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FCC comes through with a Consumer Broadband Test app for iPhone

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FCC comes through with a Consumer Broadband Test app for iPhone


We talk about the FCC a lot here, but usually the ways ye olde Commission affects our lives are indirect. A little extra spectrum here, a nice leaked image there, that kind of thing. Not this time, though, as the FCC is getting involved directly with its own Consumer Broadband Test app, designed to probe network latencies and download speeds on your home connection or mobile device. Part of the hallowed National Broadband Plan, this will furnish the FCC will useful data to show the Read the full story

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SlingPlayer Mobile v1.2 enables 3G streaming on the iPhone

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SlingPlayer Mobile v1.2 enables 3G streaming on the iPhone


We knew this was coming, and sure enough, Sling hasn’t kept us waiting for long. Our beloved readers have inundated our tip jar with the news that the 3G-enabled flavor of SlingPlayer Mobile is now live on the App Store, and from what we’re hearing works very well. The placeshifting app will set you back just under $30, but will allow you to finally take your cable, satellite or PVR content on the move with you. We say finally, 3G streaming has been available on other phones for a Read the full story

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AT&T Approves SlingPlayer Mobile App for 3G

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AT&T Approves SlingPlayer Mobile App for 3G


AT&T today announced that its 3G mobile broadband network will support Sling Media, Inc.’s SlingPlayer Mobile app.

Sling Media revised its wireless app to make efficient use of 3G network bandwidth – and to conserve the finite wireless spectrum available to the wireless industry. Since mid December 2009, AT&T has been testing the app and has recently notified Sling Media — as well as Apple – that the optimized app can run on its 3G network. The SlingPlayer Mobile app already is available for use today on AT&T’s Wi-Fi network, the nation’s largest with more than 20,000 hotspots.

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Fring for iPhone now lets you call with Skype over 3G

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Fring for iPhone now lets you call with Skype over 3G


Now that the iPhone SDK seems to allow for 3G VoIP, it looks like the floodgates are beginning to open. Joining the ranks of iCall in this somewhat uncharted territory is Fring. Same deal as the previous one, the ability is already inherent in the current build, and now that the restriction has been lifted, users can simply place calls as they usually do through the service — yes, that includes Skype calls — only now not tethered to the nearest 802.11 cloud. As for the native Skype app, last we Read the full story

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EyeTV iPhone app granted 3G streamability, App Store’s WiFi-only club hemorrhaging members

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EyeTV iPhone app granted 3G streamability, App Store’s WiFi-only club hemorrhaging members


Happy day, iPhoners; your days of living life one hotspot at a time are over. You can now use that data plan for all its worth as more and more apps break through the WiFi-only iron curtain. Last week it wasUstream, the week before Knocking, and now EyeTV has released an updated app able to stream your own personal TV broadcast to your iPhone wherever you are. Assuming, of course, you’re not situated within

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Verizon takes another swing at AT&T, puts iPhone on the Island of Misfit Toys

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Verizon takes another swing at AT&T, puts iPhone on the Island of Misfit Toys


AT&T might be suing Verizon for misrepresenting its network in ads, but that doesn’t seem to have dissuaded Big Red from using that same map image in this new spot, which casts the iPhone away to the Island of Misfit Toys. Hard to argue with the premise, but here’s the real question: why not just sack up use a real iPhone, instead of this KIRF piece? Check the ad after the break.

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