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An Evening With the iPhone 3G Running iOS 4.1

My iPhone 3G suffered under the control of iOS 4, its sprightly performance choked away by unseen hands, turning what was a faithful companion into a shadow of its former self.  Spotlight was turned off, apps removed and hard resets performed, but nothing woke the device from its slumber. Any vows not to rush into upgrading [...]

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More Promises to Fix iOS 4 on the iPhone 3G

It was the end of July when we last heard that Apple was looking into the performance of iOS 4 on the iPhone 3G, and now, almost a month later, we’re hearing the same thing again.  This is another ‘Steve Jobs email reply’ stories and although we don’t have any reason not to trust the [...]

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Apple Investigating iPhone 3G Issues When Running iOS 4

With all the attention focused on the iPhone 4’s antenna and its related issues, iPhone 3G owners who were struggling with iOS 4 on their phones seemed to have been overlooked and often had their complaints met by a cry of ‘upgrade to an iPhone 4/jailbreak it!’ But the fact is, the iPhone 3G, and occasionally [...]

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Telus, Rogers, Fido & Bell all lower iPhone 3G & 3GS pricing

It looks like those in Canada who may not need the latest and greatest (iPhone 4) are in luck. Well, those willing to settle for an iPhone 3G or 3GS anyway as Telus, Rogers, Fido and Bell have all recently announced lower pricing on those two handsets. The new prices break down as follows. iPhone 3G 8GB Telus: [...]

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Is This Goodbye? iPhone 3G Could Be Discontinued Soon

If the reports are correct, there is every chance the iPhone 3G will be discontinued very soon.  The smart money is on Apple showing off their new iPhone model at WWDC, making the 3G two generations old and unable to run all the features in the next version of the iPhone OS. Speculation on its demise [...]

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Jailbreaking news: iPhone 3G running OS 4 with full multitasking [Video]

We all saw the news that the iPhone 3G would receive limited support for certain iPhone OS 4.0 features. But leave it to the tinkerers, and here we have a video showing an iPhone 3G that is running iPhone OS 4.0 beta 1 with full multitasking. So much for the iPhone 3G not being able [...]

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AT&T currently offering refurbished iPhone 3G’s for $49

It looks like we still have a few hold over deals going on with AT&T and those considering an iPhone purchase may want to pay attention. Currently available are a few deals on refurbished models including the iPhone 3G for $49 and the 16GB iPhone 3GS in white for $149. Bottom line, its hard to argue [...]

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The iPhone 3G and 3GS are officially available in China, for real

In what seemed like it would never happen, the iPhone has officially launched in China with China Unicom as the carrier. Yup, the iPhone, or more specifically the 8GB iPhone 3G as well as the 16 and 32GB iPhone 3GS are available for purchase. Of course as you most likely remember there is a few things [...]

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AT&T’s offering $49, $99 refurbished iPhone 3G’s for a limited time

Just a quick little post for anyone that may have been considering picking up an iPhone 3G — AT&T currently has a special on refurbished models. The offer is listed as being available “while supplies last” which means it may end at any time. In terms of pricing, the 8GB model is selling for $49 and [...]

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Rogers and Fido extend iPhone 3GS promotional offers through September 15

We have some good news for Rogers and Fido customers looking for the iPhone 3GS, it looks like those promotional offers are being extended through September 15. Granted, this is not going to get an iPhone 3GS in your hands any quicker, there are still inventory issues, but on the other hand, getting a nice [...]

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