Ultrabrief: 3G GSM encryption cracked, insert sensational headline [you're fine]
Orr Dunkelman, Nathan Keller and Adi Shamir have cracked the encryption used to protect 3G GSM calls. It really doesn’t mean anything since it’s still terribly inefficient and if anyone really wanted to spy on you there are age old techniques that are far superior. In case you want to read their report, click here. If you know what any of the following text below means, then the FBI would like to have a word with you:
iNQ Mini 3G
INQ Mobile Mini 3G is a Bar Phone weighing 90g. . It´s dimensions are 102.9 X 45.8 X 12.8 The talk-time of the phone is Up to 210 Minutes (2G), Up to 160 Minutes (3G). The phone operates at frequencies of GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 / HSDPA 2100. Display type is 2.2 inches, QVGA, TFT, 262K colors. This model comes with Camera of , 2.0 Mega Pixels fixed focus outward facing camera with , Digital zoom
Cricket launches TXTM8 3G; Heavy texters on a budget rejoice!
November 15, 2010 by admin
Filed under 3G, Technology
As expected, Cricket Wireless has started selling the successor to the original TXTM8 phone. The new device is called TXTM8 3G (aka TXTM8 II), implying it supports the carrier’s CDMA-based 3G network. Cricket emphasized it’s the first 3G phone to cost less than $100 sans any contracts signed.
AT&T’s Eco App helps iFolks take the green route
As part of its “One Million Eco Challenge” initiative, AT&T launched Eco App on the App Store in an effort to help youth minimize the environmental impact in local communities around the States.
AT&T unveils DataConnect Pass Global, pay-as-you-go international data packages for laptop users
October 25, 2010 by admin
Filed under 3G, Top Stories
AT&T DataConnect Pass Global is the carrier’s new lineup of international pay-as-you-go data packages, available on AT&T-certified laptops and netbooks.
Touted as the ideal service for international business travelers and vacationers, the passes provide data coverage in more than 100 countries, including Canada, Mexico, countries in the Americas, Europe and Asia.
Game Center from iOS 4.1 ported to the iPhone 3G
Apple opted to roll out iOS 4.1 to the iPhone 3G without support for Game Center but a recent hack reveals that gaming app can place nice with Apple’s second generation iPhone. The Game Center app loads up without error and lets you access some of the basic features of this social gaming center including viewing your contacts and responding to friend requests. Performance is sluggish, which is not entirely unexpected given the underlying hardware of the iPhone 3G. As a result, this is a proof of concept more than a usable hack.
Verizon Wireless iPhone again rumored for a January 2011 release
August 9, 2010 by admin
Filed under 3G, Technology
Another rumor strongly suggests that Apple and Verizon Wireless are gearing up to launch a CDMA version of the iPhone 4 in January 2011. According to sources in the overseas manufacturing supply chain, Apple has reportedly ordered millions of Qualcomm CDMA chipsets for a December production run of the highly anticipated Verizon Wireless iPhone 4.
Apple sells 3m iPads in 80 days
Landmark reached just 80 days after it went on sale in the US; nine more countries will begin selling the device next month
Apple sold its three millionth iPad yesterday, 80 days after the device went on sale in the US on April 3.
iPad 3G Leak Flaw More Common than You Think
AT&T is taking some well-deserved heat for a Web security flaw resulting in the exposure of more than 114,000 iPad 3G owners’ e-mail addresses. Apple–by proxy–has also drawn some criticism as it apparently has some culpability in defining the authentication mechanism that was exploited. It is obviously a huge embarrassment for both AT&T and Apple, but the underlying issues, and other Web security issues like it, are actually quite common.
AT&T Data Caps, Customer Threats — What Next?
Call me crazy, but I’m starting to think AT&T might actually be trying to get bad publicity.
I mean, come on: First, the company pulls the plug on its unlimited data plans, leading to what’s being described by some as a bait-and-switch, especially for iPad 3G users. As my colleague Dan Frakes over at Macworld points out, the new setup reneges on AT&T’s promise that iPad users could activate unlimited 3G service on-demand, when they needed it, without any contract or commitment.