It took Apple, a new player in the mobile market, to change how the rest of the old players in the industry move forward in innovating mobile devices. Without the iPhone, we would not have seen the likes of Samsung Instinct, Omnia i900, HTC Touch Diamond, LG Dare and Sony-Ericsson Xperia this early.

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Just read closely what Apple wants you to do with your iPhone 3G:

Turn off 3G
Minimize use of GPS
Fetch new data less frequently
Turn off Push Mail
Auto-check fewer Email Accounts
Minimize use of 3rd-Party Applications
Turn off Wi-Fi
Turn off Bluetooth
Use Airplane Mode in low- or no-coverage areas
Adjust Brightness
Turn off EQ

Basically, they want you to turn it off and not use the iPhone to save on battery.

Third-party Applications broken Some third-party applications will no longer function properly under iPhone OS 2.2 due to API changes and other modifications. These include a number of applications that make use of CoreAudio. These applications will generally need to be updated by their developers. However, you can try uninstalling then reinstalling applications for problems that do not involve API or other strict compatibility problems.

“Could not Connect to Internet” Some users are encountering an inability to connect to the Internet over cellular networks after the iPhone OS 2.2 update. In some cases, this issue can be resolved by switching from 3G to EDGE (or, for carriers other than AT&T, the appropriate GPRS network).

“SIM card not inserted” or PIN lock Some users are receiving an error message indicating that the SIM card is not inserted, or that a PIN lock is in place when none should exist.

Problems deleting email Some users are unable to delete emails from certain accounts, especially AOL accounts after the 2.2 update. This problem can generally be resolved by navigating Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > (Your account name) > Advanced > Deleted Mailbox, then setting for the “On My iPhone” Trash for a POP account, or “On the Server” for an IMAP account.

In a way, I regard the iPhone 3G primarily as an internet device and media player that has the cute feature allowing you to make calls and send SMS.

Read the full iPhone 3G Review.

Prices for prepaid and postpaid plans are as follows:

iPhone 3G 8GB Plans (Initial Fees)
Plan 1599: Php15,100
Plan 2199: Php12,600
Plan 3299: Php10,100
Plan 3999: Php2,500
Plan 4999: FREE

iPhone 3G 16GB Plans (Initial Fees)
Plan 1599: Php20,600
Plan 2199: Php18,100
Plan 3299: Php15,500
Plan 3999: Php8,000
Plan 4999: Php2,900

Now compare that to the original iPhone 3G price here.

GPlan & GFlex Offerings:

G-Text: Php29,000 for 8GB / Php34,300 for 16GB
G-Mix 800: Php25,000 for 8GB / Php30,500 for 16GB
G-Talk 1200: Php22,900 for 8GB / Php28,400 for 16GB
G-Talk 1800: Php20,900 for 8GB / Php26,400 for 16GB
G-Match 2500: Php18,700 for 8GB / Php24,200 for 16GB
G-Max 3500: Php16,400 for 8GB / Php21,900 for 16GB
Platinum 5000: FREE for 8GB / Php2,900 for 16GB
Platinum 7000: FREE for 8GB / Php1,200 for 16GB
Platinum 10000: FREE for 8GB / FREE for 16GB

A lot of Filipinos are complaining of the expensive plans and the prepaid price but it’s Apple that primarily dictating the price schemes for all these.

The iPhone looked just about perfect when it was first announced on MacWorld 2007, but the design has been in public mind for over a year now. Do you think it’s time Apple comes up with a new iPhone design? Take the poll or let us know via ourcomments section.

It is important to note about the 0.5 that “your iPhone be running a non-jailbroken 1.1.3. IMPORTANT: The unlock ONLY works for bootloader 4.6. When in doubt, don’t use the unlock The actual jailbreaking process will take about 1 minute. If you have an iPhone and would like to unlock and “hactivate” as well (you will get the option when you start the jailbreak, that will take another 2 1/2 minutes.”

iJailBreak 0.5.1 vs. 0.5 – these are similar codes though the 0.5.1 includes fixes to previous bugs and should expand compatibility. A fix for segmentation fault errors and PPC compatibility have also been included in the 0.5.1.

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“Details on how it works and WHY it works, will be released on the above site or wiki.
No ‘dev-team’ was directly involved with this work.
This program is based on the work of everyone who
believed in free software. (Thanks for the toolchain!)
Thanks to geohot for his latest work.
Thanks to Tissy for moral support.
Thanks to iphone-elite.org for support.
Thanks to Viper and Tifel and ortner for being so nice always.
Thanks to iRev for the picture above and to Mel Brooks for
producing and directing such a funny movie.
And thanks to iphoneelite.com for giving me so many laughs too
Namaste,
Zibri.
P.S.”

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Trademork reports that Apple filed a trademark on the Apple name with regards to gaming. The trademark application applies to “toys, games and playthings, namely, hand-held units for playing electronic games; hand-held units for playing video games; stand alone video game machines; electronic games other than those adapted for use with television receivers only; LCD game machines; electronic educational game machines; toys, namely battery-powered computer games.”

So, is Apple interested in gaming. Does Apple have a gaming department that we don’t know about. My MacBook comes with “Chess” and it’s a pretty boring game. The computer always wins, in case you want to know.

Can Apple be a game changer in the portable gaming industry in the same way that it was in the cell phone industry?

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There’s a vulnerability in the Denial of Service Safari browser vulnerability. This is similar to a previous TIFF exploit. Users of iPhones or iPod Touch can point their Safari browser to a malicious site. This will trigger a malicious script which uses up the devices’ memory and cause them to crash. Affected units are those that have been upgraded to firmware 1.0.2 to 1.1.3. All the new 16GB iPhones and 32GB iPod Touches are vulnerable to the virus.

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