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📅 June 5, 2009

AT&T Displaying 32 GB iPhone AND Price

Information about the upcoming 32 GB iPhone and price leaked by a anonymous tipster from AT&T

First T-Mobile Austria and then AT&T “accidently” posted a 32GB iPhone on their websites. But there were no prices available nor pictures of the new devices. Now, an anonymous tipster from AT&T has leaked some rather interesting information.  This tip is interesting for a couple reasons.  First, AT&T has a site for their customers to trade in their cell phones specifically to upgrade to a BlackBerry – the BlackBerry Bold Trade Up Program.  Just select the phone you want to trade in, the BlackBerry model you want from AT&T’s inventory, and you get some real value for your current phone toward the purchase of a shiny new BlackBerry.

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📅 April 4, 2009

FCC to Investigate AT&T and Apple Over Skype Blockage

Federal Communications Commission will investigate AT&T and Apple for Skype Blockage in Europe and US

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The Skype vs. Telcos situation is rapidly coming to a head, both in Europe and now in the US. The Wall St. Journal reports:

The open-Internet advocacy group Free Press asked the Federal Communications Commission Friday to investigate whether Apple Inc. and AT&T Inc. are violating federal rules by blocking the use of a new low-cost Skype voice service on Apple iPhones that use AT&T’s 3G network…

Wireless providers, such as Clearwire Corp., have successfully argued they should be able to prevent customers from using some bandwidth-hogging Internet services, like file-sharing, because their wireless networks have capacity issues.

But does Apple really care?Perhaps they won’t be able to get the kind of subsidy money from AT&T that they currently enjoy? If no one wants to pay $50 month for voice when they can get the same service from Skype for about a tenth of the price, AT&T is going to lose some revenue. But that is the lone downside. There are many upsides.

📅 July 2, 2008

AT&T : original iPhones can be deactivated and used as WiFi iPods

Original iPhone owners who prefer not to give away or sell their old iPhones after upgrading to an iPhone 3G can instead keep their devices and use them as WiFi-enabled iPods, AT&T has confirmed.

The exclusive US provider for the Apple handset issued a series of documents and videos this week instructing existing iPhone owners on the steps necessary to hand down their old phones to family members or friends after purchasing a new 3G model.

Although that’s the route AT&T prefers, as it generates high margin service revenues for each additional iPhone on its network, it’s not the only option owners have.

A spokesperson for the carrier confirmed to AppleInsider that neither AT&T nor Apple will prevent de-activated first-generation iPhones for serving as surrogate iPod touches.

“If the [original] device is not re-activated as a wireless phone after you’ve upgraded to iPhone 3G, it will still work as an iTunes player and can access Wi-Fi,” the spokesperson said.

That means old iPhones can still surf the web, check email, and browse the mobile iTunes store when connected to WiFi. Additionally, they’ll be able to function as a handheld gaming device and widescreen video iPod with calendar and photo functions.

It’s recommended that owners who take this approach upgrade their original iPhones with iPhone Software v2.0 (which includes the App Store) on July 11th prior to de-activating the devices, as it’s unclear whether upgrades to non-active handsets will be possible.

By Slash Lane