AT&T is currently offering access to their Wi-Fi hotspots, including several thousand Starbucks locations, for no additional charge on their iPhone rate plans. No information is available as to why this has changed and a check on AT&T’s website for a press release let us empty handed.

We previously reported the early emergence of free wireless […]

The latest build of iPhone OS 2.0, 5a274d, includes a a preference panel that allows users to control settings for applications with push capabilities. The primary intent of this function: allow users to conserve battery life by turning push capabilities off for applications like Mail, which supports push for Exchange and Yahoo! Mail servers.

As we’ve […]

Apple has posted its fifth revision to the iPhone SDK (software development kit). The new release updates documentation and has various API changes. AddressBook APIs have been significantly revised, as have OpenGL-related components including the EAGL items.

The graphics changes in particular mean that some under-development applications will need to be re-written to take advantage of […]

Vodafone has made an official, albeit brief announcement indicating that the company has signed an agreement with Apple to sell the in ten of its extant markets around the world “later this year.” Among the designated countries: Australia, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Italy, India, Portugal, New Zealand, South Africa and Turkey.

Interetingly, Telecom Italia also […]

Representatives of Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, the firm behind a $100 million venture capital for official iPhone application development, told iPhone Atlas that its managers have been been overwhelmed by the response and subsequent slew of applications submitted for iFunding.

Since the program’s inception, KPCB has received more than 1500 applications. Due to the immense […]

Before selling your iPhone on eBay, sending it to Apple, or otherwise sharing it, note the following: performing a “Restore” operation on the iPhone does not delete personal data from the device. In fact, mail, contacts, and various other data remain intact on the device after a restore, making the process unsuitable as a preparatory […]

Various reports indicate the emergence of free wireless internet access for iPhone users at Starbucks and possibly other businesses that offer AT&T Wi-Fi services. In locations where access is available, a specially formatted for iPhone website allows you to enter your 10-digit wireless number to gain access. It’s not clear whether access is limited to […]

With Apple’s self-imposed June deadline for a public iPhone OS 2.0 release looming, hackers are working hard to ensure that tools for unlocking (allowing it to operate with non-sanctioned wireless carriers) and jailbreaking (allowing full read/write filesystem access and installation of unofficial third-party applications) the device remain intact after the OS upgrade is released.

Now the […]

It’s been months since Steve Jobs and Apple announced the iFund, a $100 million investment initiative managed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers that will provide venture capital for “market-changing ideas and products that extend the revolutionary new iPhone and iPod touch platform” Several of our readers submitted applications to the iFund, but have yet […]

Check Point has announced the availability of Check Point VPN-1 for the iPhone. The product enables an encrypted connection between the iPhone and their VPN-1 gateway protecting in-transit data according to the vendor. The software according to Bob Egner, Vice President of product management was developed to answer the increasing requests for a secure means […]