AT&T Mobility CED, Ralph De La Vega, has recently announced the arrival of the tethering plans for the iPhone. We all knew that AT&T has been working with Apple to bring an official tethering plan to iPhone customers, but no previous details have been leaked.
AT&T has always done their best to bring customers what they want in a cellular service, iPhone owners have been asking for a tethering plan for over a year not but AT&T could not deliver because of the network. Ralph De La Vega said, “Regardless of how many billions of dollars AT&T pours into their 3G network, it hasn’t been stable enough to handle all you iPhone users,” AT&T is simply worried as to how well the network will hold up to millions of users all jumping on at one time.
They have never has such an issue because there has never been such a huge rush in data use in their history. There is still no word on an official launch date. Here are the details on the iPhone tethering plans:
5GB Data Cap (just like Blackberry users) - AT&T will automatically turn off your tethering connection if you use too much bandwidth. Of note, the 5GB cap might get sliced for all users, not just iPhone users, in order to accommodate all new tethering plan customers (bandwidth demand).
Initial connection through iTunes? (not sure if this is every time you connect, or just for initial setup)
You’ll want to disable auto-updates for everything, so as to not go over usage limitations.
Will be +$30/month, new iPhone plans may be rolled out with tethering rolled in. Do not pro-rate tethering/bandwidth, it can become a nightmare, instead wait until new billing cycle.
For unlimited bandwidth, AT&T will tell you to get a wireless PC card.
No idea on a launch date.
At least they are developing this with Apple, so hopefully, this update will come in the form of a downloadable app from iTunes that will then be rolled out globally. [via macblogz]
Clearly this is an app for those of you who have Jailbroken your iPhone, but the great news is, now you can torrent directly from your iPhone (probably best to do that in a wifi zone!) and then play the downloaded files direct in the dTunes player.
Well worth checking out if you love TV shows and movies and download using torrent software usually on your Mac or PC.
AT&T have finally launched their free Wi-Fi that was promised oh so long ago.
Simply head in to any participating Wi-Fi hotspot (for example Starbucks) and connect to the Wi-Fi as you usually would.
Fire up safari, and you’ll be asked to enter your mobile number, this will then trigger a text message from AT&T telling you that you’ve got 24 hours of access until your cookie expires. Our guess is that they are logging your MAC address or mobile number which needs renewing every 24 hours to monitor usage even though they offer ‘unlimited’ usage.
Either way, its a great way to stay connected when you are in the city, without using up your data bundle. It comes not a moment too soon either, especially with the onset of Over the Air Podcast downloads coming in iPhone 2.2.
As time goes on, everyone we speak to, complains at how bad the iPhone camera is. We tend to just agree and nod, and all hope for a brighter day when Apple actually make the camera half decent.
With the release of the iPhone 3G, we’ve seen that Apple clearly are not so bothered about creating any form of killer phone, but rather one that just ‘looks’ nice, and actually doesn’t do anything special. Whilst we are fanboys here at iPhoneUserGuide, we do think the iPhone 3G is possibly one of the worst 2nd gen devices Apple have ever released.
In this review we look at the Camera on the iPhone (2 megapixel) which is possibly one of the most expensive phones on the market, compared with a standard Sony Ericsson Cybershot K810i (3.2 megapixel) and a Nokia 6110 Navigator (2 megapixel). BOTH mobile phones are at least 18 months old, and are Nokia and Sony Ericsson’s ‘average’ phones of 2006/2007…
The iPhone headphone socket has a little contact switch inside it that tells the iPhone to switch from external audio to headphones audio when plugged in. Sometimes this can get some dust or fluff underneath the contact and the iPhone or iPhone 3G can get jammed in headphones mode.
To cure this, one suggestion from Apple Technicians is to insert and retract the headphone jack a few times to dislodge the dust or fluff and clear the contacts in the iPhone.
Be gentle, you don’t want to break your iPhone or Headphones.
DISCLAIMER: We accept no responsibility if your big strong hands break your iPhone in the process.
Seeing as Apple have NOT delivered on their September delivery date of persistant connection within applications, some clever developers have taken things in to their own hands.
Now you can keep multiple applications open with the aid of BACKGROUNDER.
Simply hold down the HOME key when inside the chosen app, and it will switch back to the Springboard whilst keeping open the previous application.
Ironically, this only works with Official apps from the App Store, even though it itself is an app that requires a jailbroken iPhone.
Get the app from Cydia today. It’ll kill your battery, but its very useful!
jamesisbored.com have created a nice font and a quick method to change your entire system font on your iPhone, the process requires a jailbroken iPhone but is very simple.
The iPhone headphone socket has a little contact switch inside it that tells the iPhone to switch from external audio to headphones audio when plugged in. Sometimes this can get some dust or fluff underneath the contact and the iPhone or iPhone 3G can get jammed in headphones mode.
To cure this, one suggestion from Apple Technicians is to insert and retract the headphone jack a few times to dislodge the dust or fluff and clear the contacts in the iPhone.
Be gentle, you don’t want to break your iPhone or Headphones.
DISCLAIMER: We accept no responsibility if your big strong hands break your iPhone in the process.
Independent developer Bas Tossings has released a charming new iPhone game called Loopy Laboratory. While it’s not entirely perfect, after playing too many half-finished games and glorified tech demos, it was refreshing to finally see a game with some depth and character. One iTunes reviewer has described this as a remake of Chip’s Challenge/Tile World which it does seem to resemble though the developer says he was inspired by a number of older puzzle games which came together for this project.
The gameplay video shows a few of the early levels (3, 6, 7) and a later level (31). Note that the conveyor belt does not video tape well (grey moving walkway). [toucharcade]
Black Mamba Racer is a $3.99 2D overhead racer in which you skid and slide your way around 25 racing mission across 9 different tracks. While the graphics may look primitive, the gameplay is surprisingly fun and challenging. iTunes App Store
14. November 2008
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