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iPhone Autopsy

Via TechRepublic:

Cracking open the Apple iPhone

Apple iPhone completely disassembled

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The iPhone blends a revolutionary touch-screen interface, media player, and smartphone into a slick package.

After waiting in line, spending $600, signing a two-year AT&T contract, and activating the iPhone, we decided that the next sensible action was to take the thing apart -- in classic TechRepublic Cracking Open style. Get a look at the hardware inside the 8GB iPhone and see whether we got it back together in working condition.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

Nokia Carbon Copies iPhone

Is this legal? Via Found Footage: iPhone.. by Nokia?

Vonage Wants ZuD Back

After having consolidated to one phone line on my iPhone Vonage made the following offer:

Love means Nothing when it comes to iPhone

iCheaters: Man Sells Cheating Girlfriend’s iPhone on Craigslist

Posted by Kent Pribbernow on August 27th, 2007

Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love with girl. Boy buys girl iPhone to express his love. Girl cheats on boy. Boy sells cheating girl’s iPhone on Craigslist.

I love a happy ending.

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Google iPhone as of Today and this is What you'll See

Apple - iPhone

iPhone is a revolutionary new mobile phone that allows you to make a call by simply pointing your finger at a name or number in your address book, ... www.apple.com/iphone/ - 23k - Cached - Similar pages

iPhone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The iPhone is a multimedia and Internet-enabled quad-band GSM EDGE-supported mobile phone designed and sold by Apple Inc. The iPhone's functions include ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone - 192k - Cached - Similar pages

The Apple iPhone - Engadget

Yeah, we said it: "iPhone," the name the entire free world had all but unanimously christened it from the time it'd been nothing more than a twinkle in ... www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/the-apple-iphone/ - 143k - Cached - Similar pages

News results for iphone

OverTheLimit.info

IPhone Unlocking: One Real Method, Two Vaporware - 3 hours ago By Scott Gilbertson August 27, 2007 | 8:57:48 AMCategories: iPhone The iPhone unlocking game heated up considerable over the weekend with no less than three ... Wired News - 601 related articles » Coming to grips with the iPhone's design - CNET News.com - 4 related articles » Hack my iPhone - please - InfoWorld - 3 related articles »

Apple iPhone: iPhone reviews, news, and new iPhone videos - CNET.com

The long-awaited Apple iphone has arrived at AT&T, complete with a version of OS X, push e-mail, full Internet browsing, a 2-megapixel camera, ... www.cnet.com/apple-iphone.html - 62k - Cached - Similar pages

iPhone - Gizmodo

It was bound to happen: AT&T is going after the commercial snakes groups trying to profit from the iPhone unlocking. Apparently they can hunt these ... gizmodo.com/gadgets/iphone/ - 81k - Cached - Similar pages

iPhone Exclusively from AT&T and Apple - AT&T, formerly Cingular ...

The iphone exclusively from AT&T and Apple. Fully functional ipod which supports itunes. AT&T service and all the benefits of network reliability. at AT&T, ... www.wireless.att.com/cell-phone-service/specials/iPhoneCenter.html - 88k - Cached - Similar pages

YouTube - A Closer Look At The iPhone Apple Inc's Phil Schiller shows John Blackstone the many ... Watch video - 4 min 25 sec - www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgW7or1TuFk

YouTube - Conan - iPhone Commercial It's much more than just a phone! Check out some of its ... Watch video - 1 min 11 sec - www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xXNoB3t8vM

Will It Blend? | Presented By Blendtec

Everybody knows that the iPhone can make phone calls, play movies & music, ... But, Will It Blend? That is the question. Bid on the blended iPhone ...
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ZunePhone Ad: Microsoft's answer to Apple's iPhone

Om Malik Identifies New Video Source for iPhone

Veveo Wants to Bring All Video to iPhone

It’s not turning out to be such a great day for AT&T (T) and Apple (AAPL), as some enterprising hackers have unlocked the iPhone and made it ready for any GSM network.

Just like AT&T, YouTube will soon lose its exclusivity on the iPhone. When it does, you’ll be able to use the phone to watch videos from all over the Web, thanks to Veveo, an Andover, Mass.-based startup that has developed essentially the equivalent of a T9 predictive text input system commonly found on mobile phones that works with their video index. (Screenshot below the fold.)

