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Swirling rumors that Apple has been working on an iPod Touch with built in camera and microphone may have been confirmed. Wired is reporting that “A well-connected source” has told them that factories in China have already begun churning out said device.
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Rock Your Phone has released a new app called MyWi. MyWi allows you to turn your iPhone 3G into a WiFi Hotspot that you can connect multiple devices to. MyWi can connect your laptop to the internet through WiFi, bluetooth, or directly through USB. The app only works with the iPhone 3G at the moment, but they are working on adding the iPhone 3G[s] to the supported devices. UPDATE: It seems that if you install RockYourPhone from Cydia instead of the desktop application, it works with the iPhone 3G[s].
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It has been confirmed that the Ultrasn0w unlock app for the iPhone 3G does in fact work for the iPhone 3G[s] as well. You do need to jailbreak first with Geohot’s Purplera1n solution.
Purplera1n does not activate your phone so you will need a legit AT&T sim card in order to jailbreak, but then you can unlock with Ultrasn0w, availble in Cydia, then slip in your T-Mobile sim.
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AT&T has released it’s re-branded TeleNav mobile navigation software, AT&T Navigator for iPhone. TeleNav also partners with competitors Sprint and Verizon with their GPS solutions: Sprint Navigator and VZ Navigator. The app itself is available free in the AppStore, but in order to use the service it will cost you $9.99 a month as an add on to your data plan. The monthly fee does include free map updates and live traffic updates. If you do not use GPS all the time you can start and stop the subscription at any time.
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Bing’s cashback program is pretty nice for anything that you are looking to buy, ironically, even an iPhone 3G S. The Bing cashback program gives consumers a percentage back from any purchase made through their sponsored links. Basically, instead of collecting ad profits from these links and sticking the cash in their pockets, they are giving them right back to you after you make a purchase from the sponsor.
To get a 35% discount on an iPhone 3G S you can do the following:
Click the link at the top of the page for AT&T with a bing cashback logo next to it
At the prompt, fill in your email address and click “Shop and get cashback”
Then, order yourself a brand new iPhone 3G
It should be as simple as that, but let us know if you have any problems.
UPDATE: It may take up to 60 days to receive your cashback, but hey, 60 day money is still $$$.
The much anticipated iPhone 3G S is finally making its way to customers’ hands this morning. The doors at Apple and AT&T stores start opening at 7 a.m., but many have been in line much earlier, like previous iPhone releases. This time is a little different because the iPhone 3G S was available for pre-order before the launch date. Customers that pre-ordered their iPhone 3G S had the option to pick up their new “Jesus” phone at an AT&T or Apple store today or have it shipped directly to them with a beginning arrival date of June 19th. The stores were planning to have two lines: paid and paying.
Another difference this year is that Apple released the new OS 3.0 two days earlier than the iPhone 3G S launch. Last year, Apple released OS 2.0 on the same day as the iPhone 3G launch which caused wide span blackouts of the iTunes activation process. With every iPhone owner, OG and 3G, hammering the iTunes servers trying to upgrade to OS 2.0 and activate service, iTunes sadly failed miserably. Many customers, including myself, with their new 3G were not able to get it activated till much later in the day. I say thank you to Apple for learning from its previous mistakes.
How was your experience in the lines this year? Is this your first iPhone or have you waited before? Let us know your experience getting your new iPhone 3G S in the comments.
UPDATE: Reports are coming in from all over the US that the lines are moving really quickly. It’s great to see that Apple and AT&T got it right this year. If you are still in line, stay strong, it will all be worth it.
Huge numbers of irate iPhone owners voiced their displeasure concerning the upgrade policy that alienated them from getting the advertised $199 and $299 price for the upcoming iPhone 3GS due to launch Friday. Users spread the word through Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, and various other social networks. AT&T has been a top trending topic on Twitter for the last couple weeks since Apple’s announcement of the iPhone 3GS at WWDC. AT&T has apparently heard the mass plea for a better solution to subsidized pricing.
