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Firmware 2.0.1 for the iPhone now available through iTunes

The first update for the iPhone has arrived, Apple has just made available firmware 2.0.1 through iTunes. Of course the official word is that this update will take care of some “Bug fixes” but give me some time and I will see what I can dig up. While we are not expecting any new features, we [...]

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Megafona bringing the iPhone 3G to Russia in 2009?

Despite some earlier reports, it looks like the iPhone 3G will not be landing in Russia this year. According to a recent report from Russian news site Vedomosti, the iPhone 3G will be available in Russia legally beginning next year. Now of course there are lots of holes in this story so far, namely there [...]

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USBFever offering to take your $3 for a normally free SIM-eject tool

In what seems like little opportunity for sales, USBFever must have found something that seems to be a mystery to me. Their latest offering is a replacement for something that Apple now includes with the purchase of an iPhone 3G, the SIM card ejector tool. I guess, and this is assuming that you don’t mind spending [...]

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Apple pushes iPhone 3G production, Foxconn now at 800,000 per week

The latest Apple news comes with both a potential good side and a very real possibility of having a negative effect. Rumor has it that the production of the iPhone has been ramped up to 800,000 units per week for a total of 40 million per year. This of course means that those still searching [...]

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iPhone 3G overheats, burns sleeping man’s leg

Perhaps one of the stranger complaints with the iPhone 3G so far, we have already seen numerous reports of cracks appearing, but this seems to be the first with a phone getting hot enough to actually burn someone’s leg. The user claims that he fell asleep for a few hours only to wake up in “extreme [...]

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AT&T to have exclusive rights to the iPhone until 2010?

It looks like some bad news for anyone still holding out hope for seeing the iPhone become officially available with a carrier other than AT&T. The latest reports from USA today are claiming that Apple has agreed to give AT&T exclusive rights to distribute the iPhone until the end of 2009. Randall Stephenson, AT&T’s chairman and [...]

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White iPhone 3G’s beginning to crack?

Quite a few images are beginning to show up online showing cracks in the casing of the white iPhone 3G. Of course most of these images are coming with reports that the phone has not been “dropped or pressed” and judging from the amount of reports that are coming in, I tend to believe it. [...]

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AT&T officially confirms lack of iPhone 3G availability

Perhaps in an effort to calm the frustrated (potential) customers AT&T has released an official “customer update” to let everyone know that they are simply out of stock. “We’ve seen incredible demand for iPhone 3G since it launched — and subsequently sold out — on July 11.” Of course, they are also quick to remind those same [...]

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App Store tops 25 million downloads

It may have taken just three days for customers to download those first 10 million apps from the App Store, but it took 10 days more to hit the 25 million mark. While still an impressive number it does seem to be slowing down just a bit. If you consider that the first 3 days [...]

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Analysts calling for another month of iPhone 3G shortages

Say is isn’t so, it already seems strange that we are still seeing long very long lines at Apple Stores on a daily basis, but the simple fact is that is seems like the demand has been higher than the supply. Based on analysis from Gene Munster at Piper Jaffray these short supply issues could last [...]

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