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AT and T stories: 49 news summaries

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Dial in Style This Fall

You don't have to own an iPhone to hang with the handset in-crowd—just check out these babies

Oct 26, 07 8:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Don't let iPhone users have all the fun—other manufacturers are coming out with slick little products that have some nice features of their own.  PC World finds the top five worthy of your attention:
  1. Sprint Touch: Touch screen features give it an iPhone like feel—only simpler.
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cell phones • list • Nokia • Samsung • AT and T • Sprint • T-Mobile

Vonage Settles Patent Dispute, Sees Shares Rise

Longer-term troubles still loom for vexed Internet phone provider

Oct 26, 07 7:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Troubled Internet telephone company Vonage gained a "new lease on life" yesterday when it settled a longstanding patent infringement dispute with rival Verizon. Vonage share prices shot up 70% in after-hours trading on the heels of a settlement that observers see as a "big win for Vonage,"... More »

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Vonage • Verizon • lawsuit • AT and T • Internet phone • stock price

Early Adopters' Bragging Rights Dwindle

iPhone-style steep and rapid price drops becoming norm

Oct 24, 07 12:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Only two months after the launch of the iPhone, Apple angered its fan base of early adopters by dropping the phone's price sharply. Apple's move signals a broader shift in product life cycles: the shelf life of bragging rights for which early adopters of new gadgets pay premium prices is... More »

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cell phones • iPhone • Apple • Nintendo Wii • Motorola • AT and T • TiVo

AT&T Profits Boosted by Wireless Sales and iPhone

Wireless subscriptions reached 65.7 million

Oct 23, 07 5:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - AT&T quarterly profits went up 42%, boosted by strong wireless sales and by the ever-nifty Apple iPhone. Total wireless sales hit 65.7 million, much of the increase coming from the company's purchase of BellSouth—which made AT&T the sole owner of Cingular. “We had an excellent... More »

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wireless • iPhone • Apple • AT and T • quarterly profits

Phone GPS Makes People Easier to Find...

...Is that always a good thing?

Oct 23, 07 1:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - There’s nothing like Loopt for meeting up with friends. Loopt, and social-mapping programs like it, broadcast your cellphone’s location to other users, a useful service the New York Times says, with troubling privacy implications. “There is a Big Brother component,” said one analyst. “If my... More »

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social networking • Google Maps • GPS • AT and T • cell phone industry

AT&T Eases
Its Contract
Regs, Fees

Nation's biggest wireless provider follows Verizon's lead, pressuring the rest

Oct 17, 07 1:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Wireless giant AT&T is following Verizon Wireless in loosening restrictions on customers who leave or change their calling plans. Flat early termination fees will be pro-rated, and plan alterations won't result in contract renewals. The move will put pressure on beleaguered No. 3 provider Sprint, writes the Wall Street ... More »

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cell phones • wireless • Verizon • AT and T • Sprint

Verizon Gave Up Hundreds of Phone Records

Federal investigators requested, received data without warrants

Oct 16, 07 10:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Verizon gave consumer phone records to the feds without court orders more than 700 times in the past 2 years, the telecom giant has told House investigators. In response to emergency requests, the company also passed along IP addresses, shedding light on the scope of telecom companies' cooperation with federal... More »

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Verizon • Qwest • AT and T • House Energy and Commerce Committee

AT&T, Verizon Look to Ape GM/UAW Retiree Deal

Telecom next industry likely for VEBAs.

Oct 15, 07 3:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - GM’s pact with the UAW, which cleared $50 billion in retiree health costs from the automaker’s books by launching a union-run health fund, is drawing imitators. AT&T and Verizon are both hoping to mirror the arrangement created in GM’s deal, Bloomberg reports. The telecom giants have... More »

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United Auto Workers • Verizon • General Motors • AT and T • labor unions • VEBA

AT&T Backs Off Controversial Service Terms

Telecom's ToS had forbidden customers from criticizing it

Oct 11, 07 10:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Under an ironic firestorm of criticism for what some termed a First Amendment violation, AT&T has updated its controversial Terms of Service policy to allow users to criticize the telecom giant. The original terms stated that it reserved the right to cancel the account of those who "damaged... More »

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iPhone • First Amendment • freedom of expression • AT and T • terms of service

Unlockers Buying 10% of iPhones

With a view toward resale, hackers put footprint on market

Oct 4, 07 2:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - One of every 10 iPhones sold in September was bought to be unlocked and resold, an investment bank has estimated. The anecdotal research comes from several hours spent monitoring Apple stores; the analysts assumed that all iPhone purchases of the maximum five per customer were made by hackers, appleinsider.com... More »

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iPhone • Apple • software • AT and T • Piper Jaffray • unlock iPhone

