iPhone 3GS sellthrough

read a news strip earlier and it wrote:-

" Apple Sells Over One Million iPhone 3GS Models

iPhone 3.0 Software Downloads Reach Six Million

CUPERTINO, Calif., June 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Apple® today announced that it has sold over one million iPhone™ 3GS models through Sunday, June 21, the third day after its launch. In addition, six million customers have downloaded the new iPhone 3.0 software in the first five days since its release.

"Customers are voting and the iPhone is winning," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "With over 50,000 applications available from Apple's revolutionary App Store, iPhone momentum is stronger than ever."

The new iPhone 3GS is the fastest, most powerful iPhone yet, packed with incredible new features including improved speed and performance — up to twice as fast as iPhone 3G — with longer battery life, a high-quality 3 megapixel autofocus camera, easy to use video recording and hands free voice control. iPhone 3GS includes the new iPhone OS 3.0, the world's most advanced mobile operating system with over 100 new features such as Cut, Copy and Paste, MMS*, Spotlight™ Search, landscape keyboard and more. iPhone 3GS customers get access to more than 50,000 applications from Apple's revolutionary App Store, the largest application store in the world where customers have already downloaded over one billion apps. iPhone 3GS offers twice the capacity for the same price with a 16GB model for just $199 and a new 32GB model for just $299.** And iPhone 3G is available at the breakthrough price of just $99 for the 8GB model — a huge milestone for the high end smartphone market."



and this graph basically showed what actually took place in the course of 3 days after the launch of iPhone, iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS...shocking?! and it's still counting ...

Locked iPhone 3G?

do u wanna use it without any hypersim/turbosim?
do u wanna unlock ur iPhone 3G?
do u wanna utilize the latest iPhone OS 3.0?

u can now, by using ultrasn0w!

it's already out today, and whoever using a locked iPhone 3G is able to use ur phone now :)


Ultra's Now!


would like to upgrade mine too ... hehe

updates

1) the dev-team has released PwnageTool for Mac only (19th June 2009)

2) the dev-team has released redsn0w for Win / Mac (20th June 2009)


PwnageTool = a more advanced tool for advanced users to jailbreak iPod touch but NOT iPod touch 2g, iPhone 2G, iPhone 3G (fully unlocked) but NOT iPhone 3GS. u have to create a custom firmware to be able to use this tool to jailbreak after upgrading to 3.0.

redsn0w = easy-to-use, multi platform, multi device jailbreak tool designed for iPod touch, iPod touch 2g, iPhone 2G, iPhone 3G (fully unlocked) but NOT iPhone 3GS.

To use redsn0w simply upgrade the device in iTunes to firmware version 3.0 and run redsn0w to activate and jailbreak the device (and if you are using an original iPhone 2G, it will unlock it too!)

ultrasn0w

a couple more hours, apple will launch it's latest iPhone OS 3.0 to the public and then launch the iPhone 3GS on Friday. the dev-team guyz (who has been consistently releasing iPhone unlocks and also jailbreaks) will be releasing their version of the latest QuickPwn which supports apple itunes 8.2.

remember the software unlock i posted for iPhone 3g called yellowsn0w about 6mths ago? it has been limited to the use of iPhone OS 2.2.0 only, but now the dev team will release the latest version of yellowsn0w which they will call it ultrasn0w! this is a software unlock for iPhone 3G using the latest firmware iPhone OS 3.0. it's actually available for download after jailbreak but it's only usable Friday onwards. so no matter which modem firmware u use, which bootloader u use, it will still be unlocked ...

