news.cnet.com - 10/28/2008
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Upon further review, Congress isn't moving all that quickly to the iPhone. (Credit: Apple)
Reports of the iPhone's imminent arrival in Washington appear to have been greatly exaggerated.
Jordan Golson of the Industry Standard has debunked a report last week by TheHill.com suggesting that ...
thehill.com - 10/22/2008
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thehill.com —
House members in the next Congress could get
Apple s iPhone as their newest communication gadget. The...
Chief Administrative Office (CAO), which oversees the communications systems for the House, has begun testing a small number of iPhones within its ...
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iPhones are a must-have for Congress
green-house.co.jp - 10/27/2008
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Apple iPhones are not a must-have for U.S. Congress - yet
MacDailyNews —
... community believed that Congress was set to become an iPhone shop at the start of the next congressional term in January," Tom Krazit reports. "Reached by phone Tuesday morning, Ventura chuckled at the attention that was paid to the 'completely out-of-whack' headline ('iPhones are a must-have for Congress') attached to TheHill.com's story last week," Krazit reports. "The CAO's operational staff is kicking the tires of 10 iPhones as a bit of an experiment, he said." Full article here .
When bloggers blog bloggers, is the result blather -- or better? [Blogging For Dollars]
Gawker: valleywag —
... Tom Krazit of CNET News, one of the guilty parties cited by Golson for reblogging TheHill.com, got to the bottom of things: Congressional IT administrators were testing a total of 10 iPhones, and all of two Congressmen had asked about getting iPhones instead of the standard-issue BlackBerry. ...
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Google Earth iPhone: iPhones get something real hot
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Your Tax Dollars at Work: iPhones for Congress [Congress]
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Yesterday we reported on an issue in which the iPhone 3G fails to find and or connect to otherwise valid WiFi networks. The response from iPhone Atlas readers was overwhelming, with dozens of users (of both original and 3G iPhones) reporting the ...
Google Earth lands on Jesus Phone —
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