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Here it is, the Sizemodo you’ve been waiting six months to see. The iPhone vs. other music devices (iPod, Zune) and smartphones (AT&T 8525, Helio Ocean, Sprint Mogul). Which one’s the smallest and thinnest, and which one looks dirtier after months of use? Which do you think?
We’ve posted a lot of video in the last 48 hours, but after the jump are our five movies that you absolutely cannot miss. (Well, you can, but you may find yourself to be less of a person.) What will you do with your iPhone? The SF Apple Store closes early. People are pissed. We…
iPhone’s reportedly having some trouble installing/activating on 64-bit Vista and XP systems, thanks to the fact that iTunes isn’t supported. [Apple Discussions Thread]
At the moment, this is not much more than a website sucking email addresses from innocent victims. But if what they claim is true, iphoneunlocking.com has unlocked 1,917 iPhones from the shackles of AT&T service. Apparently the company sent out legions of black-shirted employees to Apple launches in NYC. If anyone wants to test the…
Just because the iPhone’s already out doesn’t mean we’re stopping our iPhone contest! Keep your submissions to our Made in Eureka contest coming, because we’re still giving away a free iPhone. Hit the link below to see how you can win one for yourself. Contest [Gizmodo] https://gizmodo.com/were-giving-away-an-iphone-270738
44 percent of Brits are getting half the broadband speed they’re paying for. [Inquirer]
With all the innovations surrounding the iPhone, we didn’t expect a product like the Bona-Phone to come along and steal the limelight. Featuring breakthroughs like “touch-bone” dialing and easy-to-hold shaft design, the learning curve of the $30 Bona-Phone is considered much lower given its organic, intuitive design. Trust us, if Meredith Viera was demoing the…
In a technological leap, Brando has shoved all of your favorite mini storage mediums into can form. Yes. Can form. Supporting SD, XD, MS, Mini SD, *T-flash/Micro SD, the “Canned Shape Card Reader” is also USB 2.0 3-port hub and a perfect subject for your postmodern painting career. But for $17, it’d better beat a…
A few good Samaritans from Maya have been working through nights and weekends to bring iPhone owners the ultimate way to display their most prized possession—as a belt buckle. Unabashed in its geekdom, the iPhone Belt is the reason of the season to get hit in the nuts when someone is stealing your new phone.…
What would you do if you opened up your iPhone box and dropped your precious phone before you could even look at it? We’d cry like a toddler that got kicked in the nuts, but Shawn is a braver man than we could ever be. Good on you for keeping a straight face, Shawn. Thanks…
According to Apple’s availability checker, the iPhone is still in stock at every Apple store in the whole country. Seriously, there’s no place where the iPhone isn’t available. Either the stores were too busy selling iPhones last night to report in to the availability checker, or Apple really shipped out a bunch of units to…
PCWorld is sadistic. To simulate a couple months of usage (read: damage), they threw an iPhone into a plastic bag with a set of keys and jiggled it around like crazy. They then rubbed the two together next to a table, to simulate when you’d go and rub your crotch next to a table—what, you…
It was only a matter of time before the first legitimate iPhone buyer listed their unit on eBay for millions of dollars, but at least seller “ansiv” has an excuse: like a puddle of water forming the Virgin Mary, the serial numbers of his iPhone spell out “toyzsex” in Leetspeak. We love his listing, so…
ATVHD has a comprehensive list of HD podcast content for your HD-capable AppleTV. [ATVHD]
Meizu has confirmed that their MiniOne will be released early next year. Meanwhile, importers like Negri Electronics are still listing a December 7th launch date (which looks to be jumping the gun at this point) along with their revealed price of $989. So much for our New Year’s resolution of picking up a cheap iPhone…
Yesterday we told you that AT&T would be performing credit checks with the purchase of an iPhone to warn those with bad credit. What we didn’t know at the time, however, is that these credit checks weren’t to penalize potential iPhone buyers with bad credit, but to draw in their business. https://gizmodo.com/good-credit-required-for-iphone-service-at-t-stores-wi-273622 Because to those…
Don’t ask how we know, but if you happen to be using a copy of Leopard you found on the internet, you’re probably having some trouble activating your iPhone. iTunes updates and installs to 7.3, but hangs on the first activation screen when the iPhone’s plugged in. Anyone else have similar experiences? Similar to this…
All the people who camped out for over 24 hours—ahem Greg Packer—should feel really foolish right about now. As of 9:17 PM PDT (12:17 AM EDT), the San Francisco store has both 4GB and 8GB iPhones in stock. The New York 5th Avenue Store? The same. If you still want one, head on down and…
You think CNBC’s not bitter because they didn’t get an iPhone? Think again. Watch as solemn TV news voiceover meets an impudent teenage girl whose parents won’t…uh…give her an iPhone. Yeah, we didn’t think that metaphor through. Thanks Ray!
Wirelessinfo knows what they’re talking about when it comes to cellphone calls. They’re the Mythbusters of cellphones, pulling out all sorts of scientific equipment to determine whether call quality is good—not just doing a “oh, this sounds good” test. Their results for the iPhone? Best they’ve seen. It scores higher on the frequency response test…