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Apple Progressing Toward iPhone Release in China

Date July 18, 2009


SinoCast Daily Business Beat reports that Foxconn, Apple’s Taiwanese manufacturing partner for the iPhone, has begun production of a China-specific iPhone lacking Wi-Fi connectivity.
Two production lines in the Foxconn Shenzhen plant are producing 90-coded mobile phones, device that looks like iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS, said one source.
The mysterious products might be the very model [...]

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Big Game Publishers Making Their Way to the App Store

Date July 18, 2009


While many of the early successful iPhone and iPod touch games came from small-time developers, big-name content creators like Electronic Arts, id Software and Konami are flocking to the platform, using their brands and marketing muscle to compete.
The App Store has about 13,000 games in 19 separate categories, ranging from old-fashioned board games to complex [...]

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iPhone 3GS Exploit Found, Unlock Immenant

Date June 26, 2009


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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YouTube Mobile Uploads Increases Dramatically Since iPhone 3GS Release

Date June 26, 2009


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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Rogers Now Offers International Voice Roaming Packages…

Date June 24, 2009


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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Flash 10 Beta for Smart phone’s Coming this October, No iPhone Support?

Date June 23, 2009


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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Apple Sells Over One Million iPhone 3GS Models within First 72 Hours

Date June 23, 2009


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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Steve Jobs has Reportedly Been Spotted back at Apple’s California Offices

Date June 23, 2009


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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iPhone 3G S is Sporting a Processor Capable of 833MHz; 720p Video Immanent

Date June 19, 2009


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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AT&T Actually Listened to its Customers; iPhone 3G S Upgrade Eligibility Update

Date June 17, 2009


Believe it or not, AT&T has actually taken its customers words into consideration, and has given us a nice update on iPhone 3G S upgrade eligibility.
AT&T writes, “Some customers have had questions about our plans and policies for iPhone 3G S, and we’d like to provide you with answers. We’d also like to announce a [...]

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iPhone OS 3.0 Software Update Now Available

Date June 17, 2009


Well, current iPhone and iPod Touch owners alike, today is not just another day. Today is the day you upgrade your iPhone firmware to 3.0 and experience a ton of new functions and features that you’ve been wanting for months now.
That’s right, iPhone OS 3.0 is now available for download via iTunes. If for some [...]

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iPhone 3G S Pre-Orders Have Started Shipping

Date June 15, 2009


So it’s being said that your beloved iPhone 3G S’s have begun to ship from warehouses early this morning. At least, that is what one would think after receiving the above notification.
It is being guessed that Apple has taken extra precaution to make sure that none of these iPhone 3G S’s appear at your front [...]

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New Apple Store Opens in Scottsdale, Arizona

Date June 14, 2009


©2009 brian hancock photographers

Apple proudly announced the grand opening of their newest Apple retail store addition in Scottsdale, Arizona 6:00pm on June 12th, 2009.
The store front (and rear) are made entirely of glass, causing this store to look rather eye appealing to passers-by, and shoppers alike. The store’s address, for those of you that [...]

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AT&T Sold Out of Launch-Day iPhone 3G S Pre-Orders

Date June 14, 2009


If you have yet to pre-order your iPhone 3G S, you might want to get on that as soon as you can. Although it is too late for you to get an iPhone 3G S on launch day; June 19th, 2009, you may still get your hands on one just a couple weeks afterward. The [...]

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