AT&T Declares Color War on Verizon
November 4, 2009
AT&T Declares Color War on Verizon
By Saul Hansell
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AT&T, the giant company with $124 billion in annual sales, has filed a federal lawsuit against its rival, Verizon. The issue: coloring, of the sort that you do in kindergarten.
Specifically, AT&T charges that the “There’s a map for that” commercials from Verizon Wireless are misleading. These plucky ads, which poke fun at the “There’s an app for that” campaign for AT&T’s hottest handset, the iPhone from Apple, display a map with most of the country in red, representing the area covered by Verizon’s fastest 3G data service. This is compared with another map, which has much less geography marked in blue, with the caption “AT&T 3G coverage.”
AT&T’s suit, filed in the Northern District of Georgia (site of its wireless headquarters) says the script and captions of Verizon’s commercial are correct and the map accurately describes where AT&T’s 3G network is available. The problem, it says, is what is on the rest of the map: white. (That’s what the lawsuit says. When I look at the commercial on Youtube (here) the rest of the map looks gray.)
In any case, AT&T suggests that this implies that it doesn’t offer service of any sort in the white areas, when in fact it does offer slower service. Read the rest of this entry »
Top 10 (Must Have) iPhone Apps for Bloggers
November 2, 2009
The folks at wpbeginner.com have put together a list of Top 10 Must Have iPhone Apps for Bloggers.
1. WordPress for iPhone
2. Shape Writer
3. Twitterific
4. EverNote
5. Jott for iPhone
6. Byline
7. Omnifocus
8. Fring for iPhone
9. Pixel Pipe
10. Air Sharing
For more info, check out the link below…
http://www.wpbeginner.com/showcase/top-10-must-have-iphone-apps-for-bloggers/
Website for First Call (an iPhone app)
November 1, 2009
Phantom Lake Studios (phantomlakestudios.com) would like to announce that a website for First Call (an app for your iPhone) is now under construction. You can find out more about the coming iPhone app, First Call, at firstcallapp.com.
