Eight Reasons to Think Before Buying an iPhone
Apple made a big splash when it announced the iPhone last month. But with its hefty price tag, restriction to a single carrier and departure from many traditional smart-phone features, buying the iPhone requires careful forethought.
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8.2.2007 iPhone dev team confirm 3G iPhone unlocked for all networks
The unofficial iPhone dev team have confirmed moments ago that they have completed an iPhone 3G unlock and are currently packaging a user-friendly application with the simplicity that you see in other applications from the team like QuickPwn.
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17.12.2008 iPhone 3G: no-contract iPhone on tap
Looks like we'll have to get up bright and early to buy the new iPhone. Also, AT&T says a "no-commitment" iPhone is "coming soon."
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2.7.2008 What buying Vista Ultimate means to Microsoft
Microsoft's plan to sell multiple versions of Vista–Basic, Home Premium and Ultimate–may already be paying dividends.
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29.1.2007 Microsoft Denies that Customers Are Waiting for Windows 7 and Not Buying Vista SP1
Microsoft is usually mute when it comes down to critics related to its product and traditionally quiet when it comes to reports thrashing Windows Vista.
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28.7.2008 New iPhone 3.0 OS available
A revised operating system for Apple's iPhone is now available, adding functionality such as system-wide search and cut-and-paste to the popular handset.
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17.6.2009 Apple Announces iPhone
Macworld is going on right now, and Apple’s biggest announcement of the day so far has been the introduction of the iPhone.
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9.1.2007 Full review of the iPhone
Despite important missing features, a slow data network, and call quality that doesn't always deliver, Apple's iPhone sets a new benchmark for an integrated cell phone and MP3 player. See how it stacks up to our testing.
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1.7.2007 iPhone Unlock Toolkit 1.0.0.1
The long awaited iPhone has been on the market for just a few weeks and the first tools to unlock this nice device popping up already. Thanks to Steve Jobs for this download.
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4.8.2007 3G IPhone to be in June!
The 3G iPhone will be announced June 9, the likely date of Apple CEO Steve Jobs' keynote at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference, analysts said in research notes on Thursday.
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26.4.2008 3G iPhone for $199
Live updates and analysis on Steve Job’s keynote address at the 2008 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference..
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9.6.2008 Will BlackBerry kill the iPhone?
Just a few short weeks after the Mac trounced competitors in a customer satisfaction survey, the iPhone has repeated the same trick for Apple in the smartphone market.
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7.5.2009 Jobs: iPhone is winning
Did you think Apple didn’t care that its former hardware guru Jon Rubinstein and a bunch of former Apple employees left the company to help Palm create an iPhone-competitor in the Palm Pre? Think again.
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22.6.2009 iPhone 3.1 Beta 3 Firmware
Apple has seeded the latest Beta 3 version of iPhone OS 3.1 Build 7C116a along with a newer version of iPhone SDK 3.1 Beta 3 Build 9M2808 to iPhone Dev Center.
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27.7.2009 Microsoft Warns Apple On iPhone
Software giant Microsoft has warned its rival, Apple Inc., into launching its iPhone and said the much-awaited modern mobile phone could face some very serious challenges if the popular iPod MP3 player is integrated into it.
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12.1.2007 Nortel may sue Apple over iPhone
NOT CONTENT with getting itself into hot water with Cisco over the iPhone name, Apple may find itself in deep water over the use of the term 'Visual Voicemail'.
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15.1.2007 Microsoft slams iPhone as irrelevant
Apple's soon-to-be-launched iPhone will be irrelevant to business users because it is a "closed device" and does not support Microsoft Office, a senior executive with the software giant said this week.
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22.4.2007 Apple iPhone vs. Nokia N95
Perhaps no other cell phone in history has been as anticipated as Apple's iPhone. From the moment it was announced by Apple to the time it was released six months later, the cell phone was a constant topic of rumors and speculation.
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21.8.2007 New iPhone Firmware 1.1.2 Hacked Before Release
Apple's latest effort to thwart iPhone and iPod touch hacking futile.
