Buy 5 iPhones at once
By: GFunk
Tuesday 11 December 2007 - 05:59:21
Yip, it's now confirmed - you can buy now buy up to 5 iPhones at a time. Wired.com has confirmed that, provided you've got the funds, you can now buy 5 devices in one hit.
This appears to cover US and UK sales, so get grabbing those iPhones... if you can afford it!
Link - Wired.com
Forum cleaning
By: GFunk
Tuesday 11 December 2007 - 05:54:37
I've just cleared down our forums. Unfortunately we've had too many people using them to simply spam the planet about their software. If you want your product mentioning, please email us direct. We will not tolerate spam!
UK ! Stop what you're doing. iPhone cometh Friday at 6.02
By: GFunk
Tuesday 06 November 2007 - 16:10:28
Why 6.02 ? Well, 'cus it's on o2, silly. Hack-proof software. 2 per-customer, free workshops and specialists on hand to help you out with any questions you may have. Say, I've got a question.. Why do I have to pay a whacking £269 when I'm stuck on an 18 month contract?!
Anyhow, there's three iPhone talk plans starting at £35, which does actually include free unlimited data use. Read on for the full bells and whistles from o2 UK, or get yourself down to your local o2 or Carphone Warehouse shop to bag yourself one!
Link - o2.co.uk
Apple announce third-party apps!
By: GFunk
Wednesday 17 October 2007 - 10:57:53
At last, Apple have admitted it - they do want third party apps and they're getting the wheels in motion right now. Steve himself has just posted on the apple.com site...
"Let me just say it: We want native third party applications on the iPhone, and we plan to have an SDK in developers’ hands in February. We are excited about creating a vibrant third party developer community around the iPhone and enabling hundreds of new applications for our users."
So, from next year you'll be getting applications to install LOCALLY on your iPhone. The delay, according to Apple, is because they're trying to make the platform both open and secure at the same time.
Link - apple.com
iPhone comes to France - unlocked!
By: GFunk
Wednesday 17 October 2007 - 08:39:27
Vive la France! Orange, thanks to a concession in French law, is to sell the iPhone completely unlocked. Whilst the locked version, strapped to Orange France, will cost €399, Orange spokeswoman, Béatrice Mandrine, said that the unlocked version will cost slightly more.
Expect to see a lot more unlocked phones washing around in coming months and weeks here in Europe!
Link - iht.com
1.1.1 - More trouble for unlocked phones
By: GFunk
Friday 28 September 2007 - 07:11:20
Nuts. It looks like the new update to 1.1.1 of the iPhone is again put the spanner in the works for unlocked iPhones. iPhoneSIMFree have developed a work-around at present, but it does mean that you'll need your AT&T SIM card again to reactivate the phone.
We'll keep an eye on this. It looks like Apple will continue to battle against this unlocking while the SIM unlockers will continue to work ways around it.
Link - iPhoneSIMFree.com
Get ready UK - the iPhone is coming November 9th!
By: GFunk
Tuesday 18 September 2007 - 10:13:19
Well, in case you didn't know already (we told you a few weeks back now) o2 here in the UK have managed to bag the iPhone deal. The date has been set, and on November 9th you'll be able to bag an iPhone here in Britain for £269 in o2 and Carphone Warehouse stores, plus Apple shops too.
o2 have celebrated with their own iPhone page which is coupled with the UK Apple site. The specs show it to be the EDGE-capable 8Gb version, currently selling for $399 in the USA (that's £200 in our money), meaning that we'll be paying £69 more than our US cousins! The only bad side is the 18 month contract, which o2 will tie you into when you buy.
Busy times ahead!
Links - o2.co.uk - Apple UK
iPhone Unlocking getting easier and easier
By: GFunk
Sunday 16 September 2007 - 02:24:37
Well, if unlocking your iPhone wasn't easy enough already it's now got even easier. The iPhoneDev team have now created software which you simply need to copy across to your phone and run. It's all fully automated and you should be able to do it in three minutes.
Upload all three files to your phone, then SSH in and run iUnlock_Reloaded. Download here and here and here.
If that's still not easy enough, you can try anySIM to unlock your iPhone too!
iPhone Network Unlock - Now completely free
By: GFunk
Wednesday 12 September 2007 - 07:20:35
Wanna unlock your iPhone for ... free? Well, yes - it's now possible. The freeiPhoneUnlock.com website has all the juicy details plus a GUI application to make the whole thing easier. Sure, there's still huge noises from Apple about their future updates reversing this, but will that stop you? Hell no.
