The iPhone 3G debuted early yesterday morning, and many people lined up in the pre-dawn hours at Apple and AT&T stores to be one of the first to get this smartphone. Brighthand contributor Nick Spohnholtz was one of them, and he shares his experiences buying, unboxing, and activating the device.

The portable speaker for the iPhone can be folded up into a compact "ball" that's very easy to transport.

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Now that you've gotten your iPhone 3G, it's time to get some accessories for it.

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Jott records your voice notes and turn them into text.

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Jott is a very simple idea made sophisticated, and it works.

As a free download software for the iPhone, this application allows you to record voice notes, just like any sound recorder. However, the software ...

Yelp on the iPhone maps and calls destinations and provides user ratings, but leaves off other social-networking elements.

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Yelp for iPhone contains all the ingredients you'd expect from the well-known site for users to rate local business and restaurant listings--except one. It has a perplexing tendency ...

On the same day Apple launched the second generation iPhone it has also released a system software upgrade that will bring many of the features of the new model to its previous smartphone as well as its handheld. However, demand for this is currently exceeding Apple's ability to distribute it.

As reported by eWeek, Windows for Devices, and others, Microsoft shipped 4.5 million Windows Mobile devices during the first quarter of 2008, up 1.8 million units year over year.

Andy Lees, during his Windows Mobile Keynote from the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference, cited IDG figures showing that Apple sold only 1.7 million iPhones during the same quarter.

So in other words, Microsoft's Windows Mobile sales INCREASED by more than the number of total iPhone sales.

Granted, even though Windows Mobile is in 2nd place for worldwide smartphone sales, it's still dwarfed by Nokia's Symbian, but that's another story.

While reading Chuong's story about iPhone GPS, I checked out the New Yorks Times Technology pages. I read a story about cell phone termination fees that also mentioned a cool iPhone medical application, the A.D.A.M. Symptom Navigator. I tried going to the site, only to be told that it was only for the iPhone -- and it thoughtfully provided me a link to Apple so that I could buy one.

As A.D.A.M. described the application as Web-based, I figured it should work on Windows Mobile and wanted to see. After all, browser-based discrimination goes against the openness of the Web (and isn't much better than discriminating against people). The good news is that, after a minor bit of Web hacking, I got the main URL to get to the Symptom Navigator.

It works best on a Pocket PC, I suspect, because it uses an image map, but Smartphones can handle it, too. Check it out and let us know what you think. If you like it, fight browser discrimination and make it a favorite.

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Of the several news readers offered in Apple's iTunes App Store to date, NetNewsWire stands out as the most appealing. Unlike Mobile News from the Associated Press, NetNewsWire pulls in stories from multiple sources, and unlike Google Reader, it does so nearly instantly in a true ...

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Back in March, Microsoft mentioned to Fortune that they were evaluating the Apple iPhone SDK. Many people interpreted this as though Microsoft would be developing a version of Office for the iPhone.

Now that the iPhone's App store is opened, it's pretty clear that most of the applications you might have been hoping for are not there. However, one nice movie searching application called Box Office is there and that happens to have been developed by Cyrus Najmabadi of Microsoft (in his spare time).

Box Office is very similar to the Movies section of Microsoft's Live Search Mobile in that you can search for nearby movie theaters and show times based on a GPS location, however it also shows movie ratings from Rotten Tomatoes.

Is this what Microsoft was referring to when talking to Fortune months ago?

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As of 8:00 am, Apple's much-anticipated iPhone 3G went on sale. The new device is an enhanced version of its predecessor, not a gigantic leap forward, but it does contain several new features.

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Well that did’nt take long. The New Zeland boys are at it agian and due to the time zone thingy they have their 3G iPhone in hand...er in pieces. Quote: We will be posting live pictures here as we disassemble the new iPhone 3G immediately after its release at 12:01 July 11, 2008, New Zealand time. That’s 5:01 AM, July 10, Pacific time for those of us who aren’t islanders. We’re working hard on getting it apart. Here’s a link to last-year’s iPhone disassembly. (Sorry about the dirty fingernails-- we’ve been waiting in line in cold Auckland for a while.) Read the rest: http://live.ifixit.com/Guide/First-Look/iPhone3G

Today I installed the 2.0 firmware on my iPhone.

The App store is terrific. Of the 500 applications on there now, about 125 of them are free. And the free applications aren't low quality - you can get Bloomberg, Facebook, AIM, eBay, and others, without charge. Each App "page" contains info about the program, a screenshot, and a link to reviews. Downloading and installing an app over WiFi takes from 30 seconds to 2 minutes. If you want to purchase an App, and so far I've bought two (Monkey Ball and Texas Hold 'em) for just $9.99 and $4.99 respectively, you enter your iTunes account password, and you are billed instantly. Quite convenient, and a great experience. The only fault I see with the App store is that there are no free trials offered (as far as I could tell).

I was more than happy to pay such cheap prices for these applications. For something similar that works on Windows Mobile, I know that I'd pay 2-3 times more, because software companies like PocketGear and Handago charge their developers outrageous 40-70% royalty fees on each copy of software sold, whereas ...

