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In June, Apple did not fully phase out the 2008 model of the iPhone, the 3G. Instead, they chose to sell the 8GB model of the iPhone 3G in stores—that is, until a time when supply of the device is exhausted. This may be closer than we previously thought, as… Continue Reading »

With two new iPhone ads this week, Apple is pushing the file sharing and traveling abilities of the iPhone. In the first ad, entitled “Travel,” that strangely familiar hand and voice details the ability of some applications to help you tour areas of the world or simply find your way… Continue Reading »

As everyone and their grandmother knows, Apple recently took down an application from Google that interfaced with their newer Google Voice service. While this has created some crazy uproar on the internet, Apple has remained quiet about the whole fiasco (as usual) when it comes to their App Store. However,… Continue Reading »

Apple has pushed out the iPhone 3.0.1 update, defeating the SMS security hole that had been in the news of late. Security expert Charlie Miller found the hole and informed Apple of it a month ago, but until today, they had done nothing to combat it. He revealed the details… Continue Reading »

Apple is again trying to stop the jailbreaking of the iPhone despite launching their own App Store to compete with the abilities that jailbroken phones offer. While they at first said it was simply illegal, they are now attempting to show that it could bring down the cellular network. In… Continue Reading »

As quickly as Google Voice was beginning to pick up some steam—with a public beta version due out in September—it has been effectively shunned from one of the biggest smartphone platforms out there. Apple has removed Sean Kovacs’ GV Mobile and Riverturn’s Voice Central, the excellent Google Voice apps, from… Continue Reading »

Until now, there have been guesstimates of how many iPhone 3G Ss were sold on its launch day this year. Apple and AT&T have been keeping quite, and we do know that the devices are being sold out around the globe. However, after seeing a recent memo leaked to MacDailyNews,… Continue Reading »

According to a new patent application from Apple, the company we all know and love wants to create a new type of packing for their iPhones and iPods. As we have seen through the years, normal packaging is designed to put some sort of advertisement on the outside while also… Continue Reading »

The Palm Pre launched yesterday and is certainly the phone that has been most compared to the iPhone. While I’m sure there was a fair amount of people who bought it and love it (and let me just say I personally have not used one yet), but I don’t think… Continue Reading »

Here, I’ll make it easy for you you: iPhone. There. You’ve made the right choice. But if you want something a little more scientific, and without the Apple slant, the fine folks over at Appmodo have put together a smart phone comparison of the iPhone, Palm Pre, Android G2 and… Continue Reading »