Archive for the ‘Apple’ Category

SquareTrade informed PhoneNews.com this week that they are no longer permitting iPhone 3G (and new iPhone 3GS) customers to purchase warranties that cover the full retail price. PhoneNews.com initiated this investigation after noting subtle changes in the iPhone purchasing page.
SquareTrade going forward will only honor the two-year contract replacement amount. Meaning, a customer that purchases [...]

Not long after the release of ultrasn0w, the Dev-Team of intrepid hackers has discovered that the 24Kpwn exploit found and used in the development of the second generation iPod Touch jailbreak is present and intact in the iPhone 3GS.
Because of the discovery, the development time for an unlock/jailbreak solution has been significantly accelerated and streamlined [...]

Following up on the release of redsn0w last weekend, the iPhone Dev Team has released the long awaited ultrasn0w unlock and jailbreak tool for iPhone 3G running OS 3.0.
Instructions for unlocking are as follows:
1. Ensure you have upgraded to iPhone OS 3.0
2. Jailbreak your iPhone 3G using redsn0w or PwnageTool (this will also install Cydia/Icy)
3. [...]

As expected, the iPhone Dev Team has released the redsn0w jailbreak tool for the first generation iPhone and iPhone 3G/iPod Touch via PwnageTool 3.0 for Mac OS X.
Now for the caveats:
1. redsn0w will only jailbreak and unlock the first-generation iPhone, with the ultrasn0w 3G unlock tool for iPhone 3G not being included in this release.
2. [...]

AT&T and Apple have issued an information checklist to ensure a smooth launch and sales of the iPhone 3G S.

The iPhone 3G S will be available tomorrow morning from all 2,200 company-owned AT&T retail locations and all 211 US Apple retail stores.

AT&T stores will be opening at 7AM to fulfill in-store pre-orders for the iPhone [...]

AT&T has announced a slight change to their upgrade policy as a result of customer complaints resulting from those with Apple’s iPhone 3G that wish to upgrade to the 3G S and felt slighted at having to pay the standard early upgrade price.
In a normal situation, AT&T will only allow customers to upgrade at the [...]

AT&T has informed customers that, on June 17th, that iPhone customers on AT&T’s GoPhone Prepaid service may lose data services. This affects any iPhone, iPhone 3G, or potential iPhone 3G S customer that does not have the official iPhone data package, which is only available on the GoPhone Pick Your Plan account. Furthermore, that plan [...]

The iPhone Dev Team group of skilled and intrepid firmware developers have announced that they will demonstrate a fully working version of the yellowsnow unlock tool for the official build of iPhone OS 3.0 which will be available for download on Wednesday and released as default on the iPhone 3G S.
This development is notable as [...]

Google has announced improvements to its Mobile Gmail implementation for the iPhone and Android devices with hardware keyboards.
On the iPhone, auto-completion has been accelerated when typing in the name and address fields, while Android users using the HTC Dream can now take advantage of GMail keyboard shortcuts.

In-line with the price cut on the 8GB version of iPhone 3G yesterday, today AT&T cut the refurbished pricing for the same model.
Yesterday, at Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), Apple introduced iPhone 3G S, but announced that the original iPhone 3G would be cut in price to $99, and serve as an entry-level model. [...]