Don’t start counting your chickens yet but it’s being reported that the Apple iPhone team is working on a deal with AT&T that may allow for legitimate tethering on the iPhone 3G.
Of course if you were on your toes you could have created a Wi-Fi hotspot with your iPhone using NetShare, but that app has long since been pulled then returned then pulled again from the Apple App Store and if you don’t have it now you probably won’t get it.
ifonenation members are reporting that they received a text message from AT&T about their 3G iPhones. The message, they report, reminds users to upgrade to iPhone software 2.0.2.
An Alabama woman filed a lawsuit filed on Tuesday accusing Apple of advertising Internet speeds of the Phone 3G are double that of the first generation iPhone when existing cellular infrastructure makes those speeds impossible to reach in most areas.
MagicPad, Proximi’s new App Store application has been released and besides being a more fully featured text editor your regular Notes application, MagicPad offers its own implementation of copy and paste. (more…)
My house is a Multi-iPhone household and I have wondered if there was a way to share applications among the household iPhones without breaking license and without hacking. I wasn’t sure whether or not I had to purchase iPhone applications multiple times for multiple iPhones (in my possession but synced to multiple iTunes libraries, as they are in my family situation). Thankfully, my question was answered through an email from my good friend and hacking buddy iWebnaut.
Motorola’s handset division seems to be hemoraging talent these days, but they will not lose executives to Apple’s iPhone team without a fight. Work anywhere but Apple seems to be their stance now with the company filing suit against Michael Fenger, the guy who its handset business for the EMEA market the last six years.
AT&T has again posted information on their website letting iPhone customers know that they will have free access to more than 17,000 Wi-Fi hotspots access across the U.S., these include the long rumored Starbucks locations:
AT&T knows Wi-Fi is hot, and free Wi-Fi even hotter, which is why we are proud to offer iPhone customers free access to the nation’s largest Wi-Fi hotspot network with more than 17,000 hotspots, including Starbucks*. Now users can relax and access music, e-mail and web browsing services with their favorite blend in hand from the comfort of their favorite location. AT&T provides an online tool to find a Wi-Fi spot near you.
With all of the misinformation about the iPhone 3G circulating the web when it comes to turn-by-turn GPS and other greatly anticipated applications like copy/paste it is understandable that some would be confused. New York Times technology columnist David Pogue baffled everyone with his comment that the device’s GPS antenna is “too small” to support turn-by-turn directions.
- Several websites well known for generating and exploiting rumors have reported that they are anxiously awaiting any kind of confirmation that Apple has an iPhone Nano in the works. Some claim to have proof that such a device is in the works through Apple patent information that they have in their possession although none have made the details of said patents known or presented evidence that the patents ever existed. We will leave this firmly in the rumor pile for now and promise to bring you further details as they emerge as best we can without further promoting the rumor.
Not everyone is in love with the built-in Safari web browser on the iPhone. Those of you can breath a little easier because we are being told that two additional web browsing options are coming via the App Store.
So far we have been given the impression by AT&T and Apple that we will not be able to walk out of an AT&T or Apple Store with a new 3G iPhone without having first having it activated and signing a service contract. This has sparked much discussion across the web since the 3G iPhone was introduced by Steve Jobs at WWDC 2008 but it may not be entirely true.
A lot of you are asking about what will happen when you decide to upgrade to the new iPhone in the United States. We all know that AT&T will once again have the exclusive distributorship for the U.S. but the following addresses some grey areas that for the most part have not been published in an easy to read/follow list. Hope this helps.
Apple and AT&T settled a lawsuit brought on by Klausner Technology Inc. The lawsuit pertained to the patent ownership behind the iPhone’s Visual Voicemail. According to a press release provided by the companies involved, both Apple and AT&T agreed to license “visual voicemail” technology from Klausner. None of the financial details were disclosed:
“The patent litigation with Apple has been settled. The patents have been licensed to Apple,” Klausner founder Judah Klausner told Reuters.
Klausner brought the suit against Apple in December 2007 and added AT&T at a later date.
This morning United Airlines announced that they will be the first US airline to offer an iPod connection to its in-flight entertainment system. The system will feature a universal iPod dock which the airline says will be compatible with the iPhone.
Europe’s largest GPS maker TomTom announced earlier that they already have their software ready for the iPhone, but Apple may not let them release it through the iPhone App Store. Today, several observant readers pointed out that section 3.3.7 of the Apple iPhone SDK agreement reads:
