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- $100 iPhone rebate only for AT&T customers
- Sorry hackers. If you purchased an iPhone and have not activated it with AT&T you won't be eligible for Steve Jobs' Mea Culpa US$100 rebate for early adopters. If you read the fine print on Apple's freshly posted store credit page you'll see that...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Customer, AT&T Corp., Credit, Apple Inc., Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2007-09-14
- Free open-source iPhone unlock released (updated)
- Hot on the heels of yesterday's US$100 iPhone unlocking solution comes an open-source version that's completely free. Yes free. According to Engadget iUnlock isn't for the faint of heart and requires iUnlock + nor + the .fls file, which is available in ZIPs all over. There's a...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Open Source, Firmware, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2007-09-12
- Let the unlocking begin!
- It's official. iPhoneSIMFree is now selling their software-only iPhone unlocking solution to all comers. If you're skeptical, Engadget has tested it works fine and has even posted a video of the process from start to finish. US$100 sounds a little spendy to me, but I guess if you've got US$600...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, iPhoneSIMFree, US$100, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2007-09-11
- V-Moda to add mic control to Vibe Duo
- I've made it pretty clear that I'm not exactly thrilled with iPhone's damned recessed headphone jack. Just because there's a reasonable explanation behind it exposed ports break doesn't mean that I have to like it. I'd still prefer a re-engineered headphone jack that sits flush (or what about a wider...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Headphone, Microsoft Word, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2007-09-10
- American Express mulling iPhone return policy
- I received this from a colleague: American Express has a Return Protection line (1-800-297-8019) in which customers (I think limited to gold and platinum, tho not sure) can return products they're unhappy with for any reason within 90 days of purchase. I took advantage of this to exchange an...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, American Express Co., Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2007-09-10
- iPhone's recessed rationale
- In a previous post I vented about iPhone's recessed headphone jack in the iPhone and mentioned that "I haven't heard a single rational explanation as to why Apple would do this." A source with contacts at Apple sent me this explanation: Apple found, prior to...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Headphone, Apple Inc., Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2007-09-09
- Apple updates iPod lineup; touch, nano and shuffle (Updated 10x)
- Apple CEO Steve Jobs used today's "The beat goes on" media event in San Francisco to announce the iPod touch. It's basically an iPhone without the phone and email. It's a full screen iPod that's 8mm thick with almost all of the features of the iPhone–except the annual...
- Tags: Apple iPod, Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, iTunes WiFi Music Store, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2007-09-07
- Steve's Mea Culpa: $100 credit to iPhone pioneers
- In a startling reverse of position Apple CEO Steve Jobs stated that Apple would offer a US$100 store credit at the Apple store to everyone who purchased an iPhone either from Apple or AT&T "who is not receiving a rebate or any other consideration." The move comes...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Steve, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2007-09-06
- Pioneers take the arrows
- In the flurry of iPod announcements today came word that Apple dropped the price of the iPhone 8GB from US$600 to $400–an almost 35 percent drop in just over two months (68 days, to be precise). They are discontinuing the 4GB model completely. That's a huge early...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2007-09-06
- Consider skinning your iPhone
- I used to think that installing a skin on my iPhone was unnecessary. After all, I pretty much always keep it in some sort of a case and a skin takes away from iPhones natural good looks. Right? I quickly changed my mind after my iPhone took...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Belt, Holster, ToughSkin, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2007-09-03
- $100k bounty on iPhone unlocking software
- To get around the apparent legal issues of selling iPhone unlocking software a group is offering a $100,000 bounty for the first person that releases the software for free. According freeiphoneformoney.blogspot.com:We are willing to pay $100,000 USD and make it freely available with the owner's approval and all the...
- Tags: Software, Apple iPhone, Bounty, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2007-08-28
- Installing iPhone apps without the command line
- I've mentioned here before that I hack vicariously, especially when it comes to my iPhone. I'd rather watch from the sidelines than brick my primary communications device. That being said, I may be ready to dive in...Nullriver has released AppTappInstaller v.2.4 which is a native iPhone application that will automatically...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2007-08-28
- iPhoneUnlocking.com a scam?
- One Friday there was a lot of hoopla over the potential iPhone software-only unlock by UniquePhones. The solution was supposed to be offered for sale on Saturday at noon EDT on the group's Web site iPhoneUnlocking.com.Saturday came and went with no software unlock patch being offered and only a brief...
- Tags: Software, Apple iPhone, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2007-08-27
- iPhone vs. Nokia N95 deathmatch
- CNet has posted a head-to-head video review of the iPhone vs the Nokia N95 and the iPhone wins in points by 10 percent. Apparently the higher cost of the N95 does not guarantee a winner. (Thanks IntoiPhone, KennM) by Jason D. O'Grady
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Nokia Corp., Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2007-08-24
- AT&T simplifies printed iPhone statements
- Remember the 300-page AT&T bill that Justine Ezarik received? Well no more.According to KMOV:From a text message sent by AT&T to my iPhone at 2:50 p.m. Wednesday:"We are simplifying your paper bill, removing itemized detail. to view all detail, go to att.com/mywireless. Still need full paper bill? Call 611."A lot...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp., Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2007-08-22
- Apple releases iPhone 1.0.2 Firmware (updated)
- Apple released iPhone firmware version 1.0.2 last night via iTunes. The update screen says only that the 3.7MB update includes "bug fixes."Isn't it high time that Apple comes clean about what these updates really do? Remember the Web gallery update?My favorite comment from Digg.com about the update: "The party doesn't...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Firmware, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2007-08-22
- Safari Bookmarks on the iPhone desktop
- Let me start out by saying that I am not an iPhone hacker. I haven't even using iFuntastic to tweak my ringtones. I'm deathly scared of bricking my iPhone, which I need to make phone calls and send emails, so I hack vicariously.That being said, one iPhone feature I've wanted...
- Tags: Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2007-08-20
- iPhone copy and paste concept video
- This iPhone copy and paste concept video courtesy of iPhone Atlas was simply too funny not to post. (Thanks Rob!) iPhone Copy and Paste from lonelysandwich and Vimeo by Jason D. O'Grady
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Video, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2007-08-14
- iPhone can send photos to Web Gallery (updated)
- Web Gallery is a slick new feature added in yesterday's Mac.com update and some iPhone users can now send photos directly to a Web gallery if they have a Mac.com account.Ususally, when browsing iPhone's Photos application you have three options when viewing a photo: Use as Wallpaper Email Photo, and Assign to ContactAccording...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Web, Photograph, Web Gallery, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2007-08-09
- iPhone SPAM can cost you
- This tip was shared with me over IM from Eric Nix:I had a pleasant surprise after returning from a trip to London. I forgot to turn the email autocheck off on my iPhone while traveling. Thanks to the PDF spam that was flooding my email account, I ended...
- Tags: Apple, AT&T, EDGE, iPhone, iPhone Diary, Apple iPhone, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2007-07-31
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