As if there is any doubt that the 3g iPhone is coming soon. Some 3g settings have been found in the 2.0 firmware.
The settings page was found in the latest beta release of 2.0 firmware. IF you don't know, 3g drains cell phone batteries very quickly. Don't worry in an effort to save some battery life Apple has included a setting to turn 3g off, and use normal slow edge instead.
So with your 3g iPhone you'll have a choice, murder your battery or surf at 1995 speeds.
While the Apple stores have been having a shortage of iPhones for a couple weeks now, the Apple website now is also saying there is no ship date available - looking more and more like the 3G iPhone is coming out soon.
AT&T employees on our site have already suggested a release date of June 15th, and today being the 10th and Apple not retailing any more iPhones suggests it may even be an earlier date.
The 3G iPhone has been rumored to have a starting price even higher than the original iPhone at $599 for the 8GB and $699 for the 16GB. No word on... [Read More]
The guys over at Schmap sent us a tip about their upcoming iPhone web app, schmap.com. Set to go live on Monday, May 12 (ModMyiFone readers can get an exclusive sneak peek at it by entering access code 724627 from their iPhone site), Schmap is a well-made cross between the Google Maps app on your iPhone, and CitySearch.
Open Safari on your iPhone and browse to their page, and choose your city. Once there, you can search through a huge list of different establishments in the town - including city info, attractions, bars, clubs, coffee houses, shopping, and restaurants. There are sub categories within each category.
One of our members here sent me this message the other day: (remind me to check my messages more often)
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Hey whats up. I just wanted to let you know since you are the owner of the site. I work for a corporate at&t store. Today we all recieved an email from the regional manager saying that there is an event happening between june and july, and that we are not suppose to get any time off in that period. There were also some hints about a new phone being released. My guess is the 2nd version of the iphone will be releasing between
No huge updates this time around, just some small tweaks and changes this times around. If you're a Developer grab a copy from the Apple Dev Page.
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The fifth beta version of the iPhone SDK includes Xcode IDE, iPhone simulator with Open GL ES support, Interface Builder, Instruments, frameworks and samples, compilers, and Shark analysis tool.
So one of our members here had an interesting conversation with the manager of his local AT&T Store.
