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iPhone 3G stories: 32 news summaries

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WALT MOSSBERG

 Droid a Savvy Choice 
 for Smartphone Fans 

Users sick of AT&T now have an option

Nov 5, 09 5:38 AM CST
(Newser) - Verizon has finally come up with a phone that will satisfy users who want an iPhone-quality smartphone to run on the firm's zippy 3G network, writes Walt Mossberg. The Motorola Droid, is, like the iPhone, "a powerful hand-held computer that happens to make phone calls," Mossberg writes. The... More »

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Verizon • iPhone • Walt Mossberg • Motorola • smartphones • Android • consumer electronics • iPhone 3G • Droid • Verizon Droid review

iPhone Blew Your Budget?
'Recession Case' Is for You

Cardboard protection can be yours for just $1

Sep 16, 09 10:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hard times no longer mean iPhone users who blew all their cash buying one can't afford a protective case for their new favorite toy, Mashable reports. Case-Mate has introduced the iPhone 3G Recession case, priced at just $1. The sturdy cardboard case, which assembles with locking tabs, will cushion your... More »

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cell phones • iPhone • Apple • recession • iPhone 3G

(Newser) - Even a gadget as good as the iPhone isn't without its annoyances, although luckily bigger geeks than you have cooked up workarounds for most of them, Jared Newman writes in PC World. Some major gripes:
  • AT&T: The carrier's stranglehold in the US is becoming even more irksome as
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iPhone • Apple • smartphones • consumer electronics • iPhone applications • PDAs • iPhone 3G

 Teen Hackers Foil 
 New iPhone Limits 

Hackers use school vacation to best Apple's engineers and 'jailbreak' new phone

Jul 7, 09 1:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - A group of teenage thorns in Apple's side have been the first to release "jailbreak" software for the latest iPhone 3GS, the Wall Street Journal reports. The hackers, in the latest round of what Steve Jobs calls "a cat-and-mouse game with his top engineers," created software that... More »

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iPhone • hacker • Apple • unlock iPhone • iPhone applications • iPhone 3G

Users Complain of iPhone 3GS Overheating

Handset became too hot to handle when  used while plugged in

Jun 27, 09 7:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Apple's hot new handset appears to be suffering some serious overheating issues, Melissa Perenson writes for PC World. Users on a French tech site say their white iPhone 3GS handsets became discolored after overheating, Perenson notes. She was aware of some "heat issues" with her own model but nothing... More »

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iPhone • iPhone 3G • overheat

New iPhone Boosts Mobile
YouTube Uploads by 400%

Phone lets users immediately post video

Jun 25, 09 4:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mobile video uploads to YouTube have soared 400% since the new iPhone released last week, Ars Technica reports. It's a noticeable spike, even though mobile uploads have been on the rise: They went up by 1,700% in the last six months. The iPhone lets users shoot video and upload... More »

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YouTube • iPhone • mobile video • iPhone 3G

tech review

Don't Go Buy Another iPhone, Just Get OS 3.0

New model is faster, but upgraded system offers plenty of perks

Jun 17, 09 4:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Apple launched its new iPhone operating system today, two days ahead of the 3G S model, begging the question whether existing users should fork out $200 for new hardware. “Faster circuitry makes a huge difference,” David Pogue writes for the New York Times, though Walt Mossberg, in the... More »

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technology • cell phones • Walt Mossberg • Apple • iPhone 3G • David Pogue

 Verizon May Get 
 iPhone in 2010 

Deal could come through when AT&T's exclusive rights expire next year

Apr 27, 09 12:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Apple is in talks about developing an iPhone for Verizon’s wireless network—with possible deployment next year, USA Today reports. Currently, the iPhone is only available on AT&T’s GSM network, which is incompatible with Verizon’s CDMA operation. AT&T has exclusive US rights to the... More »

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Verizon • iPhone • Apple • smartphones • AT&T • mobile devices • iPhone 3G • GSM • CDMA

Best Buy Offers Used
iPhones for $50 Less

Retailer tries to undercut the competition with refurbished handsets

Jan 6, 09 12:09 PM CST
(Newser) - With an eye to newly frugal consumers, Best Buy is offering refurbished iPhone 3Gs for about $50 less than new handsets, Reuters reports. The retailer offers previously owned 8- and 16-gigabyte iPhones (returned in 30 days or less) for $149 and $249, respectively. Best Buy may be trying to undercut... More »

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iPhone • Apple • Best Buy • Wal-Mart • refurbishing • retail businesses • iPhone 3G

New App
Helps Users Unlock iPhone

It's now pretty easy
for those who want
to shed AT&T

Jan 2, 09 10:18 AM CST
(Newser) - Got that shiny new iPhone 3G for Christmas but don’t want to bail on your non-AT&T service plan? A new application to unlock the iPhone 3G is here, PC World reports. At this point, "even a cat" can get the trick done. Yes, there's always a chance... More »

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Apple • hackers • unlock iPhone • 3G wireless networks • AT&T Wireless • iPhone applications • iPhone 3G

