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  • Orange says Polish iPhone 3G customers weren't paid actors

    Filed under: Culture , Handsets , Orange , Misc , Apple Folks, be honest with us here -- did you really expect Orange and / or Apple to say anything other than this? Amidst reports that iPhone 3G line sitters at Polish Orange stores were actually paid to be there , the carrier has shot back in order to defend its dignity. In an e-mail reply to an Ad Age inquiry on the matter, a spokeswoman proclaimed that as "part of the excitement around the launch of the iPhone, some of [Orange's] team has been joining customers outside [of the] shops." She also noted that "sales were strong" and that Orange "was happy," though actual numbers were not revealed. So there you have it, now make of it what you will. [Image courtesy of AppleBlog] Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

  • UK's Advertising Standards Authority yanks iPhone ad for being misleading

    Filed under: Handsets , Apple Apple's iPhone 3G ads paint a pretty cheery picture of the device in action, but just as many of you have noted, the omission of Flash and Java means there's a big difference between what the "the real internet" and what's on the iPhone -- enough so that the UK's Advertising Standards Authority has pulled one of Apple's latest ads from the airwaves because it claims "all the parts of the internet are on the iPhone." At least two people complained to the ASA that the ad was misleading because sites that use Flash and Java don't work on the iPhone, and the board agreed, saying that "We concluded that the ad gave a misleading impression of the internet capabilities of the iPhone" because "viewers were likely to expect to be able to see all the content on a web site normally accessible through a PC rather than just having the ability to reach the website." If we had to guess, we'd say this decision is more likely to prompt Apple to be more careful with its ads in the future rather than ever bring Flash or Java to the iPhone, but you know Adobe is feeling pretty smug right about now. Check the ad after the break. [Thanks to everyone who sent this in] Continue reading UK's Advertising Standards Authority yanks iPhone ad for being misleading Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

  • Diamond-clad iPhone 3G arrives, no one at all surprised

    Filed under: Handsets , Apple Given that just about every high-end handset on the market has a diamond-encrusted cousin out there somewhere , it was only a matter of time before Apple's latest got its own stupidly expensive sibling. Knalihs Anthem is offering up 50 iPhone 3Gs with over 475 diamonds weighing 3.75 carats in total. Each mobile will be bundled with all the appropriate paperwork certifying the gems, and while the first ten units will go for a cool $10,000 apiece, the other 40 will be priced in due time. So, any guesses as to whether pricing shoots up or down? [Via Luxury Launches , thanks Yogesh] Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

  • India's Airtel claims "deadliest hackers" still can't crack its iPhone 3G

    Filed under: Handsets , Software , GSM , EDGE , Apple , OS X Hey, hackers! Now that we've got the attention of millions upon millions of incredibly talented individuals, here's your next challenge. India's Airtel -- which is offering Apple's iPhone 3G at a near-stratospheric price -- has claimed that "even the most deadly hackers on the planet won't be able to crack the codes that support the iPhone's Airtel applications with rival company SIMs." Just so you know, it appears that Airtel worked with Apple to develop "operator-specific iPhone applications," which is an interesting tidbit in and of itself. But let's focus on the task at hand here, and that's proving that making ridiculous claims about impenetrability always comes back to bite ya . [Image courtesy of Zedomax , thanks Akshay] Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

  • Orange paying actors to line up for the iPhone 3G in Poland

    Filed under: Handsets , Orange , Apple The iPhone 3G hits 20 more countries tomorrow , and while we doubt the hype will match the craziness of launch day , that's not stopping Orange from trying to re-create the madness in Poland -- it's hiring "dozens" of actors to line up at 20 stores around the country to "drum up interest." Yeah, that's just sad -- especially since there aren't any real customers in line at Polish T-Mobile stores, which is also carrying the phone. Good luck selling phones to your own actors, fools -- when will these companies ever learn? PS.- That's a pic from launch day in Chicago -- any Polish readers have a shot of the actors for us? Send 'em in! Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

  • Purported iPhone Nike+ screenshots found to be fake

    Filed under: Games , Software , Apple , OS X And to think, we actually believed that Nike and Apple were this close to delivering the long-awaited running application for the iPhone. While it was widely reported that these shots were indeed the real deal, AppleInsider is pointing out a *** in the armor: Cupertino doesn't offer iPhone developers a programming interface for accessing one's music, yet this mysterious program clearly showed someone listening to Chris Martin and friends (an unreleased song, evidently) while attempting to make it to 0.02km. The take away? It's still pretty likely that the two outfits are working to create a fitness program for the App Store, but those screenshots ain't it. [Thanks, Michael] Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

