Marco Arment on life with Verizon: It’s easy to think that the grass is always greener away from AT&T, but keep in mind that these are cellular carriers: massive oligopolists that don’t give a s*** about us. Their phones are ARPU vending machines, first and foremost, not communication tools. Cellular carriers are only a small [...]
USA Today is reporting (via MacRumors) that comments are being filed with the FCC regarding Apple’s rejection of the Google Voice app in the iPhone App Store. Apparently, Apple is not the only company facing questions. Google may have some questions to answer on the related subject of the crippled version of Skype on their Android [...]
Outside of my normal obsessions, I’m also strangely fascinated with marketing, branding and advertising campaigns. When SBC bought AT&T, rebranded itself with the latter, and then bought BellSouth, I was very curious to see how they would fold all of these brands, which include Cingular Wireless, into one 150-year-old name. You’ve probably noticed that they’ve beaten us over head to make clear that “Cingular is the New AT&T.” Thankfully it appears that they are ready to move into a new phase of the marketing transition.