Email More Currently Verizon customers can only use 3G data when not engaged in a phone call. But because the iPhone 5 uses LTE, a completely different technology, you’ll be able to speak and surf simultaneously, as addressed in this tweet from Verizon Support. Twitter Recommended For You Please follow SAI: Tools on...
Some of the speakers at today’s Techonomy Detroit conference talked about how entrepreneurship and technology can help Detroit diversify its economy beyond automobile manufacturing. But that doesn’t mean we have to give up on the car companies. Ford, for example, seems to be in the middle of a reinvention. At the conference, I had...
ATT has issued a press release today that indicates you’ll be able to keep your old grandfathered-in unlimited data plan on your new iPhone 5 even if you upgrade using its subsidized pricing, as pointed out by Matt Buchanan on Twitter. ATT’s Ralph de la Vega had this to say about the iPhone 5...
Fresh on the heels of its massive $68 million Series C round, social product design startup Quirky is out with a pair of new announcements — Apple-related, of course, given the day. The New York-based company said it’s launching its first product vertical specifically around Apple. Quirky also said it will team up with...
This week, at long last, the Federal Communications Commission explained in court why telco criticisms of its Net neutrality regulations are “baseless.” Nonetheless, it has become crystal clear that the FCC’s rules against online discrimination – perhaps the signature technology policy move of Barack Obama’s presidency – are in the industry’s crosshairs. The Net neutrality regulations adopted...
No one told Microsoft that today was Apple’s press cycle. That in mind, while TNW was thrashing out every critical ounce from Cupertino’s event, its Redmond-based competitor knocked out a number of important announcements. Allow us to catch you up. Windows Phone’s Marketplace Marketplace no more, my friends. As TNW suspected, the Windows Phone...
Alongside the freshly redesigned iPhone 5, Apple formally launched the newest version of its mobile operating system this morning. iOS 6 will ship pre-installed on the iPhone 5 starting September 21, but existing customers can download it from Apple two days earlier. Scott Forstall took to the stage at the Moscone Center and outlined some...
Today Apple announced the iPhone 5 to much fanfare but little surprise. For a company renowned for secrecy, the newest iteration of the iPhone didn’t keep many secrets. Are we witnessing the end of the era of Apple stealth? While Apple’s iPhone 5 launch was no 2010-level meltdown, it left little to the imagination. The company...
The wait is over. Apple announced its newest iPhone today at an event in San Francisco and, as rumored, it is indeed larger than its predecessors, runs 4G LTE, and has a bigger, better display. After months of speculation and a litany of leaks, the new device is indeed called the iPhone 5 and...
With Apple expected to release the iPhone 5. in September, fans are wondering what they can get for their current iPhones. Here’s a guide. Of course those with an iPhone 4S, which debuted last October, will reap far more for their devices than older versions, which will take the sting out of the penalty for breaking...