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AT&T iPhone owners may be getting free WiFi at Starbucks and other AT&T hotspotsPosted by Matthew Miller in The Mobile Gadgeteer on May 1, 2008 3:42 AM Subscribe Alerts4 comments: Although T-Mobile still has no 3G wireless data network, they at least provide free T-Mobile HotSpot WiFi service as part of their US$20/month EDGE data plan. I was concerned when...[Read the rest]

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Even an unlocked 3G iPhone will still be an AT&T iPhone: Saul Hansell wrote up a good response to the $199 iPhone rumor. He stated that the report may actually mean that AT&T wants to lower the price of the iPhone... [Read the rest]; Posted by Matthew Miller in The Mobile Gadgeteer on: Apr 30, 2008 7:35 AM; 8 Comments
Will AT&T really be offering a $200 subsidy on the 3G iPhone?: I've been saving up my mobile device PayPal funds for the upcoming U.S. 3G version of the HTC Touch Dual, but with Fortune's news of serious iPhone deals that may... [Read the rest]; Posted by Matthew Miller in The Mobile Gadgeteer on: Apr 29, 2008 5:56 PM
iPhone-optimized Evernote client improves an already great service: I've been having a ton more followers of my Twitter feed lately and just added the Evernote feed to my account. I then found out that Ars Technica posted a... [Read the rest]; Posted by Matthew Miller in The Mobile Gadgeteer on: Apr 29, 2008 1:27 PM
fring VoIP and IM client is now available for the Apple iPhone: I've written about my favorite mobile VoIP client, fring, several times in the past on this blog and was very pleased to receive the news from Gil that fring is... [Read the rest]; Posted by Matthew Miller in The Mobile Gadgeteer on: Apr 15, 2008 7:31 AM; 3 Comments
Walt Mossberg says 3G iPhone coming within 60 days: There has been a lot of speculation on when the 3G version of the iPhone would be coming, but today Walt Mossberg appeared to let the cat out of the... [Read the rest]; Posted by Matthew Miller in The Mobile Gadgeteer on: Apr 5, 2008 9:59 PM; 21 Comments
Is Microsoft looking to bring Office to the iPhone?: I am pretty excited about the iPhone 2.0 upgrade for a couple of reasons. I use a hosted Exchange service to keep all of my devices and other computers (UMPC... [Read the rest]; Posted by Matthew Miller in The Mobile Gadgeteer on: Mar 25, 2008 3:21 PM; 14 Comments
The iPhone dominates the smartphone market in mobile media consumption: According to a m:metrics report released today, the Apple iPhone keeps setting the bar for all other mobile devices. This time it is in the area of mobile media consumption... [Read the rest]; Posted by Matthew Miller in The Mobile Gadgeteer on: Mar 18, 2008 7:39 AM; 11 Comments
Apple restricts 3rd party developers with lack of multi-tasking on the iPhone: I was on a research vessel working offline last week when the iPhone SDK details were revealed by Steve Jobs and others at Apple, but that evening when I read... [Read the rest]; Posted by Matthew Miller in The Mobile Gadgeteer on: Mar 9, 2008 10:38 AM; 15 Comments
AT&T adds an iPhone unlimited voice plan, texts are still limited: All of the major U.S. wireless carriers announced unlimited calling plans in February, but apparently AT&T's wasn't applicable to the Apple iPhone. IntoMobile discovered that AT&T just updated their iPhone... [Read the rest]; Posted by Matthew Miller in The Mobile Gadgeteer on: Mar 9, 2008 10:13 AM; 13 Comments
Will Apple's addiction to ultra-secrecy hamper iPhone developers?: In the collective rush to pat Apple on the back for releasing an SDK for the iPhone platform (some segments of the media are acting like they've never seen an... [Read the rest]; Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Mar 7, 2008 8:00 AM; 10 Comments
Apple opens iPhone to developers: In a news conference Thursday (otherwise known as Feburary 35th), Apple unveiled the long-awaited iPhone native Software Development Kit (SDK). It can be used by any developers to create native... [Read the rest]; Posted by Ed Burnette in Dev Connection on: Mar 7, 2008 5:47 AM; 9 Comments
Sorry, Gizmodo, VoIP over iPhone isn't going to be "huge": Gizmodo's Brian Lam (no, not the C-SPAN guy, that'd be Brian Lamb) notes a snippet from Apple's SDK-coming-out-part press conference in which one Mr. Jobs noted that any third-party... [Read the rest]; Posted by Russell Shaw in IP Telephony on: Mar 7, 2008 3:26 AM; 6 Comments
Exclusive: iPhone DevCamp's Raven on iPhone SDK and what it means: Just a few minutes ago, I had a most enlightening email conversation with someone who knows as much about the new iPhone SDK, and its effects/potential, as anyone who... [Read the rest]; Posted by Russell Shaw in IP Telephony on: Mar 6, 2008 4:19 PM
Is proprietary iPhone video player on the way?: In remarks to analysts yesterday, Apple CEO Steve Jobs clarified why the iPhone does not support Flash. Jobs said a key reason is that Adobe's Flash Player is optimally... [Read the rest]; Posted by Russell Shaw in IP Telephony on: Mar 5, 2008 6:14 AM; 4 Comments
iPhone insecurity leaves sour taste for enterprise IT: Not being able to use Exchange on your iPhone is not what enterprise reluctance is all about. It's about security. All that jailbreaking, buffer overflows, hardware hacks, and revelations about... [Read the rest]; Posted by Richard Koman in Between the Lines on: Mar 5, 2008 5:15 AM
