Give Bing a Chance? Over my dead body

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This comic reflects the thoughts of many Apple Evangelists and Fanboys. However, people need to realize that the world has changed and that Google is now just as "evil" as Microsoft once was. Just don't expect andy MacOS Zune support any time soon :)

A famous leader once said "You can always form an alliance with the enemy of tomorrow against the enemy of today."

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The App Store Economy is Booming - Infographic

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$165 Million a month for Apple? Not to shabby if you ask me.

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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 factor when purchasing a phone the Nexus One should be your next phone. 
However, we all know that Apple and AT&T have never wanted to compete based on price, but rather on product and service offerings.  The question will know be whether Apple’s superior branding and AT&T’s arguably better service offering can hold off the Nexus One.
On a side note, Sprint’s Palm Pre does offer the cheapest cost of ownership among the four smartphones compared by Billshrink.com above.  But let’s be honest that being sold exclusively by Sprint has taken the otherwise solid Palm Pre out of the running from the beginning.

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Rumor: Verizon Wireless prepares for the iPhone

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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 in place already. We are prepared to support that traffic."

We all know how dissatisfied iPhone users, including myself, are with AT&T's performance. Especially, if you came over from Verizon's wireless service like I did. All us iPhone users can do now is cross our fingers and say "Please Apple, please offer your phone on Verizon!"

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Apple: "People Are Still Just Trying to Catch Up With the First iPhone"

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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 :)

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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 poll conducted by TUAW.com it seems that 46% of respondents had no issues at all and an additional 15% had initial issues that went away.

Is this a WIN for AT&T? In my opinion no because getting this right was expected after such a long delay. The iPhone is finally capable of performing rudimentary functions that any 13 year old's cell phone that they sneak into school on a daily basis.

How did the AT&T MMS release go for you?

It worked well. No problems	5739 (45.9%)
It seemed slow at first, but got better	1827 (14.6%)
MMS is missing some features I wanted	237 (1.9%)
MMS isn't of any interest to me. I use email for sending pix	1912 (15.3%)
Doesn't run on my older iPhone. I'm not happy	708 (5.7%)
Slow delivery yesterday. Much better today	795 (6.4%)
Not happy at all	1297 (10.4%

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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 (as if you don't have it permanently attached to your machine already) and make sure you've got some solid time in front of the computer to check for the update over and over (and over) again, alright?


How long have iPhone owners been waiting on this? Too long!!!! Still WAY to overpriced. AT&T, quick question: Where would you be today without the iPhone? Huh?!?! This could be potentially disastrous for the AT&T brand if they don'r pull this off - no wonder they are scared right now. We'll know more in 24 hours.

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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 when Eric Schmidt, Google's CEO, left Apple's board earlier this year after sitting on it since 2006.
The issue is that Apple ahs always run a very tight ship, maybe a little too tights. But, now that all of a sudden there are millions of Apple users via the iPhone they are just "enjoying" this tight ship that Apple runs. There really is nothing wrong with what Apple is doing - it is doing waht Steve Jobs loves: Controlling the end-user experience to the t. However, why doesn't Apple simply come out and admit to this? Well, becasue there would be about a millin and one lawsuits files that day by companies that want their apps or programs to run on the iPhone regardless of what Apple thinks.
This brings us to the problem that Apple does not have the structures in place to properly monitor app submissions to the app store. Apple is making 30% of every app sold, so wouldn't it be in their own best interest to approve as many apps as possibel to increase revenue? That's where Steve Jobs and his tight ship come in.
So, in other words what we are witnessing is not the prelude to Google versus Apple, but rather Google versus Steve Jobs.
Since this story broke laste last week, Apple has again denied rejecting the Google Voice App to spite Google.
Read more: Gizmodo and Macrumors.

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Awesome Recession Cardboard iPhone Case

By Jesus Diaz, 8:35 AM on Fri Sep 11 2009, 3,724 views (Edit, to draft, Slurp)

If I don't find a new apartment in NY soon, I would be living in a fridge box for a while—which, mind you, would be bigger than most places here. One that matches this do-it-yourself cardboard iPhone case.

10 cases for $8 is not good enough for hobomodo, but cheap enough even if it's not water proof. [Case-Mate via Oh Gizmo! via Dvice]

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I need to get one of these!

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