AT&T Starts Unlocking iPhones: Customers Gripe Over Long Delays

Want to unlock your off-contract AT&T iPhone to use with competing GSM carriers such as T-Mobile? As reported last week, now you can, the only hitch is it may take up to a week for AT&T to process the request even though AT&T claims it only takes minutes. Here are the hassles I’m dealing with …

Dear Aunt TUAW: Is AT&T killing my iPhone?

dear Aunt TUAW, I just received this text from AT&T: “Network changes may soon impact your 2G phone service. Exchange 2G phone @ AT&T store w/free 3G AT&T U2800A phone by 5/15 & avoid service impact.” I wonder what this means? On the one hand, it’s an excuse to get a new iPhone; on the …

Apple granted leave amid source code request

Apple was granted leave to file further evidence in its defence against Samsung, which brought the case against the iPhone maker for alleged patent infringement in the iPhone 3GS, 4, and 4S. During a directions hearing in the Federal Court of Australia, Apple counsel, Andrew Fox, revealed the iPhone maker was seeking the source code …

Why iPhone 4 Users Will Consume More Data – Apps

In a previous article, I gave a personal account of how AT&T’s new plan changes would affect me. To give AT&T a fair shake to those who are considering the new iPhone 4, I’ve decided to discuss why the iPhone 4 or any other smart phone on AT&T will prove to be more consuming when …

Cheap iPhone Rumor Returns

Like clockwork, rumors of a cheaper iPhone are back. Citing a report in China Times, Boy Genius Report claims that Apple is working on a low-cost iPhone to compete with the cheapest Android smartphones. Apple will reportedly launch the low-end iPhone later this year, around the same time as the sixth-generation iPhone. (BGR also uses …

AT&T Changes Policy And Will Now Unlock Off-Contract iPhones [Updates]

If you need to use your iPhone with another carrier besides AT&T, now you can. Beginning April 8th, AT&T will unlock off-contract iPhone for customers in good standing with the company. This policy change is most useful for customers who travel outside the country and need to change carriers in order to use their phones. …

iPhone gains even more US carriers for April 20 launch – iPad/iPhone – Macworld UK

Wednesday appears to be a banner day for regional carriers and the iPhone: this morning, Macworld noted that both Virginia-based nTelos and Alaskan carrier Alaskan Communications would carry the iPhone 4S starting on April 20. now we know that, as reported by MacRumors, they aren’t the only recipients—you can add another Alaskan carrier, one from …

Technology News: Reviews: ‘Bike Baron’ Is Massively Addictive Daredevil Dynamite

“Bike Baron,” a game from Mountain Sheep, is available for 99 US cents at the App Store. I’m far from a huge gamer on iOS, but occasionally a great game will catch my attention in a cosmic crash of serendipity. In this case, I stumbled upon Nathan Fillion’s Twitter feed (that writer/detective guy paired with …

iPhone – A Phone With All Facilities

Ending months of widespread story, Apple finally has launched the much expected touch screen Apple iPhone 3GS at an event in San Francisco, USA, for gadget freaks who want to view movies, TV shows, hear music, and play games at a single place. The iPhone is an innovative product released by Apple a leader and …

Camera Dream Turns Your Photos Into Surreal Moments

The App Store contains numerous photography apps, some trying to have every feature imaginable and others concentrating on only one or two capabilities. From the makers of King Camera, Camera Dream is one of those which focuses on a single ability, creating the Orton effect. Pioneered by photographer Michael Orton, the effect’s overall result makes …