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By Brandon Dimmel Continue reading: Apple Finally Unveils New iPad, Tablet-based PC online. 2009/09/23 Rumor: Microsoft to launch iPhone-Like Tablet PC 2009/09/03 iPhone: Not the Jackpot that AT&T had Hoped, Report Says 2010/01/19 Apple's Latest to unveil Jan 27th, iTablet Rumored

By Shane McGlaun AT&T is gaining a bit on Verizon thanks to the iPhone. Last quarter AT&T sold 3.1 million iPhones and now has 85.1 million total subscribers. Apple may have denied the Google Voice App for the iPhone, but Google has a workaround in place. The search giant has made a GV Web App that works wi...

AT&T this morning shared in the results news and said it had one of its best fall quarters in recent memory. In late 2009, the company added 2.7 million new cellular customers and says it activated a total 3.1 million iPhones; the totals are the second-best in its history both for total add...

By Matt Hamblen Apple's decision to use AT&T as the iPad's 3G network provider is likely to raise tough questions from users who've criticized the carrier's iPhone service.

By Fred Vogelstein One of the most interesting things that didn’t happen when Apple announced its iPad on Wednesday is that AT&T didn’t get the boot. It was widely believed that Apple was going to drop the carrier because of its poor service and go with Verizon instead. Instead, Apple reaffirmed its relat...

By Brian Barrett The Apple iPad will come with two 3G data plans through AT&T, one of which is just $30 per month with no contract. You can cancel at any time with no penalty, and use AT&T Wi-Fi hotspots for free.

By Adam Frucci It's rumored by some that Apple will announce that the iPhone is becoming available from carriers other than AT&T on Wednesday. That would mean you could leave AT&T while staying with Apple, among other interesting things.

Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster called Apple to task over the company's exclusive iPhone carrier deal with AT&T during the its first quarter earnings conference call on Monday, and Apple seemed ready to jump to AT&T's defense.

By news@ilounge.com (Charles Starrett) During Apple’s First Quarter 2010 Financial Results Conference Call, Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer and Apple COO Tim Cook made several comments concerning its media-related products, including the iPod, iPhone, and Apple TV, as well as U.S. cellular partner AT&T. In his opening stat...

Apple knows of and supports AT&T's future 3G plans, the iPhone creator said during its December quarter conference call on Monday. Addressing a question over AT&T network problems, Apple said it has seen AT&T's plans for upgrades and is confident that the carrier will make...

By Kevin Whipps According to HotHardware, via the Silicon Valley Insider, an inside source at AT&T is claiming that come Wednesday – you know, Unicorn Tablet day – AT&T will be losing exclusivity of the iPhone. Who will get it? Smart money is on Verizon, but I wouldn’t be surprised if T-Mobile or S...

By chris.foresman@arstechnica.com (Chris Foresman) Further rumors peg Qualcomm as the supplier of the 3G chip for the tablet. Apple may build separate versions, one with HSPA+ chips for AT&T and most other carriers, and another with EVDO chips for Verizon and other carriers using the CDMA standard. Alternately, Apple may even include a...

By Soulskill MojoKid writes "An inside source over at HotHardware reports that AT&T will lose their iPhone exclusivity on 1/27, coincident with Apple's upcoming press event next week, though it's not yet clear what other carriers will be stepping in to pick up the iPhone. For anyone who has follo...

Apparently Apple is still negotiating with both AT&T and Verizon for its rumored tablet's wireless data service even though the device is set to be introduced in less than a week. Unnamed sources from the cell service providers have reported that Apple plans to let users choose which...

By sam mcloughln From Hans] The Apple Tablet will be sold by both Verizon and AT&T. "Supposedly there'll be two versions of the tablet, one offered on CDMA with Verizon's and the other on AT&T's GSM network. Interestingly, they suggest that Apple is still having those discussions, with nothing ti...

By chris.foresman@arstechnica.com (Chris Foresman) Apple has launched the iPhone on multiple carriers in many parts of the world, and has noted success in countries where it is available from more than one carrier. However, when the iPhone first launched, Apple had to make a long-term exclusivity deal with AT&T to get the phone to marke...

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More recently, Apple has started -- very gently -- defending AT&T in its latest iPhone TV ads. The new Apple iPhone ads, by the way, start out with examples ... Particle Debris (week ending 12/4) Corporate Confusion and The Big iPhone LieThe Mac Observer

By Charles Jade As an iPhone user held hostage in AT&T’s network by the exclusivity agreement with Apple, the arrival of the AT&T 3G MicroCell felt like being rescued. Four weeks later, I now realize only Verizon can do that, but my updated assessment of the 3G MicroCell is still positive, mostly.

By Ross Miller Throw this thing on Verizon, AT&T or T-Mobile, and you've got a whole new wave of Palm customers; as it stands, who's really buying this with the Pre just $50 away?Verizon chief says offering the iPhone is Apple's call HTC You ad campaign unveiled (update: video!)Apple Tablet rumor r...

By Robert Nelson Both Apple and AT&T have recently released updates for the iPhone and iPod touch. Well more specifically, Apple has released version 3.1.2 for the iPhone and iPod touch and AT&T has released Carrier File 5.6 for the iPhone. In regards to the iPhone update, according to the change log t...

