Mobile Watcher » Apple http://www.mobile-watcher.com Best Information, News, Reviews and Ranking of Mobile Phones, Mobile Devices and Mobile VoIP Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:50:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 en hourly 1 AT&T Improves Network Quality for iPhone Users http://www.mobile-watcher.com/att-improves-network-quality-for-iphone-users/ http://www.mobile-watcher.com/att-improves-network-quality-for-iphone-users/#comments Sat, 25 Jul 2009 09:27:19 +0000 admin http://www.mobile-watcher.com/?p=1017 In order to keep up with the ever increasing demand for data transfer and to manage the network strain that is particularly noticed, and caused, by iPhone users, AT&T in a press release stated that it has commenced new upgrades to its network to keep up with this huge demand.
The company is using 850MHz spectrum to beef up its 3G wireless network, which should help alleviate dropped calls and slow network connections for iPhone 3G and iPhone 3G S users. AT&T spokesman Mark Siegel told the blog Gearlog that the company is ready for the onslaught of new iPhone users.
Siegel says that upgrading equipment to allow AT&T to use its 850MHz spectrum for 3G services should help relieve some of the congestion issues. Because the 850MHz spectrum is at the low end of the frequency band, it is able to travel longer distances and penetrate walls more easily than signals on the 1900MHz band.
The problem has been particularly acute in large cities, such as New York and San Francisco, where there is a concentrated base of iPhone users and where the 1900MHz spectrum is predominant and these the company stated would be the starting point from which the change would be instituted.
In addition to adding 850MHz 3G service, AT&T has also been making other improvements to its network, such as upgrading to the next iteration of HSDPA technology, which is expected to double download speeds on AT&T’s network.
In a similar development, the company has announced the availability of a Navigator iPhone app that provides GPS-powered turn-by-turn navigation for the popular smartphone. The software comes with some intersting features including automatic content updates, speech recognition, traffic alerts, 3D maps, business listings, and trip planning. The application which requires iPhone OS 3.0 is available for a price tag of $9.99 per month.

]]> http://www.mobile-watcher.com/att-improves-network-quality-for-iphone-users/feed/ 0 Get the Best out of iPhone Many Applications http://www.mobile-watcher.com/get-the-best-out-of-iphone-many-applications/ http://www.mobile-watcher.com/get-the-best-out-of-iphone-many-applications/#comments Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:59:08 +0000 admin http://mobilephonesinsight.com/?p=152 There so much in the iPhone many applications that can help you do a lot of other useful things, such as sharing high-resolution videos, diagnosing your own illnesses and even creating your own virtual life
form! With Apple’s iPhone App Store online , we decided to take a look at some of the more interesting third-party programs, applications and Web sites that have been developed to help make your iPhone an integral tool for both work and fun.

One of such applications is the Pandora, which provides tunes you’re bound to like based on previous choices you’ve made. But if you’d rather tune in to your own music collection, stream it from your computer with Simplify Media. Prefer making your own music? Produce dulcet tones with Ocarina, which uses the microphone and speaker of the iPhone to turn the device into a soothing woodwind instrument. The application’s “globe view” even lets you share your creations with the world. And for the countless times when you don’t want brilliant
thoughts to slip away, there’s Speakeasy Voice Recorder, which does exactly what its name implies.

Not wanting to get left behind in the online media world, the AP has created a Mobile News Network to provide readers with the latest headlines on politics, sports, business and entertainment. The AP iPhone app is free and available at the App Store. Although it sounds like an application developed specifically for stalkers, Loopt’s social network mapping tool is actually a location-based program designed to let you see where your friends are hanging out in your area. Essentially, whenever someone on your personalized buddy list is signed onto Loopt through their BlackBerry, iPhone or other compatible wireless device, Loopt will track them for
you on a map that is custom-made for wireless devices. If you don’t want to be found at a particular moment, of course, you can sign out of Loopt or change your privacy settings.

There are a host of other applications which we will be reviewing here in due course. More information about iPhone applications are available at http://www.apple.com/iphone/appstore/

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