Facetime on AT&T, VIPs in your Mail, a better calendar, controllable batteries, early magazines, and the Force is strong with this case ... all in today's edition of In the news.
- Joel Mathis of Macworld reports that AT&T will soon support FaceTime over cellular for for all customers using a tiered data plan. I think that means that the only folks excluded are those grandfathered in to an unlimited plan from years ago. This brings AT&T more in line with Verizon, and is good news for anyone who wants to videochat while they are out and about, away from WiFi.
- Kirk McElhearn of Macworld explains the VIP function in the iOS 6 version of Mail on the iPhone and iPad (and the similar function on the Mac). I use this feature. It works well and I find it very useful.
- Marianne Schultz of AppShopper describes Do.one, an app that reminds you of one important task every day. I haven't tried this one but it sounds interesting.
- I reviewed Fantastical last month and I still love that app and use it every day. Erica Ogg of GigaOm wrote an article on the developers behind the app and how the app came about. If you haven't tried this one yet, read my review now and check it out. This is a great app.
- Charles Sorrel of Cult of Mac describes an interesting product in development called Tethercell. It is the size of a AA battery and it contains a AAA battery. Put it in any device that takes a AA battery and you can control the device from your iPhone using Bluetooth 4.0. When I reviewed Proximo last week I noted that I was curious to see what other interesting devices would be possible with Bluetooth 4.0, and this is a great example.
- Peter Kafka of All Things D reports that Hearst and Apple have a new feature called Read Them Here First where you can read Hearst magazines on an iPad before they show up on the newsstand. Titles include O the Oprah Magazine, Cosmopolitan, Car and Driver, Popular Mechanics, Esquire, Road & Track, Woman's Day, and many others.
- Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal describes Xsync, a new app that makes it easy to transfer files from an iPhone.
- And finally, from a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away ... strike that, it is actually from a company called PowerA ... you can now get officially licensed Star Wars cases for the iPhone 5. They give your iPhone some protection, help you make the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs, and when you use this case: The Force Will Be With You. Always. Available from PowerA for $39.99. If you use an iPhone 4 or 4S, then these's aren't the cases you're looking for, but you can move along to Amazon to get similar cases for $26.99. (via iPhone Savior)
