There is no turning back for T-mobile now. They have finally turned on a second city where they’ll be offering their 3G service. After paying billions for the licence’s, and subjecting customers to hopelessly slow EDGE data for years, Las Vegas has become the second official city where 3G is offered. 

This means residents and visitors to Las Vegas and New York can benefit from faster speeds on their devices. Of course, since T-mobile barely has any compatible 3G devices in their lineup, it might be some time till anyone actually gets to enjoy it.

By the end of the year there should be 20 major cities with 3G coverage, so expect more of these announcements as more cities are “turned on”.

The rollout of 3G in Las Vegas apparently cost them $28 Million. Assuming most other cities will need twice as much infrastructure, T-mobile has close to $1 Billion in investments lined up.

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Several days ago, a “developer”, loaded  a $999.99 application onto the Apple iPhone app store. He called it “I am rich”, and it was supposed to be for anyone who wanted to show off just how rich and impressive they are. Apparently, the ability to waste $1000 on an application that does nothing more than show a red orb is a good way to show how loaded you are.

So far, so bad. The app has already been pulled by Apple, but not until some idiot actually thought it might be funny to click the “buy now” button, just to see what would happen.

Of course, most people know about the Apple 1-click system, where, as the name implies, you click once, and the purchase is completed.

Needless to say, the system worked perfectly, and the guy got his $1000 useless app downloaded directly to his iPhone. Now he’s trying to find a way to wiggle his way out of it. Good luck with that.

Via Valleywag

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Tmonews has become a pretty reliable source of T-mobile news, so when they report on the upcoming official launch of 3G I’m going to assume they are correct. 3G on T-mobile already launched in New York City, where it is being tested with several “unnamed” 3G phones.

The October 1st launch should coincide with the launch of 3 or 4 new 3G enabled phones, including one 3G smartphone and a 3G enabled Blackberry.

All I can say is “it’s about frikkin time”.

Source: Tmonews.com

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It had to happen sooner or later, I’m bringing you more insane news about the Apple iPhone. This news is a little different though, and might bring a smile to the face of anyone who has been trying to get their hands on the new iPhone in the past weeks.

For some reason, Amazon.com has the new phone listed on their site, despite not actually being one of the 2 distribution partners of the phone, or actually having any in stock. It could have been an overenthusiastic developer, or just a way to get even more traffic to their site.

There were already some rumors out there of Apple adding multiple resellers over time (including Radio Shack), so perhaps this is a sign that something will change when Apple is finally able to produce enough of them to go around.

Amazon.com iPhone 3G page

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