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Posts in May 2008

iPhone passcode can be easily bypassed

Posted 22 May 2008 @ 11am in Security, News

So you’ve set a passcode for your iPhone, and you’re feeling smug and secure. You can leave the device unattended on your desk, or worse, have it stolen or lost without fear of prying eyes accessing your private data — right?

As discovered by Jonathan Zdziarski, who has established himself as something of an iPhone forensics […]

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What AT&T’s faster 3G network means for the iPhone; will you be covered?

Posted 22 May 2008 @ 9am in News

AT&T has announced that within the next 30 days that they will finish the deployment of HSUPA (faster upload) technology in the six remaining markets across AT&T’s entire 3G wireless broadband network in the US. This follows the deployment of its HSDPA (3G download) network which makes AT&T the only US carrier to fully deploy […]

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iPhones fetching $700+ on eBay

Posted 21 May 2008 @ 12pm in News

Aggressive demand for unlocked units and a dearth of official, in-store stock ahead of a new models’s expected introduction in the coming weeks have driven iPhone prices on eBay sky-high. Some 16GB unlocked listings are currently carrying “Buy-it-now” (non-bidding) prices in excess of $700 — a $200 premium over brand-new models purchased from Apple or […]

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Refurbished iPhones available from AT&T

Posted 21 May 2008 @ 12pm in News

Refurbished iPhones available from AT&T — Sold out

UPDATE: AT&T’s online stock of refurbished iPhones is now sold out. The listings no longer appear.

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If you’re still looking to pick up a current-generation iPhone and haven’t found stock at local Apple or AT&T stores, AT&T’s Web site is now offering refurbished models at a fairly deep discount: […]

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iPhone maintenance: reboot regularly

Posted 20 May 2008 @ 11am in Troubleshooting

A somewhat trite but valid observation regarding the iPhone is that the device is more akin to a handheld computer than a phone. It runs a full-fledged OS and requires updates that are exponentially larger than the over-the-air updates used by most other smartphones. The added complexity means that the iPhone, in some cases, needs […]

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Refurbished iPhones may contain other users’ personal data

Posted 19 May 2008 @ 10am in Security, News

iPhones sold as refurbished units may contain personal data from their previous owners that, with a little leg-work, is readily accessible by new owners. These data include email, images, contacts and more.

As previously noted, performing a “Restore” operation on the iPhone does not delete personal data from the device. Such information remain intact on the […]

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Adobe to host iPhone DevCamp 2

Posted 19 May 2008 @ 8am in Applications, Development, News

The second iPhoneDevCamp 2 will be held on August 1-3, 2008 at Adobe Systems in San Francisco, CA. The not-for-profit, sponsor-supported gathering covers the development of applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch using the native SDK and web standards.

The first event was also hosted by Adobe, and held in August 2007 with 300 […]

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iPhone coming to various African markets, Belgium, more

Posted 16 May 2008 @ 9am in News

In a very brief press release, Orange, the iPhone’s official carrier in France, announced an agreement with Apple to bring the iPhone to “Orange customers” in Austria, Belgium, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, Jordan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Switzerland and Orange’s African markets later this year.

Orange is the latest company to overlap other carriers with regard […]

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Native Soulseek P2P app comes to the iPhone

Posted 15 May 2008 @ 9am in Applications, News

Representing perhaps the first genuinely useful native peer-to-peer application for the iPhone, iSlsk, which is capable of accessing the Soulseek music sharing network, has debuted.

SoulSeek was created by Nir Arbel, a former Napster programmer, and offers access to a vast peer-shared library of files, composed primarily of music. THe network boasts hundreds of thousands of […]

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Singapore Airlines offers in-flight iPhone connectivity

Posted 15 May 2008 @ 8am in News

Singapore Airlines has announced the integration of iPod and iPhone connectivity starting today on its newly reconfigured, all-Business Class Airbus A340-500 flights between New York and Singapore, and between Los Angeles and Singapore from August. The mechanism projects iPhone or iPod-stored content onto the in-seat 15.4-inch widescreen LCD via the standard 30-pin connector, which also […]

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