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The iPhone's Golden Touch
Tapping into the Apple phone craze, accidental entrepreneurs rake in
millions by creating popular applications.

AT&T Selling iPhone 8GB For $99 With 2yr Contract
 If you have been waiting or saving for the $199 iPhone you can now
get it for half that price.  AT&T is now selling a refurbished 8GB
iPhone for $99 with the normal 2 year contract.  The best part is a

CHARTER:
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Wireless service, including voice, data (GPRS as well as GSM), and fax.
Non-commercial For Sale and Want To Buy notices for compatible products,

http://urbantektonic.com/tekblog/2008/10/in-case-you-missed-it-a-second-a
go/
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7437464

http://gizmodo.com/5119096/tourists-rescued-from-swiss-mountains-thanks-t
o-magic-ipod

Q: Why is charging of Motorola phones so slow on the travel charger?
A: The standard travel charger packaged by Motorola with many current
phones puts out insufficient power for fastest possible charging and for
continuous use while charging.

10 ways Apple can make the iPhone a killer business device
The device has potential, but Apple needs to meet corporate needs
http://digg.com/apple/10_ways_Apple_can_make_the_iPhone_a_killer_business_device

NEW SURVEY - A BIG DIFFERENCE
77% to a merely tepid 33% for BB STORM
iPhone Trumps Rim's Blackberry Storm in Satisfaction Survey!
http://digg.com/apple/iPhone_Trumps_Blackberry_Storm_in_Satisfaction_Survey

USA Today pretties up the news on the iPhone
http://digg.com/apple/USA_Today_pretties_up_the_news_on_the_iPhone
USA Today, the national newspaper, has a long history of prettying-up
the news with the use of color. Full color images, graphics and even

Citrix to Bring 'Millions' of Windows Apps to iPhone
Citrix is working on technology that would enable "millions" of
applications that now run on Windows to work on Apple's iPhone.
How Can BB and Android compete with that? Who needs Windows Mobile?

As an AT&T Mobility customer, when making a call to your voice-mail from
your cell phone, you don't have to enter your pin number as you normally
would from a landline.  This is a nice convenience.  It should be
implemented by having the network verify that the call came from the

A leaked Walmart memo, states sales start December 28.
http://www.macblogz.com/2008/12/17/leaked-walmart-memo-details-iphone-pilot-laun
ch-program/

http://classictutorials.blogspot.com/2008/12/at-last-flash-in-iphone-ya-thats-tr
ue.html
There is this company called iMobileCinema who have came up with a
whole new concept to open flash videos in iphone! This plugin is
really cool!

Verizon and Alltel (soon to be Verizon) ranked first in 23 of 23 cities.
"An AT&T spokesman tells Mercury News their poor ratings are because the
Consumer Reports study is "based on anecdotal feedback from a
self-selected group of subscribers," even though similar studies by

Q: Why is charging of Motorola phones so slow on the travel charger?
A: The standard travel charger packaged by Motorola with many current
phones puts out insufficient power for fastest possible charging and for
continuous use while charging.