iPhone Investigator

Rumors and gossip about the Apple iPhone and iPhone applications.

Swisscom, a telecom company in Switzerland, has released this statement - “Swisscom has signed a deal with Apple to bring the iPhone to Switzerland later this year. We will inform you personally as soon as we have more news.”
According to the company’s website, the iPhone will be available in silver, black, and white for [...]

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AT&T, Apple’s exclusive wireless carrier in the States, is listing a new model of iPhone on its website, the iPhone Black. The new and unannounced model shows when ordering a device online.
Photos have been circulating that the new 3G iPhone would have a black backing and this would fall right in line with [...]

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The latest beta release 5.0 firmware for the iPhone is showing that users will be able to disable 3G to help conserve their battery. The settings screen shows that users can switch 3G off to revert back to GPRS/EDGE connection.
[via MacRumors]
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On the heels of the announcement from Vodafone, which will carry the iPhone in 10 new countries, Reuters has reported that Apple has partnered with Latin America’s wireless carrier America Movil.
The Mexican-based carrier has over 150 million customers in Latin, Central, and South America, as well as some Caribbean islands. Both Apple and America [...]

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More photos have surfaced of what are possibly Apple’s new 3G iPhone . Are they real? We are a bit skeptical but are good food for thought.
[via Engadget Mobile]
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Remember last year when AT&T asked employees to schedule vacations around the iPhone launch? Well it seems the wireless carrier is asking the same this summer. The internal email asks employees that no vacation be taken from June 15 to July 12 to “ensure adequate store staffing and to give everyone an equal [...]

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der Standard, an Austrian daily newspaper, has posted an article indicating that T-Mobile will offer the 3G iPhone soon and Austria would be one of the first markets receiving the new handheld. The article also quoted T-Mobile spokesman Hendrik Kasteel as saying that the mobile provider would debut more flexible service plans when the [...]

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It seems Apple has opened its borders to international developers for its iPhone Developer Program, which allows developers to access beta builds of the iPhone software, test code, and generate a digital certificate for iPhone applications.
Apple is reportedly now allowing UK developers to join its prestigious program for GBP59 (US$116), while a U.S. membership is [...]

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It didn’t take long before other mobile users caught on to AT&T’s free WiFi and started using the HotSpot service. The wireless carrier has suspended its free HotSpot WiFi services to iPhone users, for the time being. AT&T has not commented on when and if the service will become available again.
[via iPhone Buzz]
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To be (real) or not to be. That is the question for now, at least.
Some new photos of what could be Apple’s next generation iPhone have surfaced.
Skinned in what appears to be a glossy black on both the front and back (with a ton of micro-scratches), could this be just another iPhone cover?
Take a [...]

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