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Man Uses Technological Detective Work To Recover Stolen iPhone
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A blogger had his iPhone swiped on a flight but managed to track it down in a saga worthy of a TV movie of the week, if those still existed. He's not the first guy to do this, but the story is inspiring every time. More »
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You Can Now Make VOIP Calls On Your iPhone Using 3G
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I'll keep this short because it's Apple-related and we all need a break from that company: Apple has removed its ban on using your iPhone's 3G "connection" to place VOIP calls, so now you can use an app like Fring to place overseas calls even when you're not around a Wi-Fi hotspot. Call quality in those moments will naturally depend on AT&T's ability to provide a good 3G connection, so keep your expectations low, but still it's good news for any iPhone/AT&T customers looking to save money on calls. More »
Google Voice Does End Run Around Apple, Launches New Web App
Apple made it clear last year that Google Voice is not welcome on the App Store or your iPhone. "Fine," said Google. "We'll go through the browser!" Today the search engine revealed a new mobile web interface that uses some fancy HTML5 magic to provide voicemail, calling, and text message functionality. If you don't already know, you can turn any page in Mobile Safari into an App icon on your home screen (click the "+" icon in Safari), meaning now you can have a legitimate Google Voice "app." Below is a video tour. Update: There's a down side to this: Cy writes in to let us know that this fancy new version actually breaks functionality for iPod Touch owners--the old web-based version let Touch owners make calls, but this one doesn't. More »
Verizon iPhone Coming In Two Days ... Two Months ... Two Years
Is wishful thinking driving dozens of telecom pundits to conclude that Apple will announce that the iPhone is coming to carriers other than AT&T this Wednesday? Or are they just tired of reporting the same tired iTablet rumors?
Regardless, the internets are in a frenzy about the potential for a non-AT&T version of the iPhone, after a reporter for BusinessWeek ran a quote about the possibility from Tim Horan, a telecommunications analyst at Oppenheimer & Co More »
Regardless, the internets are in a frenzy about the potential for a non-AT&T version of the iPhone, after a reporter for BusinessWeek ran a quote about the possibility from Tim Horan, a telecommunications analyst at Oppenheimer & Co More »
Botched Parental Controls Let Kids Check Out iPorn
The software that controls Apple's iPhone and iPod touch includes parental controls that are meant to block kids from buying porn apps. And it works. Sort of. While kids whose parents use the software to protect their iPods can't purchase any of the App Store's billions of "babe" apps (App Store porn is largely of the soft-core, pin-up variety), they can still browse it, checking out the app descriptions, reviews and, of course, screen shots. Oops. More »
Analyst Predicts Verizon Will Break AT&T's iPhone Monopoly In June
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Canaccord Adams analyst Peter Misek roused the hopes of Verizonites everywhere by predicting Apple will sic its upcoming iPhone 4G on the cell phone company's customers come June, Tech Trader Daily reports. More »
AT&T Debuts New Unlimited Plans In Attempt To Irritate Verizon
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AT&T just put out a press release announcing new unlimited plans for all of their customers, even the ones with, gasp, iPhones. More »
Why Aren't Cellphones Under Warranty For The Duration Of Your Contract?
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Adam got a bad iPhone that stopped providing some key functions--he can't make calls on it, for example--18 months into ownership. He didn't buy Applecare when he purchased it, which would have covered him during the second year of his contract. But that shouldn't matter, he argues: "[Why isn't it] incumbent upon a device maker to guarantee a product's proper function for--at the very least--the length of the contract required at purchase?" More »
Device That Turns iPhone Into Universal Remote Coming Next Month
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If you've got an iPhone, a $50 eraser-sized dongle that snaps on to the bottom of your device could relegate that desk drawer full of remotes to the garbage bin. More »
Should You Search For The Google Nexus One?
