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Getting an iPhone 3G sans contract: the costs.
In what should be illegal, AT&T is charging $700 for a 16GB iPhone that’s not contracted to them. Dieter Bohn pointed out at The iPhone Blog that buying a subsidized iPhone 3G at $300, then canceling service, is actually cheaper than dropping $700 outright, with the only disadvantage being a credit check and some time [...]
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Fixing SummerBoard themes on 1.1.3/1.1.4.
When we recently upgraded our unlocked iPhone to firmware version 1.1.4, we found that the third-party application SummerBoard refused to display any of the themes we downloaded. We had this same problem when we upgraded to 1.1.3 months back, but the third-party patch “SMB Themes Fix” did exactly what it was named.
Unfortunately, even after installing [...]
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iPhone nomenclature.
Earlier this week, Apple announced the “iPhone 3G,” which will, as of July 11th, be sold in Apple and AT&T stores instead of the “original” iPhone, which has since ceased production and is now being referred to as the “2G iPhone.” See what they did here?
The “xG” identifier follows the word “iPhone” in one instance, [...]
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Why the 3G iPhone is underwhelming.
As we expected, the 3G iPhone was released with much fanfare, but we’re not quite sure why. Sure, a 3G data network and GPS sounds good, but there’s a lot of fine-print that Steve Jobs doesn’t want people to see, especially existing iPhone users.
Let’s state the obvious: push e-mail, the enterprise solution, and all the [...]
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Let the iPhone gaming begin.
Ah, cell phone gaming. It’s almost an oxymoron considering the poor attempts at real gaming on cell phones. Nokia tried and failed, in great part because the handheld gaming market is monopolized by Nintendo, with Sony’s PSP the only real competitor left. That is, until Apple positions the iPhone into being the handheld gaming rookie [...]
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