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iPad News

Jobs Confirms That iPad Won’t Offer Tethering Functionality

You’ve got to love Steve Jobs for one reason alone: he gets to the point. Per 9 to 5 Mac, Apple CEO Steve Jobs answered a customer question on Friday, his reply making it quite clear that the iPad will not support tethering to the iPhone. A Swedish Mac user emailed Jobs directly to ask […]

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iPhone News

AT&T to Launch MMS Feature for iPhone Friday via Carrier Profile Update Over iTunes

American iPhone users will finally see AT&T’s MMS feature unlocked late Friday morning on the west coast by way of a carrier update file that will be delivered through iTunes, AT&T announced Wednesday. “MMS Update: We know you’ve been eager for this service so we wanted to offer a quick update on the launch plans […]

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iPhone iPod Touch Software

iPhone OS 3.0 to Hit Today

Per CNET, current iPhone owners will be able to download the software from iTunes for free while iPod touch users will have to pay a US$9.95 fee for it. Though its exact release time is currently unknown, iPhone OS 3.0 will offer features such as multimedia messaging (to be supported by AT&T later this summer), […]

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AT&T Cripples iPhone 3GS By Not Offering Features At Launch

Today’s WWDC Keynote brought some surprises, and some disappointments. Perhaps the announcement generating the most vocal jeers was that AT&T would not be offering MMS and tethering services even though the iPhone’s 3.0 software was ready to support it. The iPod Observer reported in a report that AT&T spokesperson, Mark Siegel, indicated that tethering would […]

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iPhone Software

Apple Releases iPhone OS 3.0 Beta 5

Late Thursday and only a little over one week since its last revision, Apple released iPhone OS 3.0 beta 5. While details regarding the new version are thin on the ground, The iPhone Blog is reporting that the new version appears to require iTunes 8.2 to install and run. Other noted changes include MMS support […]