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No More Prepaid GoPhone Plans for the iPhone

According to a TUAW article by Erica Sadun, anyone using AT&T's prepaid GoPhone plan to avoid the 2-year contract will be forced to switch to a normal contract to maintain 3G data access. It's unclear how many iPhone users have jumped through the necessary hoops to use a GoPhone plan, but if you're among that group, you might want to upgrade to an iPhone 3G S just so there's some upside to being forced into a 2-year contract.

Rich Mogull No comments

Call AT&T for the Best iPhone Upgrade Price

AT&T's iPhone pricing isn't tied simply to how long you've had your current phone. Come learn the different factors that affect your upgrade pricing and strategies for getting the best deal.

Doug McLean No comments

Apple’s WWDC App Wall

Why should I have gone to WWDC when I was able to get all the news from home? To check out Apple's wildly cool App Wall in person! TechCrunch has posted some pictures and video of the pulsating wall of apps - a four-by-five grid of 30-inch Cinema Displays jam-packed with iPhone app icons. Each time an app was purchased in the store, its icon pulsed on the wall.

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iPhone 3G S Specs Revealed

Wired is reporting that T-Mobile (in the Netherlands) has let the cat out of the bag with regard to the technical specs of the iPhone 3G S. Apple has been keeping the exact details of the new phone's chipset under wraps, but now we know the deal: 256 MB RAM for the OS, twice that of the original iPhone, and a 600 MHz processor, up from 412 MHz.

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iPhone OS 3.0 Ships 17-Jun-09

A major update for the operating system that powers the iPhone and iPod touch ships 17-Jun-09, with a huge array of new features, enabling users to find a missing iPhone, use an iPhone as a broadband modem, buy upgrades and items within iPhone applications, exercise parental controls, and much more.

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New iPhone 3GS Boosts Power, Performance, and More

Apple's new $199/$299 iPhone 3GS looks mostly the same on the outside, but with a faster processor, support for the world's fastest cellular data standard, voice control, and a much more capable camera, Apple has raised the ante once more. The 8 GB iPhone 3G remains available, but at the reduced price of $99.

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Tonya Discusses Reading Ebooks on the iPhone and Kindle

Take Control editor in chief Tonya Engst chats with MacNotables host Chuck Joiner about file formats and hardware devices for ebooks, with a focus on the iPhone, iPod touch, and the Kindle. If you're curious about where we think the world of ebooks is going, or wondering about what's happening in the minds of ebook publishers, give this podcast a listen!

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iTunes 8.2 Ships, Hints at iPhone 3.0 at WWDC?

Could the release of iTunes 8.2, with support for iPhone 3.0 Software Update, herald the release of the new iPhone operating system at next week's WWDC? Apple also squashes some security issues with QuickTime 7.6.2.

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AT&T Plans for Mobile Data Onslaught

The U.S. telephone giant AT&T is upgrading its wireless network in many different ways to ensure that smartphones - mostly the iPhone - don't swamp the network. The company is planning for faster 3G phones and its future 4G network, too.

Doug McLean No comments

Apple Reverses Decision on Eucalyptus

Apple has reversed its position on Eucalyptus, the ebook reading app previously rejected from the App Store because it could be used to access the Kama Sutra via Project Gutenberg (a capability shared by Apple's own Safari). Whether or not Apple regards the initial rejection as a mistake, or what accounts for the change in stance is unclear, though public outcry over the rejection may have played a role.

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Free iPod with Apple’s Back to School Promotion

From 27-May-09 through 08-Sep-09, any Mac purchased with an education discount comes with a rebate for up to $229 - the cost of an 8 GB iPod touch. If eligible customers want an iPod nano, classic, or shuffle instead, they will be granted a rebate for the corresponding purchase price.

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New Yorker Cover Drawn With iPhone

Artist Jorge Colombo designed the cover for this week's New Yorker magazine using nothing but his iPhone and the painting app Brushes. Thanks to the help of Brushes Viewer, an app that captures and replays each mark made in Brushes, you can watch the cover image being drawn, step by step.

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Apple Rejects Ebook App Because of Project Gutenberg’s “Kama Sutra”

Come on, Apple, this is getting ridiculous. Eucalyptus is an app that allows users to download free ebooks from the Internet, specifically from the venerable Project Gutenberg. To reject the app entirely purely because it could be used to access what you consider naughty bits from the Internet is indefensible - Mobile Safari is just as culpable in that scenario.

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The Art of iPhone Photography

Frustrated with the quality of the photographs taken by your iPhone camera? Well, you're not alone, but there is hope as evidenced by legions of iPhone photo enthusiasts using a handful of apps to transform their snapshots into memorable moments.

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Palm Pre to Arrive 06-Jun-09 for $299

The Palm Pre, potentially the only serious competitor to Apple's iPhone, will be available 06-Jun-09 for $299. (Palm and Sprint are advertising the price as "starting at $199," but that price includes a $100 mail-in rebate. Buyers must pay $299 to get the phone and sign up for a two-year service plan, which must include an unlimited data option.) Sprint is the exclusive carrier in the United States, the Pre's only market at launch. Will people line up for the Pre as they did for the iPhone? Coming two days before WWDC, all eyes will be on Palm and Apple.