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May 8, 2008 - Posted by Dan Moren at 1:01 PM ET
AT&T says Wi-Fi hotspots "included" in iPhone plan
Geez, AT&T, make up your mind already. First you’re giving free Wi-Fi access to iPhone users. Then you take it away again. Now you’re saying that it’s included in the calling plans? An eagle-eyed reader over at MacRumors.com pointed out that if you go to AT&T’s iPhone page and...
May 1, 2008 - Posted by Dan Moren at 11:03 AM ET
Starbucks lets iPhone users surf, gratis
So, the rumors had been floating around that because of Starbucks’s switch to AT&T for their Wi-Fi provider (ditching former partner-in-crime T-Mobile), iPhone users would be able to surf the web without paying a single dime. But anecdotal reports are not enough to sate this blogger—I needed first hand proof....
Apr 29, 2008 - Posted by Dan Moren at 11:28 AM ET
AT&T adds Text Accessibility Plan for iPhone
If you’re deaf or hard of hearing, there’s been nothing preventing you from getting an iPhone, but you might have been a little bit miffed that you had to pay for voice service that you’d never use. No longer, however, as AT&T has announced today their new Text Accessibility Plan...
Mar 31, 2008 - Posted by Dan Moren at 2:09 PM ET
AT&T abolishing flat early termination fee
File this one under "I guess this is good news." AT&T has announced a policy change: if you begin or renew a contract as of May 25th, the early termination fee (currently a flat $175) will decrease by $5 for each month of service you've already paid for. So, for...
Mar 18, 2008 - Posted by Dan Moren at 2:59 PM ET
iPhone refurbs on the cheap
Looking to pick up an el cheapo iPhone? Look no further than your local AT&T store, which is currently selling refurbished 8GB iPhone models for a sweet, sweet $250. That's a good $150 less than a brand new unit from Apple. While you can sometimes also get refurbs from Apple...
Mar 10, 2008 - Posted by Dan Moren at 11:28 AM ET
AT&T offers unlimited plan (with a limit)
If your current AT&T contract isn't plan enough for you, then you might be interested to know that the cell provider has started offering an unlimited calling plan package. Now, for the low, low, low price of $120/month, you can chat away on your iPhone 24/7 without incurring those nasty...
Feb 6, 2008 - Posted by Dan Moren at 5:17 PM ET
Upgrade your iPhone without a new (Faustian) contract
With the release of the new 16GB iPhone yesterday, there was some question over whether or not AT&T would make you sign a new two-year contract if you merely upgraded your phone. Wired reported that some complaints on Apple's discussion boards indicated they were being told they had to get...
Feb 6, 2008 - Posted by Dan Moren at 2:59 PM ET
AT&T rolling out 3G all over the place
3G, 3G, 3G—it's like the Marcia Brady of wireless technologies. Some days, that's all I hear about. No, the iPhone hasn't gone 3G yet, despite word from those on high that the technology will find its way into the handset by year's end. But, as you may recall from Steve's...
Jan 30, 2008 - Posted by Dan Pourhadi at 6:03 PM ET
General Patent attacks Apple...again
Patent lawsuits are more common these days than...uh, pre-approved credit card mailers. (Sorry. Looked around my desk and couldn't find anything else. And people say writing is easy. As if.) Apple is again being slapped by a "some thing that does some stuff" patent suit, this time by Minerva Industries,...
Jan 29, 2008 - Posted by Dan Moren at 5:30 PM ET
"Missing" iPhones are taking over the world
The other day, we talked about everybody's favorite mystery: what happened to all those iPhones that Apple says they've sold, but which AT&T hasn't activated? The consensus seems to be that these phones are being unlocked and emigrating from the US to countries where the carriers don't yet have deals...
Jan 25, 2008 - Posted by Dan Moren at 12:01 PM ET
The terrible horrible mystery of the missing iPhones
Where oh where have all the iPhones gone? Well, according to some, they're sitting on the shelf. The central issues here resides in a disparity between the numbers of iPhones sold that Apple is reporting, and the number that AT&T has activated. As of December 29th of last year (the...
