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At&t and Verizon Up Rates

Shame on folks who allow this to happen, Vonage is cheap, Skype is practical, Lots of options don't act like it is 1982 dump em, of course if you have an iPhone its not as easy but if you have options that is the only way to Squelch this kind of monopolistic pricing!

AT&T and Verizon are raising prices for caller ID and other popular phone services by as much as 300%, even as they continue to push regulators to loosen up because of increased competition.

AT&T (T) and Verizon (VZ) have argued they need pricing flexibility to compete with cable TV and others offering Internet-based phone services. Dozens of states have acquiesced, giving carriers freedom to jack up prices.

In California this month, AT&T raised prices for several stand-alone features: Anonymous call rejection now costs $5 from $1.90; caller ID rose to $9.99 from $6.17. Some local toll calls — calls that aren't considered long-distance but don't qualify as local — jumped by more than 200%.

In Ohio, AT&T raised the price of call forwarding and three-way calling from $4 each to $5.99. Automatic call back now costs $1.99 per use, up from 70 cents.

Verizon has made similar moves. Call forwarding now costs $3 a month in Ohio, a 300% increase from 75 cents. Call waiting is now $5 a month, up from $3.

Via USAToday

iPhone Recording Video

Link to Application

Hippies Look Out Windows

And as I do I notice the volume of leaves on the ground and the change from green to brown:

iPhone After Being Put in a Blender

I wonder if this was the 4 Gig or 8 Gig and if it was the 599 or 399 dollar model?
Either way what a waste...

Whats' nest a Kitty Kat?

Apple Succumbs to Pressure from ZuD on $399 iPhone Rebate

I feel a little better about Apple today
What with a half the gouging being given back
That wireless keyboard is in my in sight
So thanks Steve for being a gentleman and honoring those who held Apple in best regards until Wednesday

This quote chafes a bit:

‘Second, being in technology for 30+ years I can attest to the fact that the technology road is bumpy. There is always change and improvement, and there is always someone who bought a product before a particular cutoff date and misses the new price or the new operating system or the new whatever.’

Whatever...?

That having happen to me four times in my short 2 year history of being on the Apple Tech Pipe!

But I feel better today and that is all I need to continue my addiction to all that is Apple.

ZuD no longer a Troll for iPhone or iMac

So rather than be a Troll for the iMac and iPhone which I truly attribute to making me a better person than most.

I need to get off that narrow plank and open this blog up to more significant issues like what Pop to drink, Coffee to buy and what pair of shoes to wear.

Now that would draw a crowd
And after all-
The name of the game in Blogging is to get the most clicks and link backs
Than those political windbags create!

There's more to Blogging than who should be castrated for their political leanings
Be it right or left
So get me off your browser if your looking for political rants
ZuD was never wired that way
And the good Lord willing, I won't stoop to that level!
This is Psychotic Blogging dude
Not that political masturbation that permeates the Web.

iPhone Price Drop to 399, where's my Rebate?

Been following a livecast or blogcast over at TUAW and just found out the iPhone is now 399 dollars! I just bought mine a month ago…

I know what your saying what's a hippie doing with an iPhone well I will get into my Tech Addiction at some later post, but for now I just want to say to Apple, I will buy much more carefully your products or not at all.

You see Apple has me round their finger and ZuD just got that finger up my you know what!

Here are details from TUAW:

To review:

* iTunes update tonight with ringtones: an extra 99c after you buy the song, bells on applicable songs in iTunes, any 30 seconds of a song
* Shuffle is getting a (PRODUCT) Red, more colors, 1gb at $79 shipping today
* new iPod Nano is real-- features wider design and bigger screen, 204 ppi, has video, CoverFlow, ships with 3 games, black, silver, red, blue, and green. 4gb silver only $149, 8gb all colors $199, ships later this week.
* iPod Classic, thinner Video iPod with Nano's interface, 80gb $249 and 160gb $349
* iPod touch, basically an iPhone without the phone, features WiFi, Google and Yahoo, Safari, CoverFlow, YouTube. Available later this month, 8gb and 16gb, $299 and $399.
* iTunes WiFi Music Store, available on iPod touch and eventually iPhone, buy any iTunes songs at same pricing and selection, download them over WiFi and resync them back to iTunes on your Mac.
* Apple teaming up with Starbucks to profide WiFi for music store while instore, and one-click purchasing of overhead music
* And perhaps today's biggest surprise: iPhone price drop. 8gb for $399, effective immediately.

iPhone Survey says...

An enterprising outfit does and did a survey of folks regarding the iPhone:

See the results so far or take the survey

iPhone Explodes after Unlocking Attempt

Now what appears to be the most serious case of iPhone unlock attempt-gone-awry has surfaced.

A picture posted to ImageShack tells the story:

The user whose iPhone exploded posted the following to the “Hackintosh” forums:

“We were so happy, all the software part was done, so we started opening the iphone. The antenna cover was a bit tricky but eventually it came off. Then we started to open the metal cover (after taking out the 3 screws) and PUFF, up it went in smoke, I think my collegue must have touched something. It literally went up in black smoke. I was so hot that when I tried to pick it up I burnt my fingers. So, this is for sure the most difficult part of the whole process. I don’t know what he did, as I had just stepped out of the room to fetch something when I heard a scream…they got such a fright.”

Unlock at your own risk.

Via iPhone Atlas

iPhone Autopsy

Via TechRepublic:

Cracking open the Apple iPhone

Apple iPhone completely disassembled

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The iPhone blends a revolutionary touch-screen interface, media player, and smartphone into a slick package.

After waiting in line, spending $600, signing a two-year AT&T contract, and activating the iPhone, we decided that the next sensible action was to take the thing apart -- in classic TechRepublic Cracking Open style. Get a look at the hardware inside the 8GB iPhone and see whether we got it back together in working condition.