Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on May 4, 2011 at 6:00 pm PT
Walt answers a reader’s question on using a smartphone’s hot spot to replace an Internet service.
Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on March 23, 2011 at 6:19 pm PT
Verizon’s ThunderBolt 4G cellphone is a speed demon, zipping past rival 4G phones’ cellular-data speeds and even past many home land-line Internet connections.
Ina Fried in Mobile on March 23, 2011 at 4:00 am PT
In the past, Boingo’s software pointed people only to its paid Wi-Fi hotspots. A new release, though, will show free locations as well.
Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on March 16, 2011 at 6:23 pm PT
Walt answers readers’ questions on the iPad 2, the iPhone’s hot spot and virtual keyboards.
Ina Fried in Mobile on March 10, 2011 at 6:50 am PT
As expected, one will be able to find the iPad 2 in AT&T stores starting on Friday.
AT&T will also start offering iPhone 4 customers a personal hotspot option for $20 extra per month, including 2 GB of additional data.
Ina Fried in Mobile on March 9, 2011 at 10:17 am PT
Cupertino issues the OS update ahead of its original plan, which would have had it out on Friday.
The update brings faster Web browsing and improved media streaming to the iPad and recent iPhone and iPod Touch models. For iPhone 4 users, it will also add the ability to act as a portable hotspot–a feature already present on Verizon models.
Ina Fried in Mobile on March 2, 2011 at 10:38 am PT
In addition to showing off the iPad 2, Apple also detailed a new update to the operating system that powers the tablet, as well as the iPhone and iPod Touch.
Among its new features are FaceTime video chat, better JavaScript, new camera apps and support for the personal hotspot feature that had been limited to the Verizon iPhone
Ina Fried in Mobile on February 3, 2011 at 3:00 am PT
As Verizon starts taking iPhone orders, AT&T is doing all it can to stem defections, introducing cheaper data rate plans, hinting at a coming Wi-Fi hotspot option and trying to remind customers of the selling points of its iPhone versus the new competitor’s.
The question now is whether customers will accept AT&T’s message or hit the ignore button.
News Byte
Voices in News on February 2, 2011 at 1:10 pm PT
With the release of the HTC Inspire 4G on Feb. 13,
AT&T will be adding hotspot support, allowing multiple devices to connect via the phone, and will add an extra 2GB of data access at no extra charge to customers who pay $20 a month for the smartphone tethering plan. The combined AT&T Data Pro plan plus hotspot ability will provide 4GB of data for $45 per month. Word from company is that hotspotting will be available for the iPhone as well.
Ina Fried in Mobile on January 25, 2011 at 7:45 am PT
The carrier reports numbers that were just shy of what analysts were projecting, but talk quickly turned to the future–a future that finally includes the iPhone.
