AT&T adds two international data plans for iPhone, still pricey
Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds
Following new plans geared to the decidedly less fruity phones in AT&T’s lineup earlier this month, the carrier has announced a pair of international data packages geared specifically toward the iPhone and iPhone 3G. The bad news is that they still cost more than the average subscriber’s entire monthly bill; the good news, though, is that they should still manage to save globetrotters a buck or two (or a thousand) who insist on keeping data roaming enabled while out in the field. 100MB of global data is going to set you back $119.99 on top of your regular package, while 200MB runs $199.99 — certainly not enough to go crazy in the App Store, but probably enough of a meager allowance to take care of email and stay on the grid. The new plans are available starting tomorrow.
Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
PwnageTool 2.0.3 released, jailbreaks iPhone 2.0.2
Filed under: Cellphones
Still no baseband unlock, but if you’ve been dying to feel the marginal improvements of iPhone OS 2.0.2 while still rocking those crazy homebrew apps, the Dev Team has come through again with PwnageTool 2.0.3. A new Windows version of the QuickPwn tool is also out, with a Mac version to follow within the week — you know the drill, if you’re brave enough to update let us know how it goes in comments.
[Thanks, David]
Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
iControlPad iPhone gamepad case prototype surfaces
Filed under: Cellphones, Gaming
We saw a couple versions of the iControlPad iPhone gamepad surface back in May, but it looks like the clever add-on is getting close to reality — check out these case prototypes that just popped up. Yeah, it’s not, uh, small — good thing the target price is under $30. Touch Arcade also has some other pictures of another iPhone gaming accessory that looks like it slides open, check it out at the read link.
Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
India’s Airtel claims "deadliest hackers" still can’t crack its iPhone 3G
Filed under: Cellphones
Hey, hackers! Now that we’ve got the attention of millions upon millions of incredibly talented individuals, here’s your next challenge. India’s Airtel — which is offering Apple’s iPhone 3G at a near-stratospheric price — has claimed that “even the most deadly hackers on the planet won’t be able to crack the codes that support the iPhone’s Airtel applications with rival company SIMs.” Just so you know, it appears that Airtel worked with Apple to develop “operator-specific iPhone applications,” which is an interesting tidbit in and of itself. But let’s focus on the task at hand here, and that’s proving that making ridiculous claims about impenetrability always comes back to bite ya.
[Image courtesy of Zedomax, thanks Akshay]
Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
The Rumor Room: iTunes Unlimited
Filed under: iPod Family, iTS, iTunes, iPhone
By definition, nearly all tips we receive about Apple future product intros are wrong. After all, we’re not Engadget. People aren’t going to risk their jobs to deliver insider information.
That being said, a tip that shot into our mailbox this morning really tickled my fancy: not because I think it’s accurate but because I really really want it to be true. Our anonymous tipster laid out a description for iTunes Unlimited that I thought was brilliant. Although this guy (by definition) does not work for Apple, he really ought to.
He suggested that the late September Apple event would introduce several great items that we’d love to see but haven’t been holding our breath for. These are disk access for the iPhone and iPod Touch and iTunes Unlimited.
His take on iTunes Unlimited goes as such: For just $129.99 (or $179.99 bundled with MobileMe, or $99 for current MobileMe subscriptions), you would buy unlimited music access for one year. This would offer you 256 Kbps music, or as Steve would boom it, “The highest quality digital music subscription service ever.” You could download and play directly on your computer or iPhone/iPod and the option to “buy and keep” would replace the subscription version of a song with a downloaded version.
I totally love this idea. It’s not the first iTunes subscription rumor we’ve heard, either. I’m not betting that would happen. But it brought a huge smile to my morning. What do you think of iTunes Unlimited? If it were available, would you buy it?
Thanks, extremely creative anonymous tipster
Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
ApolloIM and MobileChat join forces
Filed under: iPod Family, iPhone, App Store
Both ApolloIM and MobileChat were jailbreak applications for chatting on the go with your iPhone/iPod touch. Alex Schaefer, ApolloIM’s founder, has recently joined the MobileChat development team. In a blog posting by the developer of MobileChat, he said that both applications underwent “friendly competition” and that, while there was no clear winner in the iPhone IM business, users got the benefit from the ongoing competition.
