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I sold my iPhone. Yes, it’s true. But that’s not the insane part, the insane part is that I’m not planning on getting an iPhone 3G.
Not only is the monthly plan more expensive for the iPhone 3G, but I’d be paying for a service that I couldn’t use. There is no 3G coverage in Nebraska. [...]

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I’m pleased to announce the release of ACU Theme, the latest and great from reader Ed Jim.
As always, you can grab a copy from the repo.

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Sports a black full plastic back! Thinner at the edges, flush headphone jack, solid metal buttons.
3G on the iPhone is 36% faster than on other leading smart phones (likely because of Safari).
Battery details: 300 hour of standby time, 10 hours of 2G talk time, 5 hours of 3G talk time, 5-6 of browsing, 7 hours [...]

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Mobile Me is Apple’s Exchange equivalent, provides push email, contacts, and calendar.
Works with a Mac, PC, and of course the iPhone. Wireless syncing is a go.
Supports Outlook on the PC, and everything on the Mac.
Has web based access to everything through Me.com. Web interface is amazingly slick, probably runs like crap on low-end DSL connections.
$99 [...]

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Early July is the release time frame for the iPhone 2.0 software.
Upgrade will be free for iPhone users, $9.95 for iPod touch users.
Steve pretty much just confirmed the 3G iPhone, says apps from the App Store that are 10MB and under can be downloaded over a cellular network… Oh really? Tried that on Edge recently?

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Steve Jobs has just confirmed that the next version of OS X (10.6), will indeed be dubbed Snow Leopard.
More details on the OS later.

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WWDC is tomorrow, and as always speculation and rumors are making the rounds like wildfire on the internet.
My WWDC predictions?

Much to my disappointment, there will be no Apple Tablet released or announced.
3G iPhone will be announced, but not available until later this month. Launch of 3G iPhone will also see a 32GB model introduced.
iPhone 2.0 [...]

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Brian Caulfield of Forbes.com thinks that the iPhone could kill the DS. Is it a possibility? In a word. No.
Still not getting it? Let me put it this way… Hillary Clinton has a better chance of being elected president.
Monday, however, Nintendo will likely face a new and far more dangerous foe: Apple. Steve Jobs’ computer [...]

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Word on the street is Apple is already hard at work on Snow Leopard, the successor to Leopard.
According to sources:
Snow Leopard is currently on track to come out during next January’s Macworld, and it will not contain major OS changes. Instead, the release is heavily focused on performance and nailing down speed and stability.
Snow Leopard [...]

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Maybe scandal isn’t the right word, but it comes close.
TUAW is reporting not only that the supposed leaked iPhone picture shown to the left is real, but that the iPhone 2.0 firmware will not be shipping at WWDC. Okay…does this mean the firmware upgrade won’t be available right away from existing iPhone users, but [...]

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