The Netflix price increase went into effect at the beginning of September. It proved to be very unpopular with subscribers as many decided to cancel their DVD plans in favor of unlimited streaming. Some Netflix members had to deal with another change that irritated them further. Netflix was believed to start enforcing how many streams can enabled at the same time.

Last week, T-Mobile introduced its trade-in program for customers. With this service, T-Mobile customers can get their old phones appraised at a T-Mobile location. Depending on certain factors, T-Mobile will provide an estimate for the phone’s value and allow you to send it to The Wireless Source for a check for the quoted amount. We had some questions about this service, so we asked T-Mobile about potential restrictions.

The openness of the Android platform is undergoing some serious questioning. Last week Google announced it was withholding the source code for Android 3.0 Honeycomb for an undetermined amount of time. This means only certain large manufactures have official access to Honeycomb while smaller manufactures are forced to wait. Now Google is reportedly telling manufacturers and carriers must adhere to a stricter set of rules if they want to be the among the first to sell Android’s latest offerings.

Chinese Internet users from Beijing and Shanghai are reporting that they can now access the English-language version of Wikipedia after it was blocked by the Chinese authorities a couple of months ago. However, the Chinese version and other sites which have politically sensitive topics such as Tibet and Tiananmen Square remained restricted at this time.

The decision to remove the restriction followed after an inspector from the International Olympic Committee (OIC) told the Beijing Olympic organizers that the Chinese government should remove the restriction even just for the duration of the 2008 Olympics. According to the inspector, continually blocking the access to Wikipedia might reflect a bad impression about the host country.