Monday, July 2, 2007

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  • iPhone Bingo from TUAW: What's Next?

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    iphone bingo at tuawWhat's next for the iPhone? TUAW hasn't a clue, but we've got ideas. Kooky ideas, like Chris Pirillo buys an iPhone, loves it, and rants about his errant ways and logical fallacies. We've got some pretty obvious ideas too, like someday iPhone will probably support Java-- maybe. More likely than the Pirillo scenario anyway.

    But if any of these or 22 other things come to pass, TUAW has you covered. We've created the iPhone "What's Next" bingo card for your long-term bingo playing needs. It may take years before Flash is on the iPhone, or the Pope gets one, but when they do you'll be ready with a penny or something to mark it down. Enjoy!

    thanks to David Chartier and Dave Caolo for your help!
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  • Tada! The 6th Gen contract-free WiFi-enabled iPod

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    Oh man, what a day. Earlier today, I got my prepaid iPhone activated after a long struggle, which you can read about here, along with an easy solution. After all that, what time was it? Time To Hack!

    So what did I discover? I found that your activated iPhone is a lot more flexible and powerful than AT&T and Apple admit. Pop out the SIM or put an inactive SIM and your iPhone works pretty much like a contract-free WiFi-enabled 6th Generation iPod. The WiFi means you can do Mail and Safari without a phone connection.

    For your delectation, here's the stuff that I did and the results I discovered. I am still working on writing all this up nicely but I thought I'd rather share sooner than later.

    Removed SIM and replaced it with an invalid, unactivated, no-account SIM. Still works as 6G WiFi iPod. Still Synced properly to iTunes. Tried placing call. It failed (as expected).

    Removed SIM entirely. It complains but works at 6G WiFi iPod. Tried placing call. "No SIM card installed". Failed. Connected to iTunes. Synced without any problems I could detect. WiFi fine.

    Removed activated SIM and placed into a cheap disposable AT&T cell phone. Worked fine. Was able to place calls. Good way to save your iPhone from danger on ski or bike trips.

    Placed SIM from cheap disposable AT&T Pay as You Go phone into iPhone. Call failed. WiFi fine.

    And remember: you still have to fund the phone and for those of you who are our friends across the border, I'm not sure how a Canadian credit card will play on the AT&T GoPhone funding site.

    Conclusions: Buy the iPhone using prepaid. Activate. Cancel. Enjoy.

    Want me to test something out? Let me know in the comments.

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  • iPhone: Prepay the right way

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    It is now about 5:00 Mountain Time as I write this. I spent most of the day at the AT&T store from about 9 in the morning until 2 in the afternoon. Then I spent several more hours at home talking to AT&T and Apple support personnel. I have swapped SIMs so often that I deserve a SIM merit badge. I have set up no fewer than six separate phone accounts. My credit card has been beaten and battered funding those accounts.

    Here's what I learned: If you want to set up your iPhone as a prepaid account, do not--no that's not emphatic enough--do NOT, DO NOT attempt to set up the account in advance with AT&T.

    Just don't. Trust me. Here's how you should do it:

    Buy the iPhone. Connect it to iTunes. Sign up using 999-99-9999 as your social security number. After failing the credit check, select a GoPhone plan. After signing up for a GoPhone plan and being assigned a number and passcode, connect to the AT&T GoPhone funding page as prompted, enter your credit card or debit card information and you're good to go. DO NOT attempt to fund your iPhone over the phone with AT&T. DO NOT set up your iPhone prepaid account in advance with AT&T.

    As for me? After a certain number of failed attempts (all on the part of extremely warm, wonderful, but ultimately unsuccesful AT&T employees), the fraud detection system kicked into gear. That's where I am now. I can't move forward until AT&T closes down all those well meaning but useless accounts and lets me activate the one, good account that started and ended in iTunes.

    As for the AT&T and Apple personnel? I've been working with them now for nearly 22 hours of on-phone and in-person time. (Yes, I was up way late last night). With the exception of one person[1], they have all been fabulously kind, patient and supportive. Thank you to you all, especially Diana Cruzan the retail sales manager for the Aurora City Place AT&T store, Jamshed Mulla, AT&T iPhone Guru, and Dan Callahan of Fleishman Hillard.

    [1] There's always one.

    Update: 5:25. Just off the phone with AT&T fraud detection people. It LIVES!!!! "iPhone is Activated". Woot!

