Remember when the iPhone launched in the States? Remember how AT&T’s activation servers buckled under the massive deluge of launch-day iPhone owners trying to get their iPhone activated? Well, it seems activation-problems have crossed the pond and are afflicting O2’s iPhone activation servers. With O2 selling iPhones like it’s nobody’s business, we’re not too surprised…
China Mobile negotiating with Apple to carry iPhone
The largest wireless operator in China, nay, the world, is reportedly in talks with Apple to bring the iPhone to the 350 million end-users that China Mobile calls its subscriber-base. We already know the iPhone will be hitting the Asian-region in 2008, so it makes sense for China Mobile to court Apple for exclusive rights…
O2: iPhone selling like hotcakes – “the fastest selling device we have ever seen”
Following on last week’s launch of the iPhone in the UK, O2’s CEO Peter Erskine told The Times Online that the iPhone is “the fastest selling device we have ever seen.” As Erskine previously mentioned, O2 has been selling tens of thousands of iPhones since last Friday’s launch – and it seems that Brits are…
Spotlight search coming to iPhone next year?
The iPhone SDK is coming in February next year and apparently apart from the support for the third-party apps, we may also see the iPhone enhanced with Spotlight-like search. According to analyst at PiperJaffray – Gene Munster, we should expect the contextual search feature allowing the iPhone users to locate contacts, emails, phone numbers and/or…
Vodafone’s fights iPhone defection by taking customer service offline
We love a good conspiracy theory as much as the next guy, but they usually amount to nothing more than paranoid thinking. Then again, sometimes the coincidences can’t be ignored. The Inquirer’s got a conspiracy theory that’s just too juicy to dismiss off-hand. The theory goes something like this: iPhone launches in Europe Vodafone is…
iPhone v1.1.2 already jailbroken – simple, touch-free jailbreak solution for iPhone v1.1.2 [UPDATED]
That’s right! The iPhone v1.1.2 firmware is now officially jailbroken. The new firmware’s only been officially available to US iPhone users for what seems like a minute and the developer community has already opened it up to third-party applications. With the return of homemade ringtones to v1.1.2 iPhones paired with iTunes 7.5, we previously mentioned…
O2 sells tens of thousands of UK iPhones since Friday’s launch
The iPhone hit UK shores just a few days ago, and it seems that Apple’s exclusive iPhone carrier, O2, has already sold their fair share of the iconic handset. Peter Erskine, chief executive of Telefonica’s 02 Europe said that the UK Carrier has pushed “tens of thousands” of iPhones out its doors since Friday’s UK…
Custom, homemade ringtones on iPhone v1.1.2
Well, well, well. What do we have here? Apple’s newest, recently released, iPhone firmware seems to have an enticing trick up its sleeve. It seems that the iPhone v1.1.2 firmware allows custom, homemade ringtones to be uploaded to the iPhone. We said that we’d swear off the iPhone v1.1.2 update unless Apple offered some truly…
iPhone is dangerous to your brain?
Right. The iPhone could be dangerous to your brain. But then, so could any other mobile phone. And, the complete opposite could be true – we just don’t have any conclusive data one way or the other. That being said, The Register is reporting that replacement battery firm Exradia has called Apple out for ignoring…
Canadians need some iPhone love too! Apple iPhone on Rogers in January?
Now that the Europeans officially have the iPhone (the UK and Germany do, at least – France’s Orange is slated for November 29), it’s time to turn our attention to our hockey-loving friends to the North. We’re talking about Canada, of course. When is the iPhone coming to Canada? Well, we’ve been hearing rumors left…