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TUAW Reports: FCC filing, photos detail last-minute iPad changes

by Steven Sande (Apr 1st, 2010)

First, and most important to the estimated quarter-million people who will have iPads in their hands on Saturday, is that there will be a front-facing digital camera on the device. As you can see in the gallery, the camera is a 6.0 megapixel unit with a zoom lens. It's apparent that Apple ...

FCC wants to know your mobile broadband speed

by TJ Luoma (Mar 15th, 2010)

You may remember that Verizon started running ads a while ago showing AT&T's anemic 3G coverage map. AT&T responded by saying "Our coverage includes 97% of the country!" In the small print on Verizon's ads they make it clear that AT&T does have coverage outside of 3G. In the small print ...

SlingPlayer Mobile finally works on 3G

by Mel Martin (Feb 15th, 2010)

We all knew it was coming, and it's here. Yes, Apple has finally approved, with the belated blessing of AT&T, a version of the SlingPlayer Mobile app that now works on the 3G network. The original release of SlingPlayer Mobile [iTunes link] was WiFi only, and was one of the great ...

iPad still pending FCC approval, not a problem

by Mike Schramm (Jan 28th, 2010)

A few of our readers have pointed out this interesting little blurb currently found down at the bottom of the iPad's specs page: This device has not yet been authorized as required by the rules of the Federal Communications Commission. This device is not, and may not be, offered for sale or lease, ...

New Apple Wireless Keyboard and Mouse show up in FCC database

by Joachim Bean (Oct 2nd, 2009)

We've been hearing a lot about a new mouse from Apple lately, and earlier today images and additional documentation about a new Apple Wireless Keyboard and Mouse (using Bluetooth) showed up in the FCC database. The new keyboard has a model number of A1314, while the mouse has a model number of ...

FCC makes it official: Cellular carriers policies getting a closer look

by Mel Martin (Aug 27th, 2009)

Maybe the submissions by Apple, Google and AT&T helped, or maybe they hurt, but the FCC is going to take a closer look at the U.S. cellphone industry and if competition is helping consumers. [Link to FCC announcement in PDF format] Today the Commission said: As communications ...

Real Networks submitting Rhapsody music service for iPhone. Duck!

by Mel Martin (Aug 24th, 2009)

Now this will be interesting to watch. RealNetworks, not always best of friends with Apple, is submitting an iPhone app so subscribers can access the Rhapsody music service. The app is designed to be full-featured, and will let Rhapsody subscribers get easy control of the on-demand music service. ...

Distinctions without differences: Apple's inconsistent app store rejection policies

by Sang Tang (Aug 22nd, 2009)

I admit, I was one of those to pile on ol' Ma Bell as the culprit for keeping the Google Voice app (don't I wish that was a real iTunes link) off the App Store. Restrictions on Skype and the SlingPlayer app on the iPhone had conditioned me to believe that the "game changing" iPhone had, well, a ...

FCC Responses: Google's turn to answer to the FCC

by Joachim Bean (Aug 21st, 2009)

Along with Apple's and AT&T's response, Google has also responded to the FCC's inquiry on the Google Voice rejection. Unfortunately, the contact between Apple and Google on the rejection has been removed from the letter, which will not clear up everything just yet. There's no apparent reason ...

FCC Responses: Apple's take on the GV apps mess

by Michael Rose (Aug 21st, 2009)

The functionality allowing an app to replace Visual Voicemail with a separate service is neither novel nor categorically banned from the App Store, as this is already available in the YouMail app. The iPhone supports standard GSM codes for conditional forwarding of calls to third-party answering ...

FCC responses are in: AT&T disavows any knowledge of App Store internal shenanigans

by Michael Rose (Aug 21st, 2009)

Engadget got a copy of AT&T's response to the FCC inquiries, and to sum it up: the Death Star finds the FCC's lack of faith disturbing. The telecom giant says that it neither supported not opposed the Google Voice apps for iPhone -- in fact, Apple didn't mention the GV apps to AT&T, nor ...

More red meat for the FCC to chew on with AT&T and Apple

by Mel Martin (Aug 3rd, 2009)

Reflecting on my last post -- and how unbelievable the AT&T statement was that they have nothing to do with what gets approved in Apple's App Store -- convinced me I needed to refresh my dimming memory banks. Remember all the flames about whether Skype would come out for the iPhone last year? ...

AT&T responds on Google questions, throws Apple under the bus

by Mel Martin (Aug 2nd, 2009)

It's going to be interesting to watch the next few weeks as AT&T, Apple and Google respond to the FCC questions about which apps get approved for use on the iPhone. Yesterday, AT&T responded to press questions about this by sending a P.R. email. "AT&T does not manage or approve ...

It's the Feds! FCC quizzes Apple, AT&T and Google about Google Voice apps

by Joachim Bean (Aug 1st, 2009)

Earlier today, the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) sent out letters to Apple, AT&T and Google, readable here [FCC's letter to Apple, to AT&T & to Google] asking each company about its involvement in the Google Voice app rejections. The agency is asking Apple to explain why the ...

FCC approves iPhone

by Scott McNulty (May 17th, 2007)

Here's a shocker, folks, the FCC has approved the iPhone. What does this mean? It means that Apple can now legally sell the iPhone in the US, so all should proceed according to plan. You can check out the report yourself, though you shouldn't expect to find anything that we don't already know about ...