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USAToday's Leslie Cauley reports that as long as two years ago, Apple and Steve Jobs held initial discussions with Verizon about the carrier becoming exclusive distributor for the then-envisioned iPhone.
If so, we would have seen Verizon's logo all over the ad at the top, not Cingular's.
Didn't happen.
Verizon reportedly balked, because they wanted a degree of [...]
Written by Russell Shaw on January 30th, 2007 with no comments.
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When I first signed up for my Sprint EV-DO some eight months ago, I couldn't wait to use it. In my second month of service, there I was, blogging on the train from Portland to Seattle.
But you know something? I haven't needed EV-DO's flavor of broadband wireless since then. Neither have I been tempted by [...]
Written by Russell Shaw on January 28th, 2007 with no comments.
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Two of the hottest handsets:
Apple iPhone, announced Monday. Up there.
BlackBerry Pearl, announced last September.
Here:
Both have cameras, music playback, video playback, calendar, Web surfing, personal organizer functionalities.
Pearl- $399.99 but carrier discounts as low as $199.99 with a two-year sub.
iPhone carrier-Ciingular. Exclusive. For years.
Pearl-T-Mobile and Cingular.
Now I am going to ask which one you want.
If I could [...]
Written by Russell Shaw on January 10th, 2007 with no comments.
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CNN Money reports that The Wall Street Journal says Apple has selected Cingular Wireless to provide wireless service for a new Apple-branded cellphone.
WSJ rarely gets it wrong. I tend to believe…
When Steve Jobs delivers his Macworld Expo keynote, we'll know more.
One question: will such a phone cannibalize iPod sales?
Written by Russell Shaw on January 9th, 2007 with no comments.
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Yep, that's what I hear by keeping my ears open.
Apple's upcoming iPod-like phone (aka "iPhone") will be available exclusively from Cingular when it becomes available next year.
Check out more of the story here.
(I guess being the largest U.S. cell phone carrier does carry some power ...)
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Everybody loves a Top 10 list -- and we're no exception!
This one comes from 
Wirefly, "an online leader in one-stop comparison shopping for cell phones and wireless service plans," which recently named the top-selling music phones in the U.S. (Definition: A cell phone that allows users to import MP3 music files or iTunes from their PCs or download them wirelessly from a content provider.
According to Wirefly, the five popular music phones are:
- 1. Sony Ericsson Z520a/Z525a/Vieo Phone -- (pictured)
- 2. Motorola ROKR iTunes Phone
- 3. Samsung T809 (T-Mobile) and Samsung D807 (Cingular)*
- 4. Samsung MM-A900 (Multimedia Phone)
- 5. Cingular 2125 and T-Mobile MDA*
(*Same cell phones with different model numbers on separate networks)
In the recently published "U.S. Wireless Music 2006-2010 Forecast and Analysis," the anayst firm IDC reported that: "Mobile music storefronts are emerging as one of the most important new channels for fans to discover, purchase and enjoy full-track music and related content." Also, that music cell phones will soon surpass stand-alone MP3 players in terms of popularity.
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Written by VoIP & Gadgets Blog on August 14th, 2006 with no comments.
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As I have already noted in a previous post, I have received a Prospectus for the sale of Vonage stock as part of its Vonage Share Customer Directed Program. The Prospectus is dated May 5. I have read the Prospectus, and have noted what Vonage says about its competitors. Since this information [...]
Written by Russell Shaw on May 8th, 2006 with no comments.
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Bird flu: contagious. Platform-itis: far less deadly but even more contagious.Every time I read about another distribution parternership between digital content creators and consumer electronics manufacturers, my moo-goo detector automatically defaults to a HIGH setting.This especially happens when I learn of partnerships that make no sense to me. Like shoehorning television programming on devices that [...]
Written by Russell Shaw on March 8th, 2006 with no comments.
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Now Cingular is getting into the music business?
If I'm reading the Wall Street Journal correctly (and I usually do), then Cingular is joining the fray with Verizon and its V Cast music service to give the iPod a run for its money.
Unfortunately, the phone companies (or "wireless service providers") seemingly face a never-ending uphill battle to make their cell phones into cool, practical MP3 players that anyone wants to use. (What is it about that iPod anyway?)
Maybe Cingular's partnership with Napster, Yahoo Music and eMusic will make this turn out different?
