Verizon’s contract with union workers in the Eastern region is set to expire on August 2nd.  The Daily Press reports that workers are voting on a provision to strike if progress has not been made on negotiations by the end of their contract.  The usual issues are at stake: benefits, health care, wages, and protection [...]

Despite activation problems and site outages, Apple managed to sell one million iPhones over the weekend.  That is nearly double the conservative estimate prior to the launch.  With phones flying off shelves in 21 countries, lines formed prior to the July 11th launch and remained long throughout the weekend.  Stores are reporting mostly sold out [...]

Apple Stores were jammed this morning.  Two stores in LA which we have been monitoring since 5am were packed with over 400 customers each (with more arriving every minute).  Lines were moving slowly, though Apple employees seemed to be working as quickly as possible to help them.  The one AT&T store that we checked had only 20 people [...]

The industry is conflicted over the House and Senate decision to give telephone companies immunity for the warrantless wiretapping of customer phones post 9/11.  Although the companies were instructed by government officials to spy on their customers, doing so without a court order opened the carriers to massive legal risk. Democrats were expected to make this an [...]

3G is about to arrive in a big way with the launch of the iPhone on ATT’s network. Too bad 3G is DOA and in desperate need of being replaced with the much faster and more robust 4G. A video iPhone with a high definition video camera depends on it.