Exploding the Phone tells this story in full for the first time. It traces the birth of long-distance communication and the telephone, the rise of AT&T’s monopoly, the creation of the sophisticated machines that made it all work, and the discovery of Ma Bell’s Achilles’ heel.
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AT&T Instructs Retail Staff To Sell Anything But The iPhone
Yesterday news about Apple telling everybody to not buy an iPhone for two months, gets reinforced today with a news about AT&T instructing retail staff to sell anything but the iPhone.
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Here’s Why Your Wireless Service Sucks At Sports Games & Other Major Events
How many times have you been to a major event and noticed that no matter what you do, no matter how many bars your phone says it has, you’re unable to send or receive data? To help alleviate the stress, app maker SwayMarkets decided to figure out exactly why it happens.
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iPhone Tops Sales Charts In US
Led by the 4S, Apple’s iPhone line continues to rack up strong sales at AT&T, Verizon and Sprint. So strong that some believe it’s likely the top-selling phone at all three of those carriers.
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iPhone 4S Running iOS 5.1 Shows ‘4G’ Indicator In Status Bar For AT&T
iOS 5.1 shows ‘4G’ indicator in iPhone 4S status bar for AT&T
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CutYourSIM Brings Back The Permanent AT&T iPhone 4/4S Unlock
The unlock will be done remotely through iTunes and it’ll be permanent solution. This unlock will carry on forever, and you can update your phone to the newest version without worrying about waiting for an unauthorized unlock to be released.
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Court Awards Damages Against AT&T Due To ‘Data-Throttling’
Matt Spaccarelli, AT&T user, recently sued the US wireless giant in small claims court, and won. The courts made the decision after a fairly quick case and granted Mr Spaccarelli $850 in damages.
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AT&T Releases iPhone App For VoIP International Calls
The AT&T Call International App allows you to make inexpensive international long distance calls from the U.S. with your iPhone, using your existing wireless service
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AT&T vs Verizon vs Sprint: iPhone4S 3G Speed Test
iLounge has completed its initial 3G cellular data speed comparisons of the iPhone 4S across all of the available U.S. carriers.
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iPhone4S [hands-on video]
BBC was able to get up close and personal with the new iPhone 4S. check out the video…
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Apple Posts “Let’s Talk iPhone” Video Stream
Apple has posted video of Tuesday’s special event to unveil the iPhone 4S, with Siri voice control technology, online for the public to see.
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iPhone 4S vs Galaxy S II, Bionic and Titan
Now that we know how the iPhone 4S stack up against the iPhone 4, let’s take a look at how Apple’s latest smartphone compares to its mightiest competitors on the other major platforms — Android and Windows Phone.
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White iPod Touch Available on October 12th
Apple describes it as the “#1 portable game player”, and they announced today that a white model will be available on October 12th.
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iPod Nano Now $129 (8GB) and $149 (16GB)
Apple announced at their media event today, that they will drop the price on the iPad Nano. From now on, it will cost $129 for 8GB and $149 for 16GB.
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Meet the iPhone 4S [video]
The iPhone 4S was announced today, and it’s ‘all new’ – on the inside.