  • iPhone 3G starting at $700 in India, lines to be nonexistent

    Filed under: Handsets , Vodafone , GSM , EDGE , Apple , OS X Though we can't definitively say this will end up being the priciest iPhone 3G this side of eBay, there's a good chance it will be. Word has it that Vodafone will be offering up Apple's latest 8GB handset for a mind-boggling Rs 31,000 ($712), or Rs 36,100 ($830) for the 16 gigger. Why so serious high? Because neither Vodafone nor Airtel will subsidize the phone, and to add insult to injury, there's not even a 3G highway up and running in India. Grey market operators to capitalize in T-minus 3, 2, 1... [Via Cellpassion ] Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

  • Softbank lowers minimum iPhone 3G plans, begins taking reservations

    Filed under: Handsets , GSM , EDGE , HSDPA , Softbank Mobile , Apple , OS X Softbank can safely say it has a pretty decent quarter here recently, but compared to NTT DoCoMo , it's looking weak. The exclusive iPhone 3G carrier in Japan has decided to answer outcries of "too expensive!" by lowering the minimum monthly data charge that each iPhone 3G user must pay. Previously, users were forced to hand over ¥5,985 ($55) per month for unlimited data; now, users can pay just ¥1,695 ($16) per month to cover 20,175 packets of data "after which users will pay per-packet until 71,250 packets, at which time the previous ¥5,985 charge is reached and further data use is not charged." In semi-related news, the carrier has also announced that it will begin taking reservations for the handset, so yeah, there's that. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

  • Apple working on streaming your iTunes library to your iPhone?

    Filed under: Handsets , Multimedia , Peripherals , Apple Apple's experimented with allowing iTunes to stream over the internet as well as your LAN in the past and quickly removed the feature (probably due to RIAA pressure), so we're not placing too much stock in this, but AppleInsider's unearthed a patent that seems to describe a way to stream music over the 'net to your iPhone / iPod touch. The goal is to prevent you from having to selectively sync content to your device -- instead, you'd sync just the metadata and stream whatever you wanted direct from your machine as though it was all stored locally. There are some obvious problems here -- it wouldn't work if you didn't have service (or over EDGE, really), most home upstream connections aren't that fast, etc., etc., -- but it's certainly interesting, and a welcome addition to local storage if it ever makes the scene. In the meantime, how about working in some of those new UI elements from the Remote app into the iPod app? [Via Macrumors , thanks Mark] Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

  • iPhone 3G to hit 20 more countries on August 22, 16 confirmed

    Filed under: Handsets , Apple Steve made a big show of announcing that the iPhone 3G would launch in 70 countries by the end of the year at WWDC, and according to CFO Tim Cook during Apple's last financial call, 20 more countries will join the list on August 22 for a total of 45. With that date just a couple weeks away, things are starting to fall into place, although not all 20 are confirmed yet. Here's a quick breakdown of the 16 confirmed countries so far -- any bets on what the other four will be? Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Peru and Uruguay on Telefonica India on Bharti Airtel and Vodafone The Czech Republic on O2 Estonia on EMT Poland on Orange and Era Romania on Orange Philippines on Globe Telecom Hungary on T-Mobile Singapore on Singtel Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

  • iPhone 2.0.1 breaking some carrier unlocks

    Filed under: Handsets , Apple Uh-oh, it look like it's not just the underground unlockers who're having problems with the iPhone 2.0.1 update's revisions to the 3G's baseband -- Vodafone customers who've paid to have their handsets unlocked are starting to report failures to connect to iTunes followed by the appearance of an "0xE8000001" error code. There are also reports from a handful of other carriers, but Voda's selling Steve's baby in 10 countries, so most of the complaints are from its customers. Other than that, there are some isolated reports of brickage, but we've mostly heard good things about 2.0.1, and our iPhones are definitely feeling a little better -- how about you? [Via TUAW ] Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

  • The iPhone 3G, now in... whatever you want

    Filed under: Apple Colorware is now offering its usual array of services applied to the iPhone 3G, and we're happy to report that this abomination is a full $190 away from existing. [Thanks, Nicky] Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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