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iPhone Dev Team jailbreaks and SIM unlocks iPhone 2.0 in one week: I've been pretty happy with my upgraded original iPhone, but to use it as my primary device I have had to forward my T-Mobile number to my AT&T iPhone. After just one week, I was pleased to see those excellent developers at the iPhone Dev Team post news that the...; Tags: Apple iPhone, SIM Card, Team, T-Mobile, 3G, Cellular Phones, Flash Memory, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2008-07-20
My top 10 free iPhone applications: It's been a week since the iPhone 3G launched and I wanted to run down my top 10 free iPhone applications – so far. So here goes... Image Gallery: Top 10 free iPhone applications. by Jason D. O'Grady; Tags: Apple iPhone, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-07-19
Photos: Top 10 reviews of the week: Here are CNET Reviews' 10 favorite items from the past week, including the iPhone 3G, a portable hard drive from Iomega, and the Linksys Simultaneous Dual-N Band Wireless Router. by CNET News.com; Tags: Photograph, 3G, Home Networking, Routers & Switches, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Networking, CNET News.com; Image galleries 2008-07-19
The iPhone meets Journalism: If you read general coverage of Apple's new G3 iPhone you'll soon discover either that it's perfection incarnate or the worst excuse for a cheap handset anyone's ever foisted on an unsuspecting world. Balance is not a feature -of the coverage - and you'd never know, from "journalistic" reports that...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-07-19
78% of US cell phone purchases are made in store: The overwhelming majority of cell phone buyers make the purchase in a store - some 78% do, with 12% buying online and 9% by some other means. Among the narrower set of those who use the internet in their cell phone research, 26% bought their device online. 75% of those...; Tags: Phone, Cell Phone, Cellular Phones, Telecom & Utilities, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, NB; Blog posts 2008-07-18

Marware C.E.O. Premiere case for iPhone 3G: My favorite case for my iPhone 3G is the C.E.O. Premiere from Marware (US$35). It's designed to fit the iPhone 3G's thicker profile – although it could probably be 1mm thinner – and is made from premium textured Nappa leather. The C.E.O. Premiere has a beautiful perforated texture...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Velcro, Apple iPhone 3G, C.E.O. Premiere, C.E.O. Premiere Case, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-07-18
UPDATE: AT&T free WiFi access offer to iPhone owners is up again, NOT!: We have seen the on and off saga of free WiFi at AT&T hotspots for a couple of months now and it looks like iPhone users may again have access to free WiFi at AT&T locations, such as Starbucks. There doesn't seem to be any time limit on access either,...; Tags: Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp., Starbucks Corp., Wireless LANs, Wireless, Wi-Fi, 3G, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2008-07-18
Immobile Apple: It's 11:33 a.m. Friday. Approximately 66 and a half hours since Apple Support acknowledged receipt of my request for help on syncing calendar and contact data from my iMac to the "cloud,'' i.e., MobileMe servers wherever they are. Re-request sent after 48 hours. Still...; Tags: Apple Inc., 3G, Desktops, Web Browsers, Recruitment & Selection, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Internet, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld; Blog posts 2008-07-18
iPhone 3G GPS: Ever since reading David Pogue's review of iPhone 3G I've been puzzling over something he said in relation to the GPS receiver. Specifically, is it too small in the antenna department to be any good? by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Tags: Apple iPhone, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Cellular Phones, Hardware, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, iphone, 3g, gps; Image galleries 2008-07-18
More iPhone 3G observations: After almost a week with the new iPhone 3G I have some additional thoughts that I wanted to share on my experiences: As I previously mentioned, AT&T's 3G coverage is completely non-existent in my area, despite AT&T's coverage viewer claiming that I'm blanketed in 100 percent 3G....; Tags: Apple iPhone, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-07-17
68% of cell phone buyers consult the owner’s manual: 68% of people take to the owner’s manual to figure out the new device, according to Pew Internet Project. Some people will go further, especially if they meet a problem that they can’t address themselves. Here is what cell phone buyers said they did when they encountered problems with their...; Tags: Phone, Cell Phone, Cellular Phones, Telecom & Utilities, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, NB; Blog posts 2008-07-17
