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AT&T has announced that within the next 30 days that they will finish the deployment of HSUPA (faster upload) technology in the six remaining markets across AT&T’s entire 3G wireless broadband network in the US. This follows the deployment of its HSDPA (3G download) network which makes AT&T the only US carrier to fully deploy HSPA technology on its 3G network.  As of now AT&T’s 3G network is available in more than 275 markets, but it is expanding to cover 350 markets by years end.

According to AT&T:

“With the new addition of HSUPA technology, AT&T 3G users can enjoy uplink speeds between 500 and 800 Kbps. The technology is available in all but the few remaining AT&T 3G markets and will be included in all future deployments. The new upload speeds complement AT&T’s 3G download capabilities, which currently offer up to 1.4 Mbps across all markets for customers who have capable devices, such as AT&T’s LaptopConnect wireless modems.”

Deployment of this rollout is taking place, coincidentally, directly prior to the rumored introduction of a 3G-capable iphone. This is a potentially important development for iphone users since third-party applications produced through Apple’s SDK — particularly those making use of socially networked media sharing sites — may need to upload larger files such as multimedia (sound, video, etc.). A rumored video chat application might also benefit significantly from the extra bandwidth.

If you are interested in determining your local 3G coverage in the U.S. use this map or this list of cities. In markets where 3G is not available the connecting devices will presumably fall back to an EDGE connection.

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While Apple’s share of the entire US PC market hovers between 6% and 8% depending on the source, its share of the 802.11n WiFi base station market is even higher.

Stephen Baker, an analyst for market research firm NPD Group, told AppleInsider that Apple took 10.6% of the market in unit volume last month. He added that the company’s revenue and profit share on sales of the routers are even higher. Last year, Apple noted on its website that the AirPort Extreme was ranked by NPD as the top selling 802.11n router. While Apple no longer advertises that, Baker said that the AirPort Extreme has been the top selling 802.11n router for five of the last nine months.

Contiunues: Apple’s AirPort grabs 10.6% share of 802.11n WiFi market

iPhone uses multi touch screen for interface with your iPhone that results in smudges and finger prints to prevent this from happening iPhone Protectors are available for you to protect your $500 iPhone from external agents. These are available like you can buy the iPhone covers and iPhone Bikini’s in sexy cool colors. iPhone accessories are found in plenty for the iPhone designer kind of folks. The protective layer also has anti microbe agents that prevents microbe growth on your iPhone and that used with iFinger a rubber finger worn on your fingers will help you prevent any finger prints or direct contact to your iPhone. This iFinger also enable you to type more precisely and acts like a stylus to your Palm only more human. iPhone accessories in general are good investment ideas to keep your iPhone from getting scratched and have more fun with these accessories.

Aggressive demand for unlocked units and a dearth of official, in-store stock ahead of a new models’s expected introduction in the coming weeks have driven iphone prices on eBay sky-high. Some 16GB unlocked listings are currently carrying “Buy-it-now” (non-bidding) prices in excess of $700 — a $200 premium over brand-new models purchased from Apple or AT&T and a $350 premium over AT&T’s refurbished-model prices. Bidding on similar 16GB models runs between $600 and $650.

Some sellers see the massive price discrepancy as a quick profit turner; the prospect mitigated, however, by the fact that AT&T is currently limiting refurbished iphone purchases to one-per-customer.

Apple has withdrawn the current-model iphone from its online store. The store currently displays the message “Currently Unavailable” for both the 8GB and 16GB iphone models. AT&T’s Web site, meanwhile, still lists both iphone models as available.

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If you’re still looking to pick up a current-generation iphone and haven’t found stock at local Apple or AT&T stores, AT&T’s Web site is now offering refurbished models at a fairly deep discount: $250 for the 8GB edition and $350 for the 16GB edition. Purchases are limited to “one per customer and per household.” AppleCare protection is available for $70.

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Daniel Eran Dilger
While the United States prepares to elect a new president, candidates on both sides have made interesting comments about their affiliations with tech companies and their perspective on issues facing the tech industry.

Here’s a look at Senator Barack Obama and Senator John McCain compare, looking first at how each relates to Apple and Microsoft, how corporations are leveraging money and political power to shape public policy to fit their own interests, and followed by a look at each candidate’s stance on issues related to technology.

