This story just keeps getting more interesting. It looks like one of the main hackers in the AT&T/iPad breach has been arrested on unrelated drug charges. Andrew Auernheimer, 24, was arrested Tuesday for possession of a controlled substance which included cocaine, ecstasy, LSD, and schedule 2 and 3 pharmaceuticals. Law enforcement officials discovered this while…
Sprint WiMax is Live In Los Angeles! Well, Sorta [Update]
When Sprint announced the EVO 4G with WiMax, we mobile nerds became all kinds of excited. The only problem was that it was live in cities like Lubbock, Texas and who-knows-where-else. Big metropolitan cities like New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco were missing from the picture, but we were promised that WiMax would be…
FCC Wants 35MHz of Big LEO Band for Mobile Broadband
More spectrum for wireless broadband use. Those are words that we love to hear at IntoMobile and the FCC has been on the hunt for just that. The FCC is hoping to make 500MHz of spectrum available for mobile use over the next 10 years with the goal of getting at least 300MHz over the…
AT&T tops 3G performance test again
Well, stop the presses! It looks like AT&T has topped another 3G performance test conducted by PC Mag. Before we get too crazy, let’s keep in mind this is mobile data only. PC Mag said it didn’t test voice quality, dropped calls or coverage areas because it was focused about mobile Internet. Still, it’s a…
FCC Chairman pushes mobile broadband
The future of broadband in the United States may be dependent on 4G services, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said during the Wall Street Journal’s D8 conference. Since coming in with the Obama administration, Genachowski has been a big advocate of using mobile technologies to bridge the so-called “digital divide” – the lack of high-speed Internet…
Verizon testing Apple iPads on network?
Verizon Wireless is currently testing Apple iPads on its CDMA networks, according to reports from the Boy Genius Report. This report is light on details but there’s confirmation that the device is CDMA, although there may also be some Long-Term Evolution components as well. Verizon is in the middle of an aggressive LTE rollout as…
Skyfire Rocket brings company beyond the browser
We’re big fans of Skyfire’s browsers because these bring full Flash videos and rich-media content to your handset with very little hassle. The company is expanding its business though, and Skyfire Rocket will bring that same cloud-computing technology to carriers and handset makers. Basically, Skyfire Rocket will sit between the phone and high-quality web content…
iPhone OS 4 Beta 4 Includes Tethering for AT&T
Hey, remember when AT&T promised tethering on the iPhone? That was what, over a year ago? Well, the dream is quickly becoming a reality, as the latest beta of iPhone OS 4 clearly shows internet tethering options. Anyone who has been absolutely dying for laptop internet access via USB-connected iPhone has probably resorted to the…
Google, Verizon teaming for iPad competitor
Remember all those rumors we’ve heard about a Google tablet? Well, it looks like it’s real and the search giant is teaming with Verizon Wireless to bring out an iPad competitor, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal. In an interview, Verizon Wireless Chief Executive Lowell McAdam said this type of form factor…
AT&T’s iPhone deal was for five years
As AT&T’s network quickly became a national punchline, many thought it would just be a matter of time before Apple brought its iPhone to Verizon. But it appears that it can’t bring the touchscreen handset to another network until at least 2012, as Engadget has dug up evidence that the companies signed a five-year exclusivity…