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Rumor: No 4G for Apple in 2011

by Mike Schramm (Oct 11th, 2010)

Are we tired of all the rumors around a 4G Verizon iPhone yet? First it's off, then it's on, and now it's off again. TechCrunch's Steve Cheney claims he's heard from sources that Apple won't support the 4G/LTE cell network in 2011, which means that we won't see a 4G iPhone next year. Cheney claims ...

Game Center not supported on iPhone 3G and second gen iPod touch

by Mike Schramm (Aug 5th, 2010)

There's bad news for those of you with old iPhones. Apple has confirmed that the latest beta of Game Center is a no-go for anything older than an iPhone 4. That means that iPhone 3Gs and second generation iPod touches are out for Apple's social gaming app. It's probably for the best; you've likely ...

iPhone 4 prices from around the world

by Mike Schramm (Aug 3rd, 2010)

Now that the iPhone 4 is available around most of the world, iFun designed this interesting little infographic that compares the various prices of the handset around the globe. Note that all of these prices are in Euros, and that they all reflect the out-of-contract price -- because the US iPhones ...

Manage your DNS settings for faster web browsing

by Brett Terpstra (May 16th, 2010)

In the Network Settings pane of your System Preferences, you may have noticed that you can manually set the DNS servers your connection will use. There are a few reasons for doing this, namely speeding up the time it takes to look up any given website, but also to bypass some annoyances in your ...

3G technology: Yesterday, today, and tomorrow

by Charles Figueroa, Jr. (Apr 30th, 2010)

Cellular technology has been evolving since its invention. With the first cellular telephone networks, developed by Bell Labs and AT&T, cellular technology began to make leaps forward in ease of use, voice quality, and data communication. The miracle of technology we know today as the cellular ...

No vacations in June for AT&T employees

by Mike Schramm (Apr 16th, 2010)

Boy Genius has the news that AT&T has blacked out the month of June for employee vacations in their stores. In the past, they've done exactly that when, oh, say, a brand new iPhone launches. So it's possible that we could see a new iPhone out and ready to go even before it's expected in July of ...

OpenFeint's Jason Citron talks Game Center and Aurora Feint 3

by Mike Schramm (Apr 9th, 2010)

The first thought on everyone's minds as we heard during the event yesterday that Apple would be forming their own social gaming network on the iPhone called Game Center, was probably, "What about OpenFeint?" Since almost the very beginning of the App Store, OpenFeint founder Jason Citron has been ...

iPhone OS 4.0: Apple announces Game Center, a social gaming network for the iPhone

by Mike Schramm (Apr 8th, 2010)

This is huge -- Apple has announced Game Center, an official social gaming network for the iPhone, coming to the device along with OS 4.0 this summer. So far, there have been a few social networks vying for an audience in the form of OpenFeint and Ngmoco's Plus+ system, but Apple's going official, ...

Verizon CEO: We want the iPhone

by Chris Rawson (Apr 6th, 2010)

Almost since the day it was revealed to the public, American customers have been clamoring for the iPhone to be made available on Verizon's network. Many potential iPhone buyers have cited their distaste for AT&T as their primary reason for not jumping on the iPhone train, and the chant has been ...

Plastikman releases SYNK, an app for his tour

by Mike Schramm (Mar 20th, 2010)

Earlier we were hearing that Apple might get involved in location-based ad-hoc social networking, and now it looks like Plastikman might beat them to the punch. That's the DJ, not the superhero -- he's released an iPhone app that's designed to be used at his concerts this summer, giving you some ...

AT&T: iPad will be a "Wi-Fi driven product," 3G won't be an issue

by Mike Schramm (Mar 3rd, 2010)

If I ran AT&T, I would leave the subject of whether or not the network could handle the iPad's extra 3G traffic demands completely out of the picture, saying something like "we hope so," or "we'll wait and see on how popular it is." But Randall Stephenson, AT&T CEO, seems to be tempting ...

Rumor: AT&T will carry 3G iPad in stores

by Mike Schramm (Feb 17th, 2010)

Here's an interesting rumor I hadn't considered yet: sources inside AT&T are telling Boy Genius Report that AT&T's retail stores are planning to carry the 3G versions of the iPad. It's not unexplainable, given that AT&T is the partner for the 3G service, and so I guess they have a ...

US Government: iPad and other smart mobile devices may strain networks

by Dave Caolo (Feb 3rd, 2010)

Soon the iPad will be upon us, and the US government is worried about the congestion it will cause. Phil Bellaria is a staffer in the Obama administration. Specifically, he's the director of scenario planning for the federal government's Omnibus Broadband Initiative. He published a blog post ...

AT&T completes 7.2 Mbps software updates, but faster iPhones still in the future

by Aron Trimble (Jan 7th, 2010)

AT&T's perceived "ball-drop" in regards to handling the iPhone is not a new story. What is new, however, is that AT&T has announced completion of a large-scale software upgrade that paves the way for AT&T to get back in the game. Once ready, the iPhone 3GS will be able to take advantage ...

UK mobile operator O2: iPhone apps are hurting our network

by Steven Sande (Jan 2nd, 2010)

Everyone knows about the struggles US mobile phone company AT&T has had with keeping its network up to speed given the huge bandwidth requirements of the popular iPhone. Well, they're not the only mobile carrier having issues. In the UK, O2 has been having problems with the huge amount of ...