iPhone & iPad Live 279: AT&T throttling, quad-core, and WD-40

Rene, Georgia, and Seth discuss AT&T data throttling, Spring iPhone sales, iPhone chart topping, iPad 3 quad-core rumors, WD-40 lunacy, and ZFS. This is iPhone & iPad Live!

[Apologies for the sound and the lateness. My mic was way too hot, Georgia and I were both badly sick, and we had huge technical problems getting the shows edited. Thanks for your patience!]

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META

• February is fitness month at iMore and Mobile Nations! [iPad 3 giveaway!]
• Apps & Accessories Live 01: Video editors, Launch Center, and glowing Apple logos

iPhone

• Is AT&T tightening the screws on unlimited iPhone users with new, overly aggressive data throttling?
• Sprint had 1.8 million iPhone sales last quarter, 40 percent to new customers
• iPhone owns top 3 sales spots in hottest smartphone quarter in history
• Huge energy corporation, Halliburton ditching BlackBerry for iPhone
• Former Apple manager tells how the original iPhone was developed, why it went with Gorilla Glass

iPad

• iPad 3 rumors suggest thicker casing, massive graphics, no quad-core
• Operator profiles indicate a March 9th release date for iOS 5.1
• Warning: WD-40 will not fix your Home button, may damage your iPhone or iPad

Grab bag

• Apple testing Oracle’s ZFS file system to make iOS and iCloud storage better, faster, and more resilient?

Hosts

• Rene Ritchie (@reneritchie)
• Georgia (@GeorgiaTiPb)
• Seth Clifford (@sethclifford)

Credits

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