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There are several media-pushing services represented at the opening of the iTunes App Store, each with their own combination of supported sites. ShoZu (covered here) remains the whopper of them all with support for roughly 30 popular social sites and services. There are the major players, of ...

My favorite thing about open platforms that allow third-party developers to run wild is when those independent programmers actually do. Jeffrey Grossman wrote a free native application called Movies.app that revolves around movie listings and offers everything from from a straightforward, yet sophisticated lookup by movie or theater to ...

If there's one thing that Google Earth taught us, it's that the stars never outgrow their mystery. For fans of the sky layer on Google Earth, there's Starmap, an educational iPhone app that, unlike your laptop or desktop, you can easily take with you on a cloudless ...

Dark and lustrous, Twitterific for iPhone is one of the best-looking apps from the iTunes App Store I've seen all day. The application, originally built for Mac by software publisher Iconfactory, is a premium Twitter updater a free trial that sells for about $15. This iPhone app, however, comes ...

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When the native eBay app for iPhone was demoed at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco in June, Webware.com Editor Josh Lowensohn commended it for its slickness, storage capacity, and winning looks. The application is indeed easy on the eye and similar in look and ...

Loopt was one of the first companies to strut its stuff in an onstage demo at Apple's World Wide Developer Conference in June, and Sam Altman, the CEO of the location-aware social networking app, said the iPhone version is "the best version of Loopt we've ever created."

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With so much fairy dust in the air over Apple's day-early release of the App Store and iTunes 7.7 (for Windows and Mac), it's easy to get caught up in the excitement. And we are excited. Being the intrepid reviewers we are, we're taking the unofficial iPhone 2.0 firmware ...

The iPhone brought back the touchscreen and enabled new designs and visions for virtual keyboards. Prior to that, PDAs and smartphones moved towards an era of containing a physical keyboard as the popularity of Palm and BlackBerry devices grew. However, with the iPhone and its many clones, even Windows Mobile devices now can be fully functional for extended text entry without keyboards like the HTC Touch and Touch Diamond.

However, are you ready for a keyboard-less laptop? V12 Design seems to think so with a dual-screen laptop concept which they hope to take to market.

The laptop will look similar to current laptops with a clamshell design. Instead of a trackpad and keyboard on the bottom, a second screen will be utilized where users can call up a virtual keyboard if needed. According to Gizmodo, a new, revised prototype has been released and V12 Design hopes to have some units in production by 2010. The picture shown below is a first generation prototype.

David Pogue, in his usual comedic self, points out some of the limitations of the iPhone 3G. I know we have posted the issues out on pocketnow.com, but not with humor...



Not to take away anything from the iPhone 3G, but Apple needs to start addressing issues like cut and paste and the lack of a data synchronization mechanism for 3rd party applications (they have to write their own). These are areas where Windows Mobile is still king.

Apple hasn't officially released the major system software upgrade for the original iPhone that it promised, but those eager to get their hands on it can do so now anyway.

One of the major new features coming to the iPhone 3G is support for third-party software. These will be sold through an official Apple application store, which will open its virtual doors in a couple of days is open now.

There was the old fashioned way of exchanging numbers on a napkin; there was the Palm Pilot method of beaming your personal information; Bluetooth made infra-red obsolete and business people can exchange information wirelessly. Now, Gizmodo is reporting that with the iPhone's accelerometer, two nearby iPhones can shake and exchange business contacts.

The software that enables the "iPhone handshake" is designed by Tapulous, where presumably the information is exchanged over the cloud. The iPhones within proximity would share information over the wireless internet and would not even need to establish a connection with each other.

This is a cool concept. With the HTC Touch Diamond also bearing an accelerometer in its hardware specs, perhaps a Windows Mobile version can be created. Gone are the days of punching a number in the phone, calling the person right away so that both persons would have their respective friend's number stored on caller ID. I do that, but I get lazy about saving the contact name to the number and then have to decipher who the number belongs to later.

Yesterday we said “Should I really buy an iPhone 3G? 8 reasons why you shouldn’t (See Here), well today as promised we are asking “Should I buy an Apple iPhone 3G: 8 reasons why you should. Tomorrow is the day and before we start, you might be happy to know that you can pre-order your upgrade now via The Carphone Warehouse. We have heard so much about the iPhone 3G and to tell you truth it is starting to bore me, yes it is an amazing phone but it seems we here at Phones Review are talking noth

David Pogue, the technology writer for the New York Times, abbreviated NYT, says that the iPhone 3G's GPS sensor is too small to enable voice guided turn by turn instructions, but worked fine muted to show decently accurate positioning through the phone's "Maps" application, which uses Google Maps technology. According to Pogue, Apple had said "iPhone’s G.P.S. antenna is much too small to emulate the turn-by-turn navigation of a G.P.S. unit for a vehicle, for example."

I don't know how much I buy Apple's position on GPS via the iPhone 3G. Apple had previously stated in its user agreement that prohibits the use of voice guided GPS. If Cupertino doesn't want third party developers to release software for the unit, they should just say so for fear of liabilities should consumers get into a wreck. However, with GPS and aGPS onboard, the device sounds very capable of getting voice guidance.

