AT&T Doubles 3G Integrated Devices Since Last Year

Thanks in part to the record 3.2 million iPhones AT&T activated last quarter and continued iPad success, there are now twice as may “integrated devices” on the company’s beleaguered 3G network as there were just a year ago.


July 21, 2010
Software

How A Guy Tricked Apple With A Disguised iPhone Tethering App

Oh, Nick Lee, you clever clever man. You see, Nick here tricked Apple with a very simple iPhone application: Handy Light. On the surface it looked like any other $1.19 torch application. But, secretly, it was a lot more useful.


July 9, 2010
Software

Fring iPhone App Supports Video Calls Over 3G To Any Fring, Skype User

I just had a video chat over 3G and it was the most amazing thing I’ve experienced all day. There was some lag, voice quality wasn’t perfect and video was sometimes jittery. But I loved every minute of it.


July 1, 2010
Mobile

What FaceTime Looks Like Over 3G

Looks like crap, apparently. OK, we’ll admit that FaceTime is cooler than we thought, but having it only work on Wi-Fi made it seem so useless. But after seeing FaceTime fail over 3G, we’ll take the useless over being unusable.


June 5, 2010

Hey, AT&T! We Want Rollover Bytes

AT&T killed all-you-can-eat wireless data. Which sadly was inevitable. But if I’m paying for bytes like I do for minutes, why don’t I get rollover data, too?


June 3, 2010
Software

Skype 3G iPhone App Downloaded 5m Times

As of yesterday, the Skype 3G app for iPhone had been downloaded close to 5 million times. As it’s now Thursday evening, that figure must have been surpassed by now — a wondrous feat, given it only launched on Sunday. [Reuters]


Question Of The Day: How Much Wireless Data Do You Actually Use?

AT&T has killed off its unlimited data plan, which seems really terrible for consumers. But then I checked my actual data usage and found it to be much lower than I expected, which will end up saving me $US15/month.


AT&T Just Killed Unlimited Wireless Data, Screwed Everybody In The Process

Unlimited, all-you-can-eat wireless data was a beautiful thing, delivering streams of Pandora, YouTube videos, a million tweets and hundreds of web pages without worry. And now it’s dead.


May 30, 2010
Software

Skype 2.0 With 3G Calling Lands On iPhone

Skype 2.0 for iPhone has finally arrived, bringing with it the 3G calling that’s been promised for months and months. But get your calls in quick – there will be a “small monthly fee” for Skype-to-Skype calls after August.


April 24, 2010
Software

Will iPhone 4′s Audio And Video Chat Finally Break The Voice Calling Scam?

A front-facing iPhone camera means video calling, but it’s also a sign of something bigger. Combined with other recent leaks, it means that Apple is bringing iChat to the iPhone. Everything about voice calling may be about to change.