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MobileMe: Supplemental 60-day extension eligibility and details  —  Learn about the 60-day extension to MobileMe subscriptions that Apple is providing to eligible members free of charge.  —  Note: This article will be updated when all 60-day extensions have been made available.

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Frederic Lardinois / ReadWriteWeb:   Who Needs a Beta? Apple Extends MobileMe Subscription Another 60 Days

Rich Miller / Data Center Knowledge:   MobileMe, Downtime, and Customer Loyalty

John Paczkowski / Digital Daily:   MobileMea Culpa, Redux

John C Abell / Epicenter:   Apple Grants Two More Free MobileMe Months

Joe / DygiScape:   APPLE EXTENDS MOBILEME SERVICE 2 MORE MONTHS (FOR FREE)

Dave Caolo / TUAW:   Apple offers MobileMe 60-day extension

Insanely Great Mac:   MobileMe subscribers get another 60 days

PC World:   Apple Offers MobileMe Users Another Free 60 Days

Jose Vilches / TechSpot:   Apple grants MobileMe users another free 60 days

Bill Ray / The Register:   Another 60 days' free MobileMe service, madam?

Mike Gunderloy / WebWorkerDaily:   Apple's Image May Be Cracking

Warner Crocker / GottaBeMobile:   MobileMe Users To Get Another 60-Day Extension

Steven Musil / One More Thing:   Apple extends MobileMe accounts—again

Arn / MacRumors:   Apple Provides 60 Day Extension to All MobileMe Subscribers

Rene Ritchie / The iPhone Blog:   MobileMe: Apple Gives ANOTHER 2 Months Free!

Nicholas Deleon / CrunchGear:   Because of problems, Apple gives two free months of MobileMe service

Jason D. O'Grady / The Apple Core:   MobileMe subscribers get a 60 day extension

Brian Heater / AppScout:   Apple Offer Free 60 Day Extensions to MobileMe Users

Jason Chen / Gizmodo:   Apple Gives MobileMe Customers 60 More Free Days

Scott McNulty / MacUser:   MobileMe: another day, another free service extension

MacDailyNews:   Apple grants additional 60-day MobileMe subscription extension

Adam C. Engst / TidBITS:   Comparing Apple's MobileMe Contrition with Google and Netflix

Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:   Apple To MobileMe Subscribers: We Really Goofed. …

Jacqui Cheng / Infinite Loop:   MobileMe users get (another) extension, 60 days this time

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Obviously because the content of my VOX blog is so damn good I get the main stream media trying to muscle in and grab my readership.  I don't blame them - anyone reading this is, quite frankly, super intelligent and um, probably has more money than sense (which is a lot of money as they have a lot of sense!)

If only I could afford to advertise on Gizmodo!

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Om Malik / GigaOM:

iPhone App Downloads Are Up.  What About Their Usage?  —  The iPhone App Store is red hot: in its first month, more than 60 million software programs were downloaded and generated about $1 million a day in sales.  That information comes from Steve Jobs in an interview with The Wall Street Journal.

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Jim Goldman / Tech Check with Jim Goldman:   Apple's New Killer Apps

MG Siegler / VentureBeat:   With 60 million downloads in one month, Jobs throws out the possibilty …

Andy Space / 9 to 5 Mac:   Are Apple iPhone apps ‘sticky’ enough?

AppleInsider:   Apple's App Store sees first month sales of $30 million

Electronista:   Jobs: 60m iPhone app downloads, $1m per day

Charlie Sorrel / Gadget Lab:   Apple Sells 60 Million IPhone Apps, Jobs Confirms Kill Switch

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iPhone 3G Hardware Unlock Uses Your Existing SIM Card...Kinda

Yeah, USB Fever just started taking pre-orders for this super thin iPhone hardware unlock tool that attaches to your SIM card, but be forewarned — it requires that you cut the corner off your SIM in order to work. And if something goes wrong, I doubt it's covered by any warranty. If you're up for the challenge, it will supposedly start shipping on August 20 for $35. [USB Fever via iPhone Atlas via IntoMobile]

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iPhone 3G Hardware Unlock Uses Your Existing SIM Card...Kinda

Yeah, USB Fever just started taking pre-orders for this super thin iPhone hardware unlock tool that attaches to your SIM card, but be forewarned — it requires that you cut the corner off your SIM in order to work. And if something goes wrong, I doubt it's covered by any warranty. If you're up for the challenge, it will supposedly start shipping on August 20 for $35. [USB Fever via iPhone Atlas via IntoMobile]

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iPhone 2.0.1 Update Now Available (Also Available For iPod Touch)

A reader just tipped us off to the iPhone 2.0.1 update being out RIGHT NOW. Just fire up your iTunes and click the old update button and you'll be able to grab it. We're updating now and will let you know what's different. Right now all we see is "Bug Fixes" listed under the changelog, but there's a security update info link in the update screen as well, so it might be that. [Thanks tipster!]

Update: It's an E. Honda-like 249MB, so this will take a few minutes to download.

Update 2: iPod Touch users can also update.

Update 3: The didn't wipe out our media (pics, vids, tunes) on the iPhone 3G. Awesome.

Update 4: Is it me, or does flipping pages on the home screen seem faster and smoother?

