Millions of consumers want the iPhone and yet most are locked into an existing cell phone contract. According to the US Public Interest Research Group, nearly half of all US cellular phone customers would switch, or consider switching, their current service carrier if they did not have to pay an early termination penalty of up to $250.

Cellswapper.com offers cell phone subscribers a way out of their current contracts by finding others who are more than happy to take over the remainder of the contract as a short-term commitment. This leaves the subscriber contract-free and significantly lowers the cost of buying the iPhone.

Keeping up our generally bad attitude about the iPhone, we bring you some ideas (by the guy who bought a dead iPhone) about what to do with a dead iPhone.

OK, we’ll admit it. We’re completely sick of the iPhone coverage. We’re providing some information here on the news page, but we’re are not particularly impressed with this device. Sure, it’s got eye candy. And, sure, it’ll make more Apple people even more self-important. But it’s way over-exposed and we just are tired of all the hype.

And, so, we’re amused to point out that iPhone Central has a dead iPhone. Already.

HTC announced the launch of the new P6300 PDA device for the enterprise market. With the full power of Windows Mobile, an intuitive large 3.5-inch touch screen and excellent connectivity options, it’s well equipped to cater for the mobile workforce. This range of technical features brings real business benefits for organizations employing the P6300, from improved customer service and faster service response times to increased productivity and effectiveness. Business users can communicate with colleagues and customers globally with ease, and integrate seamlessly with their existing IT systems.

The recent release of the latest update to Qmobilesoft’s CallRec program, version 5.0, contained a number of crippling bugs for users of the various Palm OS Treos. Many users reported spontaneous crashes and endless reset loops that could only be cured by completely deleting version 5.0 or reverting back to an older version. Since the program defaults to auto-record incoming and outgoing calls on the Treo, this could lead to disastrous results for nearly all users of the program.

Fortunately, Qmobilesoft has responded swiftly to their customers’ concerns with the quiet release of version 5.1 of the program. Initial testing on a Verizon 700p shows a significant improvement in stability and recording performance with none of the spontaneous reboots or crashes that plagued the earlier version.

CallRec v5.1 is compatible with the latest Treo 755p in addition to the 700p, 680, and 650. It is available now for $19.99 and includes a complimentary 7-day trial period. Users of version 4.0 or 4.1 can update to 5.1 at no charge. The program is contained in its own self-extracting, self-executing auto-installer that preserves earlier versions registration information.

Microsoft has just released an update to Exchange 2007 that should fix issues that could have prevented Apple’s new iPhone from receiving mail from Exchange Server 2007.

The software maker released June 28 the third update to Exchange Server 2007, known as Rollup 3, which addresses many of the issues customers have been experiencing with Apple Mac Mail, just ahead of the release of Apple’s iPhone on June 29.

The update is expected to address the many issues Exchange 2007 users have been having, including with Mac Mail and the fact that when they access their mailboxes on a Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 server, certain IMAP clients cannot open the bodies of the email messages, which triggers an error message.

This fix is important as the iPhone will work with Exchange Server via IMAP4, Keith McCall, chief technology officer of Azaleos and a former Exchange executive, told eWEEK.

What happens when your keyboard encounters twenty-four ounces of coffee? It tanks, that’s what it does. Unless you have a Unotron Washable keyboard. Read on to find out how Unotron’s corded keyboard handles the coffee test.

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As great as mobile ad-hoc technology can be, it can still be a source of frustration as mobile ad-hoc networks are subject to transmission errors and data loss. In this article, Contributing Editor Humayun Bakht looks at why data loss happens and what could be done about it.

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The NoiseBuster active noise reduction headphone is the perfect companion for summer travelers as well as for commuters on buses and trains. The product electronically reduces irritating, anxiety-provoking, background noise by coupling low-frequency noise waves with their exact mirror image waves.

There are a variety of competing headphones on the market priced as high as $349. The NoiseBuster delivers more active noise cancellation performance than any competitor for a list price of only $69 (or two units for $99 during the summer promotion period).

Visto announced the support of corporate email functionality for the Apple iPhone. Through Visto, iPhone users will be able to experience secure mobile access to current and legacy versions of both Microsoft Exchange and IBM Lotus Domino corporate messaging platforms. Visto will enable access that is easy to implement and administer and will alleviate IT concerns regarding security and reliability.