Wireless carriers are quietly hiking the prices customers pay for their mobile phone service. Three of the four major networks raised their rates or scrapped discount deals this month — and Verizon Wireless is staying oddly silent about the terms of the data plans it will offer iPhone customers when it begins selling the phone [...]
The issue of the health of Apple Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs has come up again, an issue that investors and its fans don’t want to think about. This time, Apple (AAPL 348.48, +2.80, +0.81%) gets some kudos for telling investors, employees, customers and everyone else who obsesses over the company, that Jobs is taking [...]
Winners and losers: What a Verizon iPhone means for consumers, companies Verizon Wireless would seem to be a big winner after its expected announcement Tuesday that it will start selling the iPhone and break Apple Inc.’s monogamous relationship with AT&T Inc. in the U.S. But for several reasons, the iPhone’s arrival to Verizon would be [...]
Verizon Wireless has been beefing up its network and believes it will have no problem handling iPhone-type loads, a claim that could be put to the test this year if the carrier signs up millions of subscribers using the Apple Inc. device. Verizon Wireless, the country’s largest wireless carrier, is confident enough in its network [...]
Here’s more evidence — as if we needed it — that Apple (AAPL) is building an iPhone for Verizon (VZ). PocketNow’s Evan Blass has discovered that Verizon Trademark Services LLC, the company that owns verizon.com and verizonwireless.com, now also owns iphoneonverizon.com and iphoneforverizon.com. In an item posted Saturday, Blass writes that the sites were once [...]
If you’re shopping for one, USA Today offers information and advice for you to consider. First, you’ll want to see what’s available from your preferred carrier, says analyst Michael Gartenberg at researcher Interpret. Then decide what features are important – do you want a touch-screen? And prioritize what you’ll use the device for – e-mail, [...]
Bogus reviews have landed Chinese iPhone app developer Molinker in deep trouble, resulting in all 1000-plus of its apps being removed and banned from the App Store. This is great news for consumers who are tired of downloading subpar apps based on inflated reviews, and bad news for companies looking to shill their products with [...]
After a little nudge from the FCC, the company has reversed its ban on VOIP apps on its data network, and will now allow iPhone users to connect with Skype and other Internet phone services over its 3G wireless network. Previously, AT&T had allowed such services in only a limited capacity. AT&T wireless head Ralph [...]
