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AT&T Blocking Out June 15-July 12 for 3G iPhone Launch?

May 7, 2008 in Apple by Tony Steidler-Dennison | No comments

(Via Mac Rumors.)

Last year, AT&T limited employee vacation requests between June 15-July 15 in anticipation of the original iPhone launch which took place on June 29th, 2007.

Today, Boy Genius Report publishes another AT&T memo that is again restricting vacation requests, this time between June 15th and July 12th 2008. The reason for the restriction is “to ensure adequate store staffing and to give everyone an equal opportunity to benefit from an exciting product launch.” AT&T expects “heavier than normal customer traffic” in their stores due to an “exciting Summer Promotional Launch”.

Of course, speculation points to Apple launching their new 3G iPhone during that time. The timeframe is consistent with a previous report that claimed that Apple was targeting “on or around June 27th” to approximately coincide with the one year anniversary of the iPhone launch. Meanwhile, the NYTimes believes that the European launch for the 3G iPhone will be “by the August summer holidays” according to a person close to the situation.

Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference takes place between June 9-13th in San Francisco, and could serve as the launching ground for the next generation iPhone.

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Starbucks moves to AT&T hot spots and away from T-Mobile

February 11, 2008 in Apple by Tony Steidler-Dennison | No comments

(Via Macworld.)

Starbucks Corp. Monday said it is moving away from T-Mobile Wi-Fi and will transition its customers to AT&T Inc.’s Wi-Fi service in more than 7,000 of its high-end coffee shops beginning this spring.

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AT&T ramping up 3G

February 7, 2008 in Apple by Tony Steidler-Dennison | No comments

(Via HardMac.com.)

Source : TGDaily

In the United States, 3G is still undeveloped, in contrast to the 2.5G and Edge. For that reason, the absence of 3G in the iPhone did not represent an obstacle.
AT&T has announced that it wishes accelerate 3G’s development during 2008. 80 new towns will be covered by the latest incarnation, HSUPA.
If HSUPA becomes the norm, we can not help thinking that they are preparing the ground for the next generation of iPhone, which can not simply ignore this standard.

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So just what happens to your At&t contract when you get a new iPhone?

February 7, 2008 in Apple by Tony Steidler-Dennison | No comments

(Via Apple Gazette.)

If you’re a current 4 or 8 gb iPhone owner, you might be thinking about buying one of those new 16 gb iPhones – but what happens to that new 2-year agreement you have to pick up along with those additional gigs?

Well, for a while there it looked like you were going to have to start that 2 year contract over…which would be a clever way to keep people locked into At&t for eternity. It’s just evil enough that it wouldn’t have surprised me if At&t had done it…and if you talk to lower level customer reps they might say that’s exactly what’s going on…BUT…luckily, the At&t higher-ups have made it clear that while you are signing a new contract when you purchase a new iPhone, that contract is back-dated to the date of your original At&t iPhone contract.

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AT&T wins 12MHz spectrum, US iPhone to get nationwide WiFi?

February 6, 2008 in Apple by Tony Steidler-Dennison | No comments

(Via Macworld UK.)

The US Federal Communications Commission has approved the purchase by AT&T of 12MHz of wireless spectrum that covers 60 per cent of the US.

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Some 16 Gigabyte iPhone Upgraders Reporting New AT&T Contract Requirement Upon Setup

February 6, 2008 in Apple by Tony Steidler-Dennison | No comments

(Via O’Grady’s PowerPage.)

Yesterday, Apple released a 16 gigabyte version of its best-selling iPhone handset, an announcement which sent a fair number of users out to purchase the upgraded model. According to iPhone Atlas, a number of posters ran into trouble when…

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AT&T Has No Idea What Caused 9-Hour Outage

February 3, 2008 in Apple by Tony Steidler-Dennison | No comments

(Via digg.)

AT&T’s EDGE and UMTS data networks went down yesterday at 2:30pm Pacific Time for BlackBerry, iPhone and other cell phone data customers in 18 states. Even now the company’s technicians have NO IDEA WHAT CAUSED IT.

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