This may or may not be true, but apparently Twitter user George Ruiz was taking his first video using the iPhone 3GS when he accidentally dropped in the nearby pool. Video provided at the end of this post.
UPDATE: Apparently the iPhone has a lanyard (a thin strap of sorts) attached to the device, which means [...]

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According to the iPhone Dev Team, there is a well known loophole that has been found in the iPhone 3GS. The loophole is known as the 24Kpwn exploit, and was first found in the iPod Touch 2G, which seems to have been carried over on to the iPhone 3GS.
Still waiting to have your iPhone 3GS [...]

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Roger McNamee of Sprint’s ad department is having a little too much fun when it comes to making advertisements for their new Pre cellular phone.
Looking above, you will see the new Pre advertisement released by Sprint just recently.
Okay, so their Pre is doing pretty good in sales, but that doesn’t give them any right to [...]

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With the iPhone 3GS came video recording capabilities. With video recording capabilities, came the ability to upload said recorded videos to YouTube via 3G and Wi-Fi. Since June 19th, 2009, YouTube announces that their uploads have increased from mobile devices by 400% per day.
When watching most of the videos uploaded from an iPhone 3GS, you [...]

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The table and cost data presented in this article [to the right] consist only of the iPhone 3G S’s BOM. The total does not include other costs, including manufacturing software development, shipping and distribution, packaging, royalty fees and miscellaneous accessories included with each phone. [iSuppli]
iSuppli informs us that the Bill of Materials (BOM) and features [...]

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I’m sure most of you already know the main differences between the iPhone 3G and the iPhone 3GS which was released on June 19th, 2009, however, I still feel the need to share the main differences on Touch Podium, for those of you whom may not know yet.

Price
$199 [16GB]$299 [32GB]
$99 [8GB]

Camera
3MPAutofocusVideo recording
2MP

New features
Improved PerformanceBuilt-in video [...]

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Rogers is now offering international voice roaming packages.
These packages, once added to your account are available for usage during the billing period, are automatically removed at the beginning of the next period and do not require any modification or addition to your existing contract.
An easy breakdown of rates is as follows, and found on BGR;
Africa

$35 [...]

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The iPhone Dev-Team has made Ultrasn0w available for download, working at its fullest, waiting for your jailbreaking needs.
The steps on how to Ultrafy your iPhone 3G, have a look below:

Ensure you have upgraded to iPhone OS 3.0
Jailbreak your iPhone 3G using redsn0w or PwnageTool (this will also install Cydia/Icy)
Run Cydia or Icy
Please add the repo repo666.ultrasn0w.com to [...]

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For those of you that are not yet in the know, Apple has decided to remove the space found between 3G and S (which stands for Speed). The new name for their new product is now the iPhone 3GS, sans space. The old (above, to the left), the new (above, to the right).
This isn’t [...]

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Adobe’s Flash Platform is making its way to smart phone’s this October, at least in beta form. First thing that came to mind when I saw this story, was, will it be coming to the iPhone and iPod Touch lineups?
If you know anything about Flash, you will be just as disappointed as I am when [...]

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via Gearlive
Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster was a little off with his estimation of 500,000 sales noted on June 18th. Apple yesterday announced that they’ve succeeded in the selling of over 1 million iPhone 3GS models June 19th through to June 21st, 2009.
If you read the bottom of the June 18th story, you will see where [...]

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According to CBC News Canada, Apple CEO Steve Jobs has apparently been spotted back at Apple’s Cupertino, California campus on Monday, the same day that Steve Jobs issued his first statement since going on his leave of absence this January.
“Customers are voting, and the iPhone is winning,” Jobs said in the statement about the latest [...]

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Yesterday I updated and jailbroke the new 3.0 firmware for my iPhone 3G. During the jailbreak process using redsn0w 0.72 by the iPhone Dev Team, I installed both Cydia and Icy. To my great dismay, when I attempted to intitiate the essential upgrades in Cydia, I continually received an error that stated,
“couldnt configure pre-depend dpkg [...]

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As mentioned in the article prior to this, RapidRepair didn’t waste any time in disassembling their iPhone 3G S quickly after receiving their very own. What the found below the outer shell was totally unexpected, and frankly, quite a nice touch.Hours after the dismantlement of RapidRepair’s iPhone 3G S, it was announced that the processor [...]

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