First, Veveo’s Web crawler crawls the Web for video content; it then builds a smart index using the company’s own algorithms. Mobile phone users get this content via an application called vTap, which is where the predictive nature of the service comes into play.

vTap needs the input of just a few characters (vs. full keywords) in order to dig up what you’re searching for and present it for viewing on your mobile phone (right now it works primarily on Windows Mobile phones.) So for example, if you download the application on your phone and start typing “Om,” results including videos from “The GigaOM Show” and my recent appearance on “Wallstrip” automatically appear. (See: How it works)

Unlocked iPhone Teen Having Problems with Ebay

                   

Dude in this story has issues trying to sell his work           

                       ebay Problems                    

                  

I have had tons of problems with ebay and this auction. If you are serious about buying the phone, please e-mail me with your phone number. I will call you to discuss it. I will cancel any bids that appear to be fraudulent, so please, don't be an ass. I understand no one would ever pay millions for this phone :-)

I PLAN ON SELLING THE PHONE TO THE HIGHEST LEGIT BIDDER AT 9:00 PM EST TOMORROW

I am hoping to buy a car with the money, as my previous summer project was going to be fixing up my 3000GT, which I got the engine out of, but never could quite get in back in :) I also want to buy iPhones for the members of the team that don't have them.

Unlocked iPhone, Picture Proof

Via TUAW:

The unlock adds a new option to Settings. See the picture at the top of this post. Ryan says you'll be able to use this to select your preferred network and avoid roaming. A new EDGE network settings appears in General > Network, allowing you to enter your carrier's access point name and username/password.

Is this method restore and upgrade resistant, as the iPhoneSIMFree guys claim? Ryan factory-restored his iPhone with the 1.0.2 firmware and the unlock stuck around.

The iPhoneSIMFree site is pretty light on details. They write that they intend to launch the unlock as a commercial product for both individual and bulk purchase sales.

Bottom line: is this for realsies? Ryan and Engadget says absolutely yes. They are standing by their tests.

Now you tell me!

Free the iPhone, Mr Martin!

Great article in today's USAToday regarding the restrictions in USA versus other countries:

To many, the Apple (AAPL) iPhone is the ultimate wireless device — a seductive blend of technology, function and dead-on cool, all wrapped into a sleek package.

To others, it's a glaring example of what's wrong with the U.S. wireless industry in general.

"The iPhone offers superior technology, but public policies in this country allow (Apple) to chain that technology to one massive company, AT&T (T), rather than allow consumers to make the choices they want," charges Josh Silver, co-founder of Free Press, a consumer advocacy group. His latest campaign — "Free the iPhone" — promotes an open Internet and consumer-friendly public policies for mobile devices. The website (www.freetheiphone.org) has resulted in "tens of thousands of supporting petitions," he says.

iPhone Battery Lifespan Tips

Paying attention to just a few common sense pointers will pay off with a longer battery lifespan and battery life for your iPhone. The most important thing is to keep your iPhone out of the sun or a hot car (even the glove box). Heat will degrade your battery’s performance the most.

Some Terms You Need to Understand

   

“Battery life” means the time your iPhone will run before it must be recharged (also called “talk time” or “playtime”). “Battery lifespan” means the total amount of time your battery will last before it must be replaced.

iPhone Temperate Zone. Your iPhone works best from 32° to 95° F. You should store it in environments of -4° to 113° F. That’s 0° to 35° C and -20° to 45° C for the metrically inclined. Keeping your iPhone as near room temperature as possible (72° F or 22° C) is ideal.

Update to the Latest Software

Always make sure iPhone has the latest software from Apple, as engineers may find new ways to optimize battery performance. Using iTunes 7.3 or later, you can update your iPhone with the latest software. Connect your iPhone to your computer, then select iPhone in the Source pane. In the Summary tab, you can click “Check for Update” to see if there’s a new version of the iPhone software available. Click Update to install the latest version.

Use iPhone Regularly

For proper maintenance of a lithium-based battery, it’s important to keep the electrons in it moving occasionally. Be sure to go through at least one charge cycle per month.

Extend Your Battery Life

If you want to extend the battery life of your iPhone for any given charge cycle, you may conserve power by following these tips.

