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According to a study by Good Guide, iPhones are far from the top choice when it comes to picking a green cell phone.

The study looked at nearly 600 phones from 16 different manufacturers, and Nokia was the clear leader. 26 of the top 30 green phones were made by Nokia, with the C6 model coming out on top. The iPhone, meanwhile, placed in the lower half of the rankings. Not so much because of the phone itself, but because of Apple’s environmental behavior.

But Apple still fared much better than Research in Motion, the manufacturer behind the Blackberry brand. RIM was the lowest ranked company in the study.

Via USA Today

Apple is likely to introduce a new iPad at a San Francisco press conference scheduled for next Wednesday.

The company this morning sent e-mail invitations to members of the press with a not-so-subtle image of a calendar entry peeled back to reveal the corner of an iPad screen.

The event comes at the correct timing, as Apple’s original iPad was released April of 2010, and Apple’s mobile products typically get refreshed after one year. The event date puts to rest rumors that the iPad would be “delayed” until summer. (Never mind that it’s impossible to delay an unannounced product.)

Apple has not officially commented on details about the iPad 2, but some credible publications claim the tablet will have front- and rear-facing cameras, a thinner body and a more powerful graphics processor.

Wired.com will provide news coverage from the event, which kicks off 10 a.m. on March 2. Stay tuned.

See Also:

• Rumor: Apple’s iPad 2 Lands April 2011
• Rumor: Apple Starts Production of iPad 2
• Photos: iPad 2 Display Leaked
• Rumor: iPad 2 Has Bigger Speaker, Flat Back, Smaller Body

If you hate doing math and you run a small business then surely you’ve looked longingly at mobile credit card systems like Square‘s longingly. No handling of cash certainly would make life easier, but Square’s system of fees and surcharges weren’t exactly easy to figure out themselves. Now the company has simplified things, dropping the $.15 per-transaction fee for swiped purchases, charging a simple 2.75 percent on each transaction. If, however, that transaction is being made without swiping the actual card the $.15 transaction fee sadly comes back, but the percentage fee has gone down from 4.0 percent to 3.5. So, a little less of your handiwork will be absorbed by the man.

[Thanks, Brent]

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This article was written on September 06, 2007 by CyberNet.

As you can imagine, there are many people who feel enraged and insulted that Apple would have the audacity to lower the price of the iPhone by $200 so soon after launch. It’s been one of the hot topics in the news today, and some people were suggesting that Apple should offer a $200 refund to all those early-adopters who feel they were ripped-off. Some have called it shady saying that Apple just wanted to make some quick cash.  While there’s the crowd of people upset, there’s another crowd that’s nearly as equal in number saying that’s what you get for being an early adopter of a product that was so highly anticipated.

USA Today sat down with Steve Jobs to talk to him about the price drop of the iPhone.  One of the first things that he was asked was, "What do you say to customers who just bought a new iPhone for $599? Sorry?" His response was "That’s technology.  If they bought it this morning, they should go back to where they bought it and talk to them.  If they bought it a month ago, well that’s what happens in technology." So all those hoping Jobs would give in and offer a refund have their confirmation that it’s not going to happen.

–How to handle the situation–

Over at The Unofficial Apple Weblog, they posted an article titled "Apple Screwed you: So now what?" which offers suggestions on how to handle the situation. Among the suggestions are:

1. Returns – if you bought it within 14 days, you can either return the item or you can request a credit for the difference.
2. Call AT&T – you may get lucky with a rep who’ll offer you some amount of credit on your line.
3. Complain – I’m pretty sure most people have this one under control.  They are complaining like crazy, and if you really wanted, you could write a letter to Apple with your complaints.
4. Call the store – ask if they’ll issue a refund for the difference – even if it was bought beyond the 14 days. Chances are, they’ll say no, but you never know.

–Fake Steve Jobs Says…–

I knew Fake Steve would have something enlightening to say about this whole price drop situation, which he did. You can read the entire thing here, I’ll just point out the highlights of his post:

"Dear early iPhone adopters: Yeah, we fu%*ed you. Sorry, but it’s true. We baited you in with a high price (the one thing no Apple fanboy can resist) and sure enough you fell for it just like we knew you would. But hey, you iTards were the ones lining up and camping out for a week to get a phone even though there was no shortage of them. You were the ones raving about what a bargain the phone was at $600 and how you’d gladly have paid more. Who can blame us for taking advantage of you?"

Update: It was pointed out in the comments below that Jobs is now willing to give a $100 Apple Store credit.

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