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We're just hearing about it now, but back in March a quick-thinking air traveler took advantage of a dim-witted TSA official who had let that fancy little patch they wear go to his head. Weapon of choice? An iPhone. The man, , was detained for carrying too much money. Not that this is a crime or anything (it isn't), but it was enough of a phantom infraction for the unnamed TSA official to remove him from line, put him in a windowless room, and interrogate him for an hour. Enter the iPhone, a...

Apple reportedly begins notifying iPhone 3G S owners that they may experience additional delays due to "system issues" and offers a $30 iTunes Store credit as an apology.

Now that we know the iPhone 3G S and the Palm Pre , it's time to break out the stopwatches and see how these blood brothers stack up. Anandtech has the first head-to-head tests we've seen, and it seems like the 3G S has the slight edge, loading a series of web pages 11 percent faster and a whopping 54 percent faster than the iPhone 3G. Not too shabby, but not exactly a thorough drubbing either -- especially when you consider webOS is still 1. 0 and there's likely some optimizations to com...

Sitting on a plane during boarding on the way to start Road Trip 2009, CNET's Daniel Terdiman uses Verizon's new mobile hot spot technology to create a Wi-Fi signal and downloads a large file on his iPhone.

The Apple iPhone may have got a makeover but it's not enough to convince CIOs the device has a place in business, according to a jury of CIOs. The Apple iPhone may have got a makeover but it's not enough to convince CIOs the device has a place in. . .

While we know how to switch on tethering on the iPhone 3G, we still don’t know what AT&T will charge when the service finally goes official. But around the world, news of updated tariffs is trickling in, and it doesn’t look good. Spain’s Telefónica, for instance, will be introducing a new €39 ($54) per month data ...

Almost no one else will see a bigger boost from the most-heralded feature in the new iPhone OS than the hit microblogging service.

Patched flaws could let someone bypass security restrictions, shut down an app, disclose sensitive information, conduct attacks, or take over the device, Apple says.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Few events in the technology world can rival the attention a new iPhone launch draws, but the return of Steve Jobs to Apple Inc would surely be one of them.

digg_url = 'http://digg. com/apple/iPhone_3G_S_review_5'; If it ain't broke, don't fix it -- right? We know countless reviews of the may begin with that cliché, but there's little chance you'd find a better way to describe the strategy that Apple has just put into play with its latest smartphone. In many ways, the 3G S is a mirror image of the iPhone 3G; externally there's no difference. It's inside where all the changes have happened, with Apple issuing a beefed-up CPU, new inter...

So, after a tidal wave of criticism from the iPhone early adopters, AT&T is — kind of. Today, to its policy regarding the iPhone 3G S upgrade price. Previously, only those existing customers who were eligible for a new phone subsidy (typically those within a few months of their two year contract expiring) would get the best price for the device. That meant no current iPhone 3G owners were getting it because that device is only 11 months old. But now, AT&T will offer the best price ...

The original plan was to offer mildly subsidized prices of $399 and $499 for the 16GB and 32GB versions of the to AT&T customers who weren't currently "upgrade eligible," but the carrier's having a change of heart, ostensibly in response to. . . you know, people wanting to pay less. The new plan is to let anyone with an upgrade date in the months of June, July, August, or September get in on the fully discounted $199 / $299 price points, which should cover a good number of existing 3G own...

You , but now that you have had some time to play around with the new , what are your impressions on both its major features and the update overall?
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It's hard to go through all of the new features of course (especially since MMS, tethering and turn-by-turn directions are not quite there yet), but what do you think about the update overall?
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Mozilla has teamed with , a startup that lets users easily customize iPhones, laptops and with of commissioned artwork. From time to time Infectious works with corporate partners to create custom stickers. Here's an example of an , for example. We're also talking to them about designing custom stickers for the CrunchPad. The brings art from five Infectious artists that you can buy now. iPhone skins cost $15, laptops skins are $30 and car decals are $35. 25% of the proceeds go to the art...

Presidential race loser and US Senator (remember him?) has sent a note to the FCC basically asking why AT&T has an exclusive iPhone contract with Apple. Two years after its introduction? This horse is late to the race: We ask that you examine this issue carefully and act expeditiously should you find that exclusivity agreements unfairly restrict consumer choice or adversely impact competition in the commercial wireless marketplace Whether exclusivity agreements are becoming increasingly preval...

Apple’s highly anticipated iPhone 3. 0 operating system has landed, squeezing in some major enhancements missing from preceding versions. Our first impressions? The free software update is significant enough to beautify even the two-year-old, original iPhone, making it feel brand new. First things first: Right after we installed the new iPhone 3. 0 software, it immediately felt snappier ...

Carrier has come around and will now offer some existing iPhone 3G customers a better upgrade price for the new iPhone 3G S.

Tethering doesn’t officially work in iPhone 3. 0 for AT&T customers, but for Mac users there’s an easy tweak to enable the feature in seconds. Here are the steps, courtesy of MacMegasite: 1. Download this carrier update file. Then extract it. 2. Launch the Terminal app and type the following command: defaults write com. apple. iTunes carrier-testing -bool TRUE 3. Now launch iTunes. ...

The iPhone 3GS is Apple's current mobile flagship, but most of us using iPhone 3Gs won't be paying for the upgrade. So instead, we get the new 3. 0 firmware—not such a bad deal. The free 3. 0 upgrade ($10 for iPod touch users) is available today. Indeed, some of you have probably already downloaded it (and some of you have been downloading beta versions for months). Update: You may want to hold off a few days, as due to the fact that everyone is trying to upgrade at the same time. iPh...

