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UPDATE 12/NOV/2007:
Works fine, no worries then.
UPDATE 09/NOV/2007:
10am: works fine still.
ORIGINAL POST:
Third degree rumor! Through a friend I’ve heard from a source within O2 that they intend to run online checks on their network to decline those iPhones the use of the network that have not been properly activated and registered with O2 in the UK [...]
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According to an interview with O2 UK chief Matthew Key, the 3G version of the iPhone is due in the second half of 2008. This piece of information is coming from his negotiations with Apple for securing the exclusvie UK deal for the iPhone.
Here’s the interview at Macworld UK:
http://www.macworld.co.uk/ipod-itunes/news/index.cfm?newsid=19584
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OK, so it is somewhat official. Apple is bringing out a new firmware version for the EU launch of the phone.
It will include international keyboard support, a fix for the TIFF exploit (thus rendering the jailbreakme.com solution useleee) as well as other security updates. Oh, and of course it will attempt again to brick any [...]
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Here’s a funny one! If you receive a text message from some service that sends its name in the sender/originator field, the iPhone doesn’t show you the message content, yes sometimes it does not even show you the full name.
Why, you ask? It would appear that the SMS app is not able to properly interpret [...]
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Filed under: APPLE, iPhone
So last week in the US I finally got my iPhone which I, purely for educational purposes, activated, jailbreaked and unlocked. It did work like a charm. The first time around it took me a little longer, the second time (why, a second time? for fun of course) the whole process including downgrade and [...]
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Filed under: APPLE, GADGETS, HARDWARE, iPhone
Everyone who paid $599 for the 8GB iPhone up to 14 days before the price cut is due a $100 Apple in-store credit.
Apparently Apple received hundreds of emails from iPhone buyers who were upset about the price cut. Nice move of Apple, I would say, tough luck, that’s technology for you and guess what, things [...]
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There was no mentioning about it at IFA by either Apple or any of the EU operators present.
Rumor has it that there will be an announcement concerning the iPhone for Europe at the Apple Expo, starting 30 September.
At yesterday’s event, SJ announced that they will stop the 4GB version and lower the price of the [...]
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Blog post will be updated as the event evolves. Stay tuned, ie. reload this page every few minutes please. Newest at the top.
Fin. Now I’m torn of course between the 8GB iPhone and the 16GB iPod Touch. Hmmm. Sites updated and shops back online an hour after the event ended.
Stevenson asks “the very hot” (that’s [...]
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So far I have not seen much information about this event besides that it will focus on iPod related topics. The main announcement will apparently be about an iTunes feature that allows to make a ringtone for the iPhone out of a selectable part of any song purchased at the iTunes store.
I will make a [...]
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Filed under: APPLE, INTERNET, IPOD
First, a little update on the still long anticipated iPhone for the EU. So far we have confirmation that Apple will partner with O2 in the UK, T-Mobile in DE, Orange in France and the latest I have read was TIM in Italy.
All of these will be officially sealed after the IFA Consumer Electronics exhibition [...]
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