Archive for September, 2007

Forget iPhone Bricking: All Third-Party Apps Void Your iPhone Warranty

September 25, 2007

Apple just confirmed that running any third party app will bust up your warranty. Pretty shitty way to reward the programmers who made the iPhone better than stock.

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Pondering pay-as-you-go for iPhone data? Might want to think different.

September 25, 2007

Sure, you can put your iPhone on a pay-as-you-go SIM and take your data a few cents at a time… but be warned, you may end up with a substantial chunk missing out of your wallet without noticing that you’re leaking cash. TUAW tests the plan and shows us the bill.

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Apple Issues Warning on iPhone Unlocking

September 25, 2007

Apple has issued a statement today that programs available for the iPhone to SIM unlock it could cause “irreparable damage” to the device. Apple has discovered that many of the unauthorized iPhone unlocking programs available on the Internet cause irreparable damage to the iPhone’s software, which w…

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The PC World If Apple Never Existed

September 24, 2007

A scary look at how different the computer industry might be without the existence of Apple.

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Starbucks to spread 50 million pieces of iTunes love

September 24, 2007

Following the announcement of Starbucks’ partnership with Apple, the coffee kings have announced that they will begin giving away free iTunes downloads on October 2, all the way through November 7. They plan to give away a grand total of 50 million songs

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Coders start your iPhones: Re-lock them before the pending iPhone update

September 24, 2007

TUAW’s code guru, Erica Sadun, shows readers a method that may well re-lock their phones to ensure the handsets are not bricked following the pending iPhone software update.

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Apple says iPhone unlocking may leave handsets “permanently inoperable”

September 24, 2007

Apple said Monday that many of the unauthorized iPhone unlocking programs available on the Internet cause irreparable damage to the iPhone’s software, which will likely result in the modified iPhone becoming permanently inoperable when a future Apple-supplied iPhone software update is installed.

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‘Dugg’ – A Digg Widget for Dashboard

September 24, 2007

I’ve been scouring the ‘net in hopes of locating one. I finally ran across this little gem. This is a great, Apple Friendly dashboard widget. You can search on Digg or directly inside the widget. You can display anything on Digg, or what your friends or you are digging, submitted, or commented on. It’s collapsible and resizable. And it’s free!

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Steve Jobs is AT&T Hacker, not against iPhone Hackers

September 24, 2007

Back in 1971, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak went into business to build ‘Blue Boxes’. A device that allowed free illegitimate phone calls by faking the signals used by AT&T. Why would Jobs take a stand against iPhone/AT&T hackers now? An interesting story about how Steve Jobs started business.

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Mac OS X Leopard nearing Final Candidate?

September 24, 2007

Apple’s next generation operating system is nearing Final Candidate status according to several report we obtained.

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