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The war for the hearts, minds, and hands of the wireless masses continues, this time with a new entrant (actually a duo) vying for an initial foothold (handhold?) in the ever-dynamic market for smartphones. Or, perhaps more accurately, it has taken on a new angle due to the new competitor.
Never mind the Samsung Instinct. Keep [...]
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Hot out of the CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment 2008 conference are the announcements from RIM [RIMM] about their upcoming smartphones:
BlackBerry Pearl 8220
BlackBerry Bold
BlackBerry Pearl 8220
Unfortunately for AT&T [T] customers, the Pearl 8220 will debut in the U.S. as a T-Mobile [DT] exclusive shortly. It sports a lot of the same “consumer” type features that [...]
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The Setup
This afternoon, as I sauntered into the local Starbucks [SBUX] to get my usual coffee refill, I noticed a small countertop sign at the register bravely announcing the availability of some new menu items… for breakfast.
“What?!? Breakfast?
“Steve, what happened to returning to core competency?”
Well, I didn’t quite understand it, either. So I asked the [...]
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The Setup
The last you heard from me, I was struggling mightily with a moblogging session to Javamancy, with mixed success. It has been several days since I managed to acquire public terminal access back to Javamancy, and geez, it’s been quite an ordeal.
The Premise
Maybe I’m too jaded, but in the past, whenever I traveled to [...]
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Here’s a quick update on the previous update post on the Starbucks Card site access:
After a few more hours (most likely quite aggravating and anxious period of rushing to scale up and fix-hack-patch, for the developers and ops involved), the Starbucks Card site has been opened back up for the incoming new user-registrants for the [...]
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Once I determined that some of the login capability had resumed, I began exploring the Starbucks site…
Situational Awareness
After doing some site testing over at the Starbucks site, here are more details on the site access issue, and the Starbucks Card site login disturbance:
The main site itself is operational;
The Starbucks Card feature on the site is [...]
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Several hours ago (or, rather, a few hours ago, depending on where you are located and how long you’ve been attempting to get in), the Starbucks Card site was not authenticating card holders and new registrants because of the massive influx of traffic in response to the free Wi-Fi announcement by Starbucks [SBUX].
As of approximately [...]
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Today, Starbucks [SBUX] announced their free Wi-Fi offer with AT&T, their new wireless partner, at participating storefronts.
In addition to qualified AT&T wireless customers, Starbucks Card holders are also eligible for free two-hour Wi-Fi access, based upon the terms described for ther Starbucks Card registration program. As a result of this, TONS o’ people who didn’t [...]
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