Relax, the iPhone's still a quad-band worldphone

Since the iphone filed with the FCC, there has been a gnashing of teeth about what is in the FCC statement, or rather what isn't in that statement.

The fear basically revolves around the fact that a lack of testing on the GSM 900 and 1800MHz bands indicates that it lacks those bands entirely, but we can assure the globetrotters out there jonesin' for an iPhone come next month that there'll be a full range of RF spectrum waiting for you.

It just simply idiotic to release a wide-appeal phone with any fewer than four GSM bands.

So you should be able to still 'look cool' while you're acting an ass in another country!

BlackBerry 8830: released into the wild

The new "World Edition" BlackBerry will be released on May 14 through its business units and online retailing stores. Verizon will be the first carrier of the unit, and will cost $299.99 after a $100 rebate with a new two-year customer agreement. Verizon will give you an additional $100 off if you sign up for one of their "qualifying" plans.

The cool thing about this BlackBerry is that the 8830 also has a SIM card, so that overseas you get voice roaming over GSM or CDMA in 167 countries. If you're an Internet surfer, it also has EDGE data roaming in 62 different countries.

So all the CrackBerry addicts can now leave the country.
Send a post card.