AT&T pulls the plug on free Wi-Fi

Last Wednesday AT&T started offering free Wi-Fi for iPhone users at all Starbucks locations, all you needed to do was enter your cell phone number.

Thursday, intrepid hackers (okay, really just people of average intelligence) started talking about how you could access the free Wi-Fi just by changing your browsers user-agent to Mobile Safari and entering any old phone number, didn’t have to be a AT&T number, or even a cell number. Good times. I even parked outside a local Starbucks long enough to confirm this, it nearly ruined my street cred.

Today, AT&T flipped the kill switch on the free Wi-Fi. Though no official statement has been made, numerous people are reporting that it is no longer accessible even on the iPhone. Nice one AT&T!

There’s a good chance we’ll see the service back up and running soon, though likely featuring an upgraded authentication process.

19 days to Skyhook

Looks like I complained a little too soon, Skyhook actually added my AP to their database and it now shows up on Maps. Seems like 19 days is the magic number.

Hijinks Reviews: MPG

Pros: Practical application with an easy to use interface.

Cons: Lacking in the features department right now. We’re looking forward to 1.1.

Developer: Catamount Software (www.catamount.com)

Version Reviewed: 1.0.3

Platform: iPhone and iPod Touch

If you have a drivers license, you’re probably painfully aware of the price you pay every time you fill up your tank.  Catamount Software can’t solve the world’s energy crisis, but they at least offer a way to keep track of it all. MPG is an app that allows you to keep track of your fuel and service expense for multiple vehicles. True to its name it keeps track of your miles per gallon and updates the number every time you fill up. More after the jump.
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Skyhook Shows No Love

On the 12th of April I’d posted on how to submit your AP to Skyhook Wireless (the folks behind the iPod touch/iPhone’s ability to plot your location based off available APs). Well, 18 days later and still no sign of being added to their database.

I feel so cheated… Okay, not really.

Foxconn Delivering 3G iPhones in June?

Foxconn (aka Hon Hai Precision Industry) has supposedly won the bid for the assembly of the elusive 3G-capable second generation iPhone.  They are expected to deliver up to 3 million of the next generation iPhone in June, with a total production run expected to be 24-25 millions throughout the life-cycle of the device.

This is all according to a report by the Commerical Times, who fanboys may remember accurately reported that Foxconn had won the contract for the original iPhones.

8GB iPhone is So Last Week

At least in the UK… According to an O2 memo that Engadget got their hands on:

“Due to the highly successful sales of the Apple 8GB iPhone, supply chain have today run out of stock & will not be replenishing stock of this product as it has now gone to end of life.”

Yet another piece of the 3G puzzle seems to be failing in place.

Engadget is also reporting that the 3G iPhone will be sporting full fledged GPS, though breaking rank from the current trend, they’re reporting it could ship as “early as July”. Where analysts and fanboys alike are leaning more towards a June release.