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AT&T wi-fi use up 30% in second quarter
Macworld reports: Users are piling on to AT&T’s public Wi-Fi hotspots, racking up more than 68 million connections in the second quarter, AT&T says. The tally of 68.1 million connections, through phones and other devices, was more than four times the number just a year earlier, when AT&T logged 15 million connections in the second quarter of [...]
Continue reading...“iPhone users love AT&T”
Friday, July 23, 2010
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That’s the key finding in a survey released this week by Yankee Group, which reports that 73% of iPhone users are very satisfied with AT&T’s service. That rating compares favorably to how non-iPhone smartphone users feel about AT&T, and even to how non-iPhone users feel about other wireless providers. via CNN
Continue reading...AT&T activates 3.2 million iPhones in last quarter
Thursday, July 22, 2010
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AT&T announced this morning that they activated 3.2 million iPhones during the last quarter, a new company record. Approximately 27% of these activations were for customers brand new to AT&T. By way of comparison, it wasn’t uncommon in previous quarters to see up to 40% of iPhone activations attributable to new AT&T customers. Either way, the [...]
Continue reading...“We’re Apple. We don’t wear suits. We don’t even own suits.”
Monday, July 19, 2010
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An absolutely fascinating piece from Fred Vogelstein at Wired detailing the tumultuous relationship between Apple and AT&T. Apparently Ma Bell even took umbrage with the wardrobe of Apple’s executive team. When an AT&T representative suggested to one of Jobs’ deputies that the Apple CEO wear a suit to meet with AT&T’s board of directors, he was told, “We’re [...]
Continue reading...Judge grants class action status to AT&T/Apple iPhone monopoly suit
Monday, July 12, 2010
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I wonder if there’s been any product that’s been the focus of so many frivolous lawsuits as the iPhone has. In the latest example reflecting the overwhelmingly litigious nature of our society, Judge James Ware of the U.S District court for the Northern District of California recently granted class-action status to plaintiffs who accuse Apple [...]
Continue reading...AT&T attributes crippled upload speeds to newly discovered software flaw
Thursday, July 8, 2010
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Recently we noted that a number of iPhone 4 users have seen their upload speeds fall all the way down to 100 kbps. At first, some speculated that AT&T was up to its old tricks while others assumed that the problem, which began to take shape over the weekend, was merely the result of increased [...]
Continue reading...Is AT&T putting the kibosh on high iPhone 4 upload speeds? Probably not
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
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MacRumors reports: In a rapidly-growing thread started in our forums over the weekend, iPhone 4 users from a number of locations around the United States have been reporting significant drops in data upload speeds on AT&T’s 3G network. As noted by Gizmodo, many of these users are seeing upload speeds maxing out at only 100 kbps, [...]
Continue reading...Unless you pre-ordered, AT&T stores won’t have iPhones until June 29
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
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AT&T issued a statement yesterday indicating that unless you pre-ordered the iPhone 4, you won’t be able to walk in and pick up the device off the street until Tuesday, June 29. AT&T is on-track to deliver iPhone 4 to customers who preordered the device on June 15. We look forward to offering iPhone 4 to all other customers [...]
Continue reading...AT&T and Apple are canceling some iPhone pre-orders - Report
Sunday, June 20, 2010
When iPhone pre-orders opened up last week, both AT&T and Apple found themselves unable to keep up with the unexpected volume of demand. It wasn’t long before both companies exhausted their pre-order supply of iPhones, with AT&T ceasing pre-orders altogether. When you factor in a rash of user complaints such as multiple credit card charges [...]
Continue reading...AT&T suspends iPhone 4 pre-orders citing unprecedented demand
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
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AT&T’s servers yesterday buckled under the pressure of immense iPhone pre-orders that far exceeded any one’s expectations. By early afternoon, AT&T had already exhausted its supply of pre-order iPhones, and subsequently pushed back the shipping date for iPhone pre-orders to July 2.
Continue reading...Today was busiest online sales day in AT&T history; AT&T sold out of iPhone 4 pre-order allotment
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
If today’s chaos surrounding iPhone 4 pre-orders is any indication, launch day is going to be absolutely insane. From the get go, both Apple and AT&T found themselves unable to cope with booming iPhone 4 demand, and there were even reports that AT&T’s internal processing system couldn’t keep up with the orders rolling in. Some [...]
Continue reading...iPhone 4 pre-orders bog down AT&T and Apple
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
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In a scene we’ve come to expect, demand for iPhone pre-orders have left AT&T and Apple struggling to keep up with surging demand. A number of users are experiencing unending difficulties in having their orders processed both via Apple’s online store and AT&T’s website. BGR even reported that AT&T’s internal system was unable to keep [...]
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Monday, July 26, 2010
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