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There are a wide variety of VoIP applications coming out on the market that will allow smartphones to make calls wherever an accessible wi-fi connection exists. This will enable some people to reduce their cell phone minutes, if wi-fi is widely available (which, in some areas is not always the case). And what is going [...]

Unfortunately, it appears that some activations of Apple’s new iPhone have gone badly. After waiting in line 36 hours some customers are still unable to activate their phone. One customer says he is “documenting the AT&T circus call by call on my blog.”
He has had his hold calls dropped, been patched into other users [...]

How many consumers will visit AT&T and Apple stores this Friday for the long-awaited launch of Apple’s iPhone? No one can say. Some analysts are speculating that the turnout could be disappointing, at least in relation to the expectations created by the massive hype around the product that combines the functionalities of a cell phone, [...]

As part of the deal with the FCC to approve the AT&T/BellSouth merger, AT&T started selling, but not advertising, a $10-per-month DSL service in 22 states.
The service provides download speeds of up to 768 kilobits per second and upload speeds of up to 128 kbps, matching the speeds of the cheapest advertised AT&T plan, [...]