Remember back at the iPhone 3GS launch when they were talking about how AT&T would provide MMS service eventually, later this summer? Well, we’re halfway through August and there’s still no sign of MMS in the U.S. on Apple’s latest smartphones, and some folks in Louisiana are mighty peeved about it – so much so…
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China Unicom snags 5 million Chinese iPhones from Apple
Remember that China Unicom iPhone that we spotted a while back? Well, it sounds like things are getting more official for the Chinese iPhone today. A new report from the International Business Times has China Unicom ordering 5 million of Apple’s custom-made, WiFi-less iPhones for a grand total of 10 billion yuan ($1.46 billion). Word…
Apple will stream tonight’s Underworld concert to iPhone for FREE!
Streaming? iPhone? Is that even possible? Sure is. And Apple is going to stream the first ever live concert to the iPhone, for free nonetheless! Tonight, Saturday, August 8, 2009 at 9:00PM PST (that’s West Coast time), Apple will be streaming the Underworld concert to iPhones using Apple’s own HTTP streaming standard. By using variable…
Apple’s future iPhones may tattle on you!
Everyone hates a tattle-tale. We’ve been taught to hate them since kindergarten. Leave it to Apple to patent a technology that might one day have your iPhone selling you out to your local Apple store. A newly discovered patent application from Apple outlines a technology that would register “abuse events” and keep a record of…
Apple bans hundreds of spammer’s iPhone apps
The iPhone’s AppStore may have seen over 1.5 billion downloads in the past year, thanks to a healthy catalog of over 65,000 iPhone apps. But, many of those iPhone applications have proven to be largely useless. Apple apparently knows this, and has taken action. The iPhone maker has pulled 943 iPhone apps from notorious iPhone…
FCC launches investigation into Apple’s banishment of Google Voice iPhone app
Apple’s move to strip third-party Google Voice iPhone apps from the AppStore drew the ire of iPhone users everywhere. To make matters worse, Apple’s secretive ways have shrouded mystery over why Google Voice apps like GV Mobile were recently pulled from the AppStore. Did AT&T ask Apple to ban Google Voice apps in order to…
Apple patches iPhone SMS text bug with iPhone OS 3.0.1 update
Apple has released iPhone OS 3.0.1 update that patches the iPhone SMS text message bug we reported on previously. And all it took to motivate Apple to issue the patch was for a couple security researchers to publicly announce the iPhone’s SMS bug. Find the iPhone OS 3.0.1 update in iTunes. Just connect your iPhone…
Apple releases MobileMe iDisk iPhone app for all your file-sharing needs
If you’re a MobileMe users, and you’ve got an iPhone, Apple’s got a little present for you. The iPhone-maker has just released the MobileMe iDisk iPhone application for free on the AppStore. MobileMe iDisk for iPhone allows MobileMe subscribers to view and share files stored in the MobileMe “cloud.” If you have MobileMe, you have…
Apple launches iPhone 3GI, only visible to fanboys
Think your iPhone 3GS is the greatest thing to happen to smartphones since the touchscreen? Well, think again. According to The Onion, Apple has just launched the iPhone 3GI. The iPhone 3GI packs significant hardware and software improvements, a more powerful processor and a touchscreen display that throws out the richest colors and highest resolution…
Apple says iPhone jailbreak supports terrorists and drug dealers
Apple has fired another salvo against the iPhone jailbreaking scene with their claim that jailbroken iPhones could be used to attack and disable cell-towers, as well as helping drug dealers avoid getting pinched by the “fuzz.” In the ongoing battle between Apple and iPhone hackers, Apple would have us believe that iPhone hackers could levy…