Tag: carriers

Will Carriers Keep Paying To Sell The iPhone?

If there’s one thing that gives phone service carriers a profound sadface, it’s Apple’s iPhone “subsidy.” In order to sell the most popular phones in...

Apple hates the telcos as much as we do. A new patent proves it.

There are few things in this world that irk me more than cellphone carriers. It doesn’t help that most of them also provide internet services...

Carriers are pissed about the embedded SIM

If you find yourself needing some reassurance about what side of the fence Apple’s interests fall on—customer or carrier—the embeddable SIM might provide some answers....

Is Apple about to make it easier to switch carriers?

Any time someone tries to bypass the carriers, we take notice. We hate them that much. While it isn’t easy to do, Apple’s trying its...

AT&T activates 5.2 million iPhones in Q3

While rumors of a Verizon-powered iPhone continue to swirl, customers are still flocking to AT&T for Apple’s iPhone. In fact, the carrier announced today that...

From the Archive: The Future of Mobile Computing

Editor’s Note: This post was written months ago, and we never got around to putting it up on the site. I feel it is a...