EDIT: Starbucks has released an official version of their Blackberry app that works with the Blackberry Torch. For more information, see the following links:
- http://blogs.starbucks.com/blogs/customer/archive/2010/09/02/starbucks-card-mobile-now-available-for-blackberry.aspx
- http://www.starbucks.com/coffeehouse/mobile-apps/starbucks-card-mobile-bb
Original Post is below:
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I recently purchased a BlackBerry Torch and have been trying to find similar applications for it that I had previously on my iPhone 3G. So, I was happy to find out that Starbucks had released a BlackBerry app for their Starbucks cards.
So, as the instructions on the Starbucks website state, I sent a text message with the word “GO” to 70845
Just yesterday I was comparing the new Android OS-based HTC Evo and iPhone 4G’s hardware specifications and features as my 2-year contract with AT&T is up. With the supposed announcement of the iPhone 4G at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference, I wanted to determine my best course of action when purchasing a new phone (as it would most likely lock me into another 2-year contract).
As I was digging through a few news articles online, I found a few that mentioned AT&T had changed it’s pricing model for data plans. Wait WHAT?! For the past few years AT&T and Apple had touted the fact that you could pay $30 a month and have unlimited data on your iPhone (and subsequently iPad as well).
Today I found an article that pretty well sums up my feelings on the matter. Per Gizmodo: AT&T Just Killed Unlimited Wireless Data and Screwed Everybody in the Process
To recap AT&T’s new data plan structure: The $30 unlimited iPhone/iPad data plan is killed/gone (but existing subscribers will still be able to keep their existing unlimited plan/be grandfathered in). In its place, DataPlus w/200mb for $15/month, DataPro w/2gb for $25/month. This chart from Gizmodo’s article may make it easier to understand:
Apparently the suspicious knockoff iPhone that was found in a bar in Redwood City, California, is the real deal. It is the ACTUAL iPhone 4G!
For more info, see Gizmodo’s post here: http://gizmodo.com/5520164/this-is-apples-next-iphone
Per Gizmodo, here’s whats new:
- Front-facing video chat camera
- Improved regular back-camera (the lens is quite noticeably larger than the iPhone 3GS)
- Camera flash
- Micro-SIM instead of standard SIM (like the iPad)
- Improved display. It’s unclear if it’s the 960×460 display thrown around before?it certainly looks like it, with the “Connect to iTunes” screen displaying much higher resolution than on a 3GS.
- What looks to be a secondary mic for noise cancellation, at the top, next to the headphone jack
- Split buttons for volume
- Power, mute, and volume buttons are all metallic
Read more, including the changes from the current iPhone 3G norm
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