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Apple Releases iPhone 3.0 Software Update

Thursday, June 18, 2009

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Apple Releases iPhone 3.0 Software Update

After much fanfare, Apple has finally released its long-awaited iPhone and iPod touch 3.0 Software Update. Note, that this release of the firmware, Build 7A341, is exactly the same as the pirate 3.0 Gold Master build. If you previously downloaded the pirated GM build, you’ve had the real 3.0 a week before everyone else, and [...]

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Apple to Release iPhone 3.0 Firmware 10 am PT / 1 pm ET, Terminal Checking

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

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Apple to Release iPhone 3.0 Firmware 10 am PT / 1 pm ET, Terminal Checking

Some time-triangulation (which I shall not go into) has shown that Apple is expected to release its heavily anticipated iPhone 3.0 firmware at 10 am PT/1 pm ET. For those waiting at the edge of their chairs, here’s a cool little way of checking whether the firmware has been updated on Apple’s servers. 1) Fire up [...]

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Apple Releases iPhone OS 3.0 Beta 3

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

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Apple Releases iPhone OS 3.0 Beta 3

Apple has just released Build 7A280f of its iPhone OS 3.0 Beta, called Beta 3. Along with that, an accompanying new SDK was also released, sporting a number of changes to various components, including Xcode, Interface Builder, and Dashcode, and notes that applications targeting pre-OS 3.0 devices are unable to be tested on the latest beta. What’s [...]

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Apple discontinues iPhone Bluetooth Headset

Monday, March 23, 2009

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Apple this weekend appears to have discontinued its iPhone Bluetooth Headset, a possible sign that the company could be planning to introduce an updated model alongside new iPhones a bit later this year. A couple of eagle-eyed readers drew our attention to the accessory’s Apple Store product page that has listed the device as “Discontinued” since [...]

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Not All iPhone 3.0 Features Supported by Original iPhone

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

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Towards the end of yesterday’s iPhone event, Greg Joswiak notes that whilst iPhone OS 3.0 will be arriving this fall to both the iPhone 3G and the original iPhone, not all of the new spankin’ features will be available to the users of the old iPhone. This includes the MMS service and stereo bluetooth: what [...]

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New Features in iPhone 3.0

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

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From TUAW: Some of the biggest updates to iPhone 3.0 include: Push notifications will be standard in iPhone 3.0. Apple claims that there was a scaling issue when they first announced this feature last year, with thousands of developers clamoring to use it, so it had to be delayed. Developers will be able to build message, sound, [...]

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Apple Unveils 1,000 New iPhone APIs

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

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Scott Forstall has just announced that Apple is providing up to 1,000 new APIs for iPhone App Store developers. Among these new APIs are prompts that allow users to buy new content related to the app.

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Reminder: iPhone 3.0 Event Tuesday 17th 10AM PST

Monday, March 16, 2009

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Just a quick reminder that the iPhone 3.0 Apple Event is scheduled just around the corner on Tuesday 17th, at 10AM PST / 1PM EST. I will bring the updates as they drop down on us as quickly as I can, only here on TQB. In the meanwhile, let us all just enjoy the 2.0 life: we [...]

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iPhone 3.0 to have Copy-and-Paste but not Background Apps

Sunday, March 15, 2009

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Kevin Rose from Digg has a respectable reputation when it comes to ruining Apple’s new-product-in-the-pipeline-secrecy with his ridiculously accurate predictions. He now has his sights set on iPhone 3.0, and says that there will is a copy-and-paste function (that the iPhone has so sorely lacked until now), but still no background apps. So let’s take [...]

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