PowerBookMedic’s iPhone disassembly guide for all those who might want to transfer their exsisting sim cards over to the iPhone. They waited 13 hours in a line for it?? Not worth it!

And: Will a simcard from an another network work?

Via TechEBlog

As written on OmniNerd by tomtolman…

“Since the iPhone announcement earlier this week, Apple has enjoyed a massive wave of free publicity from bloggers. Engadget’s live reporting alone had 10 million page views.

Turns out Apple is not happy about all the publicity. Someone has created a skin for Windows Mobile phones that looks very similar to the new iPhone user interface. Shortly after Paul O’Brian posted a link on an xda-developer forum to the interface, he got a cease and desist letter from Apple’s lawyers. The lawyers warn, “The icons and screenshot displayed on your website are copyrighted by Apple, and copyright law explicitly prohibits unauthorized display and distribution of copyrighted works. Apple therefore demands that you remove this screenshot from your website…”

Michelle Arrington of TechCrunch has accused Apple of going after the wrong person, “If Apple wants to go after the guy that made the Windows Mobile skin that looks like the iPhone, fine. But to bully bloggers who are simply reporting on this is another matter.” Arrington speaks from personal experience. In August Apple challenged him for embedding a YouTube video link to Mac OS X 10.5. In addition, Apple’s challenge raises a question if bloggers are permitted to post screenshots of the iPhone as thousands have done without concern from Apple’s lawyers. This news comes as Cisco is suing Apple for using the iPhone name which they claim to have trademarked in 2000.”

pr0xy k1ll3r (LiveandBeyond.com):

“I don’t think Apple is winning any goodwill by doing this. They do have the right to be protective about their product but not in this manner. Why not send a cease and desist letter to Google, as Google does link these blogs through it’s search engine?

Go after the creator of the Skin and ask him politely to remove it and not bully or harass bloggers who talk about or link it. Can these bloggers dissolve the product that is already uploaded on a server they have no control on?
Shame Apple.. Shame!”

Despite the fancy UI and all the buzz created around Apple’s iPhone here is the low down on why it sucks…

‘Z’ had posted about the iPhone earlier. It was quite a short post, maybe it doen’t deserve a big post so I have tried to keep this one to the minimum.

1. It will be a closed platform running software approved by Apple only. That means Apple will get a huge cut from selling the software through its iTunes store. It may even charge a dollar per ring tone.
2. It does not have 3G, but will have EGDE (2.5 G). EDGE is so 2006. 3G is faster but eats up the battery life, and apple may not have a good battery in place to support 3G.
3. You cannot have an extra battery for iPhone. It is sealed. wtf? You can’t carry an extra battery?! Or do you have to send it back to Apple to change it so that they can charge you more money for it. What about when the phone hangs up, as most smart phones do? The best solution is to remove the battery and restart again as none of the buttons or touch screen buttons work. Let me see how they get around this problem…
4. The Price: $499 (4GB) or $599(8GB) with a two year contract, by the time the contract is over your iPhone will probably be scratched all over like the Nano or be made obsolete by better phone on the market. Think at the pace at which the gadget market is going. 4Gb in 2008 - 2009 ? CRAP!!!
5. Other reasons are poor battery life, no expansion slot, what is the RAM, Processor speed and other technical details?

uhm.. Let me see how Steve Jobs thinks he can capture 1% of the mobile phone market with this high priced phone that only high-end users can afford. Who knows, maybe he can but only by riding on the current popularity of the iPod…

This is the iPhone from Apple. Ridiculously overpriced, too flimsy (I’ve tried one) and they don’t even have 3G. Thought I’d change the background image on the phone though as they’re all the same everywhere else on the Internet

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