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Reasons to move to Verizon from AT&T for the iPhone.

Here we go again, waiting for the one who stole CES’ thunder. Verizon is having a special event in New York this Tuesday January 11th, 2011. The event starts at 11:00 AM New York Time. The first thing came to mind is iPhone. The media heavyweights have been buzzing about iPhone coming to Verizon for the past few months. The rumors flying of the self. John Gruber, the unofficial Apple leak channel, mentioned the existence of CDMA iPhone codenamed N92. A lot of Mac Journalists were invited to the event. Gizmodo did not get the event. Ryan Block is silent about it. So, it would come as no surprise if all of this are true.

SPOILER
Apple hired a few former Verizon’s employees back in 2009 who are now working at their iPhone division. They have been keeping quiet about it for so long. They also said “No Comment” on the fabled White iPhone 4.
END OF SPOILER

As usual, there will be numbers of sites providing live coverage. You can always use search for them or find it here and let me do the work for you. More links will be added as they become available.

Alphabetically ordered:

Check back for more links.

January 11, 2011 – 11:00 AM New York Time is:

  • January 11, 2011 – 6:00 AM Hawaii-Aleutian
  • January 11, 2011 – 8:00 AM Pacific
  • January 11, 2011 – 9:00 AM Mountain
  • January 11, 2011 – 10:00 AM Central
  • January 11, 2011 – 11:00 AM Eastern
  • January 11, 2011 – 4:00 PM GMT (London,
  • January 11, 2011 – 5:00 PM Central European Time (Paris, Berlin, Rome, Madrid)
  • January 12, 2011 – 1:00 AM Tokyo Time Zone

Look up your time zone here.

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US Government subpoenas Twitter over Wikileaks.

Forget CES 2011, US Government subpoenas Twitter over Wikileaks.

According to reports, US Government is asking Twitter for the identities and all available informations on Wikileaks followers. Sounds scary isn’t it?

From ZDNet:

Twitter is in a difficult position. Considering their stance during the Iranian elections supporting the freedom of speech, it will appear as if the company is backtracking or giving into pressure by handing over details of its users to its government.

Hypothetical questions regardless of what had happened:

  • Iranian Government demands identities of those who supports and/or are involved with the protest.
    Twitter stands takes a stand and says “NO!” to Iranian Government.
    Where do US Government stand?
  • Iranian Government demands identities of those who supports and/or are involved with the protest.
    Twitter caves in and says gives to Iranian Government the informations.
    Where do US Government stand?

From Washington Post (June 17, 2009):

The State Department asked social-networking site Twitter to delay scheduled maintenance earlier this week to avoid disrupting communications among tech-savvy Iranian citizens as they took to the streets to protest Friday’s reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Another question:
Can you have the cake and it it too?

As of this posting there are 634,942 Wikileaks followers on Twitter. (2011-01-08 21:05 Pacific Time)

UPDATE:
Now there are 634,676 Wikileaks followers on Twitter. (2011-01-08 23:40 Pacific Time)

There are 634,684 Wikileaks followers on Twitter. (2011-01-09 4:54 Pacific Time)

Should US Government subpoena blogging services such as WordPress for the accounts that ever mention Wikileaks in their Blog-post?

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Should I switch to Verizon when they have iPhone?

I’m an AT&T customer, should I switch to Verizon when they have iPhone?

If I switched, then:

  • No more phone hopping; from Nexus One to iPhone to Palm Pre etc.
  • Having the possibilities of having Bing as my default search engine; this can easily be changed I hope.
  • Have to pay the pesky termination fee to AT&T.
  • No Nexus One or Nexus S.
  • Losing the unlimited data plan.

The good news is:

  • Verizon has a better network than AT&T; so Verizon says.

Most likely I’d stay with AT&T just because I can do the phone-hopping without having to call Verizon. That’s the power of SIM-card. Even if Verizon were to support some kind of SIM-card, I wouldn’t be able to use the Nexus one as a phone anymore. The Wi-Fi Hot-Spot feature is a killer feature for me, especially without having the tethering plan.

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1-11-11: Verizon Event

Once again, the population of the series of tubes are abuzz about the upcoming Verizon event on 1-11-11. That would be January 11, 2011 at 11:00 AM in Lincoln Center in New York. There’s a lot of “11” there.

Of course the Tech Elitists are saying this would be the iPhone on Verizon announcement. The main clue is that Gizmodo did not get the invitation.

As usual, there will be numbers of sites providing the live coverage. So check back for the links.

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Sky to acquire Qik.

This one just came down the wire today, Sky to aquire Qik.

LUXEMBOURG, 6 January 2011 — Skype today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Qik, a provider of mobile video software and services that enable individuals to capture, instantly share and preserve great moments on video from anywhere. Qik has 60 employees, and is headquartered in Redwood City, California and has an office in Moscow, Russia. The transaction is expected to close in January 2011. Terms of the acquisition will not be disclosed.

Qik definitely has one of the coolest live streaming service from mobile phone. Smart move, Skype!

Blog post from Skype featuring Skype CEO Tony Bates.

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Pixelmator is transitioning to Mac App Store.

Pixelamtor team explains their plan on transitioning to Mac App Store.

Pixelmator 1.6.4 is now avaialble at Mac App Store while version 1.6.2 trial is still available for download from Pixelmator site.

  • Pixelmator is available for $29.99 at Mac App Store.
  • Those who “transitions” to Mac App Store will get Pixelmator 2.0 for free.
  • Currently registered users will still get free updates to Pixelmator 1.x until version 2.0.
  • No more serial numbers with Pixelmator from Mac App Store.