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“Special” editions and pre-order bonuses have gone too far. Or not far enough.
There used to be a time when pre-ordering a game for a “bonus” item was a snazzy way for a company to build up hype about their product. The same can be said of “limited” or “collector’s” editions of games. Often, the extra $20+ is worth it to gamers, but many times, the inclusion of [...]
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Upgrading a jailbroken iPhone from 2.0 to 2.0.1.
It was only a couple weeks ago that we detailed our process for upgrading a 2G iPhone to firmware 2.0. This process, thanks to PwnageTool, allowed us to make use of the latest iPhone features (like signed third-party applications) on our jailbroken/unlocked iPhone. Since then, Apple released the 2.0.1 firmware update, which fixes some of [...]
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How to jailbreak and unlock a 2G iPhone (2.0).
The iPhone Dev Team, a group of hackers who have made it their mission to jailbreak and unlock iPhones, announced that version 2.0 of their iPhone-freeing application PwnageTool, would be released on Sunday. Fortunately for us on the west coast of the United States, this meant Saturday night. As soon we discovered the tool’s availability, [...]
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Why Installer.app may not be dead. Yet.
The iPhone 3G has been out for one week now, and with it came the App Store, which allows iPhone users sporting the new 2.0 firmware to download a variety of applications that Apple has deemed worthy. Some of these applications cost money, others are totally free. Many of these applications happen to be duplicates [...]
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iPhone 3G sports a poor GPS.
It’s iPhone 3G release day, and the havoc out there makes it pretty clear that the activation process for new phones was far from smooth. In fact, it was so unsmooth that owners of the “old” iPhone had trouble upgrading to the iPhone 2.0 firmware because the iTunes store took a big hit and fell [...]
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