Finally an iPhone app that shrinks your data usage and thus, your bills.

Posted by umeshkacha on Friday April 29, 2011 @07:53AM
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http://techcrunch.com/2011/04/29/onavo-is-a-money-saving-must-have-app-for-every-iphone-data-user/

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Re:Finally an iPhone app that shrinks your data usage and th... by schrototo on Friday April 29, 2011 @08:00AM (#2497063)

And how the hell is this supposed to work, exactly?

edit: Ah, it's just a proxy. From their FAQ:

"How does Onavo work?

With Onavo installed, web, email and app data sent to you is streamed through Onavo's magical shrinking machine before reaching your iPhone. For the geeks out there, what happens is that Onavo acts as a proxy server for your iPhone, which compresses inbound data to Safari, Mail, Facebook, Google Maps, Twitter (currently only TweetDeck and EchoFon) and other apps."

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Re:Finally an iPhone app that shrinks your data usage and th... by jeetensheth on Friday April 29, 2011 @07:00PM (#2499323)

This is disruptive tech. Security looks to be one concern but this is a must buy for Apple!

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Re:Finally an iPhone app that shrinks your data usage and th... by instakill on Friday April 29, 2011 @08:13AM (#2497081)

Do their proxy servers store your sensitive data (passwords etc)?

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