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No-Contract iPhone Found in AT&T Press Release
If you want a 3G iPhone without an AT&T contract, you can get one. Eventually. For $599 for the 8 GB version or $699 for the 16 GB version. That’s a 200 percent markup over the $199 price tag for the 8 GB version with a contract. AT&T isn’t providing details yet on when this hoped-for option will be offered (will it look like the SIM card plan?), or if the iPhone is unlocked, but a spokesman said all will be revealed before the July 11 launch.
Psst, Buddy! Need a Mobile Browser?
More smartphones means more mobile browsers, and Web Worker Daily has a rundown on several, including the latest effort from Mozilla, the guys behind the wildly popular Firefox browser. So check it out, and see if Opera Mini or Apple’s Safari browser is for you. It’s like its 1995 all over again.
The Zombies Are After Our iPhones
If you’re a security company like Radware, it’s your job to find and create patches for vulnerabilities, but it’s also your job to poke and prod in the hopes of finding some newsworthy exploit to get your firm’s name in the paper. Radware struck media gold with its findings of a vulnerability in the iPhone browser. According to Radware, the iPhone Safari browser version 1.1.4. is vulnerable to a denial-of-service attack after a user clicks through spam email or spam texts that could crash the browser or the phone.
Off Topic: Blockbuster Bids for Circuit City
So, Blockbuster’s genius CEO, Jim Keyes, wants to combine his struggling retail giant with Circuit City. WHY? It’s the kind of deal you can only justify if you’re coming off a major spring break bender. Otherwise, I don’t see how two blocks of lead can float. Why? First, Netflix and Amazon are, respectively, eating each company’s lunch. Second, a successful retail experience is now either big box (Wal-Mart) or deluxe (Apple).
What’s KIWI For an iPhone?
Incumbent Telecom New Zealand may soon start offering Apple’s iPhone in the country of New Zealand, reports Telegeography. While nothing has been set in stone, company officials are hinting at the iPhone coming to their network. TNZ recently finished building a new $241 million GSM/EDGE network on the 850 MHz frequencies. TNZ also has an EVDO network. Other international carriers that sell iPhone include o2 (UK), T-Mobile (Germany), and Orange (France), though people continue to buy and unlock the iPhone in large numbers.
Symbian Bullish On The Future
Apple’s iPhone might be leaping up the smart phone charts, but don’t tell that to the guys from Symbian, who saw 77.3 million Symbian OS phones shipped during 2007, up 50 percent from 51.7 million units in 2006. The number of handsets with Symbian OS stood at 141 at end of 2007. The company is feeling pretty bullish, mostly because of its expansion in hot Asian handset markets like China & Japan. Nokia and others are doing their part to add more interesting handsets to the mix, as we noted yesterday.
How to back up SMS messages on iPhone
Micromat has released a beta version of Syphone, a tiny application that you install on your Apple computer. It allows you to save, archive and view the SMS messages on your desktop machine. Don’t worry, it won’t muck around with your iPhone. I love it - now all my SMS messages have been saved. (via)