Google Reveals Full FCC Response, Directly Contradicts Apple On Google Voice Rejection

Sep 20, 2009 No Comments by admin

Google has released a full version of its response to the FCC’s inquiry on Apple’s ban of Google Voice from the App Store, revealing the answer to ‘Question 2′ that had been redacted from the letter that was released in August. Question 2 asked Google to detail Apple’s stated reasons for rejecting both Google Voice [...]

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Google Voice rejection came from the top at Apple (updated)

Sep 20, 2009 No Comments by admin

Apple’s rejection of the Google Voice app for the iPhone went all the way to the top—the bad news was personally delivered to Google by none other than Apple’s Senior VP of Worldwide Product Marketing, Phil Schiller…

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Google Reveals Full FCC Response, Directly Contradicts Apple On Google Voice Rejection

Sep 20, 2009 No Comments by admin

Google has released a full version of its response to the FCC’s inquiry on Apple’s ban of Google Voice from the App Store, revealing the answer to ‘Question 2′ that had been redacted from the letter that was released in August. Question 2 asked Google to detail Apple’s stated reasons for rejecting both Google Voice [...]

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AT&T begins rolling out MMS for the iPhone

Sep 13, 2009 No Comments by admin

A few hours ago, we got a tip from one of our readers that they’d popped into their iPhone messaging app this morning, only to find that they’d suddenly gained the ability to send MMS. We chalked it up as a fluke – AT&T promised it would launch on September 25th, after all, and they [...]

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BREAKING: MMS For iPhone Rollout Has Begun

Sep 13, 2009 No Comments by admin

It’s two weeks early, but many US iPhone users are reporting that their phones now have the ability to send and receive MMS messages (eg. video and images). The hold-up was AT&T, with doubts in the past that its network could handle the load…

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New AT&T specific features rumored for future iPhone update

Sep 07, 2009 No Comments

Apple and its exclusive US wireless provider AT&T could soon deliver new carrier-specific features to iPhone users through a future software update in a bid to increase customer satisfaction…

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iPhone 3G and 3G S officially getting MMS on September 25

Sep 03, 2009 No Comments

After months of speculation (and frustration) MMS for the iPhone 3G and 3G S is officially arriving on September 25, AT&T has confirmed. This is a full 3 days after summer officially ends (AT&T’s original deadline was “late summer”) as our own MG pointed out earlier today, but like a lot of things with Apple/AT&T, [...]

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Google Voice Warms Up For iPhone, Cuts Off Calls After 15 Minutes

Aug 30, 2009 No Comments

Google Voice users have been complaining the last couple of days that calls using the service are unceremoniously terminated after 15 minutes. The service is still in beta, but as we’ve written before, users expect perfection when it comes to voice calls. Problems like this make it hard for people to trust the service…

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Apple, AT&T face yet another iPhone MMS lawsuit

Aug 30, 2009 No Comments

For at least the third time this month, Apple and AT&T are being sued by a consumer complaining of being duped into believing that multimedia messaging, or MMS, was already available on the iPhone. Filed in the Northern District of Ohio on Wednesday (PDF hosted by Wired), plaintiff Deborah Carr says Apple and AT&T misled [...]

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AT&T’s iPhone Finally Getting MMS via iPhone OS 3.1?

Aug 23, 2009 No Comments

A little over a month ago, the next update to the iPhone firmware – OS 3.1 beta – was released to developers. With the updated firmware, there are a number of bug fixes and a few new features, including voice control over Bluetooth, copy and paste for phone numbers, vibration feedback when re-arranging screen icons, [...]

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Is AT&T’s Denial of Service to Hacker Justified?

Aug 23, 2009 No Comments

Hacker turned security expert Kevin Mitnick has been denied service by both his web host and his cell phone provider. HostedHere.net and AT&T argue that the barrage of hacker attacks on Mitnick’s accounts make them too difficult to defend. Said The Register’s Dan Goodin, “In asking Mitnick to take his business elsewhere, [the companies] seem [...]

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