I don’t know where the news media’s head is today, but it certainly is scrambling to find some way to do its business. First you can’t bask in the wonders of 8th avenue (Google is watching), then you can’t use your home computer for the sole reason it exists (Microsoft is watching) and now the next obvious go-to device (your mobile) won’t come good on its promises of providing relief. Amp’d Mobile, known as the cellphone company that is trying way too hard to connect with the nation’s youth, in an awkward ‘arms folded over the back of the turned around chair’ way, has halted its plans to stream nude videos and images to its customers after filing for bankruptcy protection on June 1. So much for that sure fire business plan. Amp’d's official stance is cautiously optimistic:
While Amp’d, based in Aliso Viejo, Calif., declined to comment on the bankruptcy filing, analysts believed that the company would be more cautious in proceeding for fear of alienating subscribers while it worked though its financial difficulties. Members of CTIA, a wireless industry trade group, agreed not to introduce sex-oriented programming until age-verification technology is in place. People who are determined to download pornography to their cellphones can do so today [that must rank among the top ten sentences you never you'd read in the New York Times], but it must be done from third-party Web sites designed for mobile phones [thanks for the tip?].
Bankruptcy Filing May Delay Pornography on Cellphones [New York Times]
A VERY slow no-news Monday.
Anyone who wants (needs?) to download porn to his/her phone is seriously pathetic. That’s just sad. Losers.
whatever. where are these mobile-optimized porn sites to be found?
Sad to see today’s street savvy urban youth are not the best credit risk with Amp’d reporting as much as 50% account delinquency rates
Yeah, banking on the financial reliability of “urban yoofs” is a smart business trategy.
“The urban youth market is under served (because they have no money), we intend to address this need.”
Who saw this business plan and thought it was a good idea.
“Who saw this business plan and thought it was a good idea.”
A: Boost Mobile
So, what does this mean to us little people that have contracts with ampd? Can I break my contract without paying the costs involved? I think they have been ripping me off on my bills, and no one there will deal with it. I know I have been overcharged, what recourse do I have?
Some mo’ interim developments in da Amp’d Mobile Chapter 11 bankruptcy court proceedings: da judge had extended its lifeline fo’ another week, allowing da mobile phone network ta tap $7.5 million in cash belonging ta lender Verizon Wireless…da judge signed off on Amp’d request ta use Verizon’s cash collateral until June 25. Bunch o’ other details, but key point iz Verizon agreed ta deez interim terms. Amp’d owes Verizon, its largest creditor, about $33 million.
This despite an associate case from Amp’d: uh lawsuit filed by it against VZW, seeking uh court order barring da company from kicking Amp’d off its network. A bankruptcy court hearing on dat dispute iz scheduled fo’ June 25 in Wilmington, reports AP. what ‘chew trippin foo’