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AT&T iPhone MMS delayed until September? Tethering cost controversy continues [Updated]

By Chris Davies on Friday, Jul 10th 2009 No Comments

att iphone tethering 55 dollars rumor We probably shouldn’t be surprised, but AT&T have reportedly delayed the activation of MMS for the iPhone until September. According to Appmodo, AT&T themselves suggested that the originally tipped date of mid-July would be missed; they’ve now heard that in fact MMS will come three months after Apple enabled the feature in iPhone OS 3.0.

MMS will be accompanied by iPhone tethering, it’s believed, which Appmodo insist is still expected to cost an extra $55 per month. That’s on top of existing data plans for the iPhone. Users will be able to connect their laptops via USB or Bluetooth.

AT&T tethering cost denial after the cut

Updated with new comments from AT&T

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Best Buy offer Sprint Compaq 3G netbook for $0.99

By Chris Davies on Monday, Jul 6th 2009 No Comments

Sprint and Best Buy are offering a Compaq Mini 110-series netbook for just $0.99, assuming you’re willing to sign up to 2-years of EVDO Rev.A data service from the carrier. The netbook, The Mini 110c-1040DX, can be picked with either a CDMA EVDO Rev.A module for use with Verizon or Sprint, or an HSDPA module for use with AT&T; however only the Sprint subsidy brings the price down to under a buck.

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Sprint promise 3G femtocell before AT&T: voice and data service

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Jul 2nd 2009 No Comments

Sprint have thrown down the gauntlet to AT&T over which US carrier can stage a full commercial release of a 3G femtocell first. According to Unstrung, Sprint’s VP of device and technology development Mathew Oommen has promised they will be first to launch a 3G femtocell this year, which will not only boost voice-call reception for Sprint handsets but also EVDO Rev.A coverage.

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iPhone 3GS Review

By Vincent Nguyen on Friday, Jun 26th 2009 2 Comments

With over one million iPhone 3GS units sold in the first three days, there’s no shortage of opinion as to Apple’s successes in their latest smartphone. We’ve covered the basics in our hands-on first-impressions piece; with a few more days of intensive use under our belt, has the iPhone 3GS proved its worth?

The iPhone 3GS’ striking physical similarity to the last-gen 3G came as a mild disappointment back at the WWDC, but we’ve come to appreciate the stability. It underscores the evolutionary, rather than revolutionary, nature of this update and, perhaps more importantly, it means accessories acquired for the iPhone 3G will still have a place with the new 3GS. For a device introduced halfway through the contract agreement of its predecessor, that sort of continuity was pretty much necessary if there was to be any hope encouraging existing owners to upgrade. We do wish that Apple had been a little more imaginative with the finish, however; a matte coating, perhaps slightly rubberized, would differentiate the new handset while not demanding reinvestment in car-kits, cases and cradles.

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AT&T Navigator for iPhone released: functional but expensive

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Jun 24th 2009 No Comments

AT&T have released the iPhone version of their Navigator PND program through the App Store [iTunes link], offering turn-by-turn directions on the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS. The Telenav-developed app supports both verbal and on-screen guidance, speech recognition, traffic alerts and full 3D mapping.

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AT&T UMTS Femtocell national launch by end of 2009

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Jun 24th 2009 No Comments

AT&T’s femtocell system should launch nationally by the end of the year, according to one of the carrier’s senior executives. Gordon Mansfield, AT&T’s executive director for radio access network delivery, has revealed that the UMTS femtocell – which has been in trials with around 200 users for the past few months – will initially take on more test customers before the complete roll-out.

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AT&T Motorola Karma QA1: basic messaging slider

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Jun 23rd 2009 No Comments

att motorola karma qa1 252x480 AT&T have announced the Motorola Karma QA1, an entry-level slider with full QWERTY keyboard and homescreen access to Facebook and MySpace. Aimed, unsurprisingly, at teenagers and young adults, the Karma has a 2.5-inch 240 x 320 display, 3.6Mbps HSDPA, a microSD card slot and 2-megapixel camera with video recording functionality.

There’s also A-GPS, and AT&T load their Navigator PND app onto the handset. The media player supports MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, RealAudio, XMF and MIDI files, together with H.263 and MPEG4 video, and the Karma has both a 3.5mm headphone jack and A2DP stereo Bluetooth 2.0 support. You can also access AT&T CV video.

Video hands-on after the cut

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Apple iPhone 3GS hands-on

By Vincent Nguyen on Friday, Jun 19th 2009 6 Comments

The first new US iPhone 3GS users are picking up their handsets today, and SlashGear is among them. We’ve been down at the Apple Store in NYC this morning, and have been eagerly playing with the new smartphone to see whether all the hype was worth it. For the moment we’ll put aside any arguments about whether it’s too expensive to upgrade or comes on your carrier of choice;

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read on for our iPhone 3G S first-impressions. Update: iPhone 3GS Review

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Apple iPhone 3G S is released! SlashGear in NYC

By Vincent Nguyen on Friday, Jun 19th 2009 No Comments

We may not be seeing the same huge queues as we did for the original iPhone and iPhone 3G, but things are still busy this morning at Apple’s 5th Avenue store in New York City. SlashGear headed down to meet with the crowd and soak up some of the iPhone 3G S excitement.

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Full gallery after the cut

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AT&T iPhone tethering at end of July for $55?

By Chris Davies on Friday, Jun 19th 2009 No Comments

att iphone tethering 55 dollars rumor The AT&T tethering debacle continues, and after yesterday’s super-simple unofficial hack, now comes the first leak regarding possible pricing for the carrier’s official package. According to an internal AT&T source, tethering for the iPhone 3G and 3G S will be offered at the end of July, priced at a whopping $55 per month.

The source also went on to say that MMS support on AT&T is expected in mid-July, earlier perhaps than the carrier led us to believe with their “end of the summer” promises. AT&T have already confirmed that MMS messages will be charged the same as SMS messages.

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