--- In [email protected], "Alex Stanley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], Bhairitu <noozguru@> wrote: > > > > Other than Cisco's lawsuit over the name: > > http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/12/0430200&from=rss > > > > Sounds like Apple went its own merry way without input from developers > > and people who have developed software for phones using the Windows > > Mobile and Palm platforms. Both platforms learned early on that > > developers were not going to develop special versions that ran on the > > secured phone side so there are two OS's on them one for the phone and > > one for apps. > > If locking out 3rd party aps doesn't kill the iPhone, keeping it > chained to the country's worst wireless carrier surely will. If they > can't come to an agreement with Cisco over the name, they may as well > just rename it NewtonPhone. >
Cingular is Now the New AT&T Advertising, Re-Branding Efforts Begin, Will Continue Throughout 2007 SAN ANTONIO, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T, the standard bearer of communications excellence for more than a century, is getting younger on Monday, when the company folds the six year-old Cingular wireless name into the iconic AT&T brand. Starting Monday, Jan. 15, AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) is launching a new multi- media campaign to begin transitioning the Cingular brand to AT&T in advertising and customer communications, throughout Web sites and nationwide retail stores, and on company buildings and vehicles.
