Jan,29, 2013
by: Bill Snyder+
Unlocking your own smartphone can now net you a fine of $2,500 -- and people or businesses who get paid to provide unlocking services can go to jail. How crazy is that?
When you buy a smartphone it’s your phone, right? Well, maybe not. In an act of industry-inspired overregulation that's so over the top it's laughable, the feds have decided that unlocking your own iPhone or Android is now illegal and can net you a fine of $2,500. And as they say on late-night infomercials, wait there's more. Anyone who is paid to unlock a smartphone is liable for a fine of up to $500,000 and actual time in prison.
Unlocking allows you to use a phone purchased from one carrier on the network of another carrier as long as the technology is compatible. You could, for instance, unlock an iPhone and use it on T-Mobile’s network, since both carriers use GSM technology, but not on Verizon's or Sprint's CDMA networks. Or you could use your unlocked phone on a foreign carrier's network by swapping SIM cards when you leave the country, and don't want to pay sky high international roaming fees. Read Report
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RIM changes name, launches new devices
Jan,30,2013
by: Martha DeGrasse+
After months of speculation about its chances for survival, Research-in-Motion made it clear today that RIM will not be around much longer — the company is changing its name to BlackBerry. “We have reinvented the company, and we want to represent this in our brand,” said CEO Thorstein Heins, who took the helm at the troubled Canadian smartphone maker roughly a year ago — a year he now calls the most challenging of his career.
Of course the company unveiled much more than a new name today. At a New York press event, it launched the BlackBerry 10 operating system, the BlackBerry Z10 touchscreen smartphone and the BlackBerry Q10, a hybrid smartphone that includes a touchscreen and a QWERTY keyboard.
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Rumor Mill: Apple to make cheaper iPhone that will look like a plastic iPhone 5
Jan,29,2013
by:Phil Goldstein+
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is working on a cheaper version of its popular iPhone that will be largely made from plastic and will look a lot like a mix of Apple devices, according to the blog iLounge. The blog, citing unnamed "reliable sources," said that the device "will be made substantially from plastic" and will have the iPhone 5's Retina display and Lightning dock connector. The blog also said it will have a 4-inch screen like the iPhone 5 but will also sport a "bottom like the latest iPod touch, and a shape that's most similar to the iPod classic." In addition to the plastic casing, a departure from glass and aluminum Apple has used in recent iPhone models, the cheaper iPhone will be more curved in shape
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Verizon, AT&T court startups to keep innovation alive and thriving
Jan,29, 2013
by: Sue Marek+
It's not surprising that innovative solutions are difficult to find amid the big Tier 1 wireless operators, which are laser focused on making sure their networks are running smoothly. However, companies like AT&T (NYSE:T) and Verizon Wireless (NYSE:VZ) realize that innovation is necessary if they want to continue to thrive, especially now that their networks are all migrating to LTE and differentiation among operators is becoming more difficult to communicate to consumers.
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