How To Check If You’re Eligible For An iPhone 5 Upgrade

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Super eager for the iPhone 5 (or iPhone 4S) announcement on Tuesday? Want to see if you can upgrade without spending an arm and a leg? If you're on AT&T, there's a really simple way to see if you're eligible to get the iPhone 5 upgrade when it comes out — especially if you bought the iPhone 4 … [Read more...]

Check Out This Awesome Mockup Of Assistant

MacRumors have put together the floating rumors about Assistant and hired an artist to put together a demo of what it could look like. What they've put together is based on the pretty substantial rumors that arose last week, but much of the interface and look is based on their own supposition of … [Read more...]

AT&T Begins Data Throttling

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October 1st. That's the day AT&T was meant to start throttling heavy data users, and just one day before we're seeing reports of the first messages being sent out to heavy data users. This message comes via Reddit, where one user skelatwork claims he was sent the message after passing 11GB of … [Read more...]

Next iPhone To Hit 64GB?

According to 9to5 Mac's sources, the next iPhone will come in three sizes — which they're pegging as 16GB, 32GB and 64GB, all of them in black and white too. Based on their knowledge and access to Apple's inventory system, they're pegging this as the N94, a redesigned iPhone 4S, with a rolled back … [Read more...]

iPhone 5 Silicone Sleeves Hit AT&T In Person

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Add another tick to the iPhone 5 redesign pile. MacRumors got pictures of an iPhone 5 case that was found in an AT&T store. Not online through some shady Chinese reseller, not a sketchy dude at a mall, but a legit AT&T store. Sure, it's an utterly generic silicone sleeve, but that's the … [Read more...]

Double Fine Releases A Psychonauts App, But Not The One We Want

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Psychonauts, for those of you who aren't gamers, was a platforming puzzle game for the XBox and PS2, and widely regarded as one of the finest video games ever created. While not perfect, it's one of Tim Schafer's greatest works and a gaming classic. And it recently came to the Mac App Store — … [Read more...]

Case-Mate iPhone 5 Cases Hit AT&T Systems

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Remember that big Case-mate leak from a couple of weeks ago? The one that saw a bunch of iPhone 5 cases rendered and posed all pretty like, which spread across the internet like wildfire? Well, a source has sent BGR a photo from AT&T's inventory, and those same cases are showing up there. It … [Read more...]

Editorial: Why One New iPhone Is More Than Enough

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For as long as I can remember, there have been rumors of the mythical iPhone 5. We’ve been tracking them for quite some time. They often include potential iPhone 5 parts, cases and a healthy dose of analyst speculation. There have been plenty of unconfirmed rumors that Apple would announce more … [Read more...]

Chinese Carrier Says iPhone 5 To Get 4G

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How's this for an 11th hour rumor? The ever sketchy Macotakara has a shot from a China Unicom presentation at MacWorld Asia 2011. See the iPhone 5 up there? It's labelled HSPA+ 21Mbps, aka 4G: Japanese IT news site "PC Watch" tells that, Research vice president of China Unicom, Huan Wenliang, told … [Read more...]

Busted Chinese Fake iPhone Ring Uses Real iPhone Parts

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This sounds like a bit of a philosophical conundrum. Is a fake iPhone still fake if it uses legit Apple parts? According to Reuters, a gang of counterfeiters in China has been busted for making ripoff iPhones, but using components that they bought in Guangdong, and assembled in an apartment. The … [Read more...]