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Alexis Madrigal - Alexis Madrigal is a senior editor at The Atlantic. He's the author of Powering the Dream: The History and Promise of Green Technology.
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The New York Observer calls him, "for all intents and purposes, the perfect modern reporter." Madrigal co-founded Longshot magazine, a high-speed media experiment that garnered attention from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and the BBC. While at Wired.com, he built Wired Science into one of the most popular blogs in the world. The site was nominated for best magazine blog by the MPA and best science Web site in the 2009 Webby Awards. He also co-founded Haiti ReWired, a groundbreaking community dedicated to the discussion of technology, infrastructure, and the future of Haiti.

He's spoken at Stanford, CalTech, Berkeley, SXSW, E3, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and his writing was anthologized in Best Technology Writing 2010 (Yale University Press).

Madrigal is a visiting scholar at the University of California at Berkeley's Office for the History of Science and Technology. Born in Mexico City, he grew up in the exurbs north of Portland, Oregon, and now lives in Oakland.

iPhone 4 Available on Verizon on February 10 for $200

By Alexis Madrigal
Jan 11 2011, 11:19 AM ET Comment

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Before Verizon's event in Manhattan had even ended, the company's website announced the details about the iPhone 4. It will be available February 10, 2011 and will cost $200 for the 16GB phone. Of course, that's with a two-year contract and the purchase of a data package.

In a little bit of a surprise, it appears the phone will be available in the long-awaited white case. It will also come with the ability to create a data hotspot to which you'll be able to connect five devices.

Update: Here's the other little quirk about the Verizon iPhone. Like other CDMA phones, it can't do voice and data at the same time. I can't say that I try to that often with my AT&T iPhone, but I can easily imagine wanting to do so.

Existing Verizon customers will be able to order the phone beginning February 3. That'll open up to the rest of the world February 10.

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