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Apple Begins Selling Contract-Free iPhone 3G at Full Price

As of Thursday, Apple retail locations have begun selling unrestricted quantities of the company’s iPhone 3G handset at the non-subsidized price of US$599 for the 8GB version and US$699 for the 16GB version. Once sold, the buyer does not need to have an existing AT&T contract. According to AppleInsider, activation can completed by the customer […]

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Sprint to Deploy WiMAX Networks in 10 U.S. Cities Throughout 2009

Telecommunications giant Sprint has announced plans to deploy WiMAX services in 10 major cities throughout 2009, with at least five additional major markets due to get services in 2010. According to Macworld, the company plans to deploy services to Atlanta, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Fort Worth, Honolulu, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, Portland, and Seattle. The comapny also […]

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Rumor: Apple May be Building Netbook

Despite its public comments regarding the issue, Apple may in fact be working on a netbook which could be released sometime this year. According to the DigiTimes newspaper, Apple has ordered displays from a well-known touch-panel supplier for use with such a system sometime in 2009. According to the report, Taiwan-based Wintek will start shipping […]

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Rumor: Apple, China Mobile May Release iPhone 3G to Chinese Market in May

Apple’s long-standing negotiation hurdles with Chinese wireless carrier may be at an end according to an article on ChinaTechNews.com. Per the article, China Unicom has reportedly reached an agreement with Apple on iPhone’s entry into China and the 3G iPhone may appear in the Chinese market in May 2009. The piece cites representatives from Ovum, […]

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Possible Footage of Next-Gen Mac Mini Emerges

A quick video has been leaked over to MacRumors displaying what could be the next generation Mac mini. The new unit appears to include FireWire 800 (which swaps out FireWire 400), a fifth USB 2.0 port and a Mini DisplayPort. Since a picture’s worth a thousand words, take a look: Mac Mini 2009 Edition – […]