I have just recieved an email from one of our readers, which states that amp’d mobile has sent text messages to users last week, stating that their service may terminate effective July 24th at 12:01 am. So in just over 10 hours, amp’d mobile users may not have any service.

If you like your amp’d mobile service I suggest Verizon as amp’d used the Verizon network.

Check this forum post for some Verizon Deals.

It hasn’t been out a month but already a serious security flaw has been discovered in the iPhone.

The flaw will allow a hacker to take control of your phone, and receive copies of text messages you have sent/received, files stored on your phone, contact information and more.

So how does your iPhone get hacked? According to Independent Security Evaluators (researches that discovered the flaw)there is a flaw in the wi-fi portion of the phone and the browser, meaning you can simply visit a website with malicious code targeting the iPhone or connect to a wireless network which contains the malicious script.

So far there are not any reports of iPhones being hacked, and Apple says they are investigating the claim of the flaw.

Source: C|net

Rogers Wireless‘ owned Fido carrier recently introduced a contest to find regular Canadians who resemble dogs for an upcoming advertising campaign.  Fido’s advertising campaign generally consists of a customer with their dog talking on the phone, with the customer having some resemblance to their dog.

This is the first time Fido allows for regular Canadians to have a chance to be featured on upcoming ads.  The contest is only open for Canadians, however anyone from around the world can vote on a scale of 1-10, with 1 being the worst and 10 being the best. This is a parody of famous sexiness-scale site Hotornot.com. To date there are nearly 5000 people on the website who uploaded their photos to resemble their choice of a dog for the contest. Many of the top images have received as many as 10,000 votes from people all over the world. The contest will be completed on August 31 and anyone can vote for their favourite images, while only Canadians can take part in the contest itself.

Visit the website at Fidoduo.ca

Well here I am. At the crossroads of a very difficult situation. While I stood in line for about 10 hours and had the time of my life, the phone isn’t half as much fun. There are far too many things that I need from a phone, that the iPhone doesn’t offer. While, yes there are going to be software updates, even after an update I don’t think I will be satisfied. Here it is:

Picture messaging via SMS : It simply isn’t available. Not only do you not recieve the picture, you do not recieve the text with it. There is no option to send pictures via SMS either. When you have a baby and your fiance is gone 12 hours out of his 16 hours awake during the day, pictures are necessary. I have no way of sending him pictures of the new things he does, so he has missed a lot already

Note: Even though this is probably a software thing. Even the Cingular/Att phones capable of sending/ recieving picture texts have troubles sending/recieving them to/from Verizon customers.

Video: No video option what so ever.

SERVICE: They can say “fewest dropped calls” and “most reliable network” but I feel this phone would work just as well shoved up my ass. I had dead spots in the house. IE: The left side of our livingroom couch. The kitchen. Near the pool. And my bedroom. IT IS BY FAR THE WORST RECEPTION I HAVE EVER HAD. Not to mention, my dad noticed that if you hold the phone by the bottom (the appropriate way of holding it) it decreases your bar strength. Sometimes taking full reception, to no reception.

Edge Network: Sucks. I don’t even try to pretend to use it. I use the internet only where there is wi-fi. Pretty much, wherever there is wi-fi, there is a computer. I would rather hop on a computer than navigate through the iPhone. As would anyone else.

Reminder Beeps: You know that annoying beep you get when you have missed a call? Or a text message? Well this phone doesn’t have one of those. It isn’t so annoying when you don’t have one. Say you stepped in the shower and your phone rang ..... when you get out, your getting ready ..... putting your clothes on ..... fixing your hair ..... whatever else you do ...... heading out the door ..... go to look at the time maybe on your iPhone ..... OH WAIT SOMEBODY CALLED?! Yes folks, there is no reminder beeps to alert you when you have missed a call. Same with text messsages. You have to constantly look at your phone when you are away from it

So with a combination of all these things, I think I am heading home. Back into the loving arms of Verizon. After cancelling my contract, I think it’s time to sign a new one. With my old phone and old (RELIABLE) service, I will be whole again.

