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It has been one month since I purchased my iPhone 3GS. So far, the only thing I miss is having a flash for the camera, and I really don’t miss a flash that much. I have my Canon A590IS if I know ahead of time that I’ll be taking pictures in no/low light. I wish AT&T and Apple would get off their high horses and allow the Qik app in the App Store. I tried Qik out when I jailbroke my iPhone 3G and loved the idea of streaming video TO the Internet. I haven’t replaced my iPod with the iPhone yet. I figure as long as the iPod still works (even though I seem to have to charge it every other day instead of once a week like when it was brand new), I might as well keep using it.

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11 months after purchasing my iPhone 3G, I purchased the new iPhone 3GS today at the Apple Store at Fifth Avenue. I reserved the phone through Apple’s website about 2 weeks ago when it was announced. I got a little concerned yesterday when I got an email from Apple reminding me about the reservation and I read the fine print – “Reservation does not guarantee iPhone availability at an Apple Retail Store. iPhone is sold on a first-come, first-served basis.” This made me think there was a possibility that I would have to wait even longer to get the new iPhone. I could either drive into the city with my Cobalt (not really something I wanted to do since the car is only 2 years old) or take the earliest train I could (4:45AM arriving in NYC at 6:15) and pray that the line wasn’t so long that I wouldn’t get a phone. I got to the store at 6:30AM and they had two separate lines, one for people who reserved a phone and one for people who decided to camp out. I walked into the store about 7:10 and by 7:30, I was walking out with my brand new 32GB black iPhone 3GS. I had to pay $499 instead of the $299 other people got to pay because I wasn’t completely eligible for an upgrade. To offset the extra $200, I sold my old iPhone 3G to a coworker.
I’ve played with it a bit today. It’s not much different than the iPhone I had, except for video recording, compass, and voice controls. I also wanted more storage so I don’t have to carry an iPod anymore.

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I bit the bullet today and jailbroke my iPhone 3G using QuickPwn. I’ve been thinking about it for a while so I could record video and stream video to the Internet using Qik. Qik is supposed to have an approved app for the iPhone but Apple as yet to approve it. Some other neat things I am now able to include:

• Themes
• Five icons in the dock
• Five columns in the springboard
• Tethering – so I can surf the Internet on a regular computer using the connection on my iPhone

If Apple ever does finally release a firmware for the iPhone that includes video recording and/or approves the Qik app, I might switch back to an unjailbroken iPhone.

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I went to the AT&T store in the Bridgewater Commons mall yesterday at 6am to get in line for the iPhone 3G. I wound up being the 15th person in line and about 2 hours later, walked out there with a 16GB black iPhone. I played with it so much yesterday, the battery was almost dead by 6pm. I also downloaded and installed a few interesting apps to it like Phone Saber, which turns the iPhone into a light saber, Funambol, which is like Plaxo for the iPhone, and Rotary Dialer, which allows you to dial phone numbers as though you were using an old rotary style telephone.

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The iPhone3G has been announced. It will be released on July 11, 2008 in 25 countries and will be available eventually in 70 countries. The buttons on the side are now made of metal instead of plastic. The headphone jack is on the right side instead of the top and it’s no longer recessed. The iPhone now has true GPS built-in. It’s thinner than the current version and it will sell for $200 less than the current version. The $200 price drop is without the subsidy from AT&T originally believed to be available.

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There are numerous rumors today that the 3G version of Apple’s iPhone will be coming out on June 9th. They’re also saying that it will be curved more than the current model, have GPS built-in, have a front-facing camera along with the rear camera, and will be given a $200 price-break by AT&T. This means, if the newer iPhone is the same price and storage capacity as the original, a 8GB iPhone can be had for $199 and a 16GB iPhone would be $299. I’ve been looking forward to getting one to replace my aging Motorola RAZR.

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Apple has released a public beta of their Safari web browser for the Windows operating system. I’m using it right now and it’s exactly like the Mac version, down to the resize being in the bottom righthand corner of the window. I would’ve prefered it had more of a Windows like resize but this will get people used to how to resize a window on a Mac should they ever make the switch.

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Apple has released a DRM-free version of certain songs for $0.30 more than the regular DRM version. The quality of the new songs is 256kbps whereas the older DRM songs’ quality is 128kbps. You can upgrade existing purchases (if available) for the $0.30 difference. In order to get iTunes Plus, you need to upgrade to iTunes 7.2.

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My 4G 40GB HP/Apple iPod died on me over the weekend. I used it all day Saturday, came home, put it on the dock to sync up, and all I heard was click..click..click. After a few times of trying to restore it, I got the sad iPod on the screen so I know it was history. I went to the Apple Store in the mall by my house and picked up a new 30GB iPod. I didn’t even fill my last iPod half way so the 30GB is fine for me. While I was in the Apple Store, I also picked up the new iHome. I had the first iHome for my last iPod and it’s been acting up lately. When I saw the new model has dual alarm clocks, I bought it.

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Today, Apple finally announced the iPhone. From Apple’s website:

iPhone combines three products — a revolutionary mobile phone, a widescreen iPod with touch controls, and a breakthrough Internet communications device with desktop-class email, web browsing, maps, and searching — into one small and lightweight handheld device. iPhone also introduces an entirely new user interface based on a large multi-touch display and pioneering new software, letting you control everything with just your fingers. So it ushers in an era of software power and sophistication never before seen in a mobile device, completely redefining what you can do on a mobile phone.

It will only be available through my cellular provider, Cingular (who are changing their name back to AT&T this year), in either a 4GB or 8GB model.

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