Do you sleepwalk? How about sleep text? People are starting to report the habit of text messaging while in the depths of slumber. Sounds more like an excuse for inappropriate text messaging to me. Even some scientists agree that people likely aren’t really sleeping when they’re supposedly sleep-texting. I haven’t heard of it myself yet. Anyone else?
Apple and AT&T now have to pay a licensing fee for visual voicemail. Klausner Technologies has the patent on it, though as you might read, patent law is just slightly flawed in this country. Verizon plans to offer visual voicemail themselves later this summer for $1.99 a month.
The City of Sacramento is proposing a tax on cell phones and other new technology. This would mirror the city’s tax on landlines. Revenues are down in that regard, mainly because people are ditching landlines in favor of a cell-only lifestyle. The measure will be on the ballot on Election Day, November 4.
How much do you think it costs to make an iPhone? How about $100? And with Apple selling them to manufacturers at $400, well, I think we know how cell phones get so expensive.
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