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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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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An Engadget tipster sent the website some images of his iPhone 3G running OS 3.0, and being capable of using the MMS and tethering features without problem.
It is said that this is only possible by upgrading your AT&T profile from version 4.0, up to version 5.0. We are not allowed to share with you where [...]

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Starting today, any activation as a new customer or upgrade to either the iPhone 3G, or the iPhone 3G S, is automatically eligible for the CAD $30.00 6GB iPhone Data Plan.
Do note that this offer is only for a limited time, so if you’re at all interested, which you should be, then get your butt [...]

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For those living up north, such as myself, Rogers and Fido will have the new iPhone 3G S available for purchase in store’s on June 19th, which is only ten days from now.

If you are a new Rogers or Fido customer, you are a lucky one. If you sign up with either of the companies [...]

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After Apple’s price cut announcement on the iPhone 3G lineup, Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster expects the phone’s sales and demands to increase twofold.
This is what happened last year, with the first gen iPhone price drop, from $399, down to $199. Actually, in reality, the sales tripled, but this is taking into consideration sales overseas. Not [...]

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At the Apple press event today about the iPhone OS 3.0, the following capabilities/features were announced;
- In-App purchase to enable more app functionality
- peer to peer connectivity
- accessory connectivity
- Google map controls
- push notifications
- cut and paste
- landscape mode
- Messages (MMS)
- voice memos
- new Calendar support
- enhancements to the Stock App and search (Spotlight).
- Bluetooth [...]

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xWaves has released version 1.2 of their third party GPS software, xGPS, for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
This version includes audible turn-by-turn instructions, utilizes Google Maps or Google Terrain Maps and can be downloaded through Cydia via the MMI repository. This version is still a work in progress and isn’t without some bugs, but using [...]

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Apple has made it’s first formal public statement about it’s legal stance on iPhone jailbreaking in comments filed with the Copyright Office.
Apple states;
“Current jailbreak techniques now in widespread use utilize unauthorized modifications to
the copyrighted bootloader and OS, resulting in infringement of the copyrights in those
programs. For example, the current most popular jailbreaking software [...]

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Apple has announced their financial results for Q1 of fiscal year 2009, ending December 27, 2008…. how that makes sense, I have no idea…. Anyways, the revenue for the quarter is an Apple record of $10.17 billion, with a profit of $1.61 billion.
These record profits are driven by the following sales numbers for the quarter, [...]

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Day 1 of 2009, The Dev-Team launches their official, long-awaited iPhone 3G unlock. They call it, yellowsn0w. It’s not fully functional, but it is working. This release is named 0.9 beta, thus the official 1.0 release shouldn’t be too far off now.
For those in the wonder, yes, this release will work with the iPhone’s latest [...]

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The 3G been the hardest nut to crack for the iPhone Dev Team.  Jailbreaking presented few problems, but that new baseband is what has given them the biggest headaches.
But that never deterred them, and their persistence has paid off, because the unlock is ready.  Dubbed “Yellowsn0w,” this is the software SIM unlock everyone has been [...]

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