We’re going to go out on a limb here and assume that there are a lot of you legit iPhone 3G owners out there lamenting your contract obligation to AT&T and their iPhone-only rate plans. Unlimited iPhone data plans are now $30, as opposed to the original iPhone’s $20 unlimited data plan. Monthly rate plans [...]

We knew it was going to happen, but we had no idea that ASUS was looking to make such drastic cuts to its product pipeline. ASUS has confirmed that their Lamborghini-branded ASUS ZX1 Lamborghini smartphone will be headed to the chopping block. The move was expected. ASUS previously stated that they would be diverting resources [...]

If you just can’t justify the extra $20 a month that you’re spending for slow EDGE speeds, there’s good news. You can drop the data plan from your iPhone rate plan and save the $20. Of course, you’ll be paying through the nose for every kilobyte that you download from thereon, but if you’re almost always in range of a WiFi hotspot, this could be a great money-saver. Of course, without the iPhone data plan, you’re Visual Voicemail feature will be as good as dead. Such is the compromise that penny-pinchers must make. To give hte data-portion of your iPhone’s rate plan, just log into your online account management - AT&T myAccount. Find the “Add / Manage Features” section and uncheck the box next to the “IPHONE DATA” option. Oh, and keep in mind that you’ll also lose the free 200 SMS text messages - so you’ll be paying through the nose for SMS text messages if you don’t get an additional text-messaging package. We’re definitely going to be holding onto our free SMS text messages, Visual Voicemail, and unlimited EDGE data. But, if you need to save up a bit more dough for the possibility of a 3G iPhone next year, an extra $20 savings every month could be a big help. [Via: TUAW ] ---Related Articles at IntoMobile:iPhone data plans to surface soonAT&T's data plan for the Apple iPhone may be called the 'iPlan'AT&T launches international iPhone data plans - Data Global PlanStop paying for slow iPhone internet performance - get a phone-only iPhone plan for $40AT&T offering monster iPhone rate plans with thousands of minutes!

We love a good conspiracy theory as much as the next guy, but they usually amount to nothing more than paranoid thinking. Then again, sometimes the coincidences can’t be ignored. The Inquirer’s got a conspiracy theory that’s just too juicy to dismiss off-hand. The theory goes something like this:

• iPhone launches in Europe
• Vodafone is not an iPhone carrier
• Vodafone wants to prevent huge customer-base losses to the iPhone
• Vodafone takes customer service offline to prevent customer cancelations

Vodafone’s customer service line for customer cancellations is dead - it’s been dead since the iPhone’s launch last Friday. The helpful recorded message blames a “system fault” and kindly suggests that the customer call back later. Is Vodafone fighting cancellation-spikes due to iPhone-defectors by taking down its service-cancellation hotline? Or are they just experiencing a legit system bug? We don’t know for sure, but it’s fun to wax conspiratorially. [Via: The Inquirer ] ---Related Articles at IntoMobile:Apple working on offline storage for iPhone Safari browser-based applications?Verizon: We don't need no iPhone "killer" - we have better services!HTC Opens World's First Customer Service Center in Taiwan - HTC CareApple iPhone announcement coming soon? Offline support for third-party web-apps?Apple prepping iPhone SDK for January release?