Reselling your used iPhone can be risky business if the device contains sensitive data. Normal restore and wipe procedures don’t fully delete user daa from the iPhone. In fact, iPhones sold as refurbished units may contain personal data from their previous owners that, with a little leg-work, is readily accessible by new owners. These data […]
With the iPhone AppStore due to debut within a month’s time, developers who have been accepted into Apple’s official iPhone program are chomping at the bit to discuss their upcoming applications. Murkiness regarding Apple’s non-disclosure agreement, signing of which is a prerequisite to the program, has stymied promotional efforts, including interviews with the press, publication […]
In these times of fervid speculation, most anything — a stray embedded icon, an off-hand remark from a wireless executive, an iPhone-shaped potato chip — can pass as a viable indicator of forthcoming announcements from Apple. This latest tidbit of pure rumor is no different, providing nothing more than further confirmation that a significant happening […]
A year after its introduction, the iPhone still differs from many competing devices on one point: it lacks carrier-supplied insurance, meaning that a drop, spill or other mishap can result in total device replacement. The iPhone is notably absent from AT&T’s wireless phone insurance (other excluded devices include the Palm Treo 750 and BlackBerry Curve […]
Images allegedly depicting a forthcoming 3G iPhone are a dime a dozen. Numerous sites have posted purportedly genuine photos of the actual device, mock-ups, and renderings — some ridiculous, others plausible.A word of circumspection regarding these photos: even prominent case manufacturers generally do not receive advance prototypes of any future-release iPod or iPhone models. Instead, […]
While revelations from Apple’s iPhone SDK indicate that the company is planning built-in GPS functionality for a forthcoming model, current iPhone users likely won’t get access to Apple-supplied, hardware-based, true GPS features, instead continuing to rely on the current cell tower/WiFi triangulation method. However, a small team of developers calling itself “iGPSD” is now taking […]
AT&T is hiring some workers to take temporary positions at AT&T stores. The listing says from June 16th to August 16th, the temporary workers will have jobs. This is not unique to AT&T, surprisingly enough. Last year, in anticipation of the original iPhone, AT&T did the same thing, so that there would be no shortage […]
AT&T has announced that within the next 30 days that they will finish the deployment of HSUPA (faster upload) technology in the six remaining markets across AT&T’s entire 3G wireless broadband network in the US. This follows the deployment of its HSDPA (3G download) network which makes AT&T the only US carrier to fully deploy […]
Though developers of iPhone applications to be sold through the official AppStore, due next month, are bound by an NDA and hence generally mum on release plans, Mobileage says it will be offering two games for the iPhone and iPod Touch through the iTunes App Store later this year.Blackjack21 is described as the definitive version […]
Aggressive demand for unlocked units and a dearth of official, in-store stock ahead of a new models’s expected introduction in the coming weeks have driven iPhone prices on eBay sky-high. Some 16GB unlocked listings are currently carrying “Buy-it-now” (non-bidding) prices in excess of $700 — a $200 premium over brand-new models purchased from Apple or […]