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Can devoted tinkerers do the replacement themselves? It depends on whom you ask. While researching Thursday’s article about ways to improve the battery life of portable devices, I got two different answers from two companies I interviewed that sell iPhone replacement parts and services.
According to ifixit.com, a company that provides parts for Mac computers, iPods and iPhones, the answer is yes. For about $32, it will sell you a new battery, plus the tools you need to crack the case and separate the various screws and connectors to get at the dead battery. The battery is guaranteed for six months.
”AT&T Website Stops Selling iPhone in New York City [REPORT] - Mashable.com
AT&T has come up with an ingenious solution to the congestion on its network in New York: stop selling the iPhone there!
The AT&T website has stopped offering phones to the New York metropolitan area, and entering a zipcode from there delivers the message that it is “unavailable” in that area, according to a blog report.
After verifying this on the AT&T Wireless website, the Consumerist blog called up AT&T customer service and had this conversation:
Daphne: Welcome to AT&T online Sales support. How may I assist you with placing your order today?
Laura: Hi, I was looking at the iPhone 3Gs and the system tells me that I cannot order one in my ZIP code. My zip code is 11231. (Brooklyn, NY) Is this true? Are iPhones no longer available in New York City?
Daphne: I am happy to be helping you today . Yes, this is correct the phone is not offered to you because New York is not ready for the iPhone.
The iPhone Goes to War
On Wednesday at the 2009 Intelligence Warfighting Summit in Tucson, Raytheon, the military contractor, announced an iPhone application that tracks friends and foes, shows their positions on live, real time maps and provides secure communications.
continue reading… NYTimes
Type n Walk iPhone app enables you to see in front of you, via the iPhone’s camera, while typing.
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…I was astonished to discover that I had managed to get things exactly wrong. Despite the well-publicized problems in New York and San Francisco, AT&T seems to have the superior network nationwide.
And the iPhone itself may not be so great after all. Its design is contributing to performance problems.
Roger Entner, senior vice president for telecommunications research at Nielsen, said the iPhone’s “air interface,” the electronics in the phone that connect it to the cell towers, had shortcomings that “affect both voice and data.” He said that in the eyes of the consumer, “the iPhone has the nimbus of infallibility, ergo, it’s AT&T’s fault.” AT&T does not publicly defend itself because it will not criticize Apple under any circumstances, he said. AT&T and Apple both declined to comment on Mr. Entner’s assessments.
”AT&T Takes the Blame, Even for the iPhone’s Faults
continue reading… nytimes
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You’ve loaded up your iPhone with Yelp for restaurants and Shazam for music. Now get ready to download a dose of “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall” from a popular political figure of the past: the Gipper.
The Ronald Reagan iPhone app, introduced this week, promises to “deliver Ronald Reagan right to your fingertips,” offering the speeches, sayings and photos of the “Great Communicator” to a potentially wider and younger audience, thanks to the popular mobile technology.
”There’s a new iPhone app to help you worship Ronald Reagan. And it’s free.
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Apps to Make iPhone Shutterbugs Smile
A basic tenet of photography is that the best camera is the one you have on hand when you need it. For many people these days, that means an iPhone.
…Roughly 2,000 camera apps are available at prices that start at the unbeatable free and typically top out at $2.99. Here are 15 that will help you capture, edit, enhance and share your images.
continue reading… nytimes
20 Cool Music iPhone Wallpapers - #hiphopproduction
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Best Obama iPhone Apps
Megan Berry: Obama iPhone Apps: 5 Best Presidential Apps
“It’s doing well but you gotta almost put the iPhone, to be fair, in a separate category. The Apple brand and that device has done so well, it’s like comparing somebody to Michael Jordan.”
Wha? Wha?
ok, i realize after you receive or purchase (mine was a gift) an expensive product nobody wants to hear you bitch about the price or ensuing costs. but wtf!?!
iPhone, AT&T: “activation fee” $35 truly sucks but then to make matters worse the taxes on that 35 brought it to $52. $12 worth of taxes on a $35 charge. un-fuckin-real.
sry, done bitchin’ i love the god damn thing
