Apple & Mac Daily News Digest

Apple — along with AT&T, Research in Motion and a number of other companies — is the defendant in a new patent suit that covers a broad range of smartphone related technologies, including e-mail syncing and Bluetooth connectivity.

Cisco unveiled yesterday new routing systems able to revolutionize the worldwide network edge: the CRS-3 Carrier Routing System. According to the company, the new system is designed to serve as the foundation for the next generation internet, and should support for the next decade and beyond the fast growing demand linked to online video streaming/download, [...]

Though the iPad is only compatible with AT&T's 3G network in the U.S., that hasn't stopped Verizon from telling its employees to pitch its own data plans, shared via Wi-Fi, to prospective buyers of Apple's new hardware.

We have a problem understanding devices that live outside of the commonly accepted "three screens" model. It's the model that has been pushed by big companies such as AT&T, Verizon, Nielsen, and Microsoft, which says that our main windows into content consumption are the TV, PC and mobile device. If a device's functionality falls somewhere [...]

Apple will market two versions of the iPad. The first will be able to be connected to Internet only via Wi-Fi while the other, a more expensive version, will be able also to do this via the 3G, using a dedicated subscription. AT&T is not very optimistic on the incomes that they will be able [...]

Although Google makes the Android mobile operating system, the search giant's chief competitor, Yahoo, will be the default provider on AT&T's first Android-powered handset, due to be released March 7.

American iPhone users stuck living or working in an AT&T dead zone and unable to sign up for the 3G MicroCell now have another option to try: the WiEx Zboost XY-510 cellular booster.

Apple's exclusive iPhone carrier AT&T Wireless says it plans to eventually charge bandwidth-heavy users more for their data plans than those customers who use its network more sparingly, but added that it's in no rush to roll out its next-generation technology.

AT&T announced this week that in addition to its Charlotte, N.C., test market, the 3G MiroCell hardware is now available in select counties in Georgia, South Carolina, San Diego and Las Vegas.

A new test of the four major U.S. 3G networks found that AT&T has undergone a "drastic makeover" in the last eight months, with download speeds that blow away competitors Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint.

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