Google Phone Rumors Build

Consumers would trade free minutes for targeted advertising

Sep 29, 07 7:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Consumers may soon be able to trade free phone calls for targeted advertising, if Google gets its way. Industry experts speculate that the tech giant is quietly developing plans to market cell phones with an ad-based service in exchange for free minutes, BusinessWeek reports. The big wireless carriers, while privately... More »

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Google • cell phones • Verizon • AT and T • Sprint Nextel • advertisements • phone service • smartphones • Virgin Mobile

Stocks Keep Up Rate-Cut Rally

iPhone sales spur market on

Sep 19, 07 3:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - The stock market kept rising one day after the Fed slashed key interest rates, as speculation that the housing slump might ebb compounded the biggest rally in four years. The Dow climbed 76.17 to 13815.56, while the Nasdaq rose 14.82 to close at 2666.48 and the... More »

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Ben Bernanke • stock market • iPhone • housing market • Dow Jones • Nasdaq • Freddie Mac • Fannie Mae • AT and T • S&P 500

New iPhone Hack Lets You Switch Carriers

Software makes unlocking the gadget easier, but is it legal?

Sep 13, 07 8:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - New software that allows iPhone users to unlock the devices for use on any network without having to disassemble them is available online. Hackers have been on the case for 2 months, MacNewsWorld reports, and this week's breakthrough means customers can buy phones directly from Apple and don't have to... More »

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cell phones • iPhone • Apple • AT and T • hack • unlock iPhone • gadget

Why Apple
May Fall Close
to the Tree

Company walks tight balance between innovation and alienation, experts say

Sep 4, 07 4:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - As geeks rev up for a surprise announcement in San Francisco tomorrow, the media is abuzz about what's next for Apple, the Chronicle reports. The iPhone maker has signaled it won't rest on its laurels, but the next big product is unclear—rumors abound about a new iPod, a video-enhanced... More »

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Steve Jobs • iPhone • Apple • iPod • AT and T • WiFi • OS X

Service Lets Parents Watch Kids' Cells

New AT&T interface includes limits on mobile minutes, texting, downloads

Sep 4, 07 2:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - As cell phones become ever more an extension of kids' ears and thumbs, AT&T is helping bill-paying parents avoid the sweaty-palmed opening of the monthly bill. For $4.99 a month, Smart Limits lets parents have some say in who and when their children call, and how many texts... More »

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cell phones • children • parents • AT and T • bills

AT&T Stops Time (of Day)

Americans no longer calling in to hear the right time

Aug 29, 07 6:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Californians are saying goodbye to a more genteel era, a time when they used to set clocks by calling in to AT&T for the correct hour. Cell phones and computers have made the service outdated, the company says. “Times change,” says a spokesman. “There are just... More »

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California • telecom • AT and T • Nevada • Jane Barbe • time

AT&T to Shift
All Ad Work
to 1 Agency

Five firms currently handle telecom titan's $3.3B budget

Aug 28, 07 4:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - AT&T plans to turn its decentralized media buying and planning over to one advertising agency, and the five incumbents are in the running for the business, which Advertising Age values at $3.345 billion for 2006. The telecom giant, the second-largest advertiser in the nation, says it is “... More »

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advertising • telecom • Cingular • AT and T • BellSouth

Teen iPhone Hacker Trades Up

He gets sports car, job and more iPhones

Aug 28, 07 1:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - A New Jersey teenager who reconfigured an Apple iPhone to operate on networks other than AT&T's has parlayed his creation into a "sweet" new sports car and a consulting job. George Hotz, 17,  is trading the hacked iPhone to a Kentucky mobile phone repair company for a... More »

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iPhone • hacker • Apple • AT and T • George Hotz • Nissan 350Z • CertiCell • Terry Daidone

Teen Hacker Switches iPhone Carriers

Expert coders, solderers can ditch AT&T with procedure

Aug 24, 07 4:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - A 17-year-old New Jersey student has unlocked Apple's previously AT&T-exclusive iPhone, the AP reports, potentially opening the floodgates for users who want to use the vaunted handset with other carriers. Teen hacker George Hotz used a complex combination of software alterations—and hardware soldering—to let his phone onto... More »

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iPhone • Copyright Act • hacker • Apple • AT and T • George Hotz • T-Mobile

AT&T Slims Down Mammoth iPhone Bills

Online summaries will replace hefty paper records

Aug 23, 07 6:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - AT&T will no longer mail out meticulously itemized iPhone bills after receiving a wave of complaints from consumers, some of whom had received bills tens—or even hundreds—of pages long. The bills listed each and every data transfer charge, the Times reports, even though iPhones come with an... More »

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iPhone • consumer • AT and T • bills

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