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Leaked AT&T Memo Outlines Spin Tactics Regarding Verizon Lawsuit
4:29PM Rosa Golijan | I’ll admit that I got a slight chuckle out of this particular memo sent to AT&T employees today. It explains that the company has in fact filed a lawsuit against Verizon for the rather hilarious “There’s a Map for That” ad campaign and proceeds to instruct employees to use any inquiries as a chance to talk about AT&T’s great qualities: More »
Phones
4:01PM Matt Buchanan | The BlackBerry Bold 9700 in a word? Compact. It’s efficient, almost cramped, like a Japanese car from the 80s. More »
BlackBerry Bold 9700 Impressions: Small And Chirpy, Like A Black Hummingbird
4:01PM Matt Buchanan | The BlackBerry Bold 9700 in a word? Compact. It’s efficient, almost cramped, like a Japanese car from the 80s. More »
Networks
AT&T Suing Verizon Because “Map” Ad Is Confusing To Dumb People
8:46AM Wilson Rothman | A Verizon Wireless ad shows a beefy Verizon 3G map next to a less impressive AT&T 3G map. AT&T is suing, saying it leads people to believe AT&T has no phone service outside of its (admittedly skimpy) 3G areas. More »
Software
1.4 Million Have Google Voice, But Not That Many Actually Use It
1:51AM Matt Buchanan | The reason your friends aren’t begging you for a Google Voice invite is probably ’cause they’ve got one by now. BusinessWeek got a hold of the redacted user numbers Google gave to the FCC, and they’re higher than I’d expect: 1.419 million users, only 570,000 of whom actually use it everyday. More »
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GSM Motorola Droid Caught On Video
10:24PM Danny Allen | As we said in our hands on yesterday, Motorola’s Droid phone deserves the positive attention it’s getting. So what about that AT&T and GSM-compatible version? No update on availability, but here’s video proof it exists. Update: Video pulled, but we’ve got a screen grab. More »
Software
Google Voice Is Only Blocking Like 100 Numbers Now
10:30AM Matt Buchanan | It’s still about 100 numbers too many, but Google Voice has gone from blocking a decent swath of phone numbers—ranging from sex chat lines to nuns to some simply rural digits—to around 100. More »
Business
AT&T Sells More iPhones Than Ever Before
11:10PM Mark Wilson | AT&T’s quarterly earnings are out, and we have a crazy stat for you: Of 4.3 million new phones activated by AT&T last quarter, 3.2 million were iPhones — that’s 74 per cent. More »
Business
AT&T Sues The Pants Off Of Price Fixing LCD Manufacturers
3:39AM John Herrman | AT&T and the LCD industry make for strange courtfellows, but wait’ll you hear what for: AT&T claims that due to LCD price fixing by LG and Sharp, they’ve overpaid for 300 million handsets. Interestingly, they’re not thrilled about this. More »
Networks
AT&T Tells Every Employee To Complain To The FCC About Net Neutrality
12:41AM Matt Buchanan | Remember the Comcastard stacked FCC hearing on BitTorrent blocking? AT&T thinks that’s a good strategy, since AT&T’s main lobbyist sent a letter to all 300,000 employees “encouraging” them and their families to protest the FCC’s net neutrality rules. Yeesh. More »
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