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Wireless Carrier China Unicom Apparently Leading Race to Bring iPhone to China

In the ongoing (and sometimes epic) struggle to bring the iPhone to China, wireless carrier is purportedly closest to reach a deal but still faces an attack from dominant carrier China Mobile. According to AppleInsider, analyst Shaw Wu of Kaufman Bros. claims to have sources aware of Apple’s leanings and gives China Unicom the nod […]

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iPhone News

Apple Store Locations to Begin Replacing Broken Displays

As mixed as Apple can be, sometimes its service offerings move in the right direction. Last month, Apple announced that its AppleCare Protection Plan for iPhone would extend technical support to two years from the iPhone’s date of purchase as well as extend hardware coverage to two years as well. According to The Unofficial Apple […]

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iPhone 3GS

Apple Cites Possible iPhone 3GS Discoloration as Possibly Case-Related, Other Issues Emerging with Handset

With random horror stories about the iPhone 3GS’s heat factor and potential discoloration circulating across the Internet, the frenchiphone.com web site dug up something interesting. Per a call placed to an an Apple level 3 support technician (who’s an engineer), the discoloration could be due to the iPhone getting warm and then coming into contact […]

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Mac Software

Hulu Desktop 0.9.6 Released for Mac OS X

Over the weekend, Hulu released Hulu Desktop 0.9.6, a lean application for Mac OS X allowing users to navigate Hulu’s library via the Apple remote control. For users without remotes, the application is keyboard and mouse-enabled. The application, a 2.2 megabyte download, is currently available as a public beta and requires an Intel-based Mac running […]

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iPhone News

Security Hole Found in iPhone SMS Code

Over at the SyScan conference in Singapore, security researcher Charlie Miller cited his discovery of a new significant exploit in the iPhone’s SMS system. The flaw may “allow an attacker to remotely install and run unsigned software code with root access to the phone.” “The SMS vulnerability allows an attacker to run software code on […]