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10.11.2007 Microsoft won't launch iPhone rival
Microsoft (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) will not launch a product that competes directly with Apple's (AAPL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) iPhone, Chairman Bill Gates said in an interview with Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
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9.1.2008 iPhone 3G: Initial reaction
I’ve had my iPhone 3G for about two hours, not enough time to do anything resembling a review, but I wanted to blog some of my early observations. (Pictured are Rob Parker and I waiting in line in Atlantic City).
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11.7.2008 Apple teaches iPhone 3.0 new tricks
The first round of news out of today’s Apple event has to do with a “major update” to the iPhone and iPod Touch operating system.
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17.3.2009 Windows 7 Theme & UI for iPhone
First of all i’d like to thank spintek and ebl4287 for releasing such an awesome Windows 7 theme for iPhone. Before getting started confirmed that your iPhone is Jaibreaked and you have installed OpenSSH in your iPhone through Cydia.
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19.8.2009 New Features in iPhone OS 3.1 Firmware
The final version along with general availability of the highly anticipated iPhone OS 3.1 firmware is expected to be announced on September 9th, in Apple’s “Rock iPhone OS 3.1 and Roll” event at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco.
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7.9.2009 Microsoft CEO Takes On Apple's iPhone
Ballmer denounces the upcoming smartphone as uninteresting without the Apple name on it. Surprise, surprise. Steve Ballmer isn't exactly a huge fan of Apple's forthcoming iPhone.
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18.1.2007 Verizon Said No to Apple's iPhone Two Years Ago
This week, Verizon Wireless revealed to reporters that it had been approached by Apple roughly two years ago for a partnership deal with the iPhone but later rejected Apple's proposal. Verizon Wireless vice president Jim Gerace said in a statement that the terms that Apple presented were not mutually beneficial.
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30.1.2007 Microsoft working feverishly on answer to iPhone?
Thanks to pacpis for this post. You've already seen bits and pieces of this morning's Today Show, but another segment in the broadcast managed to grab a trip inside Microsoft's Mobile Design Lab where engineers and "audio geeks" look to be hard at work as they try to "redefine cool."
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30.6.2007 Could Windows Home Server be Microsoft’s iPhone?
Microsoft just might have a hit on its hands with Windows Home Server when the first Home Server models debut this fall.
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2.8.2007 Apple may nuke iPhone apps remotely
Apple apparently can disable App Store software remotely on your iPhone 3G. The iPhone calls home and poof the application is nuked.
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7.8.2008 O2 wins Apple iPhone deal - at a hefty price
Mobile operator O2 is preparing to unveil Apple's much anticipated iPhone in the UK tomorrow. But serious questions are being raised in the City about how much ground it has had to give away to Apple in order to clinch the deal.
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18.9.2007Microsoft: Forget iPhone, were still number two in business
Companieslots of themare still buying Windows Mobile smartphones, and Microsoft doesnt want to let iPhone-mania make them forget.
325 enterprises purchased at least 500 Windows Mobile phones in Microsofts most recent fiscal year, with many buying many more, said Scott
Rockfeld, group products manager for the mobile communications business at Microsoft, in a Friday interview.
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22.07.2008Microsoft Cuts iPhone, BlackBerry and Palm Pre Employee Reimbursement Program
Microsoft, on the heels of its big layoffs and other cost-cutting measures enacted earlier this year, has reportedly stopped reimbursing its employees
for iPhone, Blackberry and Palm Pre data plans even if they're being used significantly for work-related purposes...
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14.06.2009Refurbished iPhone 3G's appear in Best Buy Mobile stores
Want an iPhone 3G, but would really like a few more bucks taken off of the price tag before you commit? Well, your chance has arrived, as long as
you're willing to take a slight gamble, that is. The US based retailer, Best Buy, has announced that they will begin to carry refurbished iPhone
3G's in 350 of their Best Buy Mobile locations. The 8GB variant of Apple's hugely popular device will sell for $149 and the 16GB model
will retail for $249. Of course, those prices still require you to sign a two year commitment to AT&T Mobility. You'll also have to realize
the risks of buying a refurbished device.
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07.01.2009Next Generation iPhone: 7.2Mbit, Video Camera, More?
Last week some more details about the next iPhone revision continued leaking out.
First, there were spottings of new Apple device IDs
found embedded within the iPhone 3.0 firmware. Silicon Alley Insider then claimed that the next iPhone would come with "much faster internet".
