Posts tagged with iphone-3gs

iPhone Sales Increasing In Europe

Posted on November 21, 2009 10:16 AM

It seems that the increased number of iPhone carriers over in France has led to a boost in sales for the cell phone. This indicates that a similar situation might happen in the UK, which Apple will certainly be hoping for. A report shows that Apple’s value market share in France made a significant jump, thanks to the phone’s availability on Bouygues Telecom and SFR. With O2’s exclusivity deal expiring earlier this month, Orange has launched the device and managed a first day sales of 30,000 units, putting the iPhone well on course to dominate the world.

App Store Takes Off In China

Posted on November 17, 2009 8:24 AM

While most people would think that the lack of Wi-Fi, coupled with sales of “only” 5,000 iPhones at launch would be disappointing, it seems that the App Store is doing rather well in China, despite all the hurdles that it’ll have to clear. Let’s not forget that the current official iPhone in China only sports 3G internet and users who want to purchase stuff from the App Store will need to have a credit card from a Chinese bank. Of course, if the news that there will be a new iPhone sporting Wi-Fi in China will certainly help boost the App Store business in that region and the possibility that the iPhone will be released on China Mobile will make it even better.

Few Thousand iPhones Stolen In Belgian Heist

Posted on November 17, 2009 7:45 AM

If you find that the iPhone 3G or 3GS that you ordered from Mobistar is taking a long time to reach you, maybe it’s been stolen (of course, not directly from you). According to latest reports, some thieves climbed a fire ladder to get to the roof of the warehouses where the iPhones were kept, and got away with about 3000 to 4000 iPhones, estimated worth about $3,000,000. Mobistar has apparently contacted their supplier and should be getting a new batch of iPhones within a few days, but the company is rather eager to restock, before their currently inventory runs out.

RadioShack To Offer The iPhone 3GS

Posted on November 8, 2009 3:59 AM

It looks like Apple’s iPhone has taken another small step towards nationwide domination of the mobile phone scene. Now RadioShack has officially announced that it will be carrying both the iPhone 3G and 3GS in selected stores in Dallas-Fort Worth and New York City by the end of this month. You can expect to see the phones available nationwide in 2010, which isn’t all that far off. Will this make a difference to whether you’ll be getting an iPhone or not? You tell us (in the comments section).

AT&T could offer 8GB iPhone 3GS

Posted on November 5, 2009 9:16 PM

Word has it that AT&T could be selling an 8GB iPhone 3GS in the US before Christmas, retailing for all of $99. If that were to be true, expect this bad boy to fly off the shelves quicker than you can blink, since it offers the full iPhone experience albeit with a smaller storage capacity that probably won't bother you too much. Assuming this rumor is true, it would most probably mean the discontinuation of the regular iPhone 3G that comes in that flavor, of course.

iPhone 3GS to get Nintendo N64 emulator

Posted on November 3, 2009 9:49 AM

Zodttd is a developer familiar to those who enjoyed GBA4iPhone, and the same developer is now currently working on a N64 emulator for the iPhone 3GS, thanks to CPU, GPU and OpenGL ES 2.0 support that is good enough to churn out smooth N64 emulation. A word of caution before you get too excited though - high end N64 titles might not be available "just yet" due to the lack of power, while another issue for most folks to grapple with would be the upcoming control scheme.

Orange prepares for iPhone launch in the UK

Posted on November 2, 2009 7:33 AM

Looking forward to picking up the iPhone 3GS in the UK from Orange? You can do so from November 10th onwards, where Orange's prices will be nearly similar to that of O2, although Orange UK CEO Tom Alexander did mention that the company will try other avenues instead of the traditional price war method in order to attract more iPhone-friendly subscribers to the network. The iPhone 3GS will be free from Orange UK as long as you settle for a 2-year contract that comes with a GBP73.41 monthly tariff.

Orange prepares for iPhone launch in the UK

Posted on November 2, 2009 7:33 AM

iPhone 3GS from Orange

Posted on September 29, 2009 12:14 AM

Orange revealed that the iPhone 3G and 3GS will be arriving in their lineup of handsets for folks living in the UK before the year is over after coming to an agreement with Apple to supply both iPhones via a variety of Orange's retail channels. This makes Orange the second supplier of iPhones, with O2 being the sole UK supplier ever since the iPhone rolled out. There is no word on pricing from Orange just yet, but chances are it won't stray too far from O2's pricing structure - which basically means you'll still need to sell that arm and a leg if you want to switch carriers.

ARider helps cyclists navigate with iPhone 3GS

Posted on September 25, 2009 8:52 AM

Those who use their iPhone 3GS to the maximum, including getting around will find the ARider prototype handy. After all, this device will let you get around to your destination via their iPhone 3GS using a heads up display, making you look rather cool - with the risk of rendering the iPhone 3GS useless in the case of a drop or minor accident. After all, using a HUD while cycling is dangerous as it can be pretty distracting, but hopefully the final product will weed out the kinks found in the current prototype, if ever.

