It has been a pretty quiet weekend in the lead up to the iPad mini launch later this month, but we have some notable tidbits goings on. First up, customer-centric AT&T lowered its return policy starting today from 30 days to 14 days for customers who want to avoid incurring penalties.
Starting October 7, customers who purchase new devices from AT&T will have only 14 days to return them without incurring any penalties. Consumers who purchase devices before October 7 have 30 days to return them. “AT&T has updated its device return policy. Consumer customers will have 14 days to return a device for any reason and cancel service without paying an Early Termination Fee,” said AT&T to Phone Scoop in an email. “While this begins on October 7, AT&T customers will continue to have the option to update their voice and data plans at any time.” This policy change won’t affect select AT&T business customers, who will still have 30 days to return their devices and cancel their service.
This obviously includes iPhones purchased at AT&T. If purchased through Apple, however, users still have a 30-day return policy. Don’t like AT&T’s policies?
Good news: T-Mobile has Nano-SIMs in stock, according to TmoNews. T-Mobile USA has been pushing hard to get unlocked iPhone 5 customers who perhaps are looking for low-cost unlimited/prepaid data plans. If you do not live in an LTE part of the country (like my little town about 15 miles from Manhattan), T-Mobile’s speeds are purportedly the fastest HSPA you can find—so long as it has lit up the 1900MHz network in your part of the country (1900MHz Maps here).
The Nano-SIMs look like this:
Here’s a T-Mobile Nano-SIM being put in a Verizon iPhone, below:
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Before I started doing this blogging thing, I was an Apple IT guy/web developer for some mid-sized creative firms in New York and abroad (three cheers if you ever had to deploy OD/Active Directory integrated environments!). This month, I will attend my first 
