Networking World: T-Mobile, Anxious To Retain Customers, Drops Upgrade Fee

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Friday, Dec. 19, 2008

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

TOP STORY
- T-Mobile, Anxious To Retain Customers, Drops Upgrade Fee

INFORMATIONWEEK ANALYTICS
- Life In The WANFast Lane

SOUNDING BOARD: READERS WEIGH IN

MORE FROM OTA
- Report: Only 44% Of iPhones Using 3G To Surf Web
- Would You Want To Be Buried With Your BlackBerry?
- Metal Gear Comes To iPhone
- Motorola Cuts Costs As Leaked Phone Pix Hit The Web
- Sprint Touts Mobile Phones As Way To Cut Costs
- Palm Gets Jealous, Opens Software Store
- Apple V. iPhone Hackers: Round 827,045
- Garmin's Nuvifone Passes FCC
- Will Either Steve Jobs Or An iPhone Nano Appear At Macworld 2009?

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- Cloud Connect Conference
- 2009 InformationWeek 500: Apply Now!
- Report: How To Plug Into The Cloud

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TOP STORY
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- T-Mobile, Anxious To Retain Customers, Drops Upgrade Fee
There's nothing quite like getting a new cell phone. You may not mind the cost of the new phone or the service, but getting hit by that "upgrade fee" stinks. Beginning Dec. 17, that's something T-Mobile customers no longer have to worry about.
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ALSO SEE:
- AT&T, T-Mobile Fined For Voice-Mail Security
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- T-Mobile's G1 Can't Turn Off Data Roaming, Should Be Left In The U.S.
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INFORMATIONWEEK ANALYTICS
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- Life In The WANFast Lane
In this InformationWeek Analytics report we'll dive into methods to determine if a pricey WAN optimization appliance will pay dividends for you, profile the vendors playing in this space and their current offerings, and analyze responses from 344 business technology professionals detailing their takes on the utility of WAN optimization.

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SOUNDING BOARD: READERS WEIGH IN
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"How much control can a company take of the system on which their product runs before users sufficiently lose trust to disable the updates?" -- Posted By w0rx

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MORE FROM OTA
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- Report: Only 44% Of iPhones Using 3G To Surf Web
Some new metrics were recently made available by AdMob, and an interesting statistic popped up. Wi-Fi is being used by 56% of iPhone users to surf the Web rather than a cellular wireless network. What gives?
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- Would You Want To Be Buried With Your BlackBerry?
According to MSNBC, more and more people under the age of 40 are expressing the desire to take certain things with them into the afterlife -- or at least into the ground when their time comes. That includes -- yes, it's true -- things such as BlackBerrys.
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- Metal Gear Comes To iPhone
There's been a lot of talk about Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch becoming a major player in the mobile gaming market. Expect those talks to get a bit louder as the handset has just snagged some major titles, including Metal Gear Solid. But, should Nintendo and Sony be shaking in their boots?
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- Motorola Cuts Costs As Leaked Phone Pix Hit The Web
Motorola today announced a host of cost-cutting measures, including putting the kibosh on raises for 2009 and dropping some 401(k) contributions. This dour news comes on the same day that leaked pictures of (dare I say "sexy"?) new phones splash across the Internet.
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- Sprint Touts Mobile Phones As Way To Cut Costs
Sprint recently conducted a survey of U.S. consumers about the value represented by mobile phones. Some of the ways people are cutting costs in response to the current economic climate include killing their landlines, switching to mobile family plans, and defecting to find the best savings.
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- Palm Gets Jealous, Opens Software Store
Following the footsteps of nearly everyone else, Palm has decided to jump into the software distribution fray with its own storefront. The new Software Store from Palm is available for both Windows Mobile and Palm OS-based handsets and has more than 5,000 titles ready to download.
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- Apple V. iPhone Hackers: Round 827,045
Today, Apple issued software update 10.5.6 for its Leopard operating system. Included in the code was a covert strike against iPhone jailbreakers. Users who've installed 10.5.6 can no longer use the Pwnage tool to jailbreak their iPhones.
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- Garmin's Nuvifone Passes FCC
For those of you who can still remember that Garmin plans to offer a smartphone, you'll be happy to know it should be on the market shortly as it just passed the FCC. But I don't think I'm out of line by asking if anyone cares about the Nuvifone anymore?
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- Will Either Steve Jobs Or An iPhone Nano Appear At Macworld 2009?
Macworld 2009 is but a few weeks away and Apple CEO Steve Jobs has not yet been confirmed as a presenter. In addition, reports surfaced recently that Apple will use Macworld 2009 to introduce the iPhone Nano. Will either be on hand come January?
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RESEARCH, RESOURCES, AND REPORTS

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- Mobility Briefing Center
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- Report: How To Plug Into The Cloud
Cloud computing is still in its infancy, and the tools and techniques for it are still under construction. This report explores some of the ways business technology managers can maximize benefits while minimizing risks.

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