Mobile

Apple Seems To Be Testing iPhone’s FaceTime Over 3G

With my loved ones long away from me, I have missed the ability to use my iPhone’s FaceTime over 3G a few times. Even if the quality would have been bad. Well, it seems that Apple may be testing it or getting ready for it, according to this screenshot.


July 13, 2011
Mobile

One Third Of iPhone Users Think They Already Have 4G

Our friends at The Loop found a pretty interesting survey that finds 34 per cent of all iPhone owners think their phones have 4G. Of course, the actual number of people with 4G iPhones is zero.


March 19, 2011
Mobile

AT&T Tells Jailbroken iPhone Tetherers To Pay Up

You think you’re a real smooth criminal, don’t you, using the Cydia app MyWi to tether your jailbroken iPhone free of charge? Well, it looks like your joy ride might be over. AT&T has apparently been sending MyFi users texts telling them to pay up or fall back:


March 2, 2011
Mobile

Unlimited Wireless Data: The End Is Nigh (Again)

We’ve known for a long time that the end of unlimited wireless data is all but certain. AT&T killed unlimited data plans for new customers last June, and Sprint’s had to raise the price for unlimited data by $US10/month for every smartphone.


February 3, 2011
Mobile

AT&T’s New Wireless Data Plans Are Slightly More Fair Now

AT&T’s got new data plans to go with the wireless hotspot feature debuting in its first 4G Android phones – which they’re “working with Apple to bring it to iPhone” – and they’re actually a better deal than before.


November 29, 2010
Software

Ultrasn0w iOS Unlocking Tool Now Works With Version 4.2.1 (3G/3GS Only)

Ultrasn0w, the iPhone Dev Team’s iOS unlocking tool, was broken recently by Apple’s “aggressive compiler optimization.” Whatever. It works again, sort of, but only for iPhone 3G and 3GS. The iPhone 4 uses a different baseband so that version will have to wait. [iPhone Dev Team via BGR]


October 8, 2010

Keep Holding Your Breath For That Verizon iPhone 4G

The Verizon iPhone is coming next year. Verizon’s 4G LTE service is launching next year, covering a third of Americans. Ergo, a 4G iPhone is on the way. Except it’s not. Not for a couple of years.


August 3, 2010
Mobile

How Much Data Does A 3G FaceTime Call Use?

After figuring out how to use FaceTime over 3G, the obvious question was how much data does it use? According to a brief test by 9to5Mac, about 3MB a minute.


Software

How To Get iPhone 4 FaceTime Working Over 3G

Apple artificially limits the use of Facetime – their video conferencing software for the iPhone 4 – to Wi-Fi use. Good thing we have independent developers to make it work under 3G too. This is how to do it:


August 2, 2010
Software

iPhone 4 Jailbreak Now Available: One Click, No Computer Required

JailbreakMe 2.0, a browser-based jailbreak app for iPhones and iPads, has just gone live and pretty much opens up any iOS device you have handy, all the way back to the iPhone 3G.