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Remember FloTV? AT&T Just bought its (Qualcomm’s) spectrum

A bit over a year ago, I asked:

Qualcomm Shuttering FLO TV By Year’s End. What Will Happen to the Former UHF Channel 55 Spectrum?

Flo TV streamed TV shows to feature phones with special Qualcomm hardware that processed signals in the spectrum that used to be UHF channel 55. Flo TV was created by Qualcomm to use the spectrum it bought from the FCC. I never quite understood how the service could scale even after speaking with its head of programming back in August 2009.
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AT&T Gives Starbucks Card WiFi Users $50 Discount

Just received an interesting email from AT&T Wireless. If you have a Starbucks gift card that you’ve registered for AT&T WiFi hotspot access at Starbucks locations, AT&T lets you buy phones or accessories from them with a $50 discount. Note that this excludes iPhones.

Start your day with wireless savings. Shop AT&T online and get up to $50 off the purchase of any cell phone or accessory (excludes iPhone).

You can learn more about registering your Starbucks card for free WiFi at:

http://www.starbucks.com/retail/wireless.asp