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Reports suggest 4th quarter iPhone sales very good

by Mel Martin (Jan 6th, 2012)

iPhone sales are almost always good, and when Apple reports 1st quarter sales on January 24th, all the signs point to some really excellent numbers. Earlier this week, Verizon CFO Fran Shammo reported 4.2 million iPhone sales, which doubled the company's 3rd quarter numbers. Some analysts ...

Daily Update for January 5, 2012

by Steven Sande (Jan 5th, 2012)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the inline player ...

Verizon's quarterly iPhone sales double to 4.2 million handsets

by Chris Rawson (Jan 5th, 2012)

Verizon's iPhone sales doubled during its last financial quarter, with 4.2 million handsets sold. In its previous quarter, Verizon sold a mere 2 million handsets compared to 2.7 million sold at rival US carrier AT&T, according to Bloomberg. Despite its lower iPhone numbers in the third ...

Verizon announces then kills extra $2 fee to pay bill by phone or online

by Mel Martin (Dec 30th, 2011)

Good news for iPhone owners on the Verizon network. A day after announcing a plan to charge customers a $2.00 fee for telephone and online bill payments the plan has vanished without a trace. Could it be the announcement today from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission today saying it ...

Some Verizon customers received GSM-provisioned iPhones [Updated]

by Michael Rose (Dec 30th, 2011)

You've got to feel for Frank G., who shared this story of holiday woe on the WWW Artist's Consortium mailing list. He ordered a Verizon iPhone 4S, and received it, but when he tried to activate it -- no joy. Frank spent an hour and a half on the phone with Verizon tech support in an effort to ...

AT&T has the fastest iPhone 4S network, Verizon the most reliable

by Steven Sande (Nov 18th, 2011)

In a smackdown between US cellular carriers AT&T, Sprint and Verizon, which network reigns supreme? That was the question answered by a new report by performance analytics firm Metrico Wireless Inc. that compared the carriers to determine who has the fastest and most reliable network. To ...

Daily Update for October 14, 2011

by Steven Sande (Oct 14th, 2011)

Customers line up for iPhone 4S on launch day

by Kelly Hodgkins (Oct 14th, 2011)

It's iPhone 4S day and people are lining up around the world to be the first to buy the iPhone 4S. Lines range from really short to really long, depending on where you live. Here in the US, the iPhone 4S is available from several retailers and three wireless carriers which will reduce the ...

WSJ: upcoming iPhone will not support 4G LTE or WiMAX

by Kelly Hodgkins (Oct 4th, 2011)

The Wall Street Journal is chiming in with a last-minute rumor suggesting the iPhone will not support 4G LTE or WiMAX. The next generation Apple handset will be a 3G only device similar to the current iPhone 4. This information contradicts a widely circulating rumor from BGR that claimed the ...

New AT&T iPhone ad re-touts ability to "talk and surf" simultaneously

by Kelly Hodgkins (Sep 12th, 2011)

After several years as the exclusive carrier of the iPhone, AT&T has been seeing some competition from Verizon (and soon, rumor has it, Sprint). In its latest network television advertisement, AT&T uses a family-oriented theme to point out one major advantage the GSM carrier has over ...

Daily Update for Sept. 7, 2011

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Sep 7th, 2011)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes, which is perfect for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the ...

Verizon ad features iPad 2

by Kelly Hodgkins (Sep 7th, 2011)

Everyone remembers the iDon't ads Verizon Wireless aired for its DROID handsets. In a refreshing change, the carrier has released an iPad 2 ad that is airing on national TV. The ad focuses on 3G connectivity and all that you can do with an iPad 2 on the "Nation's Largest and Most Reliable ...

Verizon now cracking down on jailbreak tethering and apps

by Kelly Hodgkins (Aug 10th, 2011)

Verizon is now blocking customers from tethering for free on their data plan. For years, savvy smartphone owners have used hacks and software to connect their laptop or tablet to their phone's mobile broadband connection without paying the additional US$20 monthly charge for tethering. Until ...

AT&T to throttle speeds for some unlimited data users

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Jul 29th, 2011)

AT&T announced today that it's throttling back the speed that the highest-usage unlimited data subscribers can use on the network. Starting Oct. 1, these high-use customers could experience reduced speeds on AT&T network once they've hit a data limit for the month. They'll still be able ...

Verizon Wireless activates 2.3 M iPhones, still trails AT&T

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 22nd, 2011)

Verizon Wireless released its quarterly earnings this morning and confirmed that it activated 2.3 million iPhones 4 in Q2 2011. This number is impressive, but it's not as high as rival AT&T which activated 3.6 M iPhones in the same quarter. Together the two carriers sold almost 6 million ...