8 posts and columns on iPhone OS

AT&T Tethering Option Spotted in Latest iPhone Beta

in Mobile on May 19, 2010 at 6:00 am PT

It has been nearly a year since Apple announced Internet tethering for the iPhone and it now seems that AT&T may finally be ready to support it. Apple last night released a new beta of the iPhone 4.0 OS that features a “set up tethering” option in the Network Settings menu.

Smart Phones: Will There Be More Than Two Mobile Platforms?

in News on May 18, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

Right now, the smart phone landscape seems completely cluttered with software platforms: IPhone OS, Android, Windows, Symbian, Maemo, BlackBerry OS, WebOS and a number of others. But that’s not likely to be the case forever. Some of the players will end up being exposed as pretenders.

A Possible Apple Antitrust Inquiry? Nothing to See Here…

in Mobile on May 3, 2010 at 10:20 am PT

Recent changes to Apple’s iPhone developer agreement, specifically those prohibiting the use of cross-compilers like Adobe’s Packager for iPhone, may result in some unwanted regulatory scrutiny for Apple. The New York Post claims the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission are considering an inquiry to determine whether Apple is unfairly controlling development of iPhone and iPad apps.

Palm Pay Developers to Write Apps for webOS? “Rubbish.”

in News on September 17, 2009 at 9:46 am PT

Lots of jawing yesterday over reports that Palm is paying developers to bring their mobile apps to the webOS platform. An interesting claim–were it true. But according to multiple sources, it’s not.
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AT&T Does Not Manage or Approve Apps for the App Store (Though We May Bitch About the Ones We Dislike)

in News on August 3, 2009 at 4:30 am PT

AT&T has replied to a Federal Communications Commission letter of inquiry into the role it played in the rejection of a number of third-party Google Voice apps and Google’s official GV client from Apple’s iTunes App Store. The gist of the reply: Don’t look at us.
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AT&T Does Not Manage or Approve Apps for the App Store (Though We May Bitch About the Ones We Dislike)

in News on August 3, 2009 at 4:30 am PT

AT&T has replied to a Federal Communications Commission letter of inquiry into the role it played in the rejection of a number of third-party Google Voice apps and Google’s official GV client from Apple’s iTunes App Store. The gist of the reply: Don’t look at us.
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Beatles, Apps More Popular Than Jesus

in News on July 20, 2009 at 7:50 am PT

The mobile application market is clearly a large and growing one, but will it someday be “as big as the Internet”? According to independent app store GetJar, it will. In an interview with BBC News, GetJar CEO Ilja Laurs said the next decade will see such massive growth in the market that apps will rival the Web in popularity.
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