Hello

I have a blog that has been getting quite successful. I'd like to find out more information about adding an iPhone app.

A few questions.

1) Does anyone have any suggestions on where I should go first/

2) Does anyone on the list here do that? If so, how much would it cost me to have you do it?

Here's the website I'm referring to:
http://CoolAlbumOftheDay.com

Thanks so much, Larry

http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/12/att-beachfront-spectrum/

Sent to you by Bill Boulware via Google Reader: AT&T Rings Up $2
Billion Mobile Upgrade via Epicenter by Sam Gustin on 12/20/10



AT&T is looking to put the "phone" back into iPhone.

Better service may be on the horizon for AT&T's long-suffering wireless
customers if the mobile giant can close a deal, announced today, to
purchase nearly $2 billion worth of prime wireless spectrum licenses
from Qualcomm. AT&T, the second largest mobile service provider in the
country, will use the spectrum for its next-generation, high-speed
wireless service.

The spectrum won't be usable by current iPhone customers, due to
hardware compatibility issues and the time it takes to deploy new
equipment. But it will likely be usable by the next generation of
iPhones and other smart phones. AT&T said it "expects to begin
deploying this spectrum once compatible handsets and network equipment
are developed."

Qualcomm, the San Diego-based wireless chip giant, had previously
announced plans to restructure its FLO TV mobile broadcast business.
That service, which currently uses the spectrum, will be history by
March 2011.

The $1.925 billion deal covers some seriously valuable radio
frequencies — it's often referred to as "beachfront" or "waterfront,"
so let's call it the French Riviera of wireless spectrum.

All told, the spectrum on the table covers more than 300 million people
nationwide. One chunk, the 12 MHz of lower 700-MHz D- and E-block
spectrum, covers more than 70 million people in New York, Boston,
Philadelphia, Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Urban-dwelling AT&T wireless customers will be pleased to learn that
the lower 700-MHz spectrum works well in cities, something that can't
universally be said for AT&T's existing wireless service.

"It provides a very strong signal inside buildings, and it's extremely
good at penetrating walls and windows," Sanford C. Bernstein analyst
Craig Moffett told Bloomberg.

Another 230 million people across the country are covered by 6 MHz of
lower 700-MHz D-block spectrum. (Conde Nast Portfolio put together a
handy graphic in 2007, explaining the 700-MHz band. You can see the D
and E blocks hanging out down there in the lower 700-MHz section.)

Qualcomm bought 6-MHz blocks of spectrum nationwide in the 700-MHz band
in 2003 for about $130 million and spent another $555 million in 2008
to get even more, according to Gleacher analyst Mark McKechnie.

AT&T intends to use the spectrum to support its so-called 4G Long-Term
Evolution service, which will compete with Verizon's own
recently-launched 4G LTE offering. 4G offers significantly faster data
speeds than the 3G service most smartphone users in the United States
now use. The lower 700-MHZ D and E blocks are particularly useful for
AT&T because they are adjacent to spectrum chunks that AT&T already
owns, according to Stifel Nicolaus managing director Rebecca Arbogast.

McKechnie called the deal a win-win for both AT&T and Qualcomm. The
mobile giant will get "much needed spectrum" and is now "better suited
to respond to Verzon's LTE launch." Qualcomm, meanwhile, is getting a
"nice return" on assets that had been valued at $746 million on its
balance sheet.

"We had expected $1 billion-plus for the assets, and therefore $1.925
billion represents a good price," McKechnie wrote in a note to clients.
"We view this spectrum in AT&T's hands as a much better use of the
spectrum, which should support smartphone growth in the U.S. for years
to come."

Now, you may be wondering if it's a good idea to concentrate all of
this valuable spectrum in the hands of the largest mobile service
providers in the country. After all, Verizon Wireless and AT&T were the
big winners in the FCC's crazy 2008 700-MHz C-Block auction that raised
nearly $20 billion for the federal government.

Federal regulators will certainly scrutinize this deal, which isn't
even expected to close until the second half of 2011.

"From a competition policy perspective, the deal will be
controversial," Arbogast wrote in a note to clients. "But ultimately,
we believe the government will allow it, because from a spectrum
management perspective it makes sense."

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See Also:

- Broadcast Spectrum or Broadband Spectrum? We Want Both
- Obama Backs More Spectrum for Wireless
- FAQ: Inside the FCC's High-Stakes 700-MHz-Spectrum Auction
- In Spectrum Auction, Winners Are AT&T, Verizon and Openness
- FCC to 700MHz Spectrum Bidders: You Better Have Bank
- The FCC's 700-MHz Auction Raises $19.6B, But Still No Winners List
- Republicans Say Google 'Duped' FCC in Spectrum Auction
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Don't plug in the USB. Turn on feathering and a prompt will come up saying tether by usb or Bluetooth. Select Bluetooth then on the computer set up a tethered Bluetooth connection and away it works. I can't tell you how to set up on computer as it depends on what operating system you are using plus in the case of windows it varies depending on what make and model.

Thanks,
Andrew Wood

On 21/12/2010, at 10:01, "mtmccain@ymail.com" <mtmccain@ymail.com> wrote:

> As I write this I am using my iPhone as the tethering devise to my MacBook. (Via USB cable).
> However I would like to tether via Bluetooth. I have not been able to figure this out. Has anyone tried? If so would you be so kind as to share how it is done.
> Thanks
> Mike
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