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iPhone OS 3.0 Review

Although I was less than pleased with the iPhone 3G S, the OS 3.0 has been a bundle of joy so far. The long awaited copy/paste as well as deleting/forwarding individual texts and e-mail multiple pictures at once.

I Won't Be Getting The iPhone 3G S

I just upgraded to the new OS with it's new search feature, forward/deleting individual text messages, landscape format in the mail and SMS apps is also a big boost. I will probably post later this week or early next week on my initial impressions but so far, it is good.

Blackberry Curve Overtakes iPhone As Most Popular Smartphone
Source: Yahoo! Tech - Daily Features

Chalk it up to the fact that the Curve is available on the four biggest U.S. carriers, not to mention a two-for-one sale on Verizon Wireless. Also in the top five for the first quarter of 2009: The Storm and the T-Mobile G1.

Apple iPhone Could Drop to $99, Analyst Say
Source: Gizmodo

Apple-obsessed financial analyst Charlie Wolf said today in a research note that Apple could cut the price of the 8GB iPhone to $99. Why? Apparently, just because they can.

Apple Nixes 'Pull My Finger' App, Even Though It's A Gas
Source: InformationWeek.com

Why is Apple both "way-cool and so very backwards" at the same time? This post by Eric Zeman on InformationWeek's Mobile Weblog shows how such a hip company can really step in it with a prude attitude. Perhaps Apple has copped a "pruditude." - MTS

The iPhone: 3G speed and reception issues
Source: msnbc.com

Are you having problem with cell reception or lousy broadband speed with your 3G iPhone? According to this AP story, "Since the launch of the next-generation iPhone, Apple's message boards have been flooded with complaints of dropped calls and poor 3G connectivity indicated by fe …

Apple CEO Confirms iPhone Has a Remote Kill Switch
Source: Yahoo! News

Apple CEO Steve Jobs has confirmed that the iPhone 3G has a kill switch that can remotely remove software from the devices.

iPhone 3G Gets Hot and Melty, Cooks Dude's Leg
Source: Gizmodo

While the iPhone 3G definitely feels warmer than the original, it shouldn't get hot enough to cook human flesh. Or melt.

Are iPhone 3Gs developing cracks?
Source: Engadget

In what appears to be an increasingly common problem, hairline cracks are beginning to form on Apple's new iPhone 3G.

The iPhone, Now in Green(er)
Source: worldchanging.com

Inside each of the more than one million 3G iPhones sold so far, you'll find a lithium-ion battery. No big surprise there. But what's different here from early model iPhones is that the batteries are not soldered in place. That's good news.

3G iPhone Availability - Updated Every Fifteen Minutes
Source: topmuffin.com

The iPhone has been available since 8 am, July 11. Lines are still forming and people are still trying to get their hands on these shiny objects. Still looking for an iPhone? Here's your ticket to 3G-happiness.

iPhone native Apps - the great leap backwards?
Source:

Seemingly putting me in a minority, one area I really wasn't particularly enthused about was that of native apps for the iPhone, and iPod Touch.

iPhone 3G and 2.0 affected by buggy software, sensors, wireless
Source: Apple Insider

If you have the iPhone 2.0 software (original iPhone or 3g), then you know all about these issues.

iPhone 3G: The porn-friendliest phone?
Source:

Since the dawn of the Internet, the porn industry has pushed the limits of technology as purveyors of adult entertainment continually strive to find faster, better, and more accessible distribution models for their product.

The Five Best iPhone 3G Accessories We've Seen (So Far)
Source: Wired News

We've barely had our mitts on the iPhone 3G for a week and what's old is new again. The bad news? Aside from the addition of blazing fast data speeds, back is the brittle screen, the tinny speaker and the 30-pin connector.

The Soup's iPhone parody
Source: The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)

Here's a parody iPhone ad that ran on the show earlier this week. It's really funny, with an emphasis on the pricing changes the iPhone has experienced in its first year of existence.

BlackBerry vs. iPhone: Should you switch?
Source: webworkerdaily.com

Last weekend, I was one of the 1 million who was crazy enough to wait on a 3 hour line to buy an iPhone 3G. Until last Thursday, I was quite content to be a BlackBerry user for the foreseeable future. I really liked my BlackBerry 8800. A lot.

Why Apple should kill off iPhone (No, not the iPhone 3G)

The hype is on. People are lined up in front of Apple's swanky New York store. Some are already calling it a successful launch. The internet is abuzz, at least for blogs and sites that care about such things. But not everyone is excited about the iPhone 3G launch.

For iPhone, the 'New' Is Relative
Source: The New York Times

Today, the iPhone is in the hands of six million people. Clumsy touch-screen lookalikes from rival phone makers line the shelves. And Friday is the iPhone's second coming.

The disruptive potential of GPS on the iPhone 3G
Source: Ars Technica

A recent survey showed nearly half of respondents rated GPS as a deciding factor in favoring an iPhone 3G, which should be good news for makers of GPS software and services. Or not.

Rogers announces iPhone 3G plans, unlimited data isn't one of them
Source:

iPhone 3G combines all the revolutionary features of iPhone with 3G networking that is twice as fast(x) as the first generation iPhone, built-in GPS for expanded location based mobile services, and iPhone 2.0 software which includes support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync a …

iPhone 3G: The "Total Cost of Ownership" Argument

So, Apple announces the iPhone 3G (does that make the 1st Generation iPhone the 1G iPhone or the iPhone 2.5G and is the iPhone 3G the 2G iPhone 3G?) and alongside the new look, the new software and other improvements, a svelte-looking Steve Jobs confirmed early reports that the p …

Live blog: Steve Jobs at WWDC 2008 | Unveils the iphone 3G
Source: CNET.com

SAN FRANCISCO--At Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference here, CEO Steve Jobs took the stage just after 10 a.m. PDT. Stay tuned for the latest news on the 3G iPhone, Mac OS X 10.6, and an iSpaceship. (We're not sure about that last one.)

Apple WWDC 2008 Keynote Roundup (Hint: New iPhone! 3G and $200!!!)

Apple WWDC 2008 Keynote Roundup All about iPhone at the keynote. Information on OSX 10.6 coming after lunch. - Three facets of new iPhone rollout: 1) Enterprise, 2) 3rd Party Apps, 3) New User Features iPhone 3G - Enterprise Enterprise support, including Exchange etc.

TidBITS iPod & iPhone: Starbucks Deal Brewed with AT&T Has Hints of Apple
Source: db.tidbits.com

I'm not an oenophile, but I do like wine. I've never mastered the vocabulary of oaky, brawny, full of tannins, and so forth. But I do know a whiff of fruit when I smell it.

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