In an article by Boy Genius, it appears AT&T is preparing to offer iPhone 3G at “no commitment” priceing. What that means to you and me is, AT&T is marking up 8GB and 16GB iPhone 3Gs to $599 and $699, but no activation or contract is required. There is a catch however. You have to have a active account with AT&T.
This appears to be an attempt to move remaining iPhone 3G units in preperation for the new iPhone rumored to be available this summer. We’ll see.
I know how awesome was when you where a little kid watching Disneys Tron and thinking WOW that’s so cool!
Well now you can make that long time fantasy come true, thanks to Pankaku iPhone Applications now you’re able to download one of the hottest games right now at the App Store simulating that your on a Lightbike like the ones on Tron, this game is so easy and simple, the controls are very basic.
It’s on two version the Paid and the Free version and here you have the description and the video demo from the Official Page:
Description
LightBike is a 3D game application for iPhone. You drive the LightBike, which builds walls of light on your track, and beat enemies in cyberspace. Being easy and simple, LightBike excites you all!
How to play
Features of Lightbike free
Features of Lighebike (fullversion)
Features on Later Version
Price
$2.99
So if you get bored sometimes and all the games on your iphone don’t entertain you here’s a great option since it has a free version, that lets you play with no limits on the basic mode and is most probably that you’re going to buy the full app.
Here are the links to the iTunes Store for both versions:
A couple of days ago, the iPhone-Dev Team announced they had successfully unlocked the iPhone 3G, and that all that was left to do was knock it up in to a nice friendly GUI, and release it to the long-waiting public. Those eager to unlock their iPhones will need to wait until December 31st, when it is believed the iPhone-Dev Team will release their unlocking software via Cydia, however you will be able to watch a member of the iPhone-Dev Team today as he unlocks a 3G via video stream.
A demo of the upcoming unlocking application, named “yellowsn0w,” will be broadcast by Dev Team member “MuscleNerd” at approximately 3p.m. EST today, and will show an iPhone 3G being soft-unlocked before your eyes. The URL to the video stream will be announced via MuscleNerd’s Twitter page just before the demo starts, and he will be using “Qik” on a 2G iPhone to make the stream.
So for the hundreds and hundreds… and hundreds of you out there impatiently waiting for this unlock software to become available, you will today be able to to witness a software-unlock of the iPhone 3G and a taste of things to come. Are you sitting comfortably?
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According to Gizmodo, and a post on their website, the iPhone-Dev Team have successfully unlocked the iPhone 3G and are planning to release the free software on December 31st.
While it took a little longer than the free iPhone EDGE unlock, it does sound like this is the real deal. The team is claiming a successful unlock, now the next step is to package it up in a user-friendly GUI app like Pwnage Tool.
The ability to unlock the 3G would mean users can use a SIM card from another network provider in the iPhone. For example, you could pick up a contract-free iPhone 3G on pay-as-you-go, or even from eBay, then use the iPhone-Dev Team’s software to unlock it and pop in your SIM card that you have on your current contract. No need to keep topping up or pay the expensive iPhone contract tariffs.
If you have read reports today that there is a feature in the Mac OS 10.5.6 software update that makes it impossible to use the iPhone-Dev Team’s PwnageTool or QuickPwn software after the update, do not worry! The iPhone-Dev Team claim the unlock software is downloadable through “Cydia” on the iPhone itself and will work from there.
The unlock is possible only on iPhones with baseband “2.11.07,” therefore if you updated to firmware 2.2 through iTunes, unfortunately the unlock won’t work for you. As the iPhone-Dev Team points out, they did warn you.
I’m sure this is news many have been waiting to hear for a long while.
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The UK advertising standards watchdog has banned an Apple advert for the iPhone 3G because they say people complained the advert was misleading with regards to the speed of the device. Apple’s advert, showing the iPhone 3G load news pages and Google Maps, both taking just fractions of a second to appear, repeatedly claimes the 3G is “really fast.”
