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Powermat wireless device charger costs you an Arm and a Leg

Ever since CES 2009 rolled through we’ve been waiting for our chance to test out magnetic induction charging on our phones.  Since we do not use the Palm Pre and the Touchstone, the Powermat is our only option that would allow us to take advantage of this wireless technology.  It seemed that the Powermat had fallen off the grid after CES, but this all changed during the MLB baseball games on TBS.  The games last night were filled with Powermat commercials and advertised the product being available at Best Buy and Target.  Immediately I hopped onto my laptop and pulled up the Best Buy website and to my surprise the Powermat and the iPhone charging sleeve were both in stock at my local store. Read More →

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Pwnage Tool 3.1 comes to the iPhone, iPhone 3G and first-generation iPod Touch

iPhone 3GS owners looking to jailbreak their phone (don’t upgrade to OS 3.1) please move along because the following information only pertains to original iPhone owners, iPhone 3G or first-generation iPod Touch owners.  The DevTeam has once again released an updated version of their Pwnage Tool, this time in the 3.1 flavor, capable of  unlocking [...]

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How to enable tethering on the iPhone 3G for O2 UK and other carriers

If waiting for your carrier to enable iPhone tethering pricing and availability is not on your to do list and you operate on O2’s network in the UK, read on.  According to a tutorial posted on Richard Lai’s Xanga page, he was able to enable tethering on his iPhone 3G for O2 Uk without jailbreaking [...]

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The At&t and iPhone 3G S upgrades, solution eBay

By now I’m sure you’ve heard uproar going around the Internet concerning At&t’s early upgrade pricing for iPhone 3G owners hoping to step up to the 3G S.  Well my friends it is time to put the hearsay to rest and dive into the facts with the simplest explanation we could delve up.
You purchased your [...]

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TomTom demonstrates the world’s first dedicated in-car navigation solution for iPhone at WWDC

Peter-Frans Pauwels, TomTom’s co-founder and CTO, demonstrated TomTom’s navigation software in combination with a specially designed car kit on the iPhone- during Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco on June 8th, 2009.
The TomTom solution combines two new TomTom products to provide users with state of the art in-car navigation on their iPhone 3G:

The [...]

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Apple WWDC 2009 iPhone 3GS and OS 3.0 Roundup

WWDC 2009 is currently underway and the announcements keep coming and coming.  The iPhone 3.0 Software was the first big bombshell for iPhone users so we’ll get right into it and begin by breaking down the announcements.

Cut, Copy and Paste (works across apps)
Undo Support
Developer API
Cocoa Touch spport for Text
Landscape keyboard support to ‘key apps’, not [...]

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Third Generation iPhone Specs Leaked, Possibly?

It is no secret that Apple is planning a third generation iPhone set to replace the iPhone 3G with a scheduled launch for later this year.  The real questions begging to be answered are what can Apple do the the already successful iPhone 3G that would warranty another 200 or 300 dollar upgrade for At&t [...]

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Apple Deals Death Blow to iPhone Developers with OS 3.0

Some gory details have been dealt to iPhone developers hoping to launch applications according to an Apple email sent out this morning.  Starting today any App that is submitted to the App Store that isn’t OS 3.0 compatible will be rejected.  With the upcoming Apple WWDC conference in June and the OS 3.0 launch shortly [...]

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Walmart begins iPhone 3G advertising campaign early

This holiday season the iPhone 3G is set to take over the nation’s largest discount retailer, Walmart.  With a nationwide launch hitting 488 stores, the iPhone 3G is set to break sales records across the board.  While most of these 488 stores will begin selling the iPhone 3G at 9AM on December 28th, a few [...]

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Orange iPhone 3G No Longer Exclusive in France

The end of the 5-year exclusive deal between Orange France and Apple has come to a close much earlier than expected.  A French Competition Council has banned the exclusivity, saying that it has a negative effect on the competitiveness of the local mobile market and effectively allows the phone to be sold by SFR and [...]