iPhone 3G

Get Over It: The iPhone 3G Doesn’t Support Backgrounds

by Jeff Weisbein June 22, 2010

“The icon animation with backgrounds didn’t perform well enough.” says Steve Jobs in an email response with regard to the iPhone 3G not supporting backgrounds. My thoughts? Get over it. You have been living without the ability to set backgrounds since 2007 for the original iPhone, 2008 for the iPhone 3G, and even 2009 for the [...]

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The iPhone 3G Possibly Being Replaced by $99 3GS

by Jeff Weisbein December 29, 2009

Apple may be releasing an 8GB version of the iPhone 3GS to replace the $99 iPhone 3G perhaps as early as January. According to reports by Apple Insider, one German customer who purchased a refurbished 8GB iPhone 3G found a label on the back that said “iPhone 3GS v2.2, 8GB.” The model number, A1241, and [...]

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Attention iPhone Owners: If Your iPhone Overheats It’s Your Fault (Currently)

by Jeff Weisbein July 5, 2009

Apple issued a new support article on their website explaining to people how to keep their iPhone’s from overheating (or at least, they hope). The article is quick to mention that the iPhone must be within a certain temperature range for it to function properly. Operate iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS in a place where [...]

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Does The iPhone 3GS Battery Suck?

by Jeff Weisbein July 2, 2009

There have been a lot of mixed reviews on the iPhone 3GS battery, you know, the battery which supposedly is much improved. I personally have not experienced extreme drain in battery life with my 3GS that other people apparently have. The battery life seems to be about the same as it was when I had [...]

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Apple Raises App Limit To 180 Apps

by Jeff Weisbein June 14, 2009

The iPhone 3.0 software upgrade will allow iPhone users to have 180 applications installed on the device at any given time. This equates to 11 pages of apps. The previous app limit was 148 (9 pages of apps). There is one small problem with all of these limits, Apple boasts that the App Store currently [...]

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The iPhone 3G S Will Indeed Be Speedy

by Jeff Weisbein June 13, 2009

The iPhone 3G S (S stands for Speed, by the way) will indeed be speedy and considerably faster then the current iPhone (3G). The latest iPhone will sport a 600 MHz processor and 256MB of RAM. When compared to the iPhone 3G which has a 412MHz processor and 128MB of RAM it is definitely a [...]

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AT&T Screws Over iPhone Customers

by Jeff Weisbein June 8, 2009

Planning on buying a shiny new iPhone 3G S? Got your wallet out and ready to purchase it? Hold up just one second. Below is the pricing for the iPhone 3G S (prices from AT&T). New customers, or for those eligible for an upgrade: 16GB iPhone 3G S – $199 32GB iPhone 3G S – [...]

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Podium Revolution Review (iPhone 3G)

by Jeff Weisbein April 2, 2009

The Pivotal Podium Revolution is an excellent choice for an iPhone/iPod Touch stand. The Podium Revolution is well designed and very well built. The base of the podium is very nicely finished solid steel and the grips hold your iPhone/iPod Touch just right – not too firm that you have to force the device in [...]

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iPhone Review

by Jeff Weisbein January 2, 2009

I just got an iPhone 3G (16GB / Black Model) and I love it! It is the best phone I have ever owned and surprisingly the AT&T service is better than I thought it would be. Switching to AT&T was a big concern for me after hearing a lot of issues with their service in [...]

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