With all of the hoopla surrounding the iPhone, we have all forgotten about the most important development of today's release: a new way to activate a cell phone.

Those who braved the crowds to purchase the phone at retail stores were rewarded with a form of instant gratification--the opportunity to activate their iPhone using an online activation mechanism ...

Apple and AT&T Inc. today announced that iPhone users will be able to activate their new iPhones using Apple’s popular iTunes software running on a PC or Mac computer in the comfort and privacy of ...

How to Activate a Used iPhone. Business owners who want to save money on the purchase of a new iPhone can purchase a used iPhone and activate it using a wireless network or iTunes. Once activated ...

Verizon appears to be incentivizing consumers to make purchases online rather than at one of its brick-and-mortar retail stores, as CNET reports that the mobile carrier is lowering activation and ...

Oh, and here's our personal favorite: If you purchase your phone unlocked or you buy a phone from somewhere other than AT&T and activate it on your account, you still have to pay the $20 fee ...

While blogs continue to simmer with complaints from people who waited months to buy an iPhone and now are experiencing problems activating it, AT&T Inc. said Sunday that the situation has improved.

An embedded SIM is an industry-backed digital version of the physical SIM card needed to connect a mobile device to a network provider.

Virgin Mobile Enables Self-Service Phone Activation Article Comments 1 Dec 11, 2007, 9:57 AM by Eric M. Zeman Virgin Mobile USA announced that all new customers, as well as existing customers who ...