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iPhone Buzz week in review

by Vincent Nguyen on April 20, 2008

It has been an exciting week for us Apple fans. iPhone Buzz gave you a first look at iPhone Firwmare 2.0 beta. We walked you through some of the exciting new features Apple has included in the new firmware, like saving images directly from Safari, and setting up Exchange Support. continued »

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mophie Juice Pack for the iPhone - initial impressions

by Vincent Nguyen on April 18, 2008

iPhone Buzz first covered the Juice Pack for the iPhone way back in early December, and we have been waiting patiently for its arrival. Nearly six months later, I'm thrilled to report that it is finally here. Was the wait worth it? Heck yes! The package arrived directly from mophie earlier today, so I haven't had adequate time to thoroughly put the Juice Pack through a rigorous test ... continued »

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How to setup Exchange on iPhone 2.0 Beta 3

by Vincent Nguyen on April 15, 2008

Apple made a couple of changes to the Exchange configuration interface on iPhone 2.0 Beta 3. You can no longer enter a host name. When you begin configuring your Exchange account, you're asked to type in your Email, Username, Password and Description. It looks easy enough right? Wrong. If you're like me, you'll enter your email address, your user name, password and an account description. For example, my email address ... continued »

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iPhone OS 2.0 Beta 3 (5A240d) – First look

by Vincent Nguyen on April 14, 2008

I've been testing out iPhone OS 2.0 beta 2 for about a week. I must say that I can tell a big difference in system stability immediately after installing firmware 5A240d! There are a few minor enhancements such as being able to save images while browsing a website to searching for contacts. That being said, I'm relieved that this release fixed a lot of bugs found in ... continued »

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Idiot selling iPhone Firmware 2.0 and Pwnage Tool

by Vincent Nguyen on April 13, 2008

There’s a stupid guy over at theiphoneleak.com trying to cash in on the iPhone Dev’s hard work, and not to mention illegally selling Apple’s iPhone OS beta 1.2. Here’s what the website says: You want it you got it... It is now for download people. Yes, I am talking about the 2.0 Firmware that is due late in June. I have officially Unlocked the 2.0 iPhone and I have also Pwnage ... continued »

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Contact search and meeting invite available on iPhone OS 2.0 5A240d build

by Vincent Nguyen on April 9, 2008

The new build of iPhone OS 2.0 now features contact search.  Alleluia!  I have over 1,500 contacts I’ve been collecting over the past ten years.  After flicking through the list a few dozen times does get old.  Anyways, the search function is also included with the revised iPhone Simulator that comes with the SDK build 9M2158a, beta 3. continued »

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iPhone 2 featuring Infineon’s S-GOLD3 chipset?

by Vincent Nguyen on April 8, 2008

Zibri of ZiPhone iPhone tool discovered a reference to a future 3G chipset by Infineon called S-GOLD3, after digging around the newly released iPhone SDK Beta 3. The chipset powering today’s iPhone is S-GOLD2 which lacks 3G support, whereas S-GOLD3 features HSDPA category 8 (7.2 Mbps), higher resolution camera up to 5-megapixels, a 2x speed MMC / SD interface, MPEG/H.263 hardware acceleration and video telephony, streaming, recording and playback. continued »

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