if u do not know what i'm talking about ... i'll explain it in table format

iPhone 2G
- all can be unlocked

iPhone 3G
- 2 versions (locked and unlocked)
- locked (US/UK/AUS or others)
- unlocked (HK/SG/AUS/JPN or others)

iPhone 3GS
- unknown

*locked means u can only use it with the carrier tat u buy from
*unlocked means u can use it with any other carriers around d world

turboSIM/hyperSIM
-a piece of hardware which piggybacks ur SIM card to unlock
-deemed not so stable (out of coverage from time to time)

yellowsn0w
-a software to unlock the phone
-only for iPhone 3G running iPhone OS 2.2.0

quickpwn
-a software to jailbreak the phone

jailbreak
-an iphone which is enabled to run 3rd party software not from appstore

ultrasn0w
-the latest version of yellowsn0w
-only for iPhone 3G running iPhone OS 3.0

mayb after this you might be able to understand more about locked and unlocked iPhones. do let me know if i hv any mistakes or if i'm wrong about it :)

until then, let's wait for the latest firmware and latest quickpwn so that we can hv fun upgrading, unlocking and jailbreaking!

iPhone 3GS - Pre-Order

there's been a lot going on after apple announced their new model of iPhone 3G...the S model ... which they mean Speedier model.

prior to the launch on the 19th of June, apple's partner AT&T together with apple stores have started off several activities to encounter wat might be a big rush for people over the new iphone.

- preordering the new iphone
- apple stores to open as early as 8am
- those who preordered can come at 7am

and guess what? the pre-order has been sold out already!

apple also shown that since the launch of iPhone, Mac users have doubled! up till now, apple has sold an approximate 40,000,000 units of iPhone around the world. which means 40MILLION units! staggering amount for a product which was launched back at 29th of June 2007.

D.O.B (in U.S)
- iPhone (29th June 2007)
- iPhone 3g (11th July 2008)
- iPhone 3gs (19th June 2009)

how in the world can apple do that with a product?? amazing ...

iphone 3g

been using it for a while already now, 2 weeks to b in exact ... remembered received it on the 10th of August 2008 fully packed with an O2 paper bag directly from uk ... it was really special when i received it. came together with a very nice n stylish black red belkin silicone protector ... really hv to thank her for goin thru all d troubles getting the iphone 3g back here to me ... thanks honglee :)

i shud hv posted this way back when i received it but was quite busy so didn't really had d chance to ... tonight seems to b quite early, n free so juz felt like posting something in this little blog :)

before this i was using ipod touch which i got last year but since the news of iphone 3g came out, i knew i wanted 1 so juz decided to sell my ipodtouch n get it. indeed now i'm using it already ... really delighted to say tat

mayb most of u might hv known or read it some place but there's juz something i would like to put down on this blog. some pros n cons i've realized after a while from using the iphone 3g.

let's start off with some bad news against d iphone 3g :-
- it doesn't forward sms
- it doesn't send/receive mms
- it doesn't record videos
- it doesn't record sound
- it doesn't send/receive bluetooth files
- the stock update is delayed for 20mins (is this needed then?)
- the speaker phone function isn't tat good (nokia has one of the best so far)
- the back cover will b covered with prints if there wasn't any protectors
- the camera is still 2.0mp without autofocus
- white version only available in 16gb
- the map function only works in countries with full roadmap (not in malaysia "yet")

here're some updates from the iphone 3g :-
- the back cover has been redesigned into a glossy surface with curves
- it's better to hold on the hands compared to the previous model
- the ringer controls to the left is now in silver
- the headphones jack has been relocated on top with a standard 3.5mm jack
- it's preloaded with firmware 2.0 which comes with App Store
- there's a whole load of applications ready to download and install from app store
- 3g data transfer is fast~!! (compared to the edge version last time)
- there's a-gps (assisted gps) function which utilizes google map and gps function together to find out where u are and how u're moving
- the screen will automatically turn off when u have the phone close to ur ear (light sensor to b exact)
- another function added which i kinda like would be the native chinese input methods(pinyin and handwriting recognition) which i consider to b one of the most accurate n user friendly with T9 included :)


conclusion
it's still something quite addictive and cool to use :) plus, it's an apple ...


i like ;)

btw, a colleague of mine bought a white 16gb unit from some forum for rm3300 ... hopefully he treasures it juz like me ... mine is ... priceless


here r some pics n shots from the day i got it ...