iphone

Software

EyeTV iPhone App Allows For Streaming Over 3G Through Built-In Backdoor

1:15PM Rosa Golijan | The EyeTV iPhone app is supposed to allow you to stream media from a computer to an iPhone over a Wi-Fi connection, but it comes with a little bonus that must’ve slipped past Apple’s approval process: streaming over 3G. More »
Networks

Why The FCC’s Got AT&T And Verizon Scared Shitless

6:20AM Matt Buchanan | Remember net neutrality? Over a year after Comcast’s torrent-killing ways turned it into a rallying cry for chest-slapping geek solidarity, it’s back. But this time, it’s got AT&T and Verizon scared shitless — and it might actually screw us over. More »
Networks

3G MicroCells: AT&T Wants You To Pay To Fix Their Own Failures

2:40AM Adam Frucci | AT&T’s network is basically a huge failure. And if you want to fix their incompetence in your area, you’ll need to pay an additional $US20 a month for a 3G MicroCell. I call bullshit. More »
Networks

AT&T 3G MicroCell Site Boosts Spotty Coverage

5:46PM Danny Allen | AT&T’s 3G MicroCell uses your Internet connection to act as a mini 3G tower—something iPhone users in particular have waited for. And after reports it could arrive in select locations this week, AT&T is now providing (some) details: More »
Networks

Vodafone’s Boosting Their 2G Network To EDGE

5:04PM Nick Broughall | I must have slept through the Vodafone announcement that as part of their ongoing 3G upgrade, which should finish by the end of this month and brings 3G service to 94 per cent of the population, they were also boosting their 2G network. But boosting it they are! More »
Business

Apple On Their Relationship With AT&T

7:18AM Matt Buchanan | Apple CFO Tim Cook on their relationship with AT&T during Apple’s earnings call: “I think it’s an excellent relationship and we’re very happy with it.” So I guess the jabs Apple threw at WWDC 2009 were friendly ones. More »
Phones

Compared To The HTC Hero, The IPhone’s Materials Suck

12:30AM Jesus Diaz | Yesterday I held the new HTC Hero next to my iPhone. Not only the new Android handset has a surprisingly cool design—straight out of JJ Abrams’ Star Trek or Kubrick’s 2001—but it kicks the iPhone’s material arse. Literally. More »
Business

Senator Kerry To AT&T And Apple: Bad You Two, Bad!

6:30AM Jesus Diaz | Presidential race loser and US Senator John Kerry (remember him?) has sent a note to the FCC basically asking why AT&T has an exclusive iPhone contract with Apple. Two years after its introduction? This horse is late to the race: More »
Phones

IPhone 3GS Review

3:00AM Jason Chen | What’s the point in buying a new iPhone if it looks exactly like the old one? Because once you start using it, the speed of the iPhone 3GS will amaze you. More »