AT&T Declares First Android Phone, the Backflip

AT&T announced that a its 1st Android phone is definitely the folding Motorola Backflip, that will carry on sale on March 7.

Customers can buy the BackFlip on Mar. 7 for $99, using a $100 rebate, using a two-year agreement required to make discount.

“Motorola Backflip brings together the most effective of social networking using the nation’s fastest 3G network,” said David Christopher, chief marketing officer, AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets, in a statement. “Having the ability to ride on our newest and fastest 3G network, use of more than 20,000 AT&T Wi-Fi hotspots, and a chance to talk and surf at the same time, Backflip boasts an improved 3G experience.”

In 2008, AT&T said it would be open to selling phones based on the Android OS in January, AT&T said it would sell a Dell Android-based smartphone

As the name suggests, the most innovative feature in regards to the Backflip may be the hardware design. Closed, the laptop keyboard and screen both face out. A user can flip it flat, or into a sort of V-shape to stand it on the table and watch a movie clip. Propped up in its V shape, it also works being a digital picture frame or alarm clock.

The Backflip is basically a hacked Motorola CLIQ. Its specs have become similar: a 528-MHz Qualcomm MSM 7200A processor, 320-by-480 screen, 5-megapixel camera, Wi-Fi, 3G and Google Android 1.5 OS (a minimum of in January) with Motorola’s MOTOBLUR social-networking add-ons. AT&T wouldn’t officially disclose which version of the Android OS that Backflip would include, but Motorola showed the device off using 1.5 OS.

ATT.net Homepage Down

ATT’s Homepage ATT.net is down. ATT.net, AT&T’s official website, is down currently Monday morning 5 AM PST, 8 AM EST.

When trying to access the ATT.net website, customers are getting a “cannot find server” error command.

In October 2009, AT&T quarterly numbers showed an increase in wireless revenues. AT&T showed monthly bills by contract customers up 3.8% to $61.23.

Ralph de la Vega, wireless chief for AT&T, said “What we see is people signing up for data plans in record numbers.” Today AT&T is the second largest wireless operator by subscribers in the nation behind Verizon. AT&T had 302,600 employees in 2008.

from: http://www.usposttoday.com/att-net-att-homepage-down/

WOW 3.2.2a Update Patch

Blizzard has just released a new minor patch 3.2.2a to address some minor issues related to patch 3.2.2. The errors weren’t severe, though there were some players who were facing issues.

Here it is what the new patch fixes:

• Some users could not socket an item after obtaining it first.
• Spells with transparent components now work and look better.
• Mac clients with ATI drivers now should face more reliability.
• The Wintergrasp zone map should now show the status of keep walls correctly.
• Players had a problem when trying to enter a Battlegroung while dead, in a combat when they already were in a Battleground.
• The Escape key now doesn’t close the Battleground queue window anymore.

Patch 3.2.2a is the latest World of Warcraft version and should be downloaded as soon as possible so the game can run smoothly.

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