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) recieved 17 complaints about the advert and said it must not appear again in the same form. It said the advert was likely to lead people to believe that the device actually operated at the speeds shown. The watchdog concluded: “because we understood that it did not, we concluded that the ad was likely to mislead.”
Apple UK had said that the advert’s claims were “relative rather that absolute in nature,” implying that speeds of the iPhone 3G were indeed “really fast” compared to those of its predecessor – the iPhone 2G. Apple also put a notice at the bottom of the advertisement that read: “Network performance will vary by location.”
Check out the US version of the advert here.
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Brian Tong and Bonnie Cha over at CNET have just put together a new ‘CNET Prizefight’. The fight compares the Apple iPhone 3G vs. T-Mobile G1 and their 3G speeds. Which one will be faster? There’s a lot of variables to make this a true test (different web browsers, different networks and network coverage, etc..) but the test was still cool and entertaining to say the least.
As it turns out, the T-Mobile G1 wins this battle, loading the page in 22 seconds… While the iPhone 3G timed in at 30 seconds. Fun video, good times, and a good test. But again, hard to get a true comparison… That said, well done to the G1 
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As reported some time ago the U.S. Consumer Electronics retail giant Best Buy is now selling the iPhone 3G. Best Buy began selling the iPhone 3G at all of it’s 965+ stores over the weekend.
This new partnership makes Apple’s “10 million iPhones sold by the end of 2008″ goal look conservative. Best Buy is selling all models of the iPhone 3G. In case you didn’t know the models are 8GB Black, 16GB Black, or 16GB White. You can find iPhone on Best Buy’s site here.
A MSNBC article states that TomTom has a working turn-by-turn GPS solution for the iPhone. MSNBC spoke with the top GPS developers, Garmin, Magellan, and TomTom but all three refused to release much information on the matter. TomTom did however release a statement saying “We have made our navigation system run on the iPhone; it looks good and works very well.”
The other two companies said they were looking into the iPhone platform, but no details were released. The only thing really believed to be holding this from coming to market is the iPhone SDK and it’s terms of agreement. This type of App needs Apple’s consent to see the light of day. What do you think? Will TomTom or some other third party developer bring turn-by-turn directions to the iPhone or will Apple present their own offerings?
I’ve been reading more and more reports over time that many iPhone 3G users are having reception issues. Case in point, this article from Eric Savitz at Barron’s.
Dropped calls, the phone switching to EDGE while the device is not in use, and other problems have been reported. Personally I can’t believe it… Dropped calls!? Really? There’s absolutely no excuse for that. If my phone dropped calls on me… watch how fast I would switch to another device. Wouldn’t take me long.
While the article mentions is is not a US-specific problem, I have yet to hear any concerns or reception quibbles from anyone up here in Canada. Since the initial launch debacle at Rogers, all network connectivity and reception appears to be going good.
Since the launch of the iPhone 3G Apple has been flooded with angry complaints and emails regarding the ‘Mobile Me’ services, its reliability and speed.
Apple responded over the weekend with a new status blog which is to be updated by David G, an Apple employee under the direct orders of Steve Jobs himself. Yes folks, he may be ill but he is still flaunting is wrath of power over the Apple kingdom. David G will be reporting to us weekly, sharing updates and info on all that is ‘Mobile Me’.
His latest post read:
As you know, restoring full email access to the remaining 1% of MobileMe users is our first priority. We turned on web access to their current email yesterday and the feedback has been cautiously positive. Since then, we’ve restored full email history (minus the approximately 10% of mail received between July 18 and July 22 which may have been lost) and the ability to access email from a Mac, PC and iPhone, to over 40% of these users, and expect the remainder to be restored in the next few days.
A note of clarification to these 1% of MobileMe users — all of the email you received between July 18 and July 22 was placed on our new server on July 23 and was stamped with that date as a result. If you need the actual date for particular messages you can take advantage of the ability to view long headers in MobileMe Mail (via Preferences) to peer into the log and find the actual mailing time and date.
We’ll report again on our progress in another post early this week.
Its good to see Apple’s keeping us in the loop. Thanks David G!!
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