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By Arik Hesseldahl AT&T has now, it says, taken the necessary steps to allow IP calling applications to run on its 3G wireless network. It had argued in an August 21 letter to the FCC that "...both parties [Apple and AT&T] required assurances that the revenues from the AT&T voice plans available to i...

By matt buchanan AT&T supposedly just told Apple and the FCC this afternoon that their network is ready for VoIP over 3G for the iPhone, meaning it might take a bit to show up in apps, but the floodgates are open now. And yeah, whoa. Skype over 3G has been okay on other phones that weren't the iPhone before th...

By Ryan Singel Updates with Apple statement to Silicon Alley Insider) In August, the FCC asked Google, Apple and AT&T to explain why Apple rejected the Google Voice app, which lets users make calls and send SMSes through a Google-provided number.

By jacqui@arstechnica.com (Jacqui Cheng) Critics call shenanigans after Apple, AT&T letters to FCC: Everyone is puzzling over Apple and AT&T's letters to the FCC about the apparent rejection of a Google Voice iPhone app. Ars peers through the holes in their version of the mess.

By editors@tidbits.com (TidBITS Publishing) Apple and AT&T -- In the response, Apple says, in the context of whether Apple acted in consultation with AT&T in rejecting the Google Voice app: Apple alone makes the final decisions to approve or not approve iPhone applications.

By Arik Hesseldahl Asked if AT&T has any role in approving applications that appear in the App store generally, Apple says it alone decides which apps make it into the store. However, "..There is a provision in Apple's agreement with AT&T that obligates Apple not to include functionality in any Apple...

By Peter Burrows Apple works with network providers around the world so that iPhone users have access to a cellular network. In the United States, we struck a groundbreaking deal with AT&T in 2006 that gives Apple the freedom to decide which software to make available for the iPhone. This was an industr...

By Nilay Patel Filed under: Handsets, ATT, Apple AT&T, Apple and Google respond to the FCC over Google Voice and the iPhone App Store originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

By Nilay Patel Continue reading AT&T, Apple and Google respond to the FCC over Google Voice and the iPhone App Store AT&T, Apple and Google respond to the FCC over Google Voice and the iPhone App Store originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of...

By John Herrman AT&T and Apple agreed that Apple would not take affirmative steps to enable an iPhone to use AT&T's wireless service (including 2G, 3G and Wi-Fi) to make VoIP calls without first obtaining AT&T's consent. AT&T and Apple also agreed, however, that if a third party enable...

By Trent Wolbe Producer: Trent Wolbe Song: Ruby Soho Hear the podcast 00:02:20 - FCC queries AT&T, Apple on Google Voice iPhone app rejection 00:03:10 - Google's Eric Schmidt resigns from Apple board over "conflict of interest" 00:12:40 - Phil Schiller says Apple didn't censor a dictionary.

By Mel Martin One wonders about the deteriorating state of friendship between Apple and AT&T. Recently, AT&T hinted that they don't expect to be the exclusive iPhone distributor forever, and Apple certainly held them up to a bit of ridicule at the June developer conference on MMS and tetheri...

By Joachim Bean Earlier today, the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) sent out letters to Apple, AT&T and Google, readable here [FCC's letter to Apple, to AT&T & to Google] asking each company about its involvement in the Google Voice app rejections. The agency is asking Apple to exp...

By Erica Sadun When it comes to "duplicate functionality", Apple doesn't seem to have any problem allowing applications like AT&T co-branded Virtual Recptionist (iTunes link) in App Store. Virtual Receptionist provides custom call forwarding to three phone numbers, in a similar manner to Goo...

By Chris Rawson While TechCrunch doesn't offer any definitive proof that AT&T is behind the Google Voice blockage, they do cite GV Mobile developer Sean Kovacs' point that Phil Schiller himself, who you may remember from Apple events like Macworld '09 and WWDC, personally approved the GV Mobile a...

With the release of the iPhone 3GS, AT&T has clarified and changed some of the most confusing policies around which existing customers qualify for the cheapest upgrade prices. Many existing iPhone 3G customers can now pay $199 or $299 (16 GB or 32 GB) for a new iPhone 3GS - the same as a ne...

By John C Abell UPDATE: Apple COO Tim Cook expressed confidence in AT&T and says that Apple plans to stick with AT&T as the exclusive iPhone carrier in the U.S. He said the company has no plans to work with Verizon, thanks to that carrier's reliance on the CDMA cellular standard (the iPhone uses the...

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By sam mcloughln moblogging from my iPhone] [From Hans] This is quite amusing and thanks to the wonderful Hans for dropping me a quick note about it and it seems that AT&T have informed their employee's no vacations in light of the upcoming 3G iPhone. "According to...

By willpark Just like he promised, George Hotz over at iPhone JTAG has released the tutorial for his hardware unlock hack to free the iPhone from the evil grip of AT&T. But, in a surprise move, geohot went live with the instructions ahead of ...

Only Apple knows how many iPhones are going to be delivered to each store, but based on various numbers we've heard, here is our best guess. First, there are approximately 1800 AT&T Stores, and 164 Apple retail stores nationwide. Appl...

Appleinsider reports that American Technology analyst Shaw Wu believes that Apple and AT&T are considering offering a $50-$150 rebate or subsidy on the upcoming Apple iPhone. We are hearing rebates of $50-150 that will be offered by ...