Cody Taylor

During Apple’s earnings conference call yesterday, Apple COO Tim Cook fielded a wide variety of questions, but two answers in particular helped shed a bit of light on the likelihood that Apple would enter the netbook market or release a lower end iPhone.

In a revealing example of what she says the average homeowner faces, a California Congresswoman spent more than two hours on the phone trying, without success, to find someone at the Bank of America who could help a struggling constituent modify his mortgage payments. ABC News “Nightline” cameras were rolling as Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-Ca.)

Right now it is a mystery, but given the widespread nature of the same symptom that started today it is looking like AT&T may be filtering out the Orb traffic. It could be a technical glitch, but I can find no announcement of technical issues or server problems with AT&T to explain it.

We’d really harshed on this phone prior to its release, because… well, when you’re used to flip phones looking a certain way, it looks kinda funny. In the flesh, though, the LG Lotus looks just fine — once you get past the fact that it’s basically a perfect square when closed — and anyone who does a lot of messaging should probably take note.

Dear Mainstream Media: Obama’s new phone isn’t a BlackBerry, might not be a phone, and he might not be getting it.