BudsGoBlue Earphones For Your iPhone

Posted on September 20, 2009 1:06 PM

Looking to control your shiny new iPhone 3GS via voice control without having to fiddle with all those cables? Well, you’ll certainly want to check out the earphones from BudsGoBlue, which supports the iPhone and can act as headphones or a Bluetooth headset. It sure looks like the iPhone fad hasn’t died down yet.

iPhone OS 3.1 Enforcing Encryption

Posted on September 12, 2009 1:55 PM

If you’re an iPhone or iPhone 3G owner who has recently upgraded to OS 3.1, you might notice a “Policy Requirement” error when you try to use your Microsoft Exchange account after the upgrade. The bad news is that Apple states that the update enforces the Exchange ActiveSync mailbox policy, which requires encryption on the device, which in turn is only supported by the 3GS. So if you aren’t using a 3GS, you’ll need to beg your Exchange Server administrator to change the policy to not make device encryption mandatory. Either that or you can wait and see if Apple are feeling generous.

Apple to bring iPhone to China Unicom

Posted on August 28, 2009 7:54 AM

The Chinese will be getting their hands on the iPhone 3G S in the near future with Apple and China Unicom having come to an agreement, where the latter will oversee a lucrative three-year deal to sell the iPhone 3G S in that part of the world. They will offer a couple of versions sometime in the fourth quarter of this year, where Wi-Fi connectivity will be disabled as per government regulations. Currently, estimates point towards around 1.5 million hacked and unlocked iPhones already seeing action in China, and it will be interesting to see what kind of pricing plans will be introduced along with the new iPhone 3G S. We do know that the China Unicom version will be a GSM/WCDMA handset that operates on the 900MHz, 1700MHz and 1900MHz bands.

Apple to bring iPhone to China Unicom

Posted on August 28, 2009 7:54 AM

iPhone 3GS Review

Posted on August 26, 2009 3:23 PM

By now, there's no need to introduce the iPhone 3GS: if you're looking at this review, chances are that you are just wondering how it feels and if you should jump on the wagon and get one. However, you want to know if everything that you would be enjoying on the 3GS is worth the price that the device and plan cost. Also, what are the alternatives out there? In this iPhone 3GS review, I will tell you how the iPhone has been working for me in the past month and you will hopefully be able to extrapolate from my experience what yours will be. The review is slightly aimed at those of you who don't have an iPhone yet, but if you do have one and want to upgrade to the 3GS, you might want to read this.

8GB iPhone 3GS info spotted, is the iPhone 3G going away soon?

Posted on August 5, 2009 10:01 AM

Reports about an 8GB iPhone 3GS have surfaced. This is coming unofficially from Rogers (a Canadian carrier) and from what we can tell, they are talking about making a transition from the 8GB iPhone 3G to a 8GB iPhone 3GS as the inventory for older iPhones gets depleted.

The information seems believable, because Apple won't carry the iPhone 3G forever and needed to liquidate its inventory before Making the iPhone 3GS the only game in town. The only question is the price. Will Apple sell a 8GB 3GS for the same $99 than the iPhone 3G is going for today? Maybe, but it seems tempting to sell it for a little more...

iPhone 3G S is now a face of a robot

Posted on July 28, 2009 9:33 AM

Hmm, guess the world hasn't run out of ways to make full use of the recently released iPhone 3G S just yet. In fact, an enthusiastic robot hobbyist managed to come up with an application that enables the iPhone 3G S to function as the brain, while offering a face of a miniature humanoid robot. Dubbed Robochan, the body comprises of a Kondo KHR-2HV humanoid. As for the iPhone 3G S head, it connects to the body through a dock connector, where it is full well of showing off different facial expressions while functioning as the controller. Depending on the iPhone's interface, the Robochan can be programmed to wake you up at a specified time, groove to music or even perform moves based on user interaction.

iPhone 3G S is now a face of a robot

Posted on July 28, 2009 9:33 AM

MobileNavigator For The iPhone 3G S

Posted on July 27, 2009 6:11 AM

Proud owners of the iPhone 3G S, take note! Navigon will be offering their MobileNavigator app in the AppStore, where it will retail at a relatively low $69.99 until August 15th, where the price will then revert to its normal $99.99. This piece of software will target those who want full-fledged navigation on their iPhone 3G S, but do not want to pick up a separate GPS navigation system in the process. Word has it that the North American market will be Navigon's initial target, although chances are pretty good it will also arrive at local AppStores in Europe in due time. Some of the features of MobileNavigator include :-

Reality View Pro
Lane Assistant Pro
Speed Assistant with adjustable audio-visual warning
Day & Night Mode for map display
Direct Access
Branded POIs and POIs along the rout
2D and 3D map view
Automatic switch between portrait and landscape format
Intelligent address entry
Real signpost display

Purplera1n Now Mac-Compatible

Posted on July 7, 2009 6:08 AM

Not too soon after Purplera1n was released, a newer version is out - one that is Mac-friendly, and it also allows you to run Backgrounder on the iPhone 3GS. The Windows version is officially at RC2a, although those who are running RC2 need not update to RC2a. As with any other unauthorized versions of software or hardware, the manufacturer won't take any responsibility should you brick your device. Anyone tried this out already?