AT&T’s long-held complaint about its lack of spectrum is about to end. The FCC just approved AT&T’s plan to purchase a portion of the 700 MHz spectrum from Qualcomm, along with fairly light regulations.
. AT&T cited concern about its lack of spectrum – a
of theirs and one of the major reasons they claimed they wanted to acquire T-Mobile.
It appears, however, that they’ve gotten a reprieve. The FCC re-examined AT&T’s purchase of Qualcomm’s spectrum (more…)

This app is a DOSbox based open source DOS emulator, which offers support for keyboard, mouse and even multiple screen modes. iDos works equally well on the 4th iPod Touch 4G at 960*640 resolution! It had a brief stay at the App Store before being officially booted out. The reason for the removal is still not clear.
In the time which the app was available, some lucky users who managed to download it, have been testing out various retro DOS games (more…)

That said, Apple has been facing constant criticism because of its draconian App Approval process. It was justrecentlythat they seem to have
to the App Store.
This also seems to be a classic example of how one can “get around” the App Store approval process. In case of IS Drive, it’s creator Derek Kepner described the app to be a tool that can be used to manage Imageshacks Bit Torrent services. To be more precise, he has projected it as more (more…)

Tabs allow for multitasking with several web pages.
Speed dial gets you to your favorite websites with a single tap.
An address field with auto-complete so you type less.
Bookmarks can be easily managed and accessed.
Opera claims that it offers lightening fast and cost effective web browsing experience on the iPhone as it compresses data by 90% before sending it to the iPhone .
as it duplicates the functionality of iPhone ’s Safari browser. (more…)

Opera Mini for iPhone will include all the standard features that users have come to expect from Opera's browser. This includes speed dialing, tabbed browsing and password management tools. However, one area where Opera could tend to beat iPhone 's native Safari web browser hands down is in the page loading time. Thanks to the compression technology that Opera employs while sending and receiving data, the page loading time on the Opera Mini (more…)

In the statement, AT&T wrote:
“Since mid-December 2009, AT&T has been testing the app and has recently notified Sling Media — as well as Apple — that the optimized app can run on its 3G network”
Back then, AT&T dismissed SlingPlayer Mobile as a bandwidth hungry application that ”
could create congestion and potentially prevent other customers from using the network.
Following this, Sling Media raised a complaint with the FCC accusing AT&T (more…)

The approval presumably follows AT&T's recent change in stance with regard to VOIP applications that run over their 3G network. Earlier this month, we had written about this
after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) questioned AT&T's role in the app approval procedure at Apple .
Unlike Skype and most other VoIP applications, Rebtel is however not a conventional 'VoIP over 3G' application. Instead, the application generates (more…)

Here are some of the significant features of the iPhone app version of Rockband.
You may choose to play vocals, drums, bass or guitar in three levels of difficulty : Easy, Medium and Hard
.
Up to four players can connect via bluetooth to play in the multiplayer mode. You may also invite Facebook friends via Facebook Connect.
The iPhone app comes loaded with twenty tracks. Five of these are unlocked using the World Tour mode. You may also purchase (more…)

According to the prevailing accounting restrictions, Apple was forced to use a “subscription accounting” principle which required the sale of devices which are part hardware and part software, like the iPhones, to be spread over two years. This meant that for every sale of an iPhone , Apple could only recognize 12.5% of the value of the device at the point of sale. This was extremely confusing to the investors who saw depressed reporting of the earnings.
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, called 0870 lets users find alternate numbers to the 08* numbers that are used by financial service providers, government organizations,etc. These 08* numbers are charged 35p per minute over the normal calling charge that the callers have to pay while calling other normal landline numbers that start with 01 or 02. The 0870 app simply made the process of finding a cheaper alternate contact number a bit easier. However, under coercion from O2, the (more…)