When the iPhone was announced at MacWorld San Fransisco in January, many Canadian news sources were predicting the iPhone to be introduced in the Great White North not long after the American introduction.  Clueless Rogers’ Customer Service agents were also confirming the iPhone was coming to Canada very soon after the American introduction, however these was information the representatives learned themselves by reading online.

Canada may not get the iPhone for a long time, not because Apple may believe that the Canadian GSM market is too small, but because the costs for data plans are too high in Canada for the iPhone to sell well. In Canada, none of the major wireless carriers currently have an unlimited data plan offered to its customers, however in the past Fido did have unlimited data, before Rogers Wireless bought the company a few years ago.

The only real option for the iPhone to enter the Canadian market is through Rogers Wireless, which is the only major GSM carrier in the nation.  Rogers’ data plans may prohibit Apple from selling the iPhone in Canada. Firstly, in most of Canada voice minute plans are mediocre at best, for a $30 voice plan on Rogers you would get 100 day time minutes, 1000 evening & weekend minutes (starting at 9PM), and unlimited local Mobile to Mobile/Rogers Landline/Fido, long distance is extra. Secondly and finally, Rogers’ data plans are expensive with the highest end data plan being half a Gigabyte costing around $200/month. With the use of wireless data becoming more and more popular, half a Gigabyte is below a minimum needed for many customers.

If Rogers wants to bring the iPhone to Canada, the pricing structure will need to change, even if a special pricing structure needs to be created for iPhone customers alone in regards to data.

Source: Canada.com

Samsung releases Features for SGH-a437, an ultra-slim wireless phone available to at&t wireless customers.

Key features of the SGH-a437 include:
• Thin and lightweight clamshell design
• Large vivid, 2” display
• Bluetooth® technology
• Integrated VGA camera
• Multiple messaging capabilities
o Mobile Email – Yahoo!®, AOL®, Windows Live
o SMS, MMS
o AOL®, Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo!® Instant Messaging
• EDGE, GSM Quad Band Support – World Capable
• Speakerphone
• Multi-lingual Text Display – English, Spanish, French
• Personal organization features: Calendar, Alarm Clock, Tasks List, Calculator,
World Time
• Dimensions: 3.7” x 1.88” x .62”
• Display:
o Internal Display: 128x160 pixel 65K colors TFT
o External Display: 96x96 pixel 4 Gray
• Talk Time: Up to 5 hours

Sprint in an effort to I guess get rid of annoying customers, has sent out a letter to some customers telling them that effective the end of July, their accounts with Sprint will be terminated.

Sprint says that only a small minority of customers who call Sprint often to complain about billing and other issues are being terminated. The letters were sent out on the 29th of June, so if you are a Sprint Customer who complains a lot, check your mail box.

LaIndia a member and Administrator at this site has not recieved the letter, she does indeed complain a lot though, but her complaints were due to Sprint issues.

Source: C|Net

Sprint today Updated their website. It has a more stylish look than the previous design.

Only their main web-page has been updated, their my.sprint.com page still remains the same and that is the part of the site that needs to be updated.

Here is a screen shot of the Sprint website.

According t an article at Reuters, at&t says it will buy Dobson communications for 2.8 billion dollars USD. Dobson Communications is best known as Cellular One.

at&t says it wants to expand its service to more rural and suburban areas of the US.

Under the deal Dobson Communications share holders will receive 13 dollars per share.  AT&T said the deal will expand its geographic coverage. Dobson’s network covers rural and suburban areas in Alaska, Arizona, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
There are currently 1.7 million Dobson communications subscribers.

If you guys remember last month alltel accepted a 25 billion dollar USD takeover bid from Goldman Sachs. $71.50 per share.

Our very own Rosemary is in line at the Apple Store Fashion Valley Mall in San Diego California.

She and her dad are number 24 in the line, and she estimates a good 100 people are lined up with more and more showing up by the hour. Rosemary and her dad Steve are wearing matching T-Shirts that read “Daughter in line for iPhone” and “Dad in line for iPhone”. They also have an iPhone Cake, they will be iMunching on while waiting in line.

Here is a picture of Rosemary sitting in line.

More pictures to come soon.