Finally, AppleInsider said that the new iPhone would indeed have a video camera, supporting evidence of video publishing screenshots also found in
iPhone 3.0.
It's not surprising that the number of leaks is increasing as Apple does have to keep their carrier partners at least
somewhat informed heading into a new release. We've also continued to hear unconfirmed whispers and have specifically heard that the new iPhone with
support a 7.2Mbit chipset.
Another interesting possibility is that Apple may have settled on the Marvell PXA168 ARM chip as the heart of
a future device. Some unconfirmed claims point to Apple buying up supplies of this chip which is reportedly also due in the July timeframe. The
Marvell PXA168 CPU was announced in January of this year and aims to provide "entry-level laptop" capabilities to consumer electronic devices.
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24.03.2009iPhone 3.0 gets video MMS
The iPhone is getting a major upgrade in the summer with iPhone firmware 3.0, including a lot of new features, some already offered by extra apps in
the AppStore, but pre-loaded and free for the iPhone, iPhone 3G and iPod Touch. One of the new exciting features that hackers were able to unlock is
Video MMS. Users can send, receive and playback video directly from their iPhone to iPhone, meaning both MMS and recording capabilities will be
available in the summer.
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04.04.2009Reporter's Notebook: Excitement Fills iPhone Launch
The big iPhone clock counted
down, and the chants of
"iPhone iPhone!"
inside the store were
beginning to be heard outside
in the mall. Potential
customers who were in the
front of the line had mouths
half-agape, and the gate
slowly raised...
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30.06.2007Leak: New iPhone codenamed 'iPhone 3GS'
We should find out in just a few short hours some details on the new iPhone as Apple started the WWDC today. However, a recent Apple leak, via John
Gruber at Daring Fireball, says the new iPhone has been codenamed "3GS." While this is only a codename, and may or may not be the final name of
the device, Gruber's prediction is this will be the official name as well.
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08.06.2009iPhone firmware hints at major hardware revision
Code discovered by MacRumors in the recently released 2.1.1 iPhone update suggests the release of a new iPhone may be imminent. Although these
hidden strings may seem insignificant to the untrained eye, they are used by Apple to differentiate between hardware iterations. The original iPhone,
which launched in 2007, is branded "iPhone 1,1" whilst the 3G iPhone is known as "iPhone 1,2". Such a significant rise in the product string
number points towards a major product revision. Numerous reports have been circulating in the past few weeks indicating that work is already well
under way on the next generation iPhone, which could feature a quad-core processor.
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29.01.2009First Day iPhone Supply Exceeds Demand
In retrospect, Apple should
have made a disclaimer before
the iPhone went on sale Friday
at 6pm: If you want an
iPhone, don't go to an AT&T
store. Hoping to avoid
massive crowds, many iPhone
buyers ventured to smaller
AT&T stores, like the one in
Asburn, Virginia. But it turns
out the real stock was located
at Apple's own stores, and
standing in line was not a
requirement...
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30.06.2007Live Search for iPhone
Microsoft Live Labs recently announced Seadragon for iPhone which indicated Microsoft's interest with the iPhone. Microsoft's Live Search team
has now joined that list and has released Live Search for iPhone, though the announcement was made in the MacRumor's forum last week unlike the
official announcement of Seadragon. Live Search for iPhone is not an iPhone app unlike Google Mobile App. The Live Search team has tuned their mobile
website for iPhone. It's an iPhone-friendly version of the Live Search site which means that the entire search site is now tailored for the
iPhone's screen.
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23.12.2008Apple's Passing Out The Benjamins to iPhone Owners
It's no surprise that after Apple announced the $200 price drop of the 8GB iPhone, early adopters were a little upset they paid 1/3 more for the
device just because they jumped on it quickly. Some will say that it's a price to pay to be first with a hot new gadget, but that's not the point.
Apple has, apparently, heard the cries and Steve Jobs has stepped up in a big way.
Jobs announced in an open letter on Apple.com, that all
iPhone owners who paid the full $599 for the device will receive a $100 US Apple gift card. Yes, while you may be locked in to buying Apple
product with that gift card, it's still an extra hundred bones in your pocket that wasn't there a few days ago.
