The Raw Feed
Where technology and culture collide

 Friday, August 17, 2007

AT&T Neuters BlackBerry GPS for iPhone?

BlackBerry Cool reports that AT&T forced RIM to limit GPS software on the device to TeleNav for its forthcoming 8820 BlackBerry, according to a source inside AT&T. Why? So the device isn't better than the Apple iPhone. This rumor REEKS of bogusness to The Raw Feed. First, AT&T still competes with other carriers for lucrative BlackBerry business. Second, no self-respecting Apple fanboy is going to say, "gosh, the iPhone is really awesome, but that BlackBerry runs several GPS applications -- I guess I'll buy that instead." The 8820 will probably be limited to TeleNav, but for the same reasons previous CrackBerries were so limited (whatever those are).

(props to BlackBerry Cool)

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 Monday, August 13, 2007

iPhone Owners Compete for Biggest AT&T Bill!

It's on!! I told you Saturday about an Ars Technica report that some iPhone user got an AT&T bill of more than 100 pages. Now, Justine Ezarik, who runs the Tasty Blog Snack blog videotapes herself opening her bill, which came in a box and totaled more than 300 PAGES. Can anyone top that?

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