Jobs Prepares
to Pass the Torch: Analyst

Apple icon's lower profile signals shift, regardless of health

Dec 18, 08 8:52 AM CST
(Newser) - Steve Jobs is moving slowly toward the exit, and the Apple CEO has assembled such a strong team that even the absence of the company's "irreplaceable face" won't spell disaster, reports Apple Insider. Jobs' decision to skip MacWorld Expo doesn't mean his health is worsening but is "a... More »

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Steve Jobs • Apple • Macworld • iPhone 3G • Phil Schiller

product review

 Storm Proves 
 Worthy Rival to iPhone 

BlackBerry Storm has a touchscreen keyboard but doesn't push iPhone

Nov 20, 08 12:11 PM CST
(Newser) - The BlackBerry Storm hits the US tomorrow, with the iPhone squarely in its sights. The new smartphone is an interesting mix of traditional BlackBerry and the hugely popular Apple gadget, with a few twists, Walt Mossberg writes for the Wall Street Journal. The keyboard is the Storm's calling card:... More »

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Research In Motion • smartphones • BlackBerry Bold • iPhone 3G • BlackBerry Storm • touchscreen

iPhone Dethrones Razr
as Top Seller in US

Apple's sells 6.8M of 3G phones in recent quarter

Nov 10, 08 3:05 PM CST
(Newser) - Apple’s new iPhone model is now the top-selling mobile phone among US adults, Macworld reports, having displaced Motorola’s Razr in the third quarter. The Razr had topped the category—which doesn’t take business purchases into account—for 12 consecutive quarters. Apple says it sold 6.8 million... More »

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Razr • Apple • Motorola • iPhone 3G • mobile phones


 Lower-Income 
 Buyers Snatch 
 Up iPhones 

Increasingly, consumers are turning to
the iPhone for music, Web browsing and calls

Oct 30, 08 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lower-income households are snatching up iPhones at a faster rate than their more financially flush counterparts, reports the Wall Street Journal, potentially attracted by its multiple uses—and single fee. By relying on the “Swiss-Army knife kind of device” to make phone calls, listen to music, and access the... More »

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email • mobile Internet • AT&T • mobile devices • iPhone 3G

AT&T Rivals Pounce on iPhone Glitches

Dropped calls ring up a marketing opportunity for other networks

Aug 29, 08 4:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Glitches have plagued the new iPhone since its release and AT&T's rivals are gleefully capitalizing on customers' griping, the New York Times reports. It's still unclear whether Apple or the wireless network is to blame, but companies like Verizon aren't letting the opportunity slip by. “A phone is... More »

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Verizon • iPhone • telecommunications • wireless service • AT&T • AT&T Wireless • iPhone 3G

 'Misleading' iPhone Ad Banned 

British regulators say claim that device can access 'all parts of the internet' is untrue

Aug 27, 08 4:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - British advertising regulators have banned a commercial claiming iPhones have “access to all the parts of the internet,” citing technological limitations that prevent users from seeing some websites, CNET News reports. iPhones don’t have Flash or Java, and while Apple simply intended to contrast the product with... More »

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advertising • false advertising • iPhone 3G

 iPhone 3G Has Already
 Outsold Original

It took Apple a year to move 6M of first model; second hits that mark in 7 weeks

Aug 26, 08 1:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - It took Apple one year to sell 6 million first-generation iPhones. By next week, the company will have sold the same number of 3G iPhones—just seven weeks after they went on the market, TechCrunch reports. Complaints about battery life and connection speed haven’t tempered the iPhone’s popularity,... More »

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Apple • iPhone 3G

Polish Actors Paid to Fake iPhone Frenzy

Phone company tries
to boost enthusiasm
with longer lines

Aug 25, 08 6:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Poland’s largest mobile provider is refreshingly straightforward about its efforts to boost iPhone sales, Reuters reports. “We have these fake queues at front of 20 stores around the country to drum up interest in the iPhone,” a spokesman for Orange said. The iPhone flew off the shelves... More »

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Poland • iPhone • iPhone 3G • hype

Apple Customer Sues Over iPhone 3G Glitches

Service nowhere close to what's advertised, complaint alleges

Aug 21, 08 1:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - An Alabama woman is suing Apple after purchasing the new iPhone 3G, alleging the gizmo does not nearly live it to its hype—plagued by problems like slow email and text-messaging, excessive dropped calls, and the inability to connect to AT&T’s 3G network. Her complaints are echoed across... More »

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cell phones • Apple • lawsuit • class action • Technology • iPhone 3G • glitches

Dropped Calls Plague New
3G iPhone

Customers complain of phone problems and rotten Apple response

Aug 16, 08 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Owners of 3G iPhones complain that their new phones are suffering from glitches, especially dropped calls—and that Apple seems keen to drop their calls when they report issues, ABC News reports. A company spokeswoman refused to comment when contacted about the iPhone problems, which also include slow web access... More »

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cell phones • iPhone • Apple • smartphones • iPhone 3G

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