Full FeedTurn your old iPhone into a WiFi iPod
If you still don’t know what you’re going to do with your old iPhone once you upgrade to the iPhone 3G, AT&T is suggesting something which might actually appeal to you and the rest of the old iPhone users. AT&T will allow you to keep the old iPhone and use it as a Wi-Fi-enabled iPod.
This means you can opt not to have the old iPhone re-activated as a wireless phone, but instead work as an iPod device which you can still use to surf the web or your e-mail through a wireless connection. If you’re not on a WiFi hotspot, you can still use the old iPhone ala iPod for viewing movies and listening to music or to access the iTunes player.
In addition to all this, AT&T is also recommending that old iPhone users upgrade the firmware of their iPhones to v2.0 before having them de-activated in time for the July 11 release of the iPhone 3G. But that is, of course, necessary only if you intend to upgrade to the iPhone 3G.
Via [AppleInsider]
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Really thanks for allowing us to keep the phone we paid for!!!!
on July 6, 2008 at 08:00 PM - LINKYou could always keep your original iPhone, Christine. I think the point is that those choosing to upgrade to the new iPhone 3G won’t have to pitch or sell their original iPhone. Rather, AT&T;is suggesting ways to still get use out of it. I believe their motivation is to convince more people to upgrade, as they won’t feel they wasted money on the original.
I’m sure I’ll be happy with my original iPhone for quite some time…I’m much more looking forward to the iPhone 2.0 software than to the iPhone 3G.
on July 7, 2008 at 10:58 AM - LINKWhat are you, a klutz? Since when is it that it became a magnanimous favor to allow you to keep the stuff that you legitimately bought? Of COURSE you can keep the iPhone if you bought it!
on May 7, 2009 at 05:25 AM - LINK