Dell Aero Smartphone Dell on Tuesday dived into the highly competitive smartphone market, releasing the Aero in the U.S. The Aero phone comes with a 3.5-inch touch screen and is available through Dell’s website for US$99.99 with a two-year mobile contract with AT&T and for $299.99 without a contract.
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Goatse Security exploited a security hole on AT&T’s Website that enabled it to access the e-mail addresses of 114,000 owners of iPad 3G devices. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has opened an inquiry. That could cloud what was a previously fine forecast for the adoption of the tablets among businesses. Researchers at Citrix last month [...]
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Ten years ago, I predicted that blue would be the new green. When I released my annual trends forecast for 2000, I pointed to the power of Millennium Blue. I meant it figuratively–our concern with all things environmental would morph into heightened awareness about the world’s water supply (and, sure enough, when magazines got bored with their “green” issues a few years later, some of them published “blue” issues to highlight this dimension of climate responsibility). But I also meant it literally. The tail end of the 1990s saw the release of Apple’s first-generation iMacs in a beachy hue called Bondi Blue, Pepsi’s repackaging in a deeper shade of blue and the launch of the American Express Blue credit card, positioned as an evolution of the classic green one.
Now I’m seeing that purple is going to be the new blue.
Here’s why I say this: Blue is as primary as primary colors come. It’s a slice of the primary color wheel that we used in elementary school to mix more exotic shades such as orange and green. It’s a foundation of RGB (B being for blue) and CMYK printing processes (C for cyan). It’s half of the electoral map that has come to serve as shorthand for our divided political climate. It has a million clear-cut connotations: blue states, the Blue and the Gray, blue laws, the blues.
Purple, on the other hand, is a hybrid that defies easy categorization. It’s not shorthand for much of anything. It’s the end of the rainbow, the last color on the visible spectrum. Or it’s something you can make by mixing two other colors together. (Try doing that to make blue.)
If purple is shorthand for anything now, it’s arguably the undecided, could-go-either-way nature of the political landscape, circa 2010. What used to be called swing states are increasingly called purple states. And not just the longtime swing states, but any state with elected offices up for grabs this year, or with Democrats in the governor’s mansion and Republicans in Congress (or vice versa). Thanks to Scott Brown, even true-blue Massachusetts is looking rather rosy.
Of course, I’m not just talking literally about color here. (Though a look at fashion runways from the past few seasons points to a real style trend.) My larger point is that blending, mixing and hybridizing are the defining features of our culture today.
We have a mixed-race president. Non-Hispanic, single-race whites are expected to be a minority in America by the year 2050. Monoculture is on its way out, and multicultural is no longer just a buzzword. Blending and blurring will be the future, and stereotyping will get harder and harder to do.
I’m not blithely suggesting that all prejudice will magically go away. I’m all too aware that old biases die hard and that full social justice is still far away. But think about how far we’ve come and how hard it’s going to be to say, “People like that are like that” when there are hardly any people exactly like “that” and instead we’re all “that and that and that.”
Consider the Tea Party, for example. When the movement started last year, many commentators dismissed its members as right-wing nutjobs. But a number of more sensitive, in-depth profiles in the past few months have shown that the reality is, of course, far more complex than the easy stereotype. And with the Tea Party’s popularity outstripping that of the Democrats and Republicans, it’s clear it’s a force to be reckoned with.
Even people who still identify with one of the traditional parties are starting to see more shades of gray–make that purple, as in kind of red and kind of blue–around issues. The rich variety of news and opinions we can find on the Web has enabled us, if we choose to look, to see political and social issues from all sides. Plenty of people who were in favor of health-care reform were given pause when AT&T announced last week that it would be taking a $1 billion charge as a result of the legislation.
Or take the shifting views on same-sex marriage–still a contentious issue, to be sure–which was until recently as unthinkable as interracial marriage was in the 1950s. It’s now the law of the land in five states and the District of Columbia, and it’s likely on its way to the Supreme Court. Come to think of it, lavender, or light purple, has long been associated with lesbians and gay men, who have become a bit harder to stereotype in an age when “Will and Grace” and Ellen DeGeneres have long been on TVs across the country.
I don’t mean to sound utopian. We still have a long way to go, and stereotyping–and worse, prejudice and violence–will likely never go away. But as with everything in our world these days, it’s getting increasingly complicated. Simple dichotomies such as red and blue are behind us. Purple clothing may come and go, but I believe purple as a state of mind is here to stay.
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Line2 – 2 lines, 1 iPhone
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No Cell Reception at Home or Work? Cell bills too high? Line2 adds a second number to your iPhone that works over 3G, WiFi or Cellular networks.
