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• AT&T now patching flaw that slowed iPhone 4

  AT&T is patching software in its network to fix a bug that kept iPhone 4 users from getting the full upstream speed on their handsets.

• AT&T net income up on smartphone additions

  AT&T reported net income of $US4 billion for the second quarter of 2010, up nearly 26 percent from the second quarter of 2009, driven largely by increasing demand for Apple's iPhone and other smartphones, the company said Thursday.

• AT&T adds mobile services for business, government users

  AT&T Tuesday announced that it's offering three new mobile services, including text messaging and encrypted mobile voice products, aimed at business and government users.

• iOS 4.0.1 released, tweaks signal indicator

  Apple today released an update to iOS 4 for the iPhone 3g, 3gs, and iPhone 4.

• iOS 4.1 beta seeded to developers- 'death grip' fix soon?

  Today, Apple began seeding an iOS 4.1 pre-release to developers. As per usual, the beta requires an iPhone Developer account and an Intel Mac running the latest OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.4. Included is Xcode 3.2.4, which mainly brings support for iOS 4.1 iPhones and iPod Touches (still no iOS 4 for iPad), as well as a few new features designed to make life easier for iOS developers.

• iPhone rules smartphone roost

  More consumers will be buying a smartphone in the next three months than ever before. And the big winner, by a big margin, is the super-achieving Apple iPhone.

• Optus to release LTE assessment

  Optus is to shortly release the results of its on-going Sydney Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless trials.
  

• Open mobile still on the way, AT&T's Donovan said

  The ideal mobile ecosystem is still one that's partly closed, such as the iPhone App Store, but the trend is toward greater openness, AT&T Chief Technology Officer John Donovan said Monday.

• Lawsuit against Apple continues as a class action

  A lawsuit against Apple and AT&T Mobility will proceed as a class action, following a ruling in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on Thursday, court documents show.

• IBM:Tiered mobile data pricing here to stay

  While many may hate the tiered pricing models that AT&T rolled out last month, they're also likely the future of mobile data consumption according to analysis by IBM

• Hackers edge toward unlocking iPhone 4 OS and network

  The hacker group known as iPhone Dev-Team apparently is close to unlocking iPhone 4 in order to run unofficial apps and to use other GSM cellular networks besides AT&T.

• iPad Invades corporate America

  Despite all claims by PC purists that the iPad is a toy that has no real purpose--especially in the corporate world, there are large enterprises embracing the tablet device.

• AT&T offers businesses a smartphone credit-card payment service

  AT&T on Wednesday announced a service for small- and medium-size businesses that want to use smartphones to accept credit and debit card transactions from customers. The service is based on technology from payment device manufacturer Apriva of Scottsdale, Ariz.

• AT&T blames iPhone 4 slowdown on Alcatel bug

  Heavy demand for upload capacity from the iPhone 4 has exposed a flaw in the software for Alcatel-Lucent's 3G network equipment, temporarily forcing lower upstream speeds for some AT&T subscribers.

• AT&T reaches settlement of old billing claims

  AT&T and lawyers representing class-action plaintiffs have reached a proposed settlement of lawsuits over billing by AT&T Wireless before 2004.