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AT&T: You will not be able to tether your iPhone to your iPad

There has been plenty of talk these past few days in regards to AT&T and their killing off the unlimited data for the iPad and iPhone. Of course, they did try and spin that and make us forget with the mention of tethering. So bad news, then sort of good news… …and with that, there is [...]

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AT&T announce iPhone tethering, will cost $20 extra per month & be available with iPhone OS 4

AT&T has officially announced that tethering will be available for the iPhone. Well, not for all iPhones — the tethering will be “available when Apple releases iPhone OS 4 this summer.” In terms of pricing, it will be an extra $20 bucks per month and those interested will need to have the DataPro plan attached. [...]

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AT&T ditches the unlimited data plan for the iPad 3G

Coming by way of an official press release, AT&T has announced that the unlimited data plan for the iPad 3G will no longer be available for new customers. Instead, moving forward those who sign up for data on the iPad will have an option to go with either the DataPlus or DataPro plan. DataPlus will [...]

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Rumor: AT&T stores beginning to prep for next-generation iPhone arrival

According to the BGR and “another AT&T source” of theirs; “AT&T has started to send engineers out to corporate store locations to try and plan / start setting up a “new kind of display.” As to that new kind of display, its said to be for the iPhone. Of course, this is still a rumor, but it [...]

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AT&T said to be moving iPhone upgrade eligibility dates to June 21

According to the screenshot that MobileCrunch has recently posted, one could assume that the next generation iPhone will be coming available on June 21, 2010. The speculation on the 21st comes from several reports that AT&T has been changing the upgrade eligibility dates for current iPhone users. “Not sure if anyone [..] has noticed this same [...]

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Official: Apple originally signed 5 year exclusivity deal with AT&T

It may be several years after the iPhone was originally released. Yup, the original came back in 2007, and it seems that at the time Apple signed an exclusive deal with AT&T. Of course, at this point we all knew that, but what we did not know was they signed a deal that offered AT&T [...]

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AT&T places restrictions on iPad 3G video-streaming

If you thought you were going to be able to stream HD videos via ABC’s web player with your fancy new iPad 3G, then you were sadly mistaken. Citing bandwidth reasons, AT&T has chosen to downscale some video-streaming sites such as Netflix, and completely block streaming from other sites such as ABC.com. Furthermore, quality on YouTube [...]

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AT&T now blocking employee vacations during the month of June

Boy Genius Report claims that “multiple sources” confirm that AT&T has in fact placed a block on employees taking vactaions this June. AT&T did the exact same thing last year, and the year before, to ensure that they had enough staff to deal with the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 3G launches, respectively. “The only time AT&T [...]

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WSJ: Apple could release two new iPhones this summer

According to a recent Wall Street Journal report, it looks like Apple is planning to release not one, but two iPhones this summer. The WSJ is pulling the “people briefed by the company” and “people familiar with the device” sources and, well, in the end this is another the-iPhone-is-coming-to-Verizon rumor. The details in the article [...]

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According to AT&T CEO: iPad will be a “Wi-Fi driven product”

Earlier today, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson boldly told investors during a webcast of an investor conference that he believes the iPad will be a primarily “Wi-Fi driven product.” Stephenson has only confirmed my belief that 3G on the iPad is superfluous in most cases, and that your average consumer isn’t going to be using his or [...]

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