“Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.” -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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I so hope this is true. It will be nice to get a little competition in the field. I would love to have one, but sure as hell am not going to AT&T. Peace Out Dragon ————————————————— T-Mobile To Pickup iPhone In 2010?
Posted on 30 November 2009 by David. iphone_t-mobile The iPhone is arguably the most loved or loathed phone available right now, and AT&T has absolutely reaped tremendous rewards from being the sole carrier. However, Apple and AT&T know the exclusivity agreement between them won’t last forever since current estimates are putting iPhone exclusivity in jeopardy sometime in the 3rd quarter of 2010. So while rumors run amok regarding a possible Verizon/Apple venture, we ask the question, what about T-Mobile? Thankfully a Thomas Weisel analyst states via TheStreet that T-Mobile is actually the more likely suitor for the iPhone, rather than Verizon. To call this speculation would be hitting the nail on the head but analysts have been known to be right one or two times before, therefore we take it with a level of trepidation. That being said, I think I can safely say that T-Mobile would surely see rewards from carrying the iPhone, provided the network actually works, something AT&T has trouble saying with a straight face these days. The real question here is, will Apple consider T-Mobile a viable partner to help expand the iPhone offering to a larger customer base or will they want to partner up with larger, more expansive partners?! Do you want to see T-Mobile pickup the iPhone? ![Reblog this post [with Zemanta]](http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=e02eed68-5bfe-48c0-bd4c-463785e58cf9) Looks like it will be even easier for those Rolex Salesmen to sell out of their trunk now. Peace Out Dragon Twitter Creator Launches ‘Square’ — Like Smartphone Paypal for Credit Cards * By Eliot Van Buskirk Email Author * December 1, 2009 | * 2:24 pm | * Categories: Commerce, Mobile Internet, Startups * square Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey announced his new company on Tuesday in appropriate fashion: with a tweet on the network he created in 2006. His new company, Square, allows merchants and individuals accept secure payment from credit (and other) cards using a mobile phone. “The basic idea behind Square is that everyone has this little plastic device in their pocket today, which is a payment card, credit card, debit card or pre-paid card, and they’re using them everywhere, they’re using them to buy anything,” explained Dorsey in a TechCrunch video demonstration. “We found that very interesting, and we wanted to turn on the other side of that — we wanted to allow people to very easily and quickly, within 10 seconds, be able to accept these plastic devices as payment.” According to Square’s website, payees can start accepting payments via Square in under 60 seconds, with “no contracts, monthly fees, or hidden costs.” The company donates one cent from every transaction to the charity of the payer’s choice. In order to streamline the process, payees can register for Square and upload a photo, so that payees can verify that you are who you say you are. It’s not yet clear how Square’s transaction fees will square with those of traditional merchant accounts. “We’re not giving out rate sheets just yet, as they are in flux until we have a general launch,” Dorsey told wired.com via e-mail. “When we do though, the fees will be completely transparent, simple and upfront.” In order to accept credit card payment using Square’s iPhone app, a merchant attaches a card-reading dongle to the smartphone’s audio input — or “any device with an audio input jack.” Once the customer signs the phone with their finger, the transaction is complete, after which the app can e-mail a receipt to the customer: square-receipt The video demonstration depicts an iPhone, but the company is currently hiring Google Android and Blackberry developers, so users of those phones can probably expect the service to migrate there at some point. via Twitter Creator Launches ‘Square’ — Like Smartphone Paypal for Credit Cards | Epicenter | Wired.com. ![Reblog this post [with Zemanta]](http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=d6233fda-c998-4b6b-9922-2e2a27e50916)  Happy Halloween or Blessed Samhain to you all !!! Happy Halloween or Blessed Samhain to you all !!!
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