AT&T is weak ... Apple a Tech God?

This article I found when skimming the news today makes me laugh. AT&T is falling apart at the seams. The iPhone's handcuff with AT&T is likely limited, but that is all that AT&T has when trying to attack Verizon.

On a separate rant, while the iPhone has some bad-ass features, I'm still not convinced that Apple is capable of making a reliable phone (Keyword: Phone). While AT&T's network certainly deserves part of the blame for iPhone customer complaints, Apple's inability to deliver a quality phone device should receive more attention (poor voice and sound quality). Oh, I forgot, Apple is looked at as the tech God. No matter what they come up with, the world loves it and marks it as the best thing ever. Does anyone truly review Apple products or just assume they are the benchmark? Got to hand it to Steve Jobs, though. His company does a great job marketing their products and the success of the iPod has made his company the benchmark in every device that they produce (whether or not they deserve that distinction). Does the world forget that their products are severely overpriced? Of course not.

Is AT&T Dumb?

AT&T just filed a lawsuit against Verizon regarding Verizon's new "There's a map for that" commercials. The commercials aim directly at AT&T's 3G coverage (or lack thereof). AT&T claims that the ads misrepresent the company's cell phone coverage. AT&T claims that some consumers view the ads and falsely believe that the featured AT&T maps are that of total wireless coverage, not 3G coverage. Are you kidding AT&T? You must be desperate. Look at this Youtube video of the commercial. It clearly says below every map displayed that the map is representative of 3G coverage. Expect this lawsuit to be dismissed.



Follow-up: A judge ruled that Verizon can continue to produce and air these AT&T attack ads. Is that a surprise to anyone? AT&T, you are dumb.