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Nexus One offers the cheapest unlimited service on a smartphone

Nexus One offers the cheapest unlimited service on a smartphone

Photo: Billshrink.com Not only the Unlimited Plan – which includes unlimited Voice, Messaging, and data – but also the average plan is less expensive with T-Mobile than with AT&T.  While AT&T charges $149.99 for unlimited, T-Mobile only charges $99.99.  This equals to savings over 24 months over almost 50%!  So, if price is the deciding [...]

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2010 a Year of Apps and Downs for the iPhone

2010 a Year of Apps and Downs for the iPhone

Photo: Reuters In just about a year the number of iPhone Apps rose from 10,000 to 100,000 which is 10 times as many as the second place App Store for Android. In the past the capabilities of a phone would be known by a quick look at the feature list. Today, however, there are Apps, these [...]

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Rumor: Verizon Wireless prepares for the iPhone

Rumor: Verizon Wireless prepares for the iPhone

via tuaw.com Either wishful thinking or evidence of the inevitable, but BusinessWeek is reporting that Verizon is supposedly bolstering its network in preparation for the iPhone. Verizon Wireless Chief Technology Officer Anthony Melone recently told Bloomberg BusinessWeek that the company is ready for the extra traffic that the iPhone would bring. “We have put things [...]

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shoppers use smartphones to study, find, and buy.

shoppers use smartphones to study, find, and buy.

  Here are a few big boys joining the fun: Toys R Us, Walgreens, American Eagle, Best Buy and  Victoria’s Secret recently added mobile sites. Sears and Kmart were one of the first major U.S. retailers to offer a mobile site, last year.  THE ANTI-BLACK FRIDAY Given the crazies out on Black Friday, the ability to use a mobile device from your couch, [...]

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iPhone and Android now total 75% of U.S. smartphone web traffic

iPhone and Android now total 75% of U.S. smartphone web traffic

Filed under: Odds and ends, Surveys and Polls, iPhone iPhone and Android now total 75% of U.S. smartphone web traffic by Mel Martin (RSS feed) on Nov 23rd 2009 at 2:30PM It’s a rather stunning number from AdMob in an October report. The firm reports on web requests from thousands of sites world wide. In [...]

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apple: “people are still just trying to catch up with the first iPhone.” [blockquote]

apple: “people are still just trying to catch up with the first iPhone.” [blockquote]

via gizmodo.com i love this image. it makes me smile every time I see it. i don’t know if it’s because of the futurama style of the drawing, windows being portrayed by a monkey, or the laser beam coming out of the iPhone plus, you have to really enjoy such a bold statement from apple. [...]

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AT&T MMS launch: How was it for iPhone users?

So, what’s the fallout of the AT& MMS update from last Friday? It seems that according to initial feedback nothing too exciting happened. There were just a few isolated reports of failures to get the update, failures to get the MMS functions after an update, and late delivery of MMS messages. According to a non-scientific [...]

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“Ballmer says they screwed up with Windows Mobile. Wishes they had already launched WM7.” – windows mobile 7

“Ballmer says they screwed up with Windows Mobile. Wishes they had already launched WM7.” – windows mobile 7

via gizmodo.com The interesting thing will be to see what Microsoft does moving forward: Windows Mobile has been a real FAIL for years and Microsoft better bring their A Game to get it right with WinMo 7. Especially with the pressure and lead growing from Apple and the iPhone Microsoft will need to throw more [...]

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Is AT&T ready for iPhone MMS rollout tomorrow?

Is AT&T ready for iPhone MMS rollout tomorrow?

We’ve just heard from AT&T that new carrier settings for the iPhone 3G and 3GS will be available “late morning” Pacific Time (which would be early afternoon Eastern) this Friday, September 25, which will finally enable MMS support. Owners will have to tether up to iTunes to grab those settings, so fish out your cable [...]

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Is Apple toying with Google? [iPhone and Google Voice]

Is Apple toying with Google? [iPhone and Google Voice]

According to Google’s statement from last Friday, in contrast to previous statements Apple rejected the Google Voice app outright. So, it Google yelling: “You’re a Liar!” to Apple? Sort of, but not fully. This may be the first chapter in the Apple Google war of the second decade of the 21st Century. It all started [...]

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