Now that Alex has joined the other team, you can expect that MobileChat will only get better. The post goes on to mention that Alex will be working on stability and user experience for the application.
MobileChat definitely got off to a rough start on launch day due to server problems, but seems to be working much better now.
Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
iPhone-tuned edition of TUAW
Filed under: TUAW Business, iPhone
Got an iPhone or iPod Touch but having trouble with the full-size version of TUAW? Try i.tuaw.com, our mobile Safari-tuned experience. Smaller, faster, lighter and unlike our m.tuaw.com pages (which work great on BlackBerry), you can add comments to posts. We realize it took a while, but we think you’ll enjoy the experience of not watching Safari crash or lag horribly. Fun fact: nearly all of our mobile traffic comes from iPhones — who knew?
Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
iPhone-free feed of TUAW
Filed under: TUAW Business, iPhone
So let’s say you can’t stand the iPhone. “I can’t stand the iPhone!” we hear you shout, repeatedly. Fair enough, Apple’s “third platform” can certainly take over the news at times, and the plucky little touchscreen-that-could definitely generates strong opinions.
As a gift to those of you tired of everything iPhone, we cooked up an iPhone-free RSS feed for you. Never again will your eyes burn with the news of yet another dice-rolling app, or wacky accessory. One caveat: older iPhone posts might still show up (we’re going back in time to fix those as we can), and once in a blue moon an iPhone post might accidentally appear. We apologize in advance for the quasi-cognitive dissonance.
UPDATE: For those of you who want an iPhone-only page, or any other category-specific page, please check out the long list of categories on the right. All those links under “Mac News” on down are category pages. Enjoy!
Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
iPhone browser share doubled since 3G launch
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Internet, iPhone
According to HitsLink, the people who track web usage statistics, iPhone users account for about a third of one percent of web browsers on the Internet, the largest of any mobile platform.
iPhone ranks fourth overall in terms of operating system market share, behind Windows, Mac, and Linux. On August 16, the stats peaked at 0.45 percent. That’s a two-fold increase since the iPhone 3G was released July 11.
Jim Goldman, of business television network CNBC, says that “it’s a key metric that shows market penetration and customer use.” He cited a report by analyst Andy Hargreaves that suggests the increase in browser market share highlights the iPhone’s key, long-term advantages. Well, duh.
“Consumers seem to know what some investors are having trouble grasping — or believing: that Apple might be positioned better in so many key markets than any of its competitors,” Captain Obvious Goldman said.
[Via MacDailyNews.]
Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Dear Aunt TUAW: iPhone 3G and GPS
Filed under: iPhone
Dear Aunt TUAW,
I’ve been a faithful reader for awhile and purchased a 3G iPhone a couple weeks ago. Everything is great - except for one thing which is extremely unusual (genius words), I wanted to share with you guys. When I am in my home (and only when I am in my home) my phone believes I am in Springfield PA. I live in Minneapolis MN. It doesn’t matter if I am on the 3G network or my personal WiFi network (I’ve isolated each), Google Maps always centers on Springfield PA. If I walk down my street, watching Google Maps- the phone re-orientates itself back to Minneapolis MN. The Genius tried to re-set the time-zone and a couple other things, but it didn’t work.
Anyway, I’ve got a bunch of screen caps if you guys want to see them. I just can’t figure out why BOTH 3G and WiFi would both point to the same (incorrect) place…one uses cell towers and one uses IP addresses right? Anyway, I’m not necessarily looking for you guys to fix it or anything - just thought you might want to know. I Googled “iphone Springfield PA” or “google maps iphone Springfield PA” and several iterations, but it seems I am alone in my situation.
Love,
Jeff
Read on for Auntie’s reply.
Continue reading Dear Aunt TUAW: iPhone 3G and GPS
Permalink | Email this | Comments
-
Loading...
Login
Register
Retrieve password