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Google has just rolled out is "iPhone Killer," the Nexus One, and while the tech world may be gushing over the phone's sleek figure, 5 megapixel camera and fast processor, we only care about one thing: can it play Doom? No, wait, strike that. The real question is: What does this do that last week's hot Google phone -- you remember, that Droid thing -- couldn't do? And why the heck should I buy a phone from a search engine company? More »
Customer Knows Her Stolen iPhone Is Being Sent To Apple, But Apple Says They Can't Return It
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Alisa was robbed on the subway a couple of weeks ago, and now someone else has contacted Apple about replacing the phone due to a software malfunction. Alisa found out about this because her email account is still associated with it, but neither she nor the police can persuade Apple to return the phone to her once the other party sends it in for replacement. More »
AT&T Says Fraud. Consumerist Says O RLY?
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Update: New York customers are now able to order iPhones via AT&T's Web site. It would appear that the company has once more modified its "promotions and distribution channels." We've requested a statement from AT&T, and will update this post if and when we receive it.
AT&T online customer service reps have apparently changed their tune since we first reported yesterday that they were telling potential iPhone buyers that New York "is not ready for the iPhone." The current line: "Due to increased fraudulent activity, the Apple iPhone may not be available to purchase online in certain ZIP codes." There's just one problem: It seems pretty unlikely. More »
AT&T online customer service reps have apparently changed their tune since we first reported yesterday that they were telling potential iPhone buyers that New York "is not ready for the iPhone." The current line: "Due to increased fraudulent activity, the Apple iPhone may not be available to purchase online in certain ZIP codes." There's just one problem: It seems pretty unlikely. More »
AT&T Customer Service: "New York City Is Not Ready For The iPhone"
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AT&T has apparently found a workable solution to the reported data congestion in New York City. They've quietly stopped selling the iPhone from their web site to customers in the New York metropolitan area.
Update: New York customers are now able to order iPhones via AT&T's Web site. It would appear that the company has once more modified its "promotions and distribution channels." We've requested a statement from AT&T, and will update this post if and when we receive it. More »
Update: New York customers are now able to order iPhones via AT&T's Web site. It would appear that the company has once more modified its "promotions and distribution channels." We've requested a statement from AT&T, and will update this post if and when we receive it. More »
AT&T Tries Pushing WiFi Instead Of Tiered Mobile Data Pricing
Realizing that their customers are not keen on the idea of tiered mobile data pricing, AT&T has a new solution: offer delicious carrots instead of beating already-dissatisfied customers with sticks. Instead, AT&T Mobility President Ralph de la Vega told BusinessWeek that AT&T is looking to expand their public wi-fi network, and use access points--free or free to AT&T customers--at sites such as McDonald's, Starbucks, and Barnes & Noble to help alleviate the strain on the 3G data network. More »
NES Emulator Available On iPhone App Store For Brief, Shining Moment
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MacWorld reports that Nescaline, an NES emulator, received Apple's blessing and was briefly available for download from the App Store, but quickly disappeared. iPhone users craving marathon mobile sessions of Paperboy were bereft. More »
What Happened With Operation Chokehold
So what ended up happening with "Operation Chokehold," the plan last Friday to protest unreliable iPhone coverage by having a bunch of people simultaneously run a bunch of data-intensive apps to bring the AT&T network to its knees? We'll tell ya. More »
SNL Mocks iPhone Reception
Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update this Saturday took a headline about the potential Google phone and turned it into a potshot against the iPhone. And it made the children laugh. More »
Apple Replaces Shattered iPhone After Customer Drops It
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Someone in Apple's iPhone Support department just got the crap haunted out of him by three ghosts, I'm guessing, based on what happened when David called to explain that his wife had dropped and ruined her brand new iPhone. More »
Fake Steve Jobs: "Go Protest At An AT&T Store Today"
Now that Operation Chokehold--the plan to stress AT&T's 3G network today--has taken root in the media, Fake Steve Jobs is trying to redirect the enthusiasm into something that's more television friendly. More »
Operation Chokehold: AT&T Users To Protest Slow Network By Simultaneously Running Data-Intensive Apps This Friday, 3pm Eastern
Sick of AT&T's unreliability and dropped calls, participants in this Friday's "Operation Chokehold" are plotting an act of consumer disobedience to bring the network "to its knees." More »