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  • Rig of the Week: The ModBook

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    Silly us. In our iPhone excitement, we forgot to post a Rig of the Week. Bad bloggers!

    This week's rig comes from tnkgrl, who has a ModBook of her own (or at least had a chance to visit with one). They were announced at Macworld in January, and were scheduled to start shipping this summer. Has anyone received one? They're kinda bulky, but we'd LOVE to play with one.

    "Untitled" by tnkgrl

    If you'd like to see your own rig featured here, simply upload photos into our group Flickr pool. Each Sunday we'll comb through the most recent entries and declare a "Rig of the Week!"
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  • iPhone battery warranty, replacement information

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    Apple released information on the iPhone battery's warranty today, as well as the cost of a replacement.

    Out of the box, your iPhone's battery is covered for 1 year. Apple intends to release Apple Care for iPhone sometime this summer (allegedly). Customers of Apple Care for iPhone will be entitled to a new battery IF the one they're using drops to below 50% of capacity before their Apple Care runs out.

    Otherwise, a new one will cost you $79US. One other note: Apple states that they get rid of dead batteries in "...an environmentally-friendly manner." So don't get all excited, Greenpeace.
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  • Mac OS X 10.4.10 Update v1.1 available

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    Apple has released Mac OS X 10.4.10 Update v1.1 which, according to Apple:
    • RAW camera support
    • Mounting and unmounting external USB devices
    • Support for 3rd party software applications
    • Security updates
    Also note that Audio Update 2007-001 fixes the audio "popping" issue that's been occurring for people that already applied 10.4.10 to their Intel Macs.
    Thanks to everyone who sent this in!
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  • Ta-Da List optimized for iPhone

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    Last week, Randy Hunt at Citizen Scholar described just how he got his iPhone integrated with Highrise from 37signals. Today, Ta-Da list gets the iPhone treatment.

    If you're unfamiliar, Ta-Da List is the super simple (and just as useful), free list manager from 37signals. Now, folks who visit with their iPhones will automatically be re-directed to an optimized version of the site.

    I just logged into my own account, and it's fantastic. The pages have been built to fit so well on the iPhone's screen that you forget you're on the web - it feels like a stand alone application on the iPhone. If you're a GTD freak (and even if you're not), you ought to check this out. I tip my hat to 37signals. Ta-Da List for iPhone is great.
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  • Griffin announces iPhone auto charger

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    Why, just yesterday I was driving along and thinking, "I wish I had an auto charger for my iPhone..." Lucky for me, the Griffin Technology Psychic Friends Network answered my unspoken plea.

    The PowerJolt for iPhone fits into your car's 12v jack (we used to call it the "cigarette lighter" back in the day) and features a USB to dock connector that attaches to your iPhone, charging it up and sucking your car battery dry. It also ships with a mini USB cable.

    The PowerJolt costs $19.99US and is available now.
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  • Images from the web as iPhone wallpaper

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    Last week, we pointed out the good news that The Iconfactory had resized their entire collection of desktop images for use with the iPhone (how cool does Nibbler look on my iPhone at right? Very cool). The problem is that it's kind of a pain to get them onto your iPhone.

    The method I came up with is the same process that's described on Gedblog:
    • Download the image to your desktop computer
    • Drop it into iPhoto
    • Sync your iPhone, making sure that it's going to synchronize pictures, including your new desktops
    • On the iPhone, go to Settings > Wallpaper. Select your library of images
    • Navigate to the image you're after and select "Set as wallpaper."
    It's not the most difficult procedure in the world, but it would be nice to grab the image from Safari on the phone itself.

    Update - Reader Michael writes, "...right click on the image in Safari and then select 'Add image to iPhoto library.'" Thanks, Michael!

    Now that you know how, why not check out the iPhone Wallpapers Flickr group?
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  • Prepaid iPhone in a Nutshell

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    After spending far too many hours trying to set up pre-paid iPhone directly with AT&T, I decided to take matters into my own hands this evening. Instead of trying to connect my newly provisioned AT&T account, I iSigned up using iTunes and entered 999-99-9999 as my social security number (as recommended by one of the more clueful AT&T people).

    Of course, this failed the credit check and I was offered the prepaid plan. I selected it, agreed to the terms, and pretty much 1-2-3, I was put into the activation queue. At this time, I'm getting the "Your activation requires additional time to complete"/"You will receive an email confirmation", but my iBrick has taken some major steps forward in its uselessness.

    Gallery: iPhone Prepaid Gallery

    It LIVES! Update and advice here

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