The MacRumors crew had a helpful reader send in both unboxing photos of the Bluetooth headset from Apple, as well as a pithy review. The audio quality is reported as quite good, as is the fit. The reviewer says that the rival Jawbone headset is $10 cheaper and compares favorably.

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Bad electronics karma? Propensity for hardware failures? For $69, Apple has you covered with AppleCare for the iPhone. The iPhone comes with one year of hardware repair coverage, and up to two years of technical support, but beyond that, it’s AppleCare or bust. Note that AppleCare doesn’t cover clumsiness or pop […]

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In an effort to avoid hammering some very stressed servers, we’ll just link to the Wired article on the story, but the short of it is that an application–a real, non-web application–has been produced for the iPhone by a third-party. Yeah, it’s just Hello World!, but we’ll take what we can get. Let’s […]

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AppleInsider has a very exciting rumor about the iPhone roadmap including two lines by the holiday season in 2007. According to their sources, the so-called iPhone nano will have iPod and phone functionality and its own revolutionary user interface, but will lack web browsing, email, and other resource-intensive abilities. Though it’s not mentioned, […]

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PC World has interesting news on the iPhone development front: Apple will be taking their show on the road, offering mini-conferences for developers working on iPhone applications. The events will be taking place next month across the country, with Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, and New York being the sites. The workshops and […]

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John C. Welch at InformationWeek has quite a good review of the iPhone after two weeks of use. The detailed article covers just about all functionality offered by the iPhone, with a discussion of integration for business users covered as well (for those of you dependent upon Entourage, Exchange, etc.). The review ends […]

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Those sick and tired of iPhone fawning won’t get their much-coveted schadenfreude, despite early allegations that major network issues at Duke University were caused by the iPhone’s wifi. The original accusation was that iPhones on campus were periodically flooding the wireless network with MAC requests, taking down the wireless network. This quote in […]

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ZDNet blog Between the Lines has an interesting story on research notes from a financial analyst on how much AT&T is paying Apple for iPhone customers. The analyst believes that AT&T is paying Apple $3 per iPhone customer each month, and perhaps just as significantly, $8 per month for customers new to AT&T who […]

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If you’re looking for one of the first iPhone cases available, site sponsor BOOQ has this entrant:

SIERRA MADRE, CALIF. June 28, 2007 — BOOQ, a fast-growing, premium brand of performance-driven laptop carrying cases for creative professionals on the move, announces Anaconda 5, a rugged accessory case perfectly fitted for the iPhone.

Anaconda 5 is crafted […]

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Here’s the good word from prominent accessory company Griffin Technology:

Nashville, TN - July 2, 2007 - Griffin Technology today unveiled its PowerJolt® Car Charger for iPhoneTM, the company’s first accessory for Apple’s new revolutionary device. Recently updated specifically for iPhone, Griffin’s PowerJolt has long been a best selling car charger solution for iPod.

“We applaud Apple […]

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As the dust settles from the iPhone release, two big questions are still on many minds: can the iPhone be unlocked, and if so, how? There are still several known unknowns on this, and very likely some unknown unknowns, but here’s what’s known.

While not a true, full unlocking, Gizmodo has some unconfirmed (we must […]

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