While I’m glad to see them listening to their customers, I would like to see them take a different approach across the board with their upgrade policy, not just with the iPhone.
The following video also addresses some other concerns AT&T customers have.
An Update for Our Customers
Some customers have had questions about our plans and policies for iPhone 3G S, and we’d like to provide you with answers. We’d also like to announce a change to the date when some iPhone customers are eligible for our best upgrade pricing to iPhone 3G S.
Pricing
Importantly, we want our customers to better understand our wireless device upgrade program. Like most U.S. carriers, we offer a variety of phones that we sell below our actual cost when customers agree to sign service agreements. In general, the more a customer spends with us, the quicker they become eligible for a price break on a new device. For example, iPhone customers who spend more than $99 a month per line with us generally are eligible for an upgrade between 12 and 18 months into their contract.
We also currently offer early upgrade pricing only for iPhone 3G S and iPhone 3G.
All of that said, we’ve been listening to our customers. And since many of our iPhone 3G customers are early adopters and literally weeks shy of being upgrade eligible due to iPhone 3G S launching 11 months after iPhone 3G, we’re extending the window of upgrade eligibility for a limited time.
We’re now pleased to offer our iPhone 3G customers who are upgrade eligible in July, August or September 2009 our best upgrade pricing, beginning Thursday, June 18.
If you’re one of the many customers who will benefit from this change, please note that our upgrade eligibility tools will reflect this change on Thursday, June 18.
We invite you to come to our stores beginning Friday during normal store hours, although please be aware that customer demand may exceed supply in some of our stores. You may also preorder online on June 18 at www.att.com/iphone, and your iPhone 3G S will arrive in 7 – 14 days. Or you can purchase iPhone 3G S at Apple’s retail and online stores, as well as at other popular retailers.
If you’re one of the customers who benefits from this change, and you’ve already preordered from an AT&T store, we’ll adjust the price of the device when you pick it up. If you benefit from the change and you pre-ordered from AT&T online, we’ll send you an e-mail and issue you a credit.
If you pre-ordered an iPhone 3G S through Apple’s online store, your upgrade eligibility will be reassessed based on AT&T’s new upgrade policy for iPhone 3G owners. If you are eligible for the lower price, Apple will issue you a credit for the difference as applicable.
So, what if you still aren’t eligible for our best upgrade pricing and you still want iPhone 3G S now? You do have options:
- You may qualify for the iPhone 3G S early upgrade price of $399 (16GB) or $499 (32GB).
- You can pay full retail—and not have to sign a 2-year contract—at $599 (16GB) or $699 (32GB).
- You can wait until you’re eligible for our best upgrade pricing. We invite you to check your upgrade eligibility by visiting www.att.com/iphone, calling *NEW# (*639#) on your AT&T device (we’ll send you a text with upgrade information), or visiting any of our over 2,200 stores.
If you want more details on our pricing and upgrade policy, check out our FAQs. And as always, you may visit one of our stores to talk with a representative.
In Summary
We’ve listened to our customers — and hope our response helps answer some of your questions and concerns.
We are incredibly proud to be the U.S. carrier for the new iPhone 3G S and will work around the clock to be ready on June 19 to serve customers who are interested in the fastest, most powerful iPhone yet.
Some very crafty crackers have figured out a way to circumvent Apple.com in order to purchase the new iPhone 3GS and have it delivered right to your house on July 19th, with free shipping to boot. The process involves getting an add on for Firefox and using a little click and trick. This process does not allow you to get the subsidized price but it does let you skip right by having to sign up for a 2 year AT&T contract. Note that this is still a carrier locked phone, but in theory you would be able to go month to month with your plan. You can fully process your order including charging your card but I wonder if the Empire AT&T will figure out what is going on and get your orders canceled if they see there is not a contract associated with the sale. You can find full instructions at iTalkiPhone.com
I don’t condone any of these actions but I’m really interested to hear how it goes if someone not related to Rotilda decides to try. Strictly for information purposes. If you try this, come back and leave a comment on how it worked.