AT&T and its FaceTime policies have always been something interesting to pay attention to. Most other companies, such as Verizon, have allowed FaceTime over cellular (for supported devices of course) since iOS 6 was launched. Then there is AT&T, who has slowly been allowing more and more customers to access the feature. However, this is all about to…
Apple has just released iOS 6.1.4, bringing a speakerphone audio update to the iPhone 5. The update is only available on the CDMA and GSM versions of the iPhone 5 as far as we know. Weighing in at 11.5mb and professing just one change, this isn’t the biggest update ever. However, its interesting that it doesn’t include the expected VPN changes that…
A lot has happened in the mobile world over the past seven years. The smartphone has risen to supremacy, tablet computers have become seriously popular and mobile connectivity has improved massively. Obviously this has had a dramatic effect on the fortunes of the mobile world, which is where ComScore comes in. The analytics firm has made a graphic…
Contrary to popular belief, Apple isn’t the only one doing the suing in this mess of patent infringement lawsuits that have been flying around for years now. In fact, a company owned by both Sony and Philips, Intertrust Technologies Corporation, has just made the announcement that it is suing our favorite Cupertino company over, you guessed it, infringing…
Music streaming big shot Spotify has today revealed its newest data, showing that the service now has a mammoth 24 million users, up around 4 million from its last stats which were announced only three months ago. The service’s figures also show that over a quarter of its users pay a subscription, meaning the ratio of paying users to free users is about the…
A lot of people were upset with the announcement of the iPad 4th generation alongside the iPad mini launch, including myself. The iPad 3rd generation had launched just early that year, and there wasn’t even that big of a change, no change externally other than the Lightning port. Internally, only slightly boosted specs. So why be upset?…
A new report out today has some information that, quite frankly, shouldn’t be surprising. According to Gartner, over half of all mobile device sold in 2012 were shipped by Apple and Samsung combined. Taking 52% of mobile device, both the companies saw rises in market share year-over-year. In terms of total mobile phone sales, Samsung took…
If you were one of the people waiting for the evasi0n jailbreak to launch at noon EST, then you were most definitely not alone. Just how many were downloading the program? Well, within the first 10 minutes there were over 100,000 downloads. That’s right, over 100,000 downloads, and it quickly rose after that. If you have yet to do so, and want…
Are international growth of iPhones slowing? A new report out of AllThingsD is saying so. According to the report, while growth of the iPhone internationally was up 35% this year, that is insignificant compared to the 110.5% growth of Q1 last year. According to the analyst, Tavis McCourt, of Raymond James, international iPhone sales could see a cut by…
AT&T users, some more of you are about to get FaceTime over Cellular capabilities. It is now opening up the feature to all tiered data plans. It will be available on all compatible FaceTime over Cellular devices, including the iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPad, and the most recent addition, the iPad mini. However, just as before, those of you holding tight…
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