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Though Apple’s 3G iPhone will remain exclusive to AT&T for years now, industrious hacker types should be able to free their phones from the network within weeks. The infamous iPhone Dev Team that cracked the original EDGE model is claiming to have done it again, with the release of a consumer-friendly cracking tool slated for December 31. The hack, codenamed “yellowsn0w,” should allow 3G iPhone’s purchased for… Read More

When Apple launched its 3G iPhone, lines were massive and slow as customers had to do their sign up and activation in the store, reportedly at the request of carrier AT&T, to ensure the handset wasn’t unlocked quickly – which had happened with the first generation of the handset, where customers could undertake the activation from home. Now, according to InformationWeek, Apple has turned the process on its head,… Read More

Smartphones aren’t just for suits anymore. According to the NPD Group, the popularity of formerly exclusive multitasking phones like BlackBerrys has picked up significantly in the last year, with smartphones now accounting for 19 percent of total mobile phone sales. By contrast, smartphones represented just 9 percent in the same measurement period (January through July) of last year.  Why the sudden shift? According to… Read More

UK pay-as-you-go customers who’ve been wanting a 3G iPhone are in luck. From September 16, O2, which has the handset franchise for Britain, will be offering it, but the set itself will cost you – around $700 for the 8GB model and $800 for the 16GB. The phone will be available at O2 and Apple stores, as well as at Carphone Warehouse. O2 noted that the price “includes unlimited browsing and Wi-Fi for the first 12 months… Read More

Apple has released a software update for its 3G iPhone which should eliminate the problems with reception and dropped calls reported by a number of users. Although Apple has made no official comment on the problem, as is its way, some have speculated that the problem might lie in the Infeon chipset the handset uses. From hints that have been dropped, it’s believed that the problem affects around 60,000 users. The iPhone firmware… Read More

Apple head Steve Jobs has claimed that the 3G iPhone sold one million units in its first weekend. That’s impressive, but he’ll be rubbing his hands with glee if the chips at banking giant HSBC fall the right way. In an interview with ZDNet, HSBC's Australia and New Zealand chief information officer Brenton Hush said: "We are actually reviewing iPhones from a HSBC Group perspective… and when I say that, I mean… Read More

AT&T must be very glad they signed up to sell the iPhone. They’ve reported their second quarter revenues as $30.7 billion, which is a massive 54% increase over last year, and the company is happy to credit the iPhone for the success. AT&T is the exclusive iPhone network carrier in the US. AT&T’s wireless unit reported a 52% increase, and initial sales of the new 3G iPhone have been twice those of the original.… Read More

Despite activation woes and generally glum economic news that accompanied its launch, Apple’s 3G iPhone put the original to shame this weekend by selling 1 million units in just three days.  The company released its official figures on Monday. “iPhone 3G had a stunning opening weekend,” said Apple CEO Steve Jobs, in a statement. “It took 74 days to sell the first one million original iPhones, so the new iPhone… Read More

Malware writers like to use any opportunity to distribute their goods. So that makes today’s holiday a golden opportunity to them, according to security company MXLogic, who also predicted that the launch next week of Apple’s 3G iPhone will see another spike in e-mails containing malware. Last year, the company noted, spammers used the 4th to unleash a wave of mails containing the Storm Trojan using botnets, and as of yesterday… Read More

Renegade handset maker Hop-on isn't content to rest on the buzz surrounding its disposable $10 “anti-iPhone,” the HOP1800, which it bills as the lowest-cost mobile phone in the world. Now the company says it has six more GMS and 3G phones up it sleeve, ready to go on sale worldwide, including the HOP1801 Smart Phone, which it claims will be the lowest cost smart phone on the market. But that's literally all Hop-on… Read More

Japan's SoftBank has issued the latest in the long line of terse announcements from international mobile carriers that it will offer the Apple iPhone later this year. The announcement follows wrangling last year between SoftBank and DoCoMo, which are respectively Japan's number three and number one mobile operators: at the time, both companies were reported to be wary of revenue-sharing arrangements Apple wanted to let them have… Read More

Hutchison Telecom has become the latest international mobile operator to ink a deal with Apple to distribute the company's now-famous iPhone: according to the South China Morning Post, it will be offering the iPhone to the city of Macao as early as next quarter. The company joins a parade of similar announcements from mobile operators around the world, all of which have been characterized by their brevity and complete lack of detail as… Read More

Apple has quietly confirmed that both its UK and U.S. online stores are out of stock of the iPhone, although individual Apple retail stores and retail locations run by its carrier partners AT&T and O2 may still have units in stock. Although Apple employees and official spokespersons refused to give any reason for the shortage or to even speculate on when handsets might be back in stock, the shortage is widely being views as a sign… Read More

International mobile operator Vodafone—which owns part of the U.S.'s Verizon Wireless—has announced that it has reached an agreement with Apple to sell the iPhone in ten international markets—including Italy, where Telecom Italia had recently been reported to have made a non-exclusive deal with Apple to sell a 3G iPhone. In addition to Italy, Vodafone says it will offer iPhones in Australia, the Czech Republic, Egypt,… Read More

Although it's not the rumored 3G iPhone so many people have been hoping for, Apple today announced it is adding new configurations to its iPhone and iPod touch lines with double the memory of previous offerings. The new iPhone boasts 16 GB of storage and the new iPod touch has 32 GB of memory; both the new models are priced at $499. "For some users, there's never enough memory," said Apple's Greg Joswiak, in a… Read More