The NY Times and Mobility Today have posted photos of the so-called iPhone 3G "line" at the 5th Avenue New York City Apple store.

All I see are some empty chairs, a bunch of garbage cluttering up the sidewalk, and some people walking around on their lunch break.

What happens if these guys come by?

What are its shortcomings? It won't be available until mid-September and even then it could take a while before any US operators pick it up. Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 CNET Review. HTC Diamond --$700 for an unlocked phone without a subsidy ...

Apple's iPhone 3G is set to launch around the world on Friday, and according to one survey there's a great deal of demand for it.

Apple Inc.’s iPhone has been the world’s most influential smart phone since its debut a year ago, widely hailed for its beauty and functionality. It was a true hand-held computer that raised the bar for all its competitors. ...

I am not sure this is new but Clem over at Magnifoca just informed me that they have version 0.8 of Snap2Face ready for download. Here are the deets: ***Snap2Face Features*** * Sleek, graphic-rich user interface * Set your status while on-the-go * View friends’ status and detailed information * View friends’ friends and send friendship requests * Get notified of events like wall post, message, poke, or friend request * View your pokes, wall, inbox, and friend requests, all in full text * Poke friends, send message to friends, and post on friends’ wall * Access you and your friends’ photo albums * Upload photos from built-in camera or file folder * Import friends’ profile photos to Outlook Contacts (photo Call ID) Simply put, Snap2Face is a full-featured client for Facebook for the WM platform. And to our knowledge it is the only client out there. With photo upload/download and caller-ID features, it is much more powerful than what the iphone Facebook portal does for iphone users. Check is out here: http://www.magnifoca.com/download_snap2face.html

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If you haven't been following iPhone news, Rogers Wireless is one of the few carriers not offering an unlimited plan for the iPhone. Internet sources have stated that Rogers feels that this is best because it will end up saving consumers money as the carrier wouldn't need to charge more for unlimited data that many of its consumers wouldn't need or use.

In response to the high cost of data and the lack of an unlimited plan, potential iPhone users created a petition to Rogers for an unlimited plan. Furthermore, it seems that Apple may be hearing the cries of Canadians wanting unlimited mobile internet according to the internet blog smithereens.

The blog cited that Apple has taken action against Rogers. Smithereens is stating that Apple is diverting iPhone shipments intended for Rogers for the initial July 11 launch date to Europe.

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Apple's iPhone OS and Google's Android OS have a great deal in common; both are Linux-based operating systems for smartphones. But Ed Hardy's latest editorial discusses the dramatic differences that make these mobile platforms almost as different as they can be.

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This is a rumor for now, but it is interesting that Gizmodo is reporting that a corporate version of the iPhone may be coming out of Cupertino that has a sliding keyboard, not unlike the TyTN II and the Touch Pro. According to the reports obtained by Giz, the reason for this may be that Apple wants to make inroads with enterprise sales.

This seems not too likely as Cupertino likes simple and clean industrial design and builds its products mostly for the consumer and productions market. Would a sliding physical keyboard give enough reason to make you reconsider purchasing the Apple flagship phone?

The iPhone 3G is slated to be available for purchase on July 11, and now details about AT&T's service plans that will accompany this smartphone have been released. *UPDATED*

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iPhone-Hacks.com has posted up a sumary of a new app that promises ubiquitous VoIP on the iPhone. iCall is a newly announced app coming out on Apple’s App Store. It promises seamless call switching between VoIP via WiFi and regular calls. There will be no hacking involved, they are fully approved Apple developer. iCall has a two tier system with a free version and a ‘pro’ version with added features. iCall is their own service provider so don’t expect to use this application with any of your current VoIP plans like Vonage. It will be interesting to see how this will compare with other services competeing for the iPhone VoIP market. Like the previously released RingFree. Here is their very short FAQ: 1. We are part of the Apple iPhone developer program. This is not an application for you naughty jail breakers 2. We are not using any undocumented API calls. We are following every rule that developers must follow. 3. No, you can not have a copy. We are not physically capable of distributing the application to any phones except our development phones. If Steve-ness himself wanted a copy we could not provide it to him. Sorry. 4. Apple has explicitly ...

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It was like I been there done that stuff already with my first Pocket PC Phone device. The T-Mobile Pocket PC. It had a virtual on screen keyboard and the stylus was tool to tap on it. Sometimes I used the corner of my fingernail for a ...

Get instant access to whatever you need. The Home screen takes you to iPhone applications and Web Clips with a single tap - even when you’re on a call. And no two Home screens are alike. That’s because you can customize yours with whatever applications and Web Clips you choose. Customize your Home screen. Arrange the icons on your Home screen any way you want. Even move them to another Home screen. Create up to nine Home screens for quick access to your Web Clips and any applications you downlo

Get instant access to whatever you need. The Home screen takes you to iPhone applications and Web Clips with a single tap - even when you’re on a call. And no two Home screens are alike. That’s because you can customize yours with whatever applications and Web Clips you choose. Customize your Home screen. Arrange the icons on your Home screen any way you want. Even move them to another Home screen. Create up to nine Home screens for quick access to your Web Clips and any applications you downlo