To network / SIM unlock your iPhone for $0.00 just visit freeiPhoneUnlock.com and follow their instructions. Job done.
Link - freeiPhoneUnlock.com
iPhoneSIMFree - Now taking your orders to unlock!
By: GFunk
Monday 10 September 2007 - 09:12:58
Well, here it is. The day you've all been waiting for - unlock day! 
Now, just just $99 (about £50) you can get your iPhone network / SIM unlocked and use it on other networks around the world. It takes just 5 minutes to do and now you, the dear iPhone owner, can unlock your phone at one of the online shops working with iPhoneSIMFree around the world.
Where's my wallet ?
Link - iPhoneSIMFree
Add iPhone ringtones for absolutely nothing
By: GFunk
Friday 07 September 2007 - 10:50:36
Wait, you know all that "using your iTunes music as ringtones for an extra 99c" business? Well, there's a way around it thanks to the guys in the macrumours.com forum. It involves a bit of renaming from "AAC" to "M4R" and then re-adding to your library. Simple, easy and .. completely free. We like.
There's a nice set of instructions (it's only three steps) and pictures to show you how on the link below.
Link - macrumours.com
Update - Doah! Looks like the new version of iTune has "fixed" this work-around so it no longer works 
DOAH!
Update 2 - Yay! Another very similar work-around has been found following the update, so now you CAN once again get yourself free ringtones - just check these instructions out for more info
iPhone 4Gb gets dropped - 8Gb version gets price drop
By: GFunk
Wednesday 05 September 2007 - 14:26:38
Here in Europe we don't even have the iPhone yet. Over in the US of course it's selling like ice cream on a hot day. Still, if you've shelled out $599 for the 8Gb one or you spent cash on the 4Gb version then you're still happy right?
Ah no. Unfortunately, if you're an existing iPhone owner you'll probably be kicking something right now. Why? Well, Apple have just announced that the 4Gb version will be dropped. Yes, you heard that right - dropped. Prepare yourself eBay buyers, because you're going to get swamped with these things.
Surely that's all the bad news for you "early adpoters" right? Well.... nope, sorry. They've also announce the slashing of the 8Gb version to just $399. Yep, $200 less than you guys paid. Sorry guys. Still, if you've held back from the iPhone until now it's all good news for you because it'll now be selling for a lot less than you expected.
Here in Europe of course we're still waiting for it to appear, probably priced way about our American cousins even after this price cut
Oh, and there's something called the iPod Touch too. Imagine the iPhone without the phone capability and you're there.
Link - apple.com/iPhone
The iPhone ringtone solution from Apple
By: GFunk
Wednesday 05 September 2007 - 14:09:50
Well, as we told you earlier, Apple have launched their expected ringtone solution for the iPhone. Slotting in perfectly with the whole iTunes thing, you can create, edit and play your tracks for iPhone ringtones.
Right now you can buy a song for 99¢ then simply turn it into a ringtone for another 99¢ and it's yours to keep. Getting the ringtone over to your iPhone is easy, just use the ringtone editor, trim out up to 30 seconds of it, do your fading and bingo - it's sync'd to your iPhone.
Now the real fun starts!
Apple.com - Ringtones
iToner - Add ringtones the easy way
By: GFunk
Monday 03 September 2007 - 10:16:57
Oh how those other people laughed when they say you couldn't add new ringtones. Well, they won't be laughing any more. Ahead of a rumoured Apple solution comes iToner by Ambrosia Software. You drag and drop - it's as simple as that. No hacking, no faffing about. Just Sync and you're done.
All your custom MP3 and AAC audio files are supported and the guys behind the software say it'll work after any future software updates too. Huzaar!
Link - iToner
iPhone - Network Unlocking confirmed
By: GFunk
Friday 24 August 2007 - 10:30:10
Yes, it's true Engadget.com have seen it themselves and had their very own iPhone unlocked. It's now on the T-Mobile network and free of the AT&T network. Remember our earlier story on this? We told you how the guys at iPhoneSIMFree were so confident of their upcoming unlocking system that sites could see it done on any test iPhone. The result? It worked a treat.
The iPhone is now free. I guess the guys at iPhoneSIMFree will soon be earning stacks off this because, as yet, no-one else has come close to unlocking the iPhone for network-free SIM swapping fun.
Link - Engadget.com
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