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China Unicom sell just 5,000 iPhones in opening weekend

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Nov 4th 2009 No Comments

While the competition for iPhone carriers is hotting up in Europe, the smartphone has only just gone on sale in China. Unfortunately, sales success hasn't followed the Apple device over to China Unicom's new 3G network; only 5,000 iPhone handsets were sold in China over the first weekend, according to the carrier, despite over a million new subscribers to that network in the same period.

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blacksn0w iPhone 3GS 3.1.2 unlock now live

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Nov 3rd 2009 No Comments

iPhone 3.1.2 unlock tool blacksn0w has been released, a day ahead of the promised schedule. Available as a free download from blackra1n.com, the software allows the latest version of Apple’s iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS firmware to be carrier-unlocked, freeing you from the tyranny of whichever network you bought it from. According to creator George Hotz, the unlock is also faster than before, by around 15 seconds in fact.

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French iPhone exclusivity broken after regulator decision

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Nov 3rd 2009 1 Comment

Apple and carrier Orange have announced that their exclusivity agreement in France has ended prematurely, after telecoms regulators decided the deal was "a new rigidity factor in a sector that already suffers from lack of competition." The news comes after a temporary injunction filed back in December 2008 - and later upheld in a review in February - following complaints from network rivals Bouygues Telecom and SFR.

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Orange iPhone 3GS data limitations looking draconian

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Nov 3rd 2009 No Comments

Color us confused again. While Orange claimed that in offering the iPhone 3GS in the UK in opposition to hitherto-exclusive rival O2 they'd "increase value" to buyers, some bizarre limitations in the terms & conditions have us wondering whether life really was better with O2. As we pointed out earlier this week, Orange define "unlimited data" as 750MB; however there's also a potentially more limiting cap on what streaming and IM services - such as internet radio and Facebook messaging - can be used.

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iPhone 4th-gen “midboard” on sale at Chinese retailer?

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Nov 3rd 2009 No Comments

Remember the iPhone 4G SIM tray spotted in China last month? Well, if you’re looking to piece together your own next-gen Apple device, you’ll be keen to see China Ontrade’s latest purported component: it’s tipped to be the “iPhone 4 Generation Midboard”.

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blacksn0w iPhone 3.1.2 unlock coming November 4th [Video]

By Chris Davies on Monday, Nov 2nd 2009 No Comments

blacksn0w iphone unlock Been waiting for an unlock for your iPhone 3GS? Thanks to George Hotz, who goes by the handle of Geohot and offers the blackra1n unlock tool, a new version – blacksn0w – capable of unlocking iPhone OS 3.1.2 will be launched on November 4th. According to Hotz, one unlocking company has gone as far as to offer him $10,000 for the necessary code; however the good news is that the blacksn0w unlock will remain free.

Problem is, that won’t stop various less-than-honest unlock merchants from “borrowing” blacksn0w and charging iPhone owners for what they could readily do themselves for free. Hotz is asking people to share the information about his – and the iPhone Dev Team’s – offerings, to try to reduce the number of people conned into paying unnecessarily.

Video demo of the unlock after the cut

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Orange reveal iPhone 3GS UK pricing: free on £45/mo contract

By Chris Davies on Monday, Nov 2nd 2009 No Comments

While we already knew that November 10th was the magic day when UK would-be Apple iPhone 3GS buyers would have a choice of not just O2 but also Orange as their network, until today we didn’t know exactly what they’d have to pay. Now Orange have revealed iPhone 3GS pricing details, including a free 3GS on 24-month contracts of £45 ($74) upward, or a free 3G 8GB on a £30 ($49) 24-month contract.

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Pay as you go details after the cut

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TomTom Car Kit incompatible with iPod touch, first-gen iPhone

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Oct 29th 2009 No Comments

TomTom have confirmed that their Car Kit – the optional accessory to accompany the TomTom iPhone app – will only fully work with the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS, thanks to a limitation in the TomTom application. The app’s limitation means that owners of the first-gen iPhone, together with iPod touch users, won’t be able to take advantage of the Car Kit’s integrated GPS receiver and speakerphone.

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Orange UK iPhone 3GS landing November 10th

By Chris Davies on Monday, Oct 26th 2009 No Comments

Orange UK will begin selling the iPhone 3GS from November 10th, according to the Guardian, the day after rival carrier O2’s exclusivity agreement with Apple expires. The launch will see two UK networks offering the smartphone in the run up to the holiday period, and while you might be tempted to think that anybody who wants an iPhone probably already has one, Orange have apparently had 200,000 people register their interest in the handset already.

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Can a Droid take on the Death Star?

By Michael Gartenberg on Wednesday, Oct 21st 2009 5 Comments

android death star att Since it’s introduction, the AT&T logo has reminded many users of the Death Star. Sure, that’s not what it’s supposed to look like but no matter how many times they tweak it, I just see the Death Star. So it was amusing to me when over the weekend the first leaks (or release depending on your point of view) came about Verizon’s latest campaign about a phone called the Droid that’s poised to take on the iPhone.