Update 5: Marcelo says iTunes sync and backup is faster. Anyone else agree?

Update 6: Confirmed that it doesn't work with Pwnage tool just yet.

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Installer 4 Beta For iPhone 2.0 Leaked

The folks at InstallerApps claim that they've come across a leaked early version of Installer.app 4, the version that works with the iPhone 2.0 software. The download link works, but the installation process requires SSH and command line work to install and is apparently still an early rough beta. So, install at your own risk if at all, but it does match the screenshots we've seen and looks to be working in the video. [InstallerApps]

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Foxconn Building 800,00 iPhones a Week (But Quality Control Might Not Be Great)

Citing a source "close to Apple with direct knowledge of the numbers," TechCrunch is reporting that the company who makes the iPhone 3G for Apple, Foxconn, is pumping them out a rate of 800,000 phones a week. At that rate, that's 40 million iPhones a year. Dandy, except that TechCrunch says "there may be some concerns with quality control."

So it might not be your imagination if your phone acts like it came across the ocean on the back of a diseased water rat. Worse, 40 million was the upper limit of Foxconn's demand estimate for the year, but they've been told to set it a lot higher, meaning they're going to be building them even faster. So, it's probably not going to get any better. Just remember to cross your fingers before you open the box. [TechCrunch]

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iPhone Apps We Love: NetShare - Share Your 3G/EDGE Connection With Your Computer

NetShare is one app we never thought would make it onto the official iPhone App Store. All it does is set up a SOCKS5 proxy for you to get your laptop/computer online through use of the 3G/EDGE connection. Does it work? Yes. Yes it does, much to our surprise. EDGE works just fine, although Mahoney says it's slow as balls. 3G impressions in a sec. Be careful of how much bandwidth you're using, since your provider probably makes a frowny face at you using their network to power your laptop, however "unlimited" your plan may be. [NetShare - Thanks Matthew and Ryan!]

Update: Having problems setting it up on my iPhone 3G. I follow the instructions and the phone seems to "connect", but that's about it. No connections shown in the NetShare app, and nothing goes through.

Update 2: Now we're getting the message that it's not available in the US store. Sucks.

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Tether your iPhone, wirelessly. Maybe.

by Nilay Patel, posted Jul 31st 2008 at 9:02PM

We're not sure how this one got past Apple's App Store censors, but the clever kids at Nullriver have released what appears to be the first tethering solution for the iPhone. The $10 NetShare app is just a SOCKS proxy that links an ad-hoc WiFi network to the iPhone's 3G or EDGE connection -- and if we could get it to work, we'd probably think it was a fine, if hacky, solution to a major limitation of Steve's baby. As it stands, though, the instructions are pretty sparse, and while we can get the app to recognize a connection, we're not able to actually load anything. We're not sure how long this one's going to last -- anyone else willing to give it a shot before it gets yanked?

[Thanks, Zoli; Warning, link opens iTunes]

Update: Aaaaand it's offline. Shocking.

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10 Things We Want to See in the iPhone 2.1 Update

The iPhone 2.0 software is pretty good. We like the App Store a lot; it adds a boatload of new functionality to the iPhone. But it's certainly not perfect. Having used it for a few weeks, we've discovered a number of little quirks that we really hope are addressed in the upcoming update. From bugs to missing features, here are ten things that would make the iPhone a much more attractive device.

1. Make it Less Crashy
The iPhone with 2.0 software feels a little… buggy. It'll randomly crash or slow down to the point of unusability until you restart every few days with normal use. That's not right; this is a cellphone. It shouldn't feel like an unstable computer.

2. Fix the Keyboard Lag
A good chunk of the time, typing on the iPhone keyboard is made even more difficult due to the lag involved. Typing quickly means the letters pop up four keystrokes after you hit them. Make the keyboard move as fast as the user can type.

3. Fix Safari Orientation Switch Lag
Sometimes, Safari takes its sweet, sweet time switching from portrait to landscape when you turn the phone. This should feel almost instantaneous, not something you have to wait for.

4. Make Backing Up Faster
For some, "backing up" whenever you plug in your iPhone can take upwards of 30 minutes. What is it doing, exactly? The iPhone sync should be near-instantaneous when you plug it in if you aren't moving large files back and forth on purpose.

5. Make it More Efficient
The 3G mode is a battery hog. You can turn off 3G completely, but if there was an option to only use 3G for certain programs, such as Safari and Maps, it would go a long way towards making this a phone you aren't afraid to unplug in the morning when you aren't planning on getting home until very late that night.

6. Video Recording
This could easily be implemented, as we've seen from apps available for jailbroken phones. What's the holdup?

7. Wi-Fi Syncing
We'd love to have our iPhone sync automatically when it hits our home Wi-Fi network, from app data to photos to music to contacts.

8. Leave App Icons in Place After an Update
When apps update, their icon gets picked up and moved to the very bottom of your last screen. Why? When you updated four apps at once it then makes you awkwardly move them all back to where they were. Just leave them in place.

9. Make Moving Icons from Page to Page Easier
Moving an icon from one page to another takes multiple tries and, unlike most things on the iPhone, feels awkward and user unfriendly. Make this less of a pain.

10. Copy & Paste
Duh.

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