Details of the gift card
program are still being worked out, but Jobs expects to have something posted on the Apple homepage sometime next week. So, if you're an early iPhone
adopter, keep your eyes peeled. This is probably something you don't want to miss out on.
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07.09.2007Software Developers Successfully Unlock iPhone
Those waiting for a solution to use the iPhone on a network other than AT&T may have found it: a six-man team has claimed to crack the SIM lock. This
means the iPhone will work on T-Mobile and other GSM carriers overseas...
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24.08.2007iPhone hackers are a step ahead of Apple
Two groups of hackers trying to keep the iPhone unlocked say they have obtained the beta of the iPhone firmware version 2.0, and have already cracked
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13.03.2008iPhone OS 3.0 preview on March 17th
iPhone users need to set aside March 17th as that's the date Apple will take the cover off of iPhone OS 3. Not very much is known at this point
as Apple has a good track record of keeping things under wraps until the last moment. iPhone OS 3 will usher in another era for Apple and its
phenomenal iPhone. Hopefully in this update we may see copy and paste, flash, and native video recording on the iPhone. Add in those new features
and Apple may have the most robust phone on the market today.
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12.03.2009Apple Preps Macs for iPhone
Apple released an update for
iTunes on Friday in
preparation for the iPhone.
Version 7.3 allows the user to
activate their iPhone service
through the application...
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29.06.2007TechSpot's High-end PC Buying Guide
The future is now! Quad-core
CPUs, DirectX 10 graphics
cards, Windows Vista, all the
things we have been waiting
for are now available for
public consumption. With
deals, price cuts, and the
winter buying season upon us,
this would seem like a perfect
time to empty our wallets and
make an upgrade or build a new
PC, especially if you are a
big spender. We have put
together a special high-end PC
buying guide for the New Year
that includes a $2000
"standard deluxe"
configuration, a heftier
$3000 "Fully Loaded"
system, and an additional
"Dream Machine" with no
virtual price ceiling.
This is arguably one of
the best and most fully
featured buying guides we have
written in recent times, do
check it out.
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01.02.2007Stolen iPhone recovered using "Find my iPhone"
What do you do when a thief steals your iPhone, credit cards and all your cash? If you're like one victim in Pittsburg you will fire up your
MobileMe account and use "find my iPhone" to locate your stolen property. A victim, who has not been named, was reportedly robbed at gun point by
three individuals who demanded his iPhone and wallet. After running from the scene and contacting police the victim used his MobileMe account to
locate his iPhone. The suspects were found at a near by Wal-Mart trying to purchase goods with the stolen credit cards.
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31.08.2009Zombie botnet targets iPhone buyers
Would-be iPhone owners are
being targeted by a
7,500-strong zombie botnet,
security experts have warned.
PandaLabs said that buying an
iPhone online could cost
surfers a lot more than the
advertised price if their
computers become infected by
the Aifone.A Trojan.
Users of an infected PC who
try to buy an iPhone online
will be taken to a false page
that appears to be the
official iPhone page. If the
user tries to buy the phone
from the spoof page, they will
be giving their bank details
to cyber-criminals. PandaLabs
said that it has uncovered a
special tool used by
cyber-criminals to control the
botnet.
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17.07.2007iPhone Spurs Mobile Web Traffic
Although the main focus of this year's MacWorld was the MacBook Air, last year's much touted, much hyped iPhone still managed to make waves.
In data provided to the New York Times, Google disclosed that it received more traffic from iPhones this Christmas than from any other mobile device,
despite owning only 2 percent of the smart-phone market and less than 1 percent of the overall mobile-phone market (Jobs announced that 4 million
iPhones had been sold thus far). That means that while fewer people own iPhones, those who do possess the device use it to access the Internet much
more than those with competing handsets. What's not clear is whether the iPhone's slick design and simple user interface has proved useful for
other functions -- such as buying music. Although iPhone users can purchase songs from iTunes when in range of a Wi-Fi hotspot, Apple declined to
reveal how many have done so.
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20.01.2008eBay Debuts Instant Buying
Service
eBay launched its instant
buying service to supplement
its normal auction listings
Monday, hoping to lure more
traditional e-commerce users
to its service. First
announced in January, eBay
Express allows users to
purchase from multiple sellers
using a single shopping cart...
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