Make and receive calls no matter where you are – using VoIP when you can, and cellular when necessary – all from the same number.
Your phone will automatically detect the cheapest way to make a call – you don’t have to think about it. Ideal if you have poor cell reception at your home or office or just want to reduce your cell bill.
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Apple is in talks to bring its rumored tablet device to the 3G networks of both Verizon and AT&T, according to reports. Since Verizon uses the wireless network standard called CDMA, and AT&T uses the GSM standard, Apple may have to produce two different versions of the device, according to a report at Fox News. Then again, a “world edition” device that runs on both network types may not be out of the question–assuming Apple’s new product will have cellular connectivity at all.
A third option may be Apple may not have a carrier deal lined up for its product launch next Wednesday. This might mean Apple may not be able to announce pricing of a tablet at the event.
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(01-22) 09:54 PST — Apple?s rumored tablet device will be available through both Verizon and AT&T, according to a report by Foxnews.
If true, that would likely mean that the new Apple device, expected to be unveiled next week, would come with 3G cellular connectivity built in, CDMA for Verizon and GSM/UMTS for AT&T.
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?It sounds odd for Apple to have a major press event without a final carrier deal….Nevertheless, Apple is in talks with both AT&T and Verizon to support the tablet, according to sources within the companies,? writes Foxnews reporter Clayton Morris.
Morris cited several unnamed sources at both carriers in his story. As with nearly all stories about the long-rumored device, Morris? story is short on specifics. Much of the account simply rehashes the sniping between the two carriers about the merits of their respective 3G networks.
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Sprint’s talking about it, but AT&T’s straight-up doing something about Verizon’s plan adjustments this morning with a series of its own tweaks this afternoon. Starting Monday, January 18 (conveniently the same day that Verizon’s changes go live), unlimited talk will run $69.99 on individual plans, a nice little cut of $30 against the $99.99 the carrier charges today; family unlimited, meanwhile, comes in at $119.99. Unlimited talk and text costs another $20 on top of unlimited talk alone — no change from the current add-on pricing. Similarly, unlimited talk plus smartphone data goes for $99.99, meaning that you’re paying $30 for the data package — exactly the same as you’re paying now, so really, this all boils down to a big adjustment in what carriers across the board are charging for voice. The principles of Econ 101 have us believe that voice isn’t as popular as it used to be — we are now sending billions upon billions of texts, after all — and as we ease off the voice infrastructure, it makes sense that these guys would want to upsell everyone into unlimited plans (remember that we’re living in an “all you can eat” kind of nation) while still banking big on precious kilobytes and characters. Well played, AT&T; you too, Verizon. Well played, indeed.
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Not since AT&T called an audible to offer unlimited voice the same day as Verizon have we seen this kind of hustle out of a big-four carrier — though it’s only ending in hastily-prepared PR this time around, not any material changes in calling plans. Sprint is countering Verizon’s new offerings announced this morning with a release of its own, running the numbers to find that its Everything Data plans at the 450, 700, and unlimited voice bucket levels should save users about $240 a year against Big Red, while comparing Sprint’s 1,500-minute family plan with unlimited data to Verizon’s 1,400-minute plan yields savings of about $600 annually. For better or worse, Verizon and AT&T have historically viewed themselves as “premium” nationals with justification for charging higher rates than smaller rivals Sprint and T-Mobile — but depending on where you go, what you do, and how you use the service, the cheaper guys could end up working every bit as well, if not better.
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It’s no surprise that AT&T has a very crappy network to say the least, and the company has lost a few battles with its arch rival Verizon over apps that made fun of it.
AT&T is hoping that they can pacify the anger of their iPhone customers by releasing a new iPhone app that allows users to tell AT&T where the dark spots are in their network in real time.
Only problem is the At&T Mark the Spot app is for iPhone only at the moment and is not to be used while driving (although the last is a suggestion). So if you’re interested, you can go ahead and download the new At&T iPhone app, via the link below.
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This according to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, who says there’s a 70 percent chance that the carrier will add Apple’s super-smartphone to its lineup by the middle of 2010.
With AT&T’s (T) exclusive deal to carry the iPhone in the U.S. expiring next year, Apple (AAPL) has certainly considered such a move. It would be silly not to. Verizon’s (VZ) postpaid subscriber base is not only larger than AT&T’s, it’s untapped.
That’s an important differentiating factor given that Apple has an diminishing opportunity to attract new iPhone users from AT&T’s subscriber base. Says Munster: “Currently, the iPhone is available to 82 million AT&T subs in the U.S.; adding Verizon would more than double the addressable market, adding 89 million U.S. consumers.”
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