental director for GAO told a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee, News.com reports. Not only are the EPA...

Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, E-waste, General Accounting Office, CRT, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Components, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-09-18

AT&T's quarter hits mark; Wireless churn falls; iPhone 3G sells well

AT&T on Wednesday reported second quarter earnings of $3.8 billion, or 63 cents a share, on revenue of $30.9 billion. Adjusted earnings were 76 cents a share, a tally that met Wall Street estimates. In the second quarter a year ago, AT&T reported net income of $2.9...

Tags: Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp., Apple iPhone 3G, 3G, Wireless, Wi-Fi, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-23