Wow! Apple was quick to respond to ATT’s pricing announcement earlier today! I’ve already got my refund coming 
. NICE!
If you ordered an iPhone 3G S right after the keynote, like I did, chances are it has already shipped. Many of the UPS tracking numbers said to expect delivery on June 17, a full two days before the expected release date of June 19. Don’t get your hopes up, though! Logging into UPS.com this morning shows the above pic. Looks like Apple is putting a hold on delivery of these phones until the 19th.
Thank the lord for the iPhone Dev Team! Tonight they uploaded a video demonstration of an iPhone 3G running unlocked and jailbroken (video after the break). I currently run an unlocked and jailbroken iPhone 3G and I’m very much looking forward to the newest release with OS 3.0 compatibility. I’ll be getting an iPhone 3G S this weekend, and I’ll be giving the unlocked iPhone 3G to my brother for use with T-Mobile. Be sure to check back later this weekend for pics (and perhaps video) about the process and how it all works!
NICE! I should receive my 32GB white iPhone 3G S by this upcoming Friday. I’l actually be on vacation until Sunday, so I won’t get to open it until then. Looking forward to it – watch this blog for first impressions!
After some reflection on the WWDC keynote, I couldn’t be happier about the release of Mac OS X 10.6, Snow Leopard. From the early impressions of the pre-release they gave out at the show, it appears that everyone is seeing very nice performance increases across the board. Upgrading to Snow Leopard will be a fresh of breath air to all macs (Intel only). And to make matters even better, they priced this so low that there really should be no excuse for any Leopard owner to not upgrade!
However, one thing that really bums me out is the lack of any mention of Hybrid SLI. Hybrid SLI is an nVidia technology that allows the discrete graphics card on the motherboard to pair up with the integrated graphics chip at the same time, giving a big boost over using just one or the other. With the new Macbook Pro lineup announced by Apple, half of their Pro laptops have two graphics chips in them at the same time (the integrated 9400M as well as the 9600M GT). The integrated chip is designed for those who care more about battery life than performance, and the 9600M GT is for gaming. Not only do you have to log out of the system to switch between these two chips (at least you did in Leopard – no word about Snow Leopard yet), but you also lack the ability to run them together in Hybrid SLI mode. Windows users can do this! Why can’t we? The performance gains are quite significant and the hardware is there to do it! If Apple snuck this in, then I have no idea why they didn’t mention it at the Keynote… Bummer… Hopefully they can add it in 10.6.1….
Yesterday, Apple announced the iPhone 3GS. It looks exactly the same as the iPhone 3G, but the guts have been overhauled to make it twice as fast in nearly all respects. Interestingly, Apple is keeping the original iPhone 3G around at the $99 price. Pundits are saying that this is a huge move by Apple to attack the low end of the market. Is it really? If you check Apple’s website, you need to dig around to find the product page for the original iPhone 3G. It’s not very prominently featured. I believe they are just selling this until they run out inventory or until a couple manufacturing contracts expire. Once the inventory dries up, perhaps after the holiday season, I’m guessing the only option will be an iPhone 3G S until WWDC 2010. Apple doesn’t want to play in the $99 space any longer than they need to. What do you think? Am I right or wrong? Leave a comment!
Today’s the big day! Palm unleashed the Pre upon the world. Read on to find impressions of launch day and the device!