Here it is, folks. At long last, has launched here in the US, bringing with it just about every feature the phone should have had from the start - and a whole lot more. If you hadn't already coaxed an iPhone developer into letting you piggyback on their account or (gasp!) actually shelled out for a developers membership, the past 3 months have probably been pretty grueling. You read the , and kept up on every new feature. Maybe you even made a list of all the things you wanted to check out ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- AT&T Inc. will allow some current iPhone owners to upgrade to a new model at the same price as new buyers when it is released Friday. . . .

What's the point in buying a new iPhone if it looks exactly like the old one? Because once you start using it, the speed of the will amaze you. galleryPost('iphone3gsbody', 6, ''); There's a reason why Apple called this the iPhone 3GS for Speed and not the 3GC for "compass" or 3GV for "video recording. " Speed is the central upgrade here, and probably is the single biggest reason you would upgrade to a 3GS from a 3G. And if you're coming in as a virgin iPhone user, there's definitely no questi...

A revised operating system for Apple's iPhone is now available, adding functionality such as system-wide search and cut-and-paste to the popular handset. A revised operating system for Apple's iPhone is now available, adding functionality such as system-wide search and cut-and-paste to the popular handset. . . .

BOSTON (Reuters) - Apple Inc released 45 software patches on Wednesday to address rare security vulnerabilities in its popular iPhone and iPod Touch mobile devices.

We just got a load of tips from readers that the is sending their iPhone 3Gs into an unrecoverable mode where the activation process won't complete. The message above is the one iTunes spits out if you're one of the unlucky ones—like our own Andi—that can't complete the upgrade. The phone itself is locked and can only make emergency calls, which is what happens when you can't authenticate your phone with iTunes. galleryPost('iphone30brick', 2, ''); It seems like it's just the acti...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - AT&T Inc yielded on Wednesday to customer complaints and agreed to extend its best upgrade price to previous iPhone buyers eager to get their hands on Apple Inc's new model, which goes on sale Friday.

If you're an AT&T customer that isn't eligible for a phone upgrade yet, but will be eligible in July, August or September, good news. You're eligible starting Friday, June 19. AT&T's just loosened the restrictions in order to allow people to who are on the verge of being able to upgrade to do so now. If you're like most people who upgraded to the 3G last year at launch, you'll have to check your eligibility online to see if you qualify. If it doesn't fall within those three months, you'll ha...

Right , iPhone OS 3. 0 is now available. Mash the update button in iTunes -- you need 8. 2 -- and then check out our extensive and for all the nitty-gritty while you wait. Filed under: originally appeared on on Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:59:00 EST. Please see our .  |  |  | ...

We’ve spent some quality time with the iPhone 3GS over the last couple of days and it looks like Apple is going to remain king of the smartphones with its latest iDevice. Although the 3GS is not significantly changed from the older 3G model, there are still a number of updates that make the 3GS ...

The hottest news in the Apple-focused blogosphere this week all started with Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference keynote. On Monday, the company -- sans still-on-hiatus CEO Steve Jobs -- announced the faster iPhone 3GS, multiple MacBook upgrades, and its next Mac OS X -- aka "Snow Leopard. " All these announcments gave the online world plenty to talk about.

T-Mobile Netherlands, the country's iPhone carrier, posted the processor and RAM on their site that Apple's been so cagey about confirming, and it's exactly what we thought: 600MHz CPU (up from 412MHz) and 256MB of RAM, double the previous models. Even though Apple wouldn't give us , T-Mobile Netherlands has been a pretty reliable source for leaking things Apple doesn't quite want known, even . Besides, those specs are exactly what had been rumored, so we're just left to wonder why Apple bothe...

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Attention dedicated iPhone line-waiters: Apple releases the specific time the latest version of the device will be available to purchase.

The president of the Entertainment Software Ratings Board says that it's a "no-brainer" for iPhone games to be rated the same way console or PC games are.

Apple has flatly refused to tell anyone just what chips lie inside the iPhone 3G S. In fact, while Apple insists that the “s” in 3G S stands for speed, it could equally well stand for secrecy. But T-Mobile in the Netherlands apparently didn’t get the memo, and has gone ahead and posted the hardware ...

Apple's ubiquitous handset is the best indicator of how people will pay for media content in the near future, says the InterActiveCorp CEO at the Advertising 2. 0 conference.

points out the chief logistical problem with the iPhone 3G's new moniker. And it has something to do with butts.


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Debby may be , but if you have an Android phone, you can join the fun too. The good: So cute. The bad: From now on, the Android mascot will look like a penis.


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According to Apple, the S in stands for "Speed. " Back in 1986, the S stood for "Sound," and the "G" stood for "Graphics. " It was the Apple IIGS, the first Apple with a color graphic user interface. The GUI was influenced by Lisa and the Macintosh, and—with its 16-bit architecture, megabytes of RAM, and wavetable music synthesizer—it directly competed with the Commodore Amiga and the Atari ST. In fact, it was so cheap—$999—and fast that it competed with the Macintosh i...

Apple's being pretty cagey with the hard specs of the iPhone 3G S, but apparently T-Mobile Netherlands didn't get the message -- it's just posted up a specs page listing 256MB of RAM and a 600MHz CPU. That's up from 128MB and 412MHz in the first-gen and the 3G, and it's basically . Of course, the 3G S also has that new that supports OpenGL ES 2. 0, so the total speed boost is probably more than just pure clock speed, but we'll find out for sure when we get our hands on one.
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