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Court Allows Lawsuit Against T-Mobile To Proceed

On Wednesday, the California Supreme Court refused to review two earlier findings, which killed T-Mobile's final chance at blocking a lawsuit against its early-termination fees and practice of locking phones. This is the third time T-Mobile has tried to stop the case from proceeding, and both a state trial judge and a state appeals court have already rejected T-Mobile's claims that its customers were required by the terms of their contracts to submit to binding arbitration. More »

3:18 PM on Thu Oct 11 2007
By Chris Walters
3,170 views, 22 comments

Latest by n/a: AT&T states that they'll just give you the unlock code if you ask for it. @AB31: One incident of getting the runaround doesn't mean that's the institutional norm. I'm not saying it isn't, but, one experience doesn't a good generalization make! more »

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Class-Action Lawsuits Filed Against Apple, AT&T Over iPhone

A class-action lawsuit was filed on October 5th against the unholy duo of Apple and AT&T, charging that they intentionally broke unlocked headsets via the last firmware update, and conspired illegally to monopolize parts of the mobile phone market by preventing consumers from using any services other than those provided by the two companies. The suit charges the two companies, either jointly or separately, with six formal counts, including "alleged violations of the California Business and Profession's Code, The Cartwright Act, The Sherman Act, The Federal Trade Commission Act, The Communications Act of 1934, and The Telecommunications Act of 1996, as well as rules and policies established by the FCC." More »

5:55 PM on Wed Oct 10 2007
By Chris Walters
2,354 views, 30 comments

Latest by xanax25mg: @infinitysnake: there's a big difference. You presumably didn't sign a contract with Chevy to ONLY use Chevy parts. IPhone folks were aware when they bought it AND before they installed the firmware update they were notified the phone could be more »