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A somewhat trite but valid observation regarding the iphone is that the device is more akin to a handheld computer than a phone. It runs a full-fledged OS and requires updates that are exponentially larger than the over-the-air updates used by most other smartphones. The added complexity means that the iphone, in some cases, needs to be treated more like a computer than a phone. Like desktop computers, the device can benefit from some routine maintenance.

The easiest and most effective maintenance procedure you can implement for the iphone is a regularly executed reboot. To do this:

1. Go to the home screen
2. Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button (on top of the device) and the Home button. You will see the “slide to turn off” cue, but keep holding the buttons. Eventually the screen will go black, then the Apple logo will appear.
3. Release the buttons when you see the Apple logo.

The frequency with which you should reboot the iphone varies depending on the troubleshooting issues you experience and the diversity of applications you use on the device. Some perform the procedure once a week, others once a day.

If you still experience troubleshooting issues after implementing a regular reboot schedule, you’ll need to explore specific. See our troubleshooting section for a wealth of problems and associated fixes.

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Daniel Eran Dilger
Throughout the 90s, Apple’s increasingly precarious business was hobbled and complicated by the albatross of the Newton. As Apple abandoned the sophisticated but unfinished and ultimately unprofitable platform in early 1998, Palm began selling its wildly popular PDAs while PC makers struggled to copy that success in the mobile market with clumsy WinCE based devices.

Ten years later, PC makers are still failing to understand mobile devices as Apple launches its game changing WiFi mobile platform. Here’s why PC makers will be similarly left behind in their fight against the iphone in the market for low cost mobile devices.

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iphones sold as refurbished units may contain personal data from their previous owners that, with a little leg-work, is readily accessible by new owners. These data include email, images, contacts and more.

As previously noted, performing a “Restore” operation on the iphone does not delete personal data from the device. Such information remain intact on the device after a restore, making the process unsuitable as a preparatory measure for iphone resale or service. Apparently, Apple’s refurbishing procedure also does not delete the personal data.

As noted by Jonathan Zdziarski, author of the “iphone Open Application Development” and an iphone Forensics Manual for Law Enforcement:

“A verified detective from the Oregon State Police notified me this afternoon that an out-of-the-box refurbished iphone he purchased contained recoverable personal data including email, personal photos, and even financial information which he was able to recover using my forensic toolkit. The photos he sent me included the individual’s name, which I’ve blurred out myself, but if you’ve ever had to return a defective iphone, you might recognize this inbox. The more sensitive information hasn’t been posted here for obvious reasons.”

At left is actual stored data from a refurbished iphone: a screenshot that the iphone took itself of the user’s inbox when its user pressed the ‘Home’ button. Application snapshots are taken every time a program goes into the background to generate the zoom effects built into the device.

There currently exits no viable, publicly available method for erasing personal data on the iphone. Erasing your content and settings has no effect on whether a subsequent owner can recover personal information. According to Zdziarski “there are only a couple low-level methods to format the NAND and I’m not sharing at the moment.”

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The second iphoneDevCamp 2 will be held on August 1-3, 2008 at Adobe Systems in San Francisco, CA. The not-for-profit, sponsor-supported gathering covers the development of applications for the iphone and iPod Touch using the native SDK and web standards.

The first event was also hosted by Adobe, and held in August 2007 with 300 attendees and several dozen sponsors. Despite the lack of Flash support on the iphone, Adobe last year said that it “embraces any opportunity to support the Web community. We believe that Adobe Creative Suite 3 is the best environment in which to build great Web experiences for any platform, on any device.

Attendees expected at the event include Cocoa Touch Developers, web developers, UI designers and testers. The conference’s stated goal is to cull coders for a weekend of hands on work either together or alone to create an application.

Attendees will create new applications, migrate OS X applications, and learn to test and optimize their applications for the new iphone/iPod Touch OS 2.0 and its official Apple SDK. Currently the Apple iphone SDK is under NDA and the folks organizing this event are hoping that the NDA’s will be removed once the SDK is officially released at WWDC this coming June 2008. They state on their website:

“We are sensitive to the NDA that Apple has in place on the iphone SDK. It is our hope that Apple will lift this NDA shortly after the public launch of the App Store. iphoneDevCamp 2 will be held sometime after this date. We have no intention of violating the terms that individual developers have in place with Apple on the iphone SDK.”

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