Best Buy announced today that it would be selling the Apple iPhone, starting on September 7th.
It will be the first US chain, outside of Apple & AT&T, to carry the iPhone.
The deal is significant for several reasons:
The iPhone will be available in 1,000 new locations;
It helps prepare Apple for carrier independence;
It has the potential to [...]
Note: See update at the end of this article.
AT&T has just announced a fantastic perk for iPhone owners with AT&T contracts, free WiFi for iPhone customers on the nation’s largest Wi-Fi hotspot network. This opens up more than 17,000 hotspots, including Starbucks, to iPhone users to use for free on their iPhone, laptop or other [...]
Though we haven’t seen any official announcement from AT&T, its site is already touting 3G iPhone coverage and free wireless access at the company’s 17,000 hotspots.
The AT&T site now touts 3G support for the iPhone:
Data Access
In order to use data such as email, Google Maps, YouTube videos and web browsing, AT&T recommends using iPhone in [...]
MacRumors reports that AT&T hotspots are now offering free Wi-Fi access to iPhone users.
Barnes and Noble, Starbucks and presumably AT&T’s 71,000 other Wi-fi hotspot locations are now offering iPhone users a custom portal to access free Wi-Fi. A special iPhone formatted page asks for your mobile phone number. Once entered, you can access the Wi-Fi [...]
Last week, when Sprint announced that it was laying off 4,000 employees, we suggested that Apple’s iPhone was killing off those jobs.
A lot of people took issue with the suggestion, saying that Sprint’s lousy customer service was to blame.
Sprint’s customer service IS terrible. We used to be Sprint subscribers, and found that going to our [...]
Sprint has announced that it will be cutting 4,000 jobs and closing 8 percent of its stores:
The company said it would cut 125 stores and eliminate more than 4,000 sales outlets within retailers.  Sprint expects the measures to trim labor costs by an annual rate of $700 million to $800 million by the end of [...]
USATODAY reports that, starting immediately, AT&T customers can use any wireless phone, device and software application from any maker, without having to sign a contract.
“You can use any handset on our network you want,” says Ralph de la Vega, CEO of AT&T’s wireless business. “We don’t prohibit it, or even police it.”
AT&T’s move comes after [...]
Apple will introduce a 3G version of the iPhone next year, according to AT&T Inc. Chief Executive Officer Randall Stephenson.
“You’ll have it next year,” said Stephenson. He said he didn’t know how much more the new version will cost than the existing model, which sells for $399. Apple Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs “will dictate [...]
Since this Thursday, Apple limits sales of the iPhone to two per person, and has prohibited cash-only sales of the cellphone, presumably to stop people from reselling them.¬† Before Thursday’s policy change announcement, there was no cash restriction and the purchase limit was five per person.
Company spokeswoman Natalie Kerris said that limiting purchases to two [...]
It looks like Apple’s controversial iPhone price cuts have turned the phone and portable media player into a hit:
iPhone carrier AT&T said sales of the iPhone have increased since Apple announced the price cuts. “The price cuts are going to help us,” said AT&T’s Ralph de la Vega. “We see a very significant uptake in [...]