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iPhone OS 3.0 Beta Bricking Pirated iPhones

This was sort of to be expected, but it’s interesting. According to the Los Angeles Times, users installing a pirated version of Apple’s upcoming iPhone OS 3.0 firmware are finding their iPhone handsets effectively bricked, wherein the handset loads to the activation screen. At this point, they’re in trouble. Per the story, the version of […]

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AT&T Officials Slip Details About Next-Gen iPhone

One of more AT&T senior officials may have reportedly revealed important details about the next-generation iPhone handset, including a June release and boosted speed specs. According to Boy Genius Report, an AT&T official was quoted as stating that a formal unveiling for the new handset will occur in mid-June and that the mid-year update is […]

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Apple Drops iPhone Bluetooth Headset from Online Storefront

Apple apparently stopped selling its official Bluetooth headset for the iPhone, as noted by MacNN today. Although the product’s page still exists over on the Apple Store, the company has marked the device as “discontinued”. The headset, which was launched along with the original iPhone in June of 2007, dropped in price from US$129 to […]

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What Do You Make of iPhone OS 3.0?

Apple basically walloped its user base over the head with what’s coming this summer via its iPhone OS 3.0 upgrade, which appears to answer a lot of questions as to where specific features (such as turn-by-turn GPS directions, improved e-mail, Spotlight, landscape view across additional applications and the oft-cited copy and paste features) were. Even […]

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Apple Posts iPhone OS 3.0 Launch Video

With the iPhone OS 3.0 update announcement taking place yesterday, a picture’s worth a thousand words. Fortunately, Apple just posted the full presentation on its web site over at this address. Users will have to wait until this summer to get their hands on the full release and new features such as additional APIs for […]