- Apple's September 10th event roundup: iPhone 5s, 5c and iOS 7
Expected Apple to officially kill the the 30-pin connector today? Not so fast — the company left the 4s clinging to life as a freebie. The big reveals today, however, were the all new iPhone 5s and lower-cost (and brighter-hued) 5c. You won’t be able to get your hands on the latest iDevices until September 20th, so catch up on all of the news from today’s event in our roundup after the break.
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- AT&T finalizes $1.9 billion spectrum purchase from Verizon, deal will improve LTE service in 18 states
It’s taken almost eight months, but AT&T has at last finalized its deal to purchase $1.9 billion worth of spectrum from Verizon. The agreement, first announced back in January, allows Verizon to unload a good chunk of its 700MHz spectrum, which AT&T will in turn use to improve its LTE service for 42 million customers across 18 different states. And that’s all she wrote, folks. If you’re curious to see whether your state is covered, all 18 of them are listed in the press release below. Be warned, though: you’ll also need to watch AT&T do a victory lap over how fast its network is.
- Nike+ Move for iPhone 5s is a gateway to activity apps, won't replace a FuelBand
While Apple was explaining the iPhone 5s’ new M7 motion coprocessor, it mentioned a Nike+ Move tracking app that left us wondering about the FuelBand’s fate — is it redundant? In a word, no. Nike tells us that Move is simply an “introductory experience” that generates a Nike Fuel score based on day-to-day movements. Those serious about activity tracking will want to continue using a FuelBand or the Nike+ Running app, the company says. While that news may prove disappointing for some fitness gurus, we wouldn’t be too worried at this stage — there are likely to be at least a few apps that combine M7 support with advanced features.
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- iPhone 5s fingerprint reader authentication isn't open to developers for time being
So, you know fancy new fingerprint reading home button Apple showed off for the iPhone 5s at today’s event? The company demonstrated functionality for unlocking and buying stuff through iTunes. Cool, but what about third-party apps? We can imagine all sorts of neat uses not limited to buying stuff. For the time being, however, the authentication functionality is off-limits. Apple exec Phil Schiller told All Things D that the hardware won’t be opened to developers initially. As to whether that functionality will be arriving in the future, Apple’s not ready to say just yet.
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