Year 2008 is coming to an end and many places may already be in the year 2009! Well, for me...it is only 5:47 here and I have several more hours until the New Year is here.

I am a holiday enthusiast, but nothing has more of an impact on me than New Year's!

Well, 2008 was breath taking. I am going to list a few things below which are extraordinary for the wireless industry. Then I'll list important historical events that happened in this year (some may be local to me ).


  • World's first touch screen Blackerry Released to the Nation's Most Reliable Wireless Carrier--Verizon Wireless, and the Largest Known Carrier---Vodafone. The Blackberry Storm
  • First 3G iPhone is ever released--July!
  • Verizon Wireless begins to approach to Alltel acquisition
  • Cingular---The new AT&T. January.
  • Verizon Wireless releases Visual Voicemail
  • Unlimited Plans become full circle with every carrier
  • Verizon Wireless employees illegally access President-Elect Barack Obama's person inactive cell phone account information.

Above was just some of the hot news for the wireless world...

Now, what about the hot news...literally. Some news below is literally information near me! Before living where I am now, I lived in Northern California.


  • President Bush visits Redding, California. First time in 35 years has a president visited this area since J. F. Kennedy.
  • First African American president elected. Barack Obama Vs. John McCain. 2008.
  • Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) employees fired after photos posted on MySpace show them taking baths in the sink [of KFC] where dishes are done. Anderson, CA.

At this point, that's all I could come up with . I have this forum here, which may be posted in multiple locations, which I hope you will post your "top news of 2008" in.

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