Jailbreaking (allowing for unofficial third-party application installation) iPhones that have been updated to firmware/software revision 1.1.2 is an arduous process. It’s cumbersome, fraught with pitfalls, and inconsistently successful. In fact, given the questionable value of firwmare/software update 1.1.2, we’d recommending sticking with version 1.1.1 if you’d like to use third-party applications on your iPhone. However, […]

Struggling with poor iPhone cellular signal strength? The less-than-practical answer may be to simply dock the device. Several users have found that connecting their iPhones to a Dock or via a USB cable to a host system can dramatically boost signal strength.

Meanwhile, a thread on Apple’s Discussion boards rife with lamentation of poor signal strength […]

AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson told a group of reporters at the Churchill Club in Santa Clara that an iPhone capable of operating on the company’s 3G HSDPA network (and presumably other 3G networks) will be available sometime next year. You can hear Stephenson’s comments in a recorded Webcast of the event.

Responding a reporter’s question about […]

Electronista is reporting that Apple is already giving some lucky developers preliminary builds of their iPhone SDK to start building native applications. Little is actually known about how much access developers will be getting, although Electronista pegs it somewhere close to what Google is offering with its Android platform. While there are no names mentioned […]

One of the biggest things many users with jailbroken phones have to explain to other folks is which third party applications are useful. Yeah Pirate is cool, and Navizon makes the lack of GPS slightly more bearable, but what really takes the iPhone beyond what Apple has provided in a useful way? To me, a […]

According to a very obscure blog post on SevenClick, Spanish carrier Telefonica plans to carry a 3G iPhone of the iPhone next year. In a very brief conversation with a Telefonica manager, SevenClick asked if a 3G version of the iPhone would arrive in Spain by next May. The manager replied, ” Yes! They expect […]

Vodafone’s German division has filed a retraining order against Deutsche Telekom T-Mobile from selling the iPhone in Germany. Vodafone is questioning T-Mobile’s exclusive contract on the iPhone and the fact that it is sold without customer discounts. According to the Financial Times, Vodafone is concerned that T-Mobile’s iPhone policies “could introduce a new model for […]

Conspiracy theories sure are fun.
A forum post Friday about a curious line of code in Apple’s iPhone quickly grew into suspicions that the company was tracking all kinds of data after a blogger picked up the tin foil and ran Sunday night. Apparently when you check stocks or weather on the iPhone, the application sends […]

In an unexpected move, AT&T is now allowing you to remove the unlimited EDGE data feature from your monthly iPhone service plan. Dropping the service will save you $20 a month, but you’ll lose several features in the process. Not only will you be restricted to using Wi-Fi to access the Internet, but you’ll also […]

As we mentioned a couple of days ago, with the combined releases of iTunes 7.5 and the iPhone 1.1.2 firmware update, you can once again make custom ringtones for your iPhone. But if you want even more flexibility with your ringtones, check out the latest version of MakeiPhoneRingtone from the freebies section at Rogue Amoeba. […]