Japanese iPhone 3G customers will get a treat: a little gadget that receives the 1-Seg mobile terrestrial digital audio/video and data broadcasting service and sends it out in WiFi signals. The 1-Seg gadget also works as a battery extender when connected via the iPhone 3G’s dock connector. Very nice. Mobile TV is quite popular in [...]
We live in interesting times. Before the majority of the world can even get their hands on the iPhone 3G, the lucky folks over at iFixit has purchased one and has completed a teardown.
Rogers, the Canadian carrier that will be offering Apple’s iPhone 3G, has launched a promotional offer of 6GB for $30 per month for the data portion of the iPhone 3G. Engadget says that it is “not quite unlimited data, but close enough”. But we need to realize that AT&T’s definition of unlimited data is not [...]
Today is Wednesday. The iPhone 3G comes to town on Friday. Just two more days. But if you need reviews of the iPhone 3G, there are three you should read. Gizmodo has done a great job of putting together the essential parts of these reviews in an easy to read matrix.
All three agree that 3G [...]
Update 2008.07.09 9:22AM PST
Ah, here’s the video:
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Today is July 8. iPhone 3G is coming July 11. The Boy Genius has an iPhone 3G and unboxed it with gobbles of photos to prove it. What just happened? An Apple ninja, that’s what!
This Apple ninja must be really good. The Apple fortress doesn’t allow mere mortals [...]
iPhonePortugal has the first iPhone 3G. Upon looking carefully at the innards, it looks like the new slim power adapter is not included, probably because of the higher power requirements (220W). I am not planning to upgrade my iPhone, but I wouldn’t mind purchasing the tiny power adapter for travel purposes.
An evolutionary step toward making [...]
Apple iPhone 3G Specifications
Display: 3.5″ (unchanged)
Pixel Format: 480 x 320 (unchanged)
Camera: 2MP (unchanged)
Connectivity: 3G, GPS (A-GPS)
Design: Black back, tapered edges (think MacBook Air)
Color: Black (8GB and 16GB) and white (16GB)
Battery: 300 hours (standby), 5 hours (talk), 5-6 hours (browsing), 7 hours (video), 24 hours (audio)
Price: $199 (8GB), $299 (16GB)
The iPhone 3G is 36% faster than [...]