iPhone 3G succumbs to being jailbroken: Yesterday was a watershed day for the iPhone 3G. First it was unlocked if only with a SIM adapter and later in the day it was jailbroken by the rabid efforts of the iPhone Dev Team. A video posted on their blog...; Tags: Apple iPhone, iPhone 3G, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-07-15
European telcos squeal: should we care?: One of the ongoing discussions among the Irregulars centers around telecommunications costs. Many of us travel internationally and bemoan the astronomical sic charges we're forced to pay by telecoms operators. Earlier today, I saw a statement from the GSMA, a global trade group for the industry arguing...; Tags: Mobile, Industry, Telephony, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telecom & Utilities, Regulations, Telecommunications, Networking, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Government, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-07-15
Dev Team shows off video of jailbroken iPhone 3G: Engadget's Joshua Topolsky reports that the iPhone Dev Team has already jailbroken an iPhone 3G. Topolsky writes: We can't say this is a surprise... but it is sweet to see. The iPhone Dev Team has added a video to their blog showing off the latest version of...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Video, iPhone Dev Team, Topolsky, 3G, Corporate Communications, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-15
Apple to Psystar: See you in court: Fellow ZDNet blogger Adrian Kingsley-Hughes broke the story that Apple has finally had it up to here with the shenanigans of Mac cloner Psystar. By shenanigans I'm referring to the Florida company's practice of shipping its US$399 Intel clones with Mac OS 10.5 Leopard pre-installed in direct violation of Apple's...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Shenanigan, Apple Inc., Ina Fried, Psystar, Desktops, 3G, Hardware, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-07-15
iPhone 3G unlocked with SIM adapter: Well that didn't take long. Just four days after its release the iPhone 3G has been unlocked according to a report at Gizmodo via TechGuru. In order to accomplish the feat Breno MacMasi used a SIM card adapter that piggy-backs onto the iPhone's native SIM card and...; Tags: Apple iPhone, SIM Card, Adapter, Cellular Phones, 3G, Flash Memory, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-07-15
10 things we'd change on the iPhone 3G: There's plenty that's great about the new iPhone, says silicon.com's Natasha Lomas. But that doesn't mean there aren't a few things for Apple to think about for the next time round. The 3G iPhone has finally arrived--a year and a half after CEO Steve Jobs first confirmed...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Apple Inc., 3G iPhone, 3G, Keyboards, Advertising & Promotion, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Peripherals, Marketing, Networking, iPhone 3G, Apple, smart phones, Natasha Lomas, silicon.com; News items 2008-07-15
The 5 Stages of iPhone Acceptance: The Five Stages of the Kübler-Ross model The iPhone has become such a part of our collective consciousness that soon entire books are going to be written about the sociological impact of such a groundbreaking, Insanely Great device. Why, it's so dammed important,...; Tags: Apple iPhone, 3G, Linux, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Digital Music, Open Source, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-07-15
News to know: Intel; Oracle; Microhoo; iPhone; Online video: Notable headlines: Dancho Danchev: Remote code execution through Intel CPU bugs Nate McFeters: Symantec says Microsoft Access ActiveX attacks to increase Robin Harris: FTP: untrustworthy file transfer Dennis Howlett: Enterprise 2.0 looking more like 1.0? Dana Blankenhorn:...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Oracle Corp., Online Video, Video, Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., 3G, Corporate Communications, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-15
27 international carrier iPhone 3G rates compared: After reading my piece comparing worldwide iPhone 3G data plans reader Fabio M. Zambelli has elaborated on it further and produced a global chart that compares how the 27 carriers in 21 countries charge for an iPhone 3G (8GB) and the two-year minimum contract after two years. ...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Carrier, Zambelli, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-07-14