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AT&T holds back on data tethering for iPhone, cites potential traffic spikes

You’ve wanted data tethering on your iPhone for years now. And AT&T may one day provide this. Per MacRumors, Engadget received a comment from AT&T stating that installing data tethering could create high traffic usage that could hamper network performance: “iPhone tethering has the potential to exponentially increase traffic, and we need to ensure that […]

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Apple pushes iPad 3G pre-order ship date back to May 7th, ships camera kit

Right, this is NOT going to make you happy. Over the weekend, Apple began e-mailing customers to tell them that their iPad 3G orders had been pushed back to May 7th to reassure them that their hardware will ship on schedule in late April. In addition, the company has also begun shipping the iPad camera […]

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Apple “rejiggers” iPhone to ease load on AT&T network

A new report profiling AT&T’s bandwidth troubles posed by millions of iPhone units reveals that AT&T had Apple modify the handset to ease strain on the company’s network. Per the Wall Street Journal, AT&T Chief Technology Officer John Donovan said he and other executives flew to Apple’s Cupertino, Calif., campus to give the handset maker […]

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“Geohot” reveals untethered hack for iPhone, cites method will “probably” work for iPad

Over in the hacking domain, George Hotzhas demonstrated a new method to permanently “jailbreak” the iPhone 3GS, and he said the hack will “probably” work on the iPad, which goes on sale next week. Per AppleInsider, Hotz, known online as “Geohot,” posted a recent blog entry including video which demoed a jailbroken iPhone 3GS being […]

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AT&T to begin national rollout of 3G MicroCell device in April

After months of promotion, AT&T announced that the company will begin the formal national rollout of its 3G MicroCell service next month. Per AppleInsider, the company announced that there would be no additional costs, other than the purchase of the 3G MicroCell device, for using the 3G MicroCell service, as minutes used through the hardware […]