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Court documents confirm Apple/AT&T exclusive five year deal, questions surface over contract renegotiations

With additional chatter surrounding the idea of Apple extending the iPhone to Verizon this year, the exact specifics of Apple’s five-year exclusive contract with AT&T have never really been published. Fortunately, the cool cats at Engadget managed to uncover the following: An ongoing California class-action lawsuit filed in 2007 claims that Apple and AT&T illegally […]

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Rumor: Rogers Wireless May Offer 15GB Data Plan On June 16th

A current rumor circulating points towards Canadian provider Rogers Wireless offer a 15GB data package for the iPhne 3G beginning June 16th. According to iPhone in Canada, the plan will retail for CAN$150/month with 1 cent for each additional megabyte of data used. It will be available for monthly and 1, 2, or 3-year contracts. […]

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Apple Finally Offering iPhone 3G For Sale Online

Apple’s iPhone 3G is finally available online, an option that hasn’t existed since the original unit was released in 2007. According to The Unofficial Apple Weblog, Apple has finally allowed new users to activate their services online with the iPhone 3G handset being shipped straight to their door. Current AT&T customers will need to reserve […]

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Apple Revises “Wet iPhone” Policy Terms

Over the past couple of years, some of my clients have inadvertently soaked their iPhones (the rocket scientist who routinely works for NASA managed to marinate his in a gym bag filled with Gatorade and the other stories are even more obscure). Given this situation, the result from Apple was fairly punitive: time to shell […]

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Softbank Begins Giving Away Free iPhones to New Customers

Softbank Mobile, Apple’s iPhone carrier in Japan, plans to introduce a new program Friday that will give some iPhone handsets away for free with a new two-year contract. The 8GB iPhone 3G handset will be offered for free to new subscribers starting a calling plan today, though this may be likely to disappoint those who […]