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As you may know I have an iPhone and now I have the iPhone 2.0 software. It is all good. I have the MobileMe trial going and I am going to do some limited testing. If it is good, I may migrate from GMail back to that (it was .Mac and I was a member […]

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Rumor: AT&T to Subsidize New 3-G iPhones | Gadget Lab from Wired.com:
If our math is correct (and Apple keeps the same pricing scheme), that should bring the final price of the 3-G iPhone down to $200 and $300 for the expected 8- and 16-GB versions. Not bad if you can stomach a two-year commitment.
It will […]

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AT&T providing free Wi-Fi to iPhone users | iLounge News:
AT&T has begun offering free Wi-Fi to iPhone-using customers at some of its Wi-Fi hotspot locations, according to several reports. When a participating AT&T Wi-Fi network is accessed by an iPhone user, a specially-formatted page appears offering “Free AT&T Wi-Fi for iPhone.” iPhone users must enter […]

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Psystar Open Computer notes, benchmarks and video - Engadget:
Okay, so we’ve been playing with the Psystar Open Computer for a few hours now, and we’ve formed some early impressions and put together a short video of it in action. We haven’t really tried to stress the system yet, but based on our other experiences with […]

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My thanks to Matt Mitchell for pointing me in the direction of this;
Forget the Courts; Apple May Fight Mac Clones With Tech :
While Apple could likely tie Psystar up in litigation by filing patent or copyright lawsuits, the better choice may be technical — issuing OS X firmware updates.
“Apple issues regular updates to Leopard,” (Raj) […]

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Psystar Corporation - Reinventing The Wheel: Open Computing:
I’ve been looking at this Psystar story now for the last couple of days. For those of you that aren’t aware, on Monday, they announced the Open Computer (OC). A PC that’s been designed to run a hacked version of Mac OS X.
Suffice it to say, I think […]

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Great tip article by Ron Griffiths
Create iCal events from anywhere:
While I rely on iCal to help me track meetings and to dos, I’ve always found the actual process of adding new events and to dos much more complex than it need be.
Amen, brother. This technique will work in Leopard and Tiger, and if you haven’t […]

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From Griffin Technology: ClearBoost
ClearBoost
Antenna-boosting case for iPhone
We all wish we could carry around an external booster antenna for our cell phones. ClearBoost lets you do exactly that for your iPhone.
This clever case conceals a built-in booster antenna that captures more of the available wireless signal and sends it to the internal antenna of your iPhone. […]

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If you updated your iPhone to 1.1.3 yesterday, and you’ve been using Gmail’s POP service (in other words, you hit the "Gmail"  button instead of "Other" when you set it up) you now have IMAP.
Here it is:

If you configured Gmail access on your iPhone by tapping the large ‘Gmail’ icon in mail setup, please note […]

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No, I am not at Macworld. However, I did see Steve Jobs’ keynote and read some of the better punditry about it.

iPhone Update: In what is no doubt in anticipation of the iPhone SDK release in late February, the iPhone has been refreshed with the ability to move the icons on the home screen and […]

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