Lock Your iPhone

It may seem obvious, but you should lock your iPhone when you aren’t using it. You will still be able to receive calls and text messages while it is locked, but nothing happens if you touch the screen. To lock iPhone, press the Sleep/Wake button.

Optimize Your Settings

A few features use your iPhone battery more quickly. If you adjust these feature settings, your battery life will be improved.

• Wi-Fi: Wi-Fi consumes power even if you are not using its features to connect to a network. You can turn it off to save power. Go to Settings > General > Network > Wi-Fi.
• Bluetooth: Likewise, you can turn off Bluetooth to maximize battery life, as it also consumes power when not in use. Go to Settings > General > Bluetooth.
• Auto-Brightness: Turning on Auto-Brightness allows the brightness to adjust based on current lighting conditions. Go to Settings > Brightness.
• Equalizer: Adding EQs to playback uses more of your processor, since they aren’t encoded in the song. Turn EQ off if you don’t use it. If, however, you’ve added EQ to tracks in iTunes, you’ll need to set EQ to “flat” in order to have the effect of “off,” because iPhone keeps your iTunes settings intact. Go to Settings > iPod > EQ.

Release 1.0.2 for iPhone Out Now

Apple Release 1.0.2 for iPhone

Posted on August 22, 2007
Filed Under iPhone US News | Leave a Comment

 

Apple have released an update for the iPhone, which is available via iTunes. The update describes “bug fixes” and downloads a 3.7mb addition. At present there are no reported new features.

There have been reports that people who have hacked their iPhone might have problems with the download and they might need to restore their iPhone to factory settings. If people have just installed ringtones and not changes any system files, then these are reported to be okay.

Via

Those Brits are sure on top of things even though noone has an iPhone yet there...

iPhone Friendly Facebook Application

Now that the iPhone has hit it big with consumers, popular websites are now scrambling to make mobile versions of their websites that work well with the iPhone. One website that recently went “iPhone friendly” is Facebook. If you are an iPhone user, you can access the iPhone version of Facebook here. 

Honestly, the creation of this one didn’t make much sense to me considering Steve Jobs had promised to bring the whole wide web onto the iPhone. Why not just access the regular facebook instead of having a mobile version? Maybe it was the reason that loading a normal profile on facebook with a fair bit of stuff took eternity; double-tapping all the time exhausted the Opponens Pollicis (thumb muscles), and sometimes even logged me off!

Those were the reasons that forced me to try this new version out and eventually understand the reason for its origin. Warning: It may harm your traditional facebook experience and is not for the weak-hearted who can’t stand the “update status” on the left & search on the right side. If you like it that way, the iPhone version also works on the computer, but why would you bother when you have a huge display?

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David Pouge Blasts iMovie 08

Our Boy David isn't thrilled, Suffice to say he is Pissed:

Last week, Apple released a new version of its iLife suite—its $80 package containing iPhoto, iMovie, iWeb and GarageBand. The suite also comes preinstalled on every new Mac.

The enhancements in iPhoto, iWeb and GarageBand are great. But iMovie '08 is an utter bafflement.

Most people are used to a product cycle that goes like this: Release a new version every year or two, each more capable than the last. Ensure that it's backward-compatible with your existing documents.

IMovie '08, on the other hand, has been totally misnamed. It's not iMovie at all. In fact, it's nothing like its predecessor and contains none of the same code or design. It's designed for an utterly different task, and a lot of people are screaming bloody murder.

I always find it unsettling when Mr. Pouge is upset as he is a good judge of Tech stuff...

Unlocking of iPhone via Hardware

From Finding JTAG on the iPhone                  

FULL HARDWARE UNLOCK OF IPHONE DONE                    

                  

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Yes thats right, we have an unlocked iPhone. The hardware is only used to unlock the iPhone, and can be removed after it's unlocked. Thanks to gray, iProof, geohot, dinopio, lazyc0der, and an anonymous contributor for making this possible. Thanks also to everyone who donated and stuck with us in #iphone.unlock. Our group has agreed to release the method in one week. The current method involves taking apart your phone and doing some complicated soldering, with a high probablity of a bricked phone. Although after the phone is unlocked all the hardware can be removed. We hope to find a software unlock very soon. So in one week exactly from this blog post(thats less than the time it takes to ship a turbosim) we will release simple step by step instructions for unlocking, probably not even involving hardware. Sorry about the wait, but I assure you it will be worth it.

