Three Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

3's data network dies, UK iPhone owners left without 3G

by Michael Grothaus (Jun 4th, 2013)

Last night I was walking my dog and I went to check my iPhone and noticed I didn't have a 3G signal. Sadly, this was nothing new since I am on UK network 3. I chose the network because they have unlimited data sim-only plans, but I soon discovered it's hard to get a signal a lot of times -- ...

Three UK bringing low cost 4G to your iPhone

by Michael Grothaus (Feb 4th, 2013)

Three has announced that low-cost 4G networks in the UK will soon be a reality. The 4G LTE standard has been slow to roll out in the UK compared to other countries. Currently iPhone 5 owners in the UK (and owners of compatible WiFi+Cellular iPads and iPad minis) have just one option: the ...

January 27, 2010: Apple announces the iPad

by Michael Rose (Jan 27th, 2013)

iPad is three. It was January 27, 2010, when CEO Steve Jobs took the stage to show the world what the company had been cooking up in the lab. Our staff roundup and anniversary post from last year include many of the highlights, but in the past 12 months Apple's tablet has continued to set records ...

Dear Aunt TUAW: Is Ireland's 3 carrier blocking Cydia?

by Erica Sadun (Feb 13th, 2011)

Dear Aunt TUAW, It looks like 3 Ireland, the one of the Irish iPhone carriers, has blocked Cydia's servers from their network. I'm experiencing errors refreshing data from apt.saurik.com and can't get Cydia to work at all. Can you suggest a work-around for those of us on 3? Help a ...

UK telecoms Three, Orange and T-Mobile launch subsidized iPad plans

by David Quilty (Dec 3rd, 2010)

Following up on the announcement made a few weeks ago, UK telecom providers Three, Orange and T-Mobile formally launched their iPad subsidies today. Those of us in the United States are used to having our cellphone prices subsidized by signing contracts, but so far we don't have anyone subsidizing ...

Three will carry iPhone 4 in the UK, O2 cuts off unlimited data

by Dave Caolo (Jun 10th, 2010)

While American iPhone users are limited to a single carrier, the UK offers plenty of choice to customers. Three has announced that they will carry iPhone 4, with pre-orders beginning on June 15th. O2, Orange, T-Mobile and Vodafone were all confirmed on the 7th. Even poor math students will notice ...

Three-pane Mail.app turns into a plug-in

by David Chartier (Jun 2nd, 2006)

Well that was quick. First Mail.app received a widescreen, three-pane face-lift, and now it's been morphed into a plug-in. The author provides two different sets of instructions for installing: drag and dropping into your ~/Library/Mail/Bundles/ directory or using a couple of commands in Terminal. ...

Give Mail.app a three-pane view

by David Chartier (Jun 2nd, 2006)

For those of you longing for the often-requested three-pane view in Mail.app, Tim Gaden at Hawk Wings has dug up yet another stellar find: an actual working version. This Ars Technica forum thread begins with the typical "gee, it'd be great if..." post which oh-so-often yields productive results ...

Triple boot your MacBook Pro

by David Chartier (Apr 16th, 2006)

Booting only two OSs on your MacBook Pro is, like, totally so last week. Aside from earlier reports, it apparently is possible to bring a third OS to the party, as OnMac.net has posted a how-to wiki for booting WinXP, Mac OS X and Linux on a MacBook Pro via Boot Camp (so far, this is untested on ...