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Confirmed: iPhone 3G goes on sale at BestBuy September 7th

Around two weeks ago, BestBuy President, Shawn Score projected that BestBuy would begin selling the iPhone 3G on September 7th. (See article) Well, I can now say with 100% certainty that this is in fact true. As of September 7th you will be able to purchase your very own iPhone 3G “through 970 of BestBuy’s stores, [...]

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Has AT&T been quietly extending their 3G coverage?

While I have still not found anything official coming from AT&T it seems that they may be expanding on their available 3G coverage areas. Going about my daily business yesterday I received a simple Twitter message that stated; OMG!!!! I now have 3G at home!!! Sweet! Now normally I would not be all that excited [...]

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That Used iPhone Market

Have you looked at the price of used original model iPhones on eBay lately? Why is it people are willing to pony up near-full-retail price (sometimes the phones are going for MORE than was originally paid for them!) for a used piece of equipment that can be currently be had with “twice the speed for [...]

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Dust under the iPhone 3G’s screen? Oh no!

While there have been no widespread technical failures plaguing iPhone 3G to date, all the little things have begun to add up. Earlier this month I reported on yellow-tinted screens affecting the 3G, and only recently Robert Nelson wrote an article on how some white iPhone 3Gs are beginning to crack. Oh, did I mention that an [...]

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Three more international iPhone 3G launches confirmed!

On August 22, 2008, the iPhone 3G will go on sale in the following countries: India, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Poland, Romania, the Philippines, Singapore, and Hungary. I have listed below the three latest additions to the list of international 3G launches along with their respective carriers (see Robert Nelson’s post for the other 5 launches): Poland [...]

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Russia to get the iPhone 3G in 2009?

According to the Russian news site Vedomosti , Moscow’s Apple director, Yevgeny Butman, has made claims that the iPhone 3G will go on sale in Russia sometime in 2009. He [Butman] went on to say that Russian carrier, Megafona, is currently negotiating with Apple to form a deal that will bring the 3G to [...]

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AT&T: initial iPhone sales have doubled since last year

Earlier today (July 23, 2008,) AT&T released a statement saying that during the first twelve days of being available, the iPhone 3G has sold double of what the original iPhone sold last year. More specifically, AT&T stated that iPhone profits rose 30 percent to $3.77 billion or 63 cents per share.  “The Apple iPhone 3G is [...]

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iPhone 2.0 firmware: future printer connectivity?

3rd party iPhone developers have recently “decrypted” the iPhone’s newly released 2.0 firmware, and have found what appears to be an empty directory simply named “Printers.” While this finding is by no means hard evidence, it does lead us to believe that Apple might just be cooking up something for us, in terms of wireless iPhone/iPod [...]

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KTLA reporter messes with the wrong 3G fan [Video]

Recently a reporter working for the Los Angeles news station, KTLA, was tasked with covering the release of the iPhone 3G. In covering this story he made the not so wise decision to go up to a guy waiting in line at Burbank’s Apple Store and asks him some “inappropriate” questions.      I have no idea what [...]

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Never do this to your iPhone 3G! [Video]

I’m sure many of you have heard of the infamous “Will it Blend” segment on YouTube. Well, the BlendTec guy is back at it again, this time buying a new iPhone 3G and then putting it in his blender (oh no!) The only thing I’m ever going to be using my blender for is making smoothies… [...]

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