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Apple releases iOS 5.1 beta 3, areas of improvement still hazy

It’s not as specific as you might like it to be, but it’s a step in the right direction. Per AppleInsider, Apple on Monday supplied developers with a new pre-release build of its mobile operating system in the form of iOS 5.1 beta 3. Little is known so far about the latest beta, which was […]

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Apple Changes Newest iPhone Model Name to “iPhone 3GS”

In a move that may seem both a little odd but actually makes sense, Apple has quietly changed the way it is spelling the new iPhone 3GS, which now appears without a space all of Apple’s press materials. According the Macworld UK, Apple’s website is still using the “iPhone 3G S” term. The general understanding […]

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Apple Offers $30 iTunes Store Gift Certificates to Smooth Over iPhone 3G S Activation Delays

For iPhone 3G S customers experiencing delays activating their new units, Apple may be lending a hand. According to CNET, Apple began notifying affected customers via e-mail on Sunday that they may experience additional delays for another two days due to “system issues” and “high activation volumes,” according to readers in various blogs who claim […]

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Apple Sells 750,000 iPhone 3G S Units Upon Launch

The numbers are in and Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster claims Apple sold 750,000 iPhone 3G S handsets over the launch weekend. According to Macworld UK, Munster’s estimate that Apple sold about 750,000 iPhones over the three-day weekend, is 50% more than his initial prediction (500,000) but 25% less than the 1 million iPhone 3Gs Apple […]

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iPhone OS 3.0 to Hit Today

Per CNET, current iPhone owners will be able to download the software from iTunes for free while iPod touch users will have to pay a US$9.95 fee for it. Though its exact release time is currently unknown, iPhone OS 3.0 will offer features such as multimedia messaging (to be supported by AT&T later this summer), […]