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Apple’s iPhone 3GS ad

Earlier today, Apple unveiled its newest iPhone, the iPhone 3GS, check out the TV ad below. See the guided tour here or Watch the high quality trailer here Be sure to check back with iPhoneFreak.com for the latest news regarding the iPhone 3GS!

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Apple to sell the iPhone for less?

According to FinancialTimes , Apple is planning to unveil a much cheaper version of the iPhone on Monday (WWDC 09.) “Apple plans to introduce a cheaper version of its popular iPhone as soon as Monday, in a move that could dramatically increase the company’s share of the market for web-surfing devices, people familiar with the initiative [...]

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One billionth iPhone app contest winner announced

Several weeks ago Apple launched a promotional contest titled the “1 Billion App Countdown,” [article] the winner of this contest would be selected randomly, meaning that the 1,000,000,000th person to download an app would not automatically win. Well, the results are in: “The one billionth app, Bump created by Bump Technologies, was downloaded by Connor Mulcahey, age [...]

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Apple’s “1 Billion App Countdown” contest launched

Earlier today, Apple launched perhaps one of its largest promotions yet, promising one lucky application downloader today “a $10,000 iTunes Gift Card, an iPod touch, a Time Capsule, and a MacBook Pro.” “As of today, nearly one billion apps have been downloaded around the globe. So we just want to say thanks — a billion. Download [...]

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Best Buy now offering refurbished iPhone 3G’s

Following the lead of the AT&T and Apple stores, Best Buy has become the latest to begin offering refurbished iPhone 3G’s. Of course, the pricing is the same as you will find with AT&T, and a two-year contract is still required. Pricing for the 8GB model is $149 and the 16GB is $249. So [...]

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AT&T selling refurbished iPhone 3G’s for as low as $99

If you were hoping that Walmart would begin offering a $99 iPhone 3G and were disappointed when they announced that they would only be snipping a mere $2 from Apple’s price, fear not, AT&T is now offering a $99 refurbished iPhone 3G! According to MacRumors, “Analysts believed that dropping the starting price of the iPhone to $99 could double or [...]

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Apple Announces 300 Million Apps Downloaded, Forgets to Mention Revenue

Over the weekend, Apple quietly placed an App Store ad in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, which happened to casually mention that the App Store now has over 10,000 apps available and that there have been more than 300,000,000 downloads.  Yes, that is eight zeroes after that three.  Yes, that is [...]

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App Store now has over 10,000 applications

The iTunes App Store opened back on July 11, 2008 with a mere 500 applications, 150 of which were free. Now, four months later, the shelves of the App Store are stocked with over 10,000 applications and hundreds of new ones are developed every week.  As I’m sure you’re well aware, these 10,000 applications range from practical [...]

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Yet another iPhone 3G ad banned in the UK

You may recall reading an article published on iPhonefreak several months ago regarding an iPhone 3G ad being banned by the United Kingdom’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA,) on the grounds that it was “misleading.” Well, the ASA is back at it again, this time pulling a new iPhone 3G ad that claims the new iPhone 3G [...]

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Apple offers up two new iPhone commercials

Apple has recently begun playing two more commercials for the iPhone 3G, both of which show off the coolness that comes along with the iPhone, but perhaps more important they also show off some great new apps and just how simply the iPhone 3G can be integrated into your everyday life. The first of the two [...]

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