Archive | June, 2010
Jason Chen’s computers taken to FBI crime lab
By now, you’re all familiar with the story. An Apple engineer loses a next-generation iPhone, and through an unusual series of events, the device ends up in the hands of Gizmodo editor Jason Chen who parades the device around on Gizmodo’s website. Shortly thereafter, Apple called the police, reported the iPhone stolen, a search warrant […]
Continue reading...Emailing Steve Jobs? Cool. Emailing AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson? Dangerous.
2. June 2010
If you email Apple CEO Steve Jobs, there’s a decent chance you might actually get a response from the big kahuna and subsequently find your name and accompanying email featured on every Apple and tech blog on the web. Now if you email AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson, on the other hand, you might run the […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs calls out Flurry; Company responds, says will comply with Apple’s updated developer agreement
2. June 2010
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A few days before Steve Jobs intro’d the iPad, a mobile analytics firm called Flurry reported that they were seeing Apple’s as-of-yet unannounced tablet device show up in their data logs. Using code embedded in a number of iPhone apps, Flurry was also able to pinpoint the location of these devices to Apple’s Cupertino campus. […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs discusses the lost iPhone 4G, says Gizmodo tried to extort Apple
2. June 2010
Everything was fair game during yesterday’s All Things D interview with Steve Jobs last night, and as expected, it was only a matter of time before the topic of the lost/stolen iPhone 4G was broached.
Continue reading...Steve Jobs introduces the Death Star at Star Wars “iPad Briefing” [Video]
2. June 2010
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A Steve Jobs iPad announcement/Star Wars mashup? Yes, please.
Continue reading...More photos of white-backed iPhone 4G surface
2. June 2010
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At this point, Steve Jobs and co. might as well resign themselves to the fact that the iPhone 4G is the worst kept secret in town. Gizmodo got the ball rolling back in April, and since then, leaked photos of Apple’s next-gen iPhone have been popping up with irregular consistency. And now we have two […]
Continue reading...AT&T officially announces iPhone tethering for extra $20/month
2. June 2010
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As part of its new data plan offerings for smartphone users, AT&T is at long last letting iPhone users in on the action with a tethering option. Here’s how it works.
Continue reading...AT&T does away with unlimited data plans, lowers base level data plan to $15/month
2. June 2010
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AT&T made some surprising changes to its smartphone data plans today. Customers can pick the new data plan that best meets their needs – either a $15 per month entry plan or a $25 per month plan with 10 times more data. Current smartphone customers are not required to switch to the new plans, but […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs on AT&T and dropped calls – “We’re doing everything we know how to do”
2. June 2010
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At yesterday’s D8 Conference, Steve Jobs was asked about a common problem that affects a good number of iPhone users – dropped calls. During a Q&A session, a fellow from Houston got up and told Jobs that he and his wife can’t use their iPhones for even a minute without experiencing a dropped call.
Continue reading...Report: Verizon testing CDMA iPads on their network
2. June 2010
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Citing a highly placed source, Boy Genius Report has learned that Verizon is currently testing the iPad on its CDMA network According to a highly placed source of ours, Verizon Wireless is currently testing Apple iPad devices on their network. We have been told that the model they are testing is a CDMA-compatible device, and […]
Continue reading...Adobe ponders possibility of viewing Photoshop PSD files on the iPad
2. June 2010
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Adobe’s John Nack recently traded in his role as an Adobe Photoshop product manager for a new position where he will help develop Adobe applications for use on tablet devices. Apple and Adobe’s beef over Flash notwithstanding, Nack is a huge fan of the iPad and it’ll be interesting to see what sort of iPad/tablet tailored […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs explains that the iPhone actually began as a tablet project
1. June 2010
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As expected, Steve Jobs’ interview at Tuesday’s All Things D conference was an in-depth and rich affair that touched on a number of interesting topics. While we’ll have more in-depth coverage later on, one particularly interesting exchange centered on how the iPhone came to be, and how it actually sprung up from work on developing […]
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3. June 2010
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