Once again, we the gadget consuming population will vote with our wallets (nice ramp up to Election Day, eh?)
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Written by VoIP & Gadgets Blog on January 1st, 1970 with no comments.
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Make no mistake, that Apple iPhone is one great looking product -- would you expect anything less from Apple?
But what's really interested is taking a look past the shiny, attractive exterior and seeing what's inside -- the technology, what it does, what it can do for you. This is sort of the same as getting past how great a car looks to see if it's really the car for you. After all, a car is just four wheels to get you places, and isn't a phone really something to make calls (OK, "communicate") with?
Guess music could play a part in that experience, too?
Good to check out all of the blogging, blogging, blogging on this issue and really liked this report called "The iPhone Is Not a Smart Phone." Apparently, it's not a lot of other things, too.
Remains to be seen after all of the hoopla how many of us are going to trade it our iPods and our cell phones for one singular (that could be Cingular -- only provider to have it for now, or at least the near future) gadget.
Doing the math with the two gadgets morphing into one means I have to dig deeper into my pocket to come up with the scratch for the iPhone -- but when has a little cash been an issue when there's a new, cool gadget to be had?
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Written by VoIP & Gadgets Blog on January 1st, 1970 with no comments.
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Honestly, who can keep track of all of the Baby Bells, Ma Bell, the wireless services providers -- wasn't it supposed to be easier after the breakup of AT&T that began in 1974 with the U.S. Department of Justice anti-trust suit against the telephone monopoly. (Thanks Wiki! -- and more on that later.)
Now we have a news report about how AT&T is going to "de-brand" the Cingular name after its receent purchase of the company and turn it into AT&T; this after SBC bought AT&T earlier and deciced to change its brand nane to AT&T.
Crazy or what!
But how about fixing the often spotty wireless service that Cingular (er, I mean, AT&T) provides -- why bother fixing the brand name if the brand attributes (the stuff that makes the brand the brand) aren't so good?
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Continuing the phone dereg history, under the terms of the settlement finalized on January 8, 1982, "Ma Bell" agreed to divest its local exchange service operating companies in return for a chance to go into the computer business as AT&T Computer Systems. (That's rich, isn't it?
Effective January 1, 1984, AT&T's local operations were split into seven independent Regional Holding Companies, also known as Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs) or "Baby Bells."
Reduced in value by approximately 70%, AT&T continued to operate all of its long-distance services, although it lost market share to competitors like MCI and Sprint.
Who knows what other deals lurks in the minds of the phone and wireless providers ...
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Written by VoIP & Gadgets Blog on January 1st, 1970 with no comments.
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The
NY Times is reporting that AT&T customers who subscribe to
both its
Cingular Wireless and traditional phone services can now make and receive unlimited free calls to and from any other AT&T or Cingular customer. The new AT&T Unity service is yet another competitive advantage AT&T and the other phone companies will have over single-play VoIP providers, including Vonage, and even Skype. Of course, the race to "free" can't be good for the telecom sector.
According to the story, expanded ''free calling'' network will consist of 100 million phone numbers. That's a pretty large "free in-network" calling. It just might be time for me to switch to AT&T / Cingular / AT&T Wireless /
BellSouth , etc. etc.
Anybody see the Colbert explanation of the whole confusing AT&T acquisitions on Youtube? Check it out. It's hilarious!
Even better, I'll link to it here so you can play directly:
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Hey, I'm all for companies making a buck on the products ands services they provide us consumers, but why does Apple have to charge $1.99 a month for faster wireless service on some of its MacBook and MacBook Pro laptops?
(Don't they make enough margin on the hardware to begin with?) More on that here.
Now that news may get me a bit hot under the collar, but how about hotter still when we learn that Apple and Cingular (now AT&T) will make nearly a 50% margin (aka profit) on its first iPhones, according to this report.
Now those numbers set up some aggressive price cutting, according to sources, but I'm personally still waiting for CD prices to drop, like they were supposed to after the investment in the pressing plants was recouped.
Dream on ...
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(Ted Wallingford on
Jan 19, 2007 12:55 PM)
Apple charges more for everything. Interestingly, I hadn't heard of this before reading it here. I suspect it will largely flop like .Mac did. I believe .Mac should have been a free collaboration with Google or Yahoo but hindsight is 20/20.
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