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Developer locates data speed-throttling code in iOS for AT&T, Verizon and Sprint devices

You might not like this. Per Joseph Brown’s iTweakiOS and Cult of Mac, specialized code exists on iPhones and iPads operating on Verizon, AT&T and Sprint, which limits the devices’ network settings to effectively caps data bandwidth. Brown took snapshots of the iOS code managing the three carriers’ network settings as applied to an iPhone […]

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Rumor: Apple to release official 4G-capable iPhone in 2012

When the iPhone 4S was released recently, one of the major complaints was that the unit lacked an official 4G function. This may be resolved next year when Apple is “expected to join the LTE club,” according to sources who spoke with DigiTimes. Apple’s entrance into the 4G LTE smartphone market is expected to come […]

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iPhone 3GS

iPhone 3GS Upload Speeds Peak at 384 Kbps

The cat may be out of the bag as a recent Macworld article points out that while Apple’s recently-released iPhone 3GS is capable of much faster download speeds than the previous generations, its upload speeds could stand to see some improvement. While the handset boasts a 7.2 Mbps HSDPA downstream, which is twice the iPhone […]

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iPhone 3GS

iPhone 3G S Earns FCC Approval

With Apple’s announcement of the iPhone 3G S handset yesterday, the FCC has released the full approval of the handheld, including hundreds of pages of specific absorption rate plots for GSM, UMTS / HSDPA, WiFi, and Bluetooth in both 16 and 32GB flavors of the iPhone 3G S. The story comes via Engadget and though […]

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Nokia N95 – A Mac User’s Perspective

iPhone SchmiPhone Having recently sold my iMac G5 I can now say my MacBook Pro has truly become my desktop replacement. That said, I often don‚Äôt want to lug the silver slap around town but would still like to surf, email and keep in touch with all my elife. As a Euro user iPhone is […]