iPhone hardware wishlist: With all the talk about the iPhone SDK and software development, I want to steer the discussion to hardware and specifically what you want to see in the next generation... [Read the rest]; Posted by Jason D. O'Grady in The Apple Core on: Mar 4, 2008 6:53 AM; 25 Comments
Apple co-founder Woz: sometimes I use a Moto Razr instead of an iPhone: In Sydney, Australia for a keynote speech at the Broadband and Beyond Conference this morning, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak appeared to lament the fact that the iPhone doesn't have 3G... [Read the rest]; Posted by Russell Shaw in IP Telephony on: Mar 3, 2008 11:30 AM; 5 Comments
Apple co-founder Woz: sometimes I use a Moto Razr instead of an iPhone: In Sydney, Australia for a keynote speech at the Broadband and Beyond Conference this morning, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak appeared to lament the fact that the iPhone doesn't have 3G... [Read the rest]; Posted by Russell Shaw in IP Telephony on: Mar 3, 2008 11:30 AM; 5 Comments
Sexism at the Apple Store? Woman claims "Genius" totally ignored her while pitching her husband: Seems as though when Consumerist reader Arjela and her husband entered an Apple store in Bellevue, Wash. to shop for a MacBook Air last week, she felt as though... [Read the rest]; Posted by Russell Shaw in IP Telephony on: Mar 3, 2008 6:18 AM; 16 Comments
Same old, same old control-freak Apple: they'll be "gatekeeper" for third-party iPhone apps: Jeremy Horvitz from iLounge has been listening to some developers with apparent knowledge of the iPhone SDK due next week. He's gleaned that Apple plans to require that all mobile... [Read the rest]; Posted by Russell Shaw in IP Telephony on: Feb 29, 2008 2:29 PM; 29 Comments
Asterisk Voicemail for iPhone on way; here's a peek: On his website, Asterisk developer Chris Carey posts an interesting preview of something he is building called Asterisk Voicemail for iPhone. Chris says Voicemail for iPhone will allow you... [Read the rest]; Posted by Russell Shaw in IP Telephony on: Feb 29, 2008 5:11 AM
Is Apple going to ease up on iPhone jailbreakers? Based on what COO said yesterday, kind of sounds like it: In remarks at an investment conference yesterday, Apple chief operating officer Tim Cook said that because the demand for hacked iPhones exists, there would always be a level of hacking.... [Read the rest]; Posted by Russell Shaw in IP Telephony on: Feb 28, 2008 4:28 AM; 6 Comments
What kind of enterprise features will we see for the iPhone on March 6th?: I use my Apple iPhone from time to time, but mostly as a podcast player and portable video device. It looks like my iPhone may become much more useful after... [Read the rest]; Posted by Matthew Miller in The Mobile Gadgeteer on: Feb 27, 2008 2:11 PM; 5 Comments
iPhone update 1.1.4 available, better reception and device speed?: It is nearing the end of February when many of us iPhone owners were hoping that the SDK release would occur. That still hasn't happened yet, but iPhone update 1.1.4... [Read the rest]; Posted by Matthew Miller in The Mobile Gadgeteer on: Feb 26, 2008 12:08 PM; 2 Comments
Oscars emcee Jon Stewart plays with his iPhone, Wii too!: Seems like Academy Awards emcee Jon Stewart managed to include iPhone and Wii-related compedy bits in last night's Oscar telecasts. Engadget has posted a grab from one of those... [Read the rest]; Posted by Russell Shaw in IP Telephony on: Feb 25, 2008 5:12 AM
How would you like to run Palm OS apps on your iPhone/iPod Touch?: I've used StyleTap on my Windows Mobile devices and find it to be quite valuable in running Palm OS applications like Tide Tool (I still can't find a Windows Mobile... [Read the rest]; Posted by Matthew Miller in The Mobile Gadgeteer on: Feb 22, 2008 1:27 PM; 4 Comments
New YouTube video shows man drinking beer from his iPhone: Hey, on this relatively light news Friday, I see a YouTube video has just gone up in which mit9901 shows someone (maybe him) in the act of drinking beer... [Read the rest]; Posted by Russell Shaw in IP Telephony on: Feb 22, 2008 7:57 AM
New Apple Patent app describes technology for personalized podcasts to iPhone, other devices: Technology described in a newly published Apple Patent application would let podcast viewers and listeners request personalized podcasts from podcast content creators whose podcasts they subscribe to. The Patent... [Read the rest]; Posted by Russell Shaw in IP Telephony on: Feb 21, 2008 4:43 AM
Apple Retail Store shopper to Steve Jobs: clerk had no right to ask for my ID: Update: Ignacio, who is the customer in this tale, informs The Consumerist thatthe store manager has apologized for asking for his ID. Apparently in a gracious mood, Ignacio has forgiven... [Read the rest]; Posted by Russell Shaw in IP Telephony on: Feb 20, 2008 11:09 AM; 42 Comments
They've got the bleats: listen to this first-ever iPhone "concert" on YouTube: BeatPhone is a third-party "beatbox" iPhone app that let's you use a jailbreaked iPhone to create beeps, blips and beats via the iPhone. Sound samples can be generated in... [Read the rest]; Posted by Russell Shaw in IP Telephony on: Feb 19, 2008 7:28 AM