This is a follow-up to my post on why I didn’t buy an iPhone, i.e. because the AT&T network sucks. I’ve been amazed at how the iPhone has caused so many tech commentators to be blind to the network problem. Valleywag’s iPhone scorecard really made it hit home for me, when I saw the high overall GPA despite the failing network grades.

Silver Spring, Md. - Freewebs, a service that lets users create multimedia websites and blogs, announced on Wednesday that it has partnered with wireless carrier Cingular, to create and promote a widget-based ad campaign. The campaign for Cingular Sounds -- ringtones that promote emerging artists -- on Freewebs allows users to write new lyrics, dance and sing along with up-and-coming artists through multimedia widgets that include text, photos, audio and video.

San Antonio, Texas - AT&T announced on Monday that it will offer "three-screen" coverage of the 2007 Masters golf tournament, across the mobile phone, television and the PC. Online coverage will be available through AT&T's Blue Room broadband site, while TV coverage will be offered on its U-verse digital TV service, and mobile coverage through Cingular. The company will produce exclusive player interviews, live online coverage from "Amen Corner," and feeds from the practice range and Green Jack ceremony.

San Antonio, Texas - AT&T announced on Wednesday that it has partnered with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) to create a number of mobile entertainment services. WWE Mobile services for AT&T subscribers will include "WWE Ringside," a $4.99 per month premium package; a basic package that includes various short-form videos; WWE ringtones and voice tones priced at $2.49 each; and WWE graphics that will sell for $1.99.

New York - Wireless carrier AT&T (Cingular) -- along with Travelocity.com and Priceline.com -- has agreed to change its policies when running online advertisements served through deceptively installed programs known as "adware."

New York - Verizon Wireless, the second-largest U.S. wireless carrier, passed on an offer nearly two years ago to become Apple's exclusive partner in distributing its iPhone -- a deal later accepted by rival and largest U.S. carrier Cingular, USA Today reported.

New York - Fox News has introduced a subscription service that delivers an audio feed of the cable news channel to cell phones, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The company partnered with Single Touch Interactive on the service, which will initially be available to Cingular subscribers for $2.99 a month, plus per-minute charges.

San Francisco - Apple on Tuesday unveiled its long-awaited iPhone, a touch-screen mobile phone with music, video and Internet capabilities, as well as a device that wirelessly transmits video and other content from a computer to a television.

Los Angeles - Online social network MySpace on Monday announced its largest mobile initiative to date, in the form of an exclusive partnership with Cingular Wireless that will give subscribers the ability to edit profiles, upload photos, and send and receive MySpace messages from their mobile phones.