Sep
27
Looks like today’s 1.1.1 release of the iPhone firmware is creating a mess for both unlocked and regular iPhones.
Here is what happened to Jonathan Seff of iPhone Central:
I decided to try the 1.1.1 iPhone update on my unlocked and hacked phone. The process went along just fine until the iPhone restarted. Then I got a […]
Sep
14
Apple has outlined the system for getting back $100 of that iPhone you bought before the price drop.
Simply head to Apple’s website, enter your phone number and serial number - and in short time, an SMS will appear in your mailbox with a code for a $100 Apple Store credit.
Looks like there is no iTunes […]
Sep
12
We all knew it would just be a matter of time, but these guys from the iPhone Dev Team (they don’t want to be linked to, so this is a link to Engadget instead) have really outdone themselves by unlocking the iPhone in just 74 days.
Engadget is mirroring the app:
To pull this off you’ll need iUnlock […]
Sep
10
I see a lot of people are citing a study by Compete.com that purports to give us some data about what prices people are willing to pay for an iPhone.
Adario Strange on the Wired blog concludes the following from those numbers:
-8 percent of consumers would be willing to pay for the iPhone at its original price […]
Jul
19
iPhone Hacked to Work with Prepaid SIMs
July 19, 2007 | 1 Comment
The iPhone developer wiki announced that a new hack allows the iPhone to work with prepaid cards, specifically, those bought at 7-11s:
Update: we got confirmation that prepaid cards using the AT&T network worked. At least it has been confirmed for 7-11 cards
We wanted to get some confirmations before announcing it, but it seems nearly […]
Jul
6
After a flurry of rumors about what company was going to get the exclusive iPhone deal for what part of Europe, O2 today denied having signed any papers yet. Only seems to be a question of time, though:
The portion of network revenues demanded by Apple is believed to have been behind Vodafone’s decision not to […]
Jun
26
Walt Mossberg loves the phone, but hates the network.
David Pogue loves most of the phone (and Google Maps with free traffic updates on it), but hates the network.
And it looks as if the battery charge is almost as good as Apple promised:
Apple says one battery charge is enough for 8 hours of calls, 7 hours […]
Jun
26
First iPhone Review a Fake
June 26, 2007 | 2 Comments
Update: In the comments, Fleishman explains that he did not intend his article to be a review but that the New York post labeled it is such.
The New York Post’s Glenn Fleishman pretends to be the first “journalist” reviewing the iPhone:
The iPhone crams so many different features into its slightly bulky form that it […]
Jun
22
Apple just published a 20min video giving an overview over the iPhone and its features. Just a shame that the guy narrating it has a somewhat annoying way of not moving his eyebrows and not trying to blink.
Some nice details:
Contact list doesn’t just have to be flicked up or down, there is an alphabet on […]
Jun
22
It is standard business in the mobile phone industry to subsidize phones and then locking in consumers for one- or two-year contracts. The idea is that the phones are cheaper and the company makes its money back over time. If the consumer wants to cancel the contract earlier, an termination fee applies to make up […]
Jun
20
What We Know About the iPhone
June 20, 2007 | 2 Comments
I remain surprised about how much we don’t know about the iPhone even just a week before its launch.
To help us all out,Lepton has written up a list of fifty features that are/might/could be part of the deal when you buy your iPhone next Friday.
One thing I especially wonder about is how the iPhone handles […]
Jun
19
Josh Bancroft today has some interesting observations about why he thinks there is no iPhone SDK and why it infuriates developers so much:
Members of the Apple Developer program could buy an Intel-based development kit MONTHS before the first Intel Mac was available at retail. As soon as the switch to Intel was announced, in fact. […]
Jun
18
John Paczkowski at All Things Digital reports that Apple’s claim of eight hours of talk time for the iPhone was based upon observations under laboratory conditions and might not be what consumers can expect in real world use when they get their hands on one on Friday:
Anyway … it’s worth noting that Apple’s latest iPhone […]
Jun
9
MacRumors got their hands on an iPhone training manual.
It’s a revolutionary phone that allows you to dial numbers with your fingers (no kidding - that’s point one in the manual). More importantly, the iPhone is missing almost everything that could make it interesting. No IM, no GPS, but at least it has a vibrate mode […]
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