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Apple, AT&T getting sued over poor iPhone 3G performance, again

We now have the second lawsuit regarding the iPhone 3G, this time its being brought by William Gillis who is taking on not only Apple but also AT&T. Gillis is claiming that both Apple and AT&T are to blame and that the iPhone 3G requires too much power on the network. That combined with the [...]

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Wired publishes worldwide iPhone 3G data speed map

Back on August 14 Wired had put out a request for readers to test their 3G network speed and submit it along with their location, now just a few short weeks later they have published the results. All in all, the results came from over 2,636 users of which it seems majority were in the [...]

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AT&T adds two new international iPhone data plans

AT&T has just announced the availability of two new international plans designed for the iPhone, both of which will be up for grabs beginning August 27. The new plans, well, they are still expensive but at the same time they will end up saving you quite a bit should you travel and not be able to [...]

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Has AT&T been quietly extending their 3G coverage?

While I have still not found anything official coming from AT&T it seems that they may be expanding on their available 3G coverage areas. Going about my daily business yesterday I received a simple Twitter message that stated; OMG!!!! I now have 3G at home!!! Sweet! Now normally I would not be all that excited [...]

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NetShare will not be coming back to the App Store, at least in the US

So long NetShare, we hardly knew you. It seems that despite some hope, Nullriver’s NetShare app will not be making its return to the App Store, and those who managed to grab it on those two brief appearances will end up having the only available copies. Nullriver has not yet posted any additional information on their [...]

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Where the first million iPhones went

It did not take long for Apple to be able to make that announcement that they have sold 1 million iPhones, but until now its remained somewhat of a mystery as to where they actually went. Of course with little surprise I think it was safe to assume that a big portion of those went to [...]

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AT&T and the iPhone now available in all 50 states

Vermont has become the last and final state here in the US to be able to get (and use) an iPhone. This good news comes about in a strange way, its courtesy of the recent merge between Verizon and local carrier Unicel. Which now that they have merged the FCC has given an overlapping coverage [...]

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Nullriver working with Apple to reinstate NetShare in the App Store

NetShare, the wonderful tethering app that has made two very brief appearances in the App Store may hopefully soon be making its return. Nullriver has recently posted an update on their website, blaming the lack of initial communication not on Apple, but “automated e-mail systems being employed on both ends, which resulted in e-mails being lost [...]

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AT&T to have exclusive rights to the iPhone until 2010?

It looks like some bad news for anyone still holding out hope for seeing the iPhone become officially available with a carrier other than AT&T. The latest reports from USA today are claiming that Apple has agreed to give AT&T exclusive rights to distribute the iPhone until the end of 2009. Randall Stephenson, AT&T’s chairman and [...]

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Nullriver’s NetShare tethering app has come and gone twice; Will we see it again?

NetShare, the app that lots of people had been waiting for has now pulled not one, but two disappearing acts from the App Store. Both times it showed up, it was retailing for $9.99, the first time it managed to stay in the store for about an hour, and the second time it was roughly [...]

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