Apple UltraPortable Eclipses iPhone Appeal

Reports that an Ultra portable Mac are on the horizon have me in a tizzy. Should I hold on to iPhone or turn it in and wait for this little dude?:

Apple Inc., which is expected to introduce a widescreen ultra-portable in the coming months, may compact the notebook's I/O ports into a collapsible connection receptacle on the rear of the unit in order to conserve space, a new design patent has revealed.

"Mobile devices such as notebook computers are becoming increasingly thinner," Apple explained in the 11-page filing published for the first time Thursday. "As a result, connections systems need to be reduced in size to accommodate smaller form factors."

However, the Cupertino-based systems designer notes that one limitation when reducing the size of a connection system is that the reduction is limited by the size of the largest port (which usually include Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports, FireWire ports, RJ-11 ports, and RJ-45 ports).

For example, RJ-45 ports are relatively large and thus may be a challenge to accommodate, Apple said. To remedy this situation, the company has proposed a "connection system" that includes a connection receptacle comprising a first component coupled to a chassis and a second component coupled to the first component.

"The connection system includes a connection receptacle that is implemented as two separate components. One of the components is fixed in that it is coupled to the chassis, and the other component is rotatable or coupled to a moving mechanism," the company explained. "The combination of the fixed and rotating components are adapted to receive a plug when the connection receptacle is in an open position, and the fixed and rotating components are collapsed into a compact configuration when the connection receptacle is in a closed position."

Under Apple's design proposal, the ports maintain their original form whether the connection system is in an open or in a closed position. When the connection system swings to the closed or stowed position, the ports also swing into a stowed position such that they are flush with the mobile device chassis.

If anyone has some thoughts please advise...

Where is Dan Patrick Going?

Beats me but here is a website he has to countdown his reappearance

The only question I have is what is he is carrying on his way into the Bathroom?

ZuD will Entertain all Offers

After reading this report from Cnet on what Big Media is doing to Web base media it got me thinking and salivating, where's ZuDfunck's Payday?

This month alone, Hearst Publications purchased social-shopping site Kaboodle, The New York Times "absorbed" the Freakonomics blog, and bookmarking start-up Clipmarks was rumored to be in the midst of a deal with Forbes.

In July, cable conglomerate Discovery Communications snapped up eco-blog TreeHugger. And this spring, CBS Interactive acquired both music community Last.fm and finance video blog Wallstrip.

"Surprisingly, we were in discussions with multiple media companies and not really that much with tech companies for some reason," said Manish Chandra, the founder of Kaboodle.

Sometimes, the motives behind the purchases are ambiguous, but one thing's clear—media companies are forking over amounts of cash in the tens of millions to hundreds of millions of dollars for Web start-ups that would seem more appropriate targets for a Yahoo or Google.

So contact me today on what you think you can afford to spend...

What's the Big Idea?

Need a big idea? Click here and get one...

Impressions after a week of iPhone ownership:

The appearance and performance are near excellent although my life hasn’t changed as much as I thought it would, I do feel considerably poorer. I have set out to make it my primary phone and as such have a request to remove my Vonage service and port that number to the iPhone. The monthly costs will be the same as I had been paying for two lines and who needs two phone lines in this day and age of reliability?

As to whether or not I recommend the purchase of an iPhone, as no doubt you have already read elsewhere, it is a very personal thing as to whether or not the iPhone suits you. Some folks are Blackberry centric, others are Treo users and each has their own unique followers. I think that the iPhone will develop its own set of followers and advocates and so depending how you like your device to function and what you want your device to do, you will best be served by doing a lot of research prior to purchase. I did mine and am very happy having chosen the iPhone. No doubt because it is from Apple helped tremendously!

If I can share this, I ran up to an At&t store a few days prior to the iPhone purchase and couldn’t believe how small and clumsily complicated my final choice phones were in my hands where the iPhone just seemed to be perfect for its simplicity, functions and appearance. It was such an easy choice, hopefully your experience of choosing your digital companion goes as well as ZuD’s!