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Apple releases new iPhone 3GS commercials

Just recently a few new television commercials for the iPhone 3GS have begun airing on television and as you would expect they are highlighting a few of the new features. The first offers a glimpse of Voice Control, the second shows off Cut, Copy and Paste while the final video demonstrates the ability to record [...]

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Apple offers iPhone OS 3.1 beta, iPhone SDK 3.1 beta to developers [UPDATED]

It has not been all that long since the iPhone OS 3.0 was released, and now it looks like we are going to be moving directly to OS 3.1 as opposed to seeing a smaller point release of OS 3.0.1. Just recently Apple released both the iPhone OS 3.1 beta along with the SDK 3.1 beta [...]

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iPhone 3GS availability dwindling

Remember earlier this week when I posted an article [link] reporting that Apple had posted an online 3GS “availabilty database”? Back then, only 5 Apple retail stores were sold out of all four iPhone models. Fast forward to today, and only about 40-45% of all Apple retail stores have all four iPhones in stock and 15% [...]

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Confirmed: Steve Jobs returns to work

Apple has given Bloomberg confirmation that Apple CEO, Steve Jobs, has indeed returned to Apple. “Steve Jobs is back at work at Apple Inc., returning to his job as chief executive officer as planned after taking medical leave in January. “Steve is back to work,” Steve Dowling, an Apple spokesman, said today. Jobs is at Apple a [...]

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iPhone 3GS Brulée

French blog, “Nowhere Else,” recently posted a story in which a brand new iPhone 3GS overheated and left brown streaks on the white 3GS case. “I bought an iPhone Friday morning 3GS, I normally used and a few days ago, I did the test several apps warning radars in the car when I was a passenger, the apps using the [...]

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iPhone 3GS availability database goes online

Earlier today, Apple posted an online database where prospective iPhone 3GS buyers can check the availability status of the iPhone 3GS in their region. Keep in mind that this database only shows retail outlets where you are guaranteed (or not guaranteed) to get an iPhone 3GS. At present, only 5 of Apple’s 200 retail stores are [...]

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Apple makes pledge to not distribute pornography

Several days ago, “Hottest Girls,” the first app containing nudity, was released and available for purchase on iTunes. Apple has since removed the offending app, and stated to CNN that they will not distribute “applications that contain inappropriate content,” in short: porn. “Apple will not distribute applications that contain inappropriate content, such as pornography. The developer [...]

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Why so secretive, Apple?

As I’m sure you’re well aware, Apple has a long track record of keeping its new projects under wraps (from even its own employees.) It is because of Apple’s desire for secrecy, that sites such as MacRumors, and even your very own iPhonefreak, are constantly reporting on what is believed to be the latest “leak” [...]

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Steve Jobs: Back on the job

As you may recall, Apple co-founder and CEO, Steve Jobs, underwent liver surgery a little over two months ago in an effort to slow the effects of his pancreatic cancer [article link]. According to AppleInsider, “An anonymous Reuters journalist on the grounds of the the Cupertino, Calif.-based firm says that Jobs was exiting the building wearing his [...]

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Apple sells over one million iPhone 3GS models

Earlier today, Apple announced that they sold over one million iPhone 3GS units this past weekend. The “Apple PR RSS” update feed simply stated “Apple Sells Over One Million iPhone 3GS Models.” In response to the one millionth iPhone 3GS being sold, Apple CEO, Steve Jobs stated, “Customers are voting and the iPhone is winning,” said Steve Jobs, [...]

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