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AT&T to Move ‘Heaven & Earth’

VentureBeat MobileBeat 2010: AT&T Chief Technology Officer John Donovan is blasted with questions from VB Editor in Chief Matt Marshall concerning AT&T and their network. The response ties in with what Jobs said D8, “… when they start to fix them, get worse before they get better…and if you believe that, things should be getting a lot better real soon.”

VentureBeat reports,

It’s a little bit of everything, Donovan replied. With a flood of new chipsets, phones, and applications, the traditional device testing and rollout methods have “broken down.” In addition, AT&T recently faced a shortage of the components needed to improve its network.

“I’ll tell you the things it’s not been,” Donovan said. “It’s not been capital, it’s not been conviction and commitment.” AT&T “will move heaven and Earth” to meet its customers’ growing data needs, he said.

I’d be impressed if AT&T could actually move the heavens to improve reception.

[VentureBeat via 9 to 5 Mac]

OLED “iPad Nano” Still in the Works?

This is one of those rumors that will never completely die. I mean, who cares about a smaller iPad? Isn’t the current one the perfect size? It seems like people are interested in an “iPad Nano”, something between an iPhone and - well - an iPad. A fourth market, if you want.

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Camera+ for iPhone Generates $250.000 In Revenue

In these two years of App Store we’ve read many stories of indie developers making tons of bucks out of apps sales. Still, I’ve noticed a trend recently, and that’s why the news of Camera+ generating over $250.000 in revenue matters: if you look at the App Store Top Paid charts, you’ll see lots of games in there.

So the question is: is still possible to be successful in the App Store even without developing a game? Apparently, it is.

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