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[Lefty Frizzell]

 

[Dixer]

Given that the saps that queued up over night for the iPhone 2 are more'n likely the same saps the queued up for the iPhone 1 a year ago, does this mean that there' a new market for second hand first generation phones for a pittance out there? I've been playing with one of them touch's and they're pretty sweet, I'd be tempted to join the club if I could get asecond hand ist generation that I could jailbreak and unlock to Meteor.

 

[the departed]

youd get one for less than 100 quid in tokyo now. unlocked.

 

[Dktr. Faustus]

I wonder what my chances are of picking up a 3g iphone on ebay.

depends......
http://cgi.ebay.com/Apple-iPhone-3G...oryZ3312QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[Lefty Frizzell]

Jesus. Just updated ipod touch to 2.0 and now the wifi is broken. Doesn't detect anything. Tried restoring it and no joy. I've just paid 7.99 to break the thing.

 

[pete]

Jesus. Just updated ipod touch to 2.0 and now the wifi is broken. Doesn't detect anything. Tried restoring it and no joy. I've just paid 7.99 to break the thing.

worked fine for me

 

[Umfufu]

Jesus. Just updated ipod touch to 2.0 and now the wifi is broken. Doesn't detect anything. Tried restoring it and no joy. I've just paid 7.99 to break the thing.

You paid 7.99 to break it & now it's broken.

Money well spent.

 

[Lefty Frizzell]

Ah well. I tend to cut a few corners when it comes to paying for digital entertainment so its probably fair i get stung every once in a while.

Jailbreak and unlock for 3g iphones and 2.0 software is due out in the next few days.

 

[Lefty Frizzell]

I'll get a sim free one off ebay within a month, fuck o2.

Done.

 

[HMD]

Done.

how much was it?

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Bit of a non-story for the fecking front page of The Irish Times.

Someone in Alabama can't get online?
I mean, what the fuck like.

Irate iPhone user sues over dropped calls and slow speeds

JOHN COLLINS
Fri, Aug 22, 2008
THE iPhone is at the centre of a legal action in the United States based around claims that, contrary to assertions by its maker Apple, it does not function properly as a phone and does not download web pages and other data at twice the rate of its predecessor.
The plaintiff is seeking to have her case dealt with as a so-called class action which would mean that other consumers could join her.
The iPhone, which combines a mobile phone, internet access device and a digital music player, has been one of the most talked about consumer electronics devices since its introduction in the US in June 2007. More than one million of the updated 3G (third generation) iPhones were sold in the three days after it launched on July 11th in 21 countries, including Ireland.
Apple advertised the iPhone 3G as being "Twice as fast. Half the price". But since its introduction, online forums have featured numerous complaints from customers claiming the new model dropped telephone calls, suffered from a weak phone signal and did not run as fast over 3G mobile phone networks as they had been led to believe.
Over 5,000 topics related to 3G hardware have been posted to Apple's own online support forum.
Apple sent an update to the iPhone software this week which would have been delivered to phones automatically but the company did not give any details of the problems it was seeking to fix.
The US legal complaint, filed in Alabama by plaintiff Jessica Smith, maintains that the new iPhone connects to a 3G network "less than 25 per cent of the time". She says she "noticed that her internet connection, receipt and sending of e-mail, text messages and other data transfers through the device were slower than expected and advertised", and she experienced "an inordinate amount of dropped calls".
In Ireland, the iPhone is available only from O2 - through its own stores and those of Carphone Warehouse. An O2 spokesman declined to comment on the legal action but said "feedback on the functionality of the new iPhone from O2 customers who have purchased it has been mostly positive so far".
O2 operates a "call guarantee policy" for dropped calls, which comes into play if a customer "is disconnected from a call as a result of a break in coverage".
Provided they ring the same number within five minutes of being disconnected they will receive a credit to their account equal to the cost of the first minute of the second call.
Earlier this week, online news sources reported the problems connecting to 3G networks would be fixed by a software upgrade that would be released next month.
© 2008 The Irish Times

 

[the departed]

so my mate bought one the other day. he had an unlocked 1st gen iphone before so ive played with both.
my god the 3G can do some amazing things.
it has a speedometer, which we tested and it works.
its GPS function is crazy. when you open google maps it automatically finds where you are. and it updates in real time. also, using GPS, you can walk a short distance, say 5 metres and itll tell you how far you walked.

 

[RED(tape)MENACE]

Yeah, it's great fun.
I've got an SPL meter app.
Also a guitar tuner/chord book app.
Total nerdy fun.

 

[taubstumm]

it's also an electric razor, a toaster, a death ray, a vibrator, a kettle, a scissors and a chair.

 

[pete]

http://gizmodo.com/5042332/huge-iphone-security-flaw-puts-all-private-information-at-risk

oh dear

some of the comments are comedy gold - apparently IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL! Just don't lose / misplace / have your phone stolen!

 

[Lefty Frizzell]

Hardly news if you don't even have a password enabled.

I should probably do that. Or should I?

 

[pete]

Why the hell would you NOT put a password on it?

 

[Lefty Frizzell]

Why the hell would you NOT put a password on it?

I was too busy enjoying all the wonderful features.

Anyway i haves one on it now.

 

[Unicron]

it's also an electric razor, a toaster, a death ray, a vibrator, a kettle, a scissors and a chair.

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[pete]

http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/28/apple-acknowledges-iphone-passcode-flaw-promises-fix-next-month/