As Apple’s new iPhone hits Asia-Pacific, underground market waits to - Chicago Tribune
HONG KONG (AP) _ As Apple Inc. rolled out its newest iPhone on Friday, dealers and buyers were anticipating the popular device in Asia’s thriving underground marketplace in as little as a few days.The iPhones are nothing new to Asia, where
Somehow, Original iPhones Going For Up To $600, Sell Now!
Many people have been waiting for the eve of the iPhone 3G’s introduction to pounce on cheap first generation iPhones on eBay and Craigslist. These people are upset. For some reason, contrary to what you’d think, first generation iPhones are going for astronomical prices. Craigslist is full of people offering up to $600 for 16GB iPhones and up to $400 for 8GB models. The arrival of the app store might be part of it, and the fact that it’ll be harder to get a 3G iPhone without contract, but $600 for a 16GB iPhone is crazy. Who wants to buy my iPod touch?
How To: Activate your Busted up iPhone
Above, visual proof that I’ve managed to get my iPhone 3G activated, syncing, and restoring. How’d I do it? I followed the advice of our genius commenters, of course. Here’s the deal: Short version: Nice people wait, mean people spam the refresh but get it done. Long version: Hook your iPhone up to iTunes, [...]
iPhone 3G screens made “warmer”
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The great 320 x 480 screen was among the things that didn‘t change with the 3G iPhone, or so we thought. Some of the lucky folks who managed to snag a 3G iPhone have noticed that the screen on the new model seems to be slightly yellowish compared to the original iPhone. Now Engadget is reporting that this is intentional. According to an Apple marketer “the screen’s color temperature has been purposely altered on the new iPhone to produce warmer, more natural tones, sharper images, and deeper blacks.”
Apparently the iPhone engineers decided that the first generation iPhone screen was “colder and less defined” and so made the change. So for those of you out there that have upgraded: what do you think? Is the new screen better?
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Apple again greenlights iPod touch 2.0 update
Having cleared most of the iTunes woes that plagued Apple’s firmware updates on Friday, Apple has now officially posted the iPod touch 2.0 upgrade. The refresh, available through iTunes, mirrors the iPhone 2.0 software and gives the touchscreen iP…
