Comments on: One week with the iPhone 3G

By: Ronald

Ronald — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:27:58 +0000

The iPhone 3G are selling 2x as fast as the original and lines are constantly forming outside of Apple stores and other carriers.
It’s a great time to personalize your iPhone by choosing any accessories that suit your personality and lifestyle. Apple Stores and most other consumer electronics specialty shops carry these cases. Do a careful search at an online auction site, such as eBay, and you may find them there.
Um… recommend these iPhone 3G Accessories store, maybe you will also like it

By: Chris Magnusson

Chris Magnusson — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:15:29 +0000

You can get microphones from places like http://touchmods.wordpress.com/.

By: Kevin Haggerty

Kevin Haggerty — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:38:54 +0000

I was wondering about the microphone as well…

By: John

John — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:52:18 +0000

@Tyler what is he using for a microphone on the Touch since it doesn’t have one built in? Or Skype for that matter since it’s not officially out at least. Perhaps some other SIP/VOIP client that is Skype-like?

By: Tyler Ingram

Tyler Ingram — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:56:56 +0000

Damn it i want an iPhone but don’t want to extend my contract (in case i want to get out of it soon…)

You could use you’re iTouch as a phone. jailbreak it and install Skype on to it like my landlord did. Wherever you have WiFi you now have a ‘cellphone’ too! Pretty fun idea really.

By: John

John — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:13:08 +0000

I’m pretty sure it’ll be hit and miss with the US based applications. I know that some don’t care (like the eBay app for example) but Pandora doesn’t work if your IP originates from outside the US.

Unfortunately the apps are authorized onto your iTunes account. I think I could give them to you but you’d have to an authorized user of my account in order to run them and/or actually install them on your iTunes/iPhone. Just like if I was to buy a song and email it to you – it would prompt you for an authorization.

I’ll see about adding editing comments too ;)

By: Kevin Haggerty

Kevin Haggerty — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:57:15 +0000

Hmmm…the ability to edit my comment would be nice – to fix typos like ‘retarted’ :)

By: Kevin Haggerty

Kevin Haggerty — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:55:39 +0000

Nice write up John. Couple of questions for you, not sure if you can answer them or not. Since you have access to the US iTunes stores, that means you should have access to apps like Loopt, Limbo and of course Pandora. Have you tried these apps, do they work in Canada or are they still ‘geo-retarted’ – specifically I’m wondering about Pandora, but also curious about Loopt.

Second question – assuming these apps do work, is there any way for me to get them from you? ie. can you suck them out of iTunes? My guess is no since they are somehow tied to your iTunes account and even if I could get the file from you and put it in the right location on my mac, it likely wouldn’t work.

By: Tod

Tod — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:16:00 +0000

Supergreat posting, as usual, John.

By: Colin Clarke

Colin Clarke — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:20:36 +0000

Interesting observations John. A lot I hadn’t heard anywhere else. Well done. Now if I could only get out of my Telus contract without the early termination fee.