Apple iPhone 4 Pre-Ordering Is a Total Disaster

The iPhone 4’s first pre-ordering day has been a total disaster. AT&T’s online system has collapsed, there are account security breaches, Apple’s online upgrades are down, and stores are now using pen and paper to process sales.

Hey, AT&T! We Want Rollover Bytes

AT&T killed all-you-can-eat wireless data. Which sadly was inevitable. But if I’m paying for bytes like I do for minutes, why don’t I get rollover data, too?

The premise of AT&T’s new wireless data plans is simple. They’ve gone to the same pricing model for data that they’ve always had for voice.

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First Hands-On and Video: Dell Mini 5 Android Slate (video)

Yesterday, we saw Dell’s Slate concept for the first time. Today, we got to actually play with it. And it’s called the Mini 5.

video after the jump…

iPhone will soon be available to other phone services, AT&T may have to say bye to their competitive edge

It may not be all that shocking from a common sense point of view, but AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson’s statement that “there will be a day when you are not exclusive with the iPhone” is still quite a departure from anything he’s said in the past and, given the stakes involved, pretty darn notable. That

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AT&T First Android Phone HTC Lancaster Leaked

Engadget apparently hit upon the motherload of AT&T powerpoints: Slides detailing the Palm Eos, a new HP iPaq and probably most thrilling, HTC Lancaster (aka the Android phone we’ve been waiting for).

I’ve always wondered what Android would be like on a Touch Pro, that’s basically Lancaster. There is the dreary little note

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AT&T considering cheaper iPhone plans?

We’re getting close to WWDC, which means the Apple rumor mill is nearing redline — today it’s BusinessWeek saying AT&T’s working on cheaper iPhone data plans. It’s not clear exactly how that would play out, but the most popularly-discussed option is a $20 “limited-access” plan potentially offered alongside a cheaper iPhone to be introduced at

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Major bug plagues another AT&T / Samsung handset

 

Ahh the Samsung Impression. It’s arguably the sexiest feature phone AT&T carries right now, with its 3.2-inch WQVGA AMOLED touchscreen, slide out QWERTY, 3 megapixel camera, HTML Web browser and plenty more. Specs aside however, the Impression appears to be the next victim in a still-forming line of Samsung handsets from AT&T stricken with

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Google on How to Change the Internet: You Should Own Your Broadband Pipes

Google policy analyst Derek Slater—who’s so obviously related to Christian Slater—explains how to reshape broadband in the US. Step one: Own the actual pipes that run to your house.