Jan 21, 2008 - Posted by Dan Moren at 1:01 PM ET
iPhone is finally business in front, party in back
No, I'm afraid that the long-awaited iMullet is still just a dream, but to those iPhone users who've been waiting since launch for a chance to use their business account with the handset of their dreams, that time is now. At long last, AT&T has made corporate plans available for...
Jan 17, 2008 - Posted by Jason Snell at 1:34 PM ET
San Francisco: The EDGE of madness
What happens when tens of thousands of Mac geeks, Apple fans, software developers, booth personnel, and journalists crowd into downtown San Francisco on a sunny week in January? Macworld Expo happens, yeah. But that's not what I mean. Speaking as someone who works approximately five blocks from Moscone Center (I...
Nov 29, 2007 - Posted by Dan Moren at 10:23 AM ET
3G iPhone "next year"
So said AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson, speaking at a Churchill Club meeting in California."You'll have it next year," Stephenson said in response to a question about when the 3G iPhone would debut. He said he didn't know how much more the new version will cost than the existing model, which...
Nov 16, 2007 - Posted by Dan Moren at 2:40 PM ET
Living off the EDGE
We're not sure exactly who would opt to drop the $20 unlimited data part of their iPhone plan—despite the higher speed of Wi-Fi, I still spend far more time on EDGE due to its sheer ubiquity. But at least now you have the option to save that extra $20 a...
Nov 2, 2007 - Posted by Dan Moren at 2:23 PM ET
The language of data is international. And expensive.
Around the time of the release of the iPhone, we first started hearing angry comments from those who wanted to use their phones while abroad. Turns out that even with AT&T's international calling plans, users often end up being charged exorbitant rates due to the phone's data capabilities. Apple partially...
Oct 29, 2007 - Posted by Dan Moren at 2:18 PM ET
Apple says you've had enough iPhones
Way to act like my dad, Apple. So just because other people have been buying iPhones for the purpose of unlocking them and reselling them, I get punished? According to the AP, Apple has imposed a limit of two iPhones per customer, and isn't allowing customers to pay with cash...
Oct 25, 2007 - Posted by Dan Moren at 3:37 PM ET
A price above iPhones: how much does AT&T pay Apple?
Apple's notoriously close-mouthed when it comes to the specifics of its business deals. In Monday's financial results conference call, questions about Apple's deal with AT&T were met with a polite but firm admonition from Fred Oppenheimer, followed by a comment about how nice the weather was in Siberia this time...
Oct 23, 2007 - Posted by Dan Moren at 11:28 AM ET
Apple estimates number of unlocked phones
If you didn't take the time to listen to the entirety of Apple's Q4 2007 financial results conference call yesterday, well, I can't blame you. I did, and my eyes are still partially glazed over, perhaps explaining why I walked into the refrigerator this morning. But if you weren't listening,...
Oct 12, 2007 - Posted by Dan Moren at 12:33 PM ET
Stan Sigman says sayonara
Stan Sigman, the AT&T Wireless CEO who famously took the stage with Steve Jobs to introduce the iPhone back in January is stepping down. Sigman is perhaps best remembered by Apple fans as completely negating Jobs's Reality Distortion Field in an incident which left almost half of the entire keynote...
Sep 28, 2007 - Posted by Jonathan Seff at 8:16 PM ET
Bricking my iPhone (updated)
I guess Apple was telling the truth. I decided to try the 1.1.1 iPhone update on my unlocked and hacked phone. The process went along just fine until the iPhone restarted. Then I got a message on the screen that I had an incorrect SIM. I took the SIM out...
Sep 24, 2007 - Posted by Philip Michaels at 4:41 PM ET
Smart Limits has its limits
Earlier this month, we reported that AT&T was offering a parental controls feature to its wireless subscribers, including those with iPhones. For $4.99 a month, the Smart Limits for Wireless service let parents set limits on how many minutes their kids could use and when they could use the service;...
Aug 28, 2007 - Posted by Dan Moren at 2:24 PM ET
$100,000 bounty on free iPhone unlocking
Methods for unlocking the iPhone seem to be coming out of the fake wood paneling around these parts, but that doesn't mean that there isn't room for more. A anonymous group of donors has offered up a $100,000 bounty for the code to unlock the iPhone, as long as said...
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