After hours of wait for the Apple iPhone 3G, Airtel and Vodafone have decided to release the phone on August 22, a day before my birthday by the way. But what about the 3G part? Most applications on the iPhone work only if there is 3G available. In India, we need more visionary people.

Most probably, Vodafone will have an upper hand due to its global tie-up with Apple. As to the prices, people are still playing the guessing game. On the pre-registering days of the iPhone with Vodafone, it was slated to be of $199 and $299.

But why the hype? Simple, its touch sensitive screen is the best of there is in the cellphone world. Its sleek looks and lots of other features contribute to this.

Now where’s my birthday present?

iResQ, a recent startup offers to buy your iPhone whether its broken or in a working condition. Why? Simple, the usable parts of your iPhone will be refurbished and used again while the others will be recycled properly. iResQ already specialises in repairing and maintaining of Apple products.

Just use this form to complete your request and mention the complaint and other details. iResQ will then contact you about your request and quote a reasonable price.

“This buyback program serves a twofold purpose,” says Brian Buffington, iResQ’s general manager. “We get to relieve consumers of their unwanted iPhones and prevent hazardous waste from entering landfills by recycling rechargeable batteries.”

That certainly sums it up. Save the world from the nasty hazardous waste. In a way, you help the environment whether you like it or not.

iResQ

Netshare from Nullriver is is a boon for many who are mobile whether they want to or not. If you people have already downloaded Netshare for $10 from the Apple Stores and are frustrated that you couldn’t figure out what the app was all about, well then seriously you need this tutorial.

Please note that this tutorial will not work on Mozilla Firefox 3. For better results, better use safari (obviously Apple friendly). Head over here for the tutorial.

Download Netshare

UPDATE: It seems some users cant see the download page for this app on the Apple Store. I do not know whats the problem, but will come out with a solution soon.

Well you can’t expect people of the Windows community to sit and stare like asses at Mac people. No wars, just plain stories. So here we are, will the real WinPwn please stand up?

The new WinPwn 2.0 supports both the firwares 1.1.4 and 2.0, so that your iPhone 3G can be jailbroken to handle third party applications. As always, the risk of destroying your iPhone lies in your hands. But what can I say? Curiosity always takes the better of everybody.

2.0 How to:

- 1) First create a custom IPSW using the IPSW Builder.

- 2) Click “Ipwner” and browse for the custom IPSW that you just created. This will pwn itunes and allow you to flash
Custom IPSW files via DFU mode

- 3) Once you have pwned Itunes, put your phone into DFU mode. If you don’t know how to do this click Here.

- 4) Once you are in DFU mode Itunes will pop up and then you can hold shift and click restore and browse to your custom IPSW file.

Check out the official (or not) site here.

UPDATE: Server down at Winpwn. Click here for download.

AT&T will roll out the new iPhone in the US market on July 11, 8 AM.

The company confirmed the price of the phone may vary from $199(8 GB)  to $299(16 GB).

So, the wait is now over. GO GRAB IT !

Nokia on Tuesday announced it is going to buy the rest of Symbian (a company which develops operating system for mobiles).

Nokia currently owns 48% share of the company, and will pay $410 million for the rest.

This deal does not come as a surprise if we look at these figures:
Nokia paid $250 million in licensing fee to Symbian last year, so it makes business sense to acquire the whole of it in $410 million.

But it is not the sole reason for takeover. Nokia was more worried that Symbian’s structure will erode its competitive position.
Currently Symbian is being challenged by number of new contender like Google’s Android platform.

To compete with Google’s Android, Symbian will also become an open source based platform.

Nokia expects the acquisition to be completed during the fourth quarter of 2008.

Apple announced this month that it will launch the new 3G iPhone this month with $199 tag. But how can it afford such a killing price?There are two reasons why Apple can charge so less for the new iphone:

1. The handset service providers will subsidize the handsets by paying $300 per unit to Apple.
2. The second reason is the low cost of the materials going into handset.
   The most expensive component in the 3G iphone is the 8GB flash memory storage costing $22.8 . The nest one is the touch screen for 20$. The chips and other components add upto 164$. Apple is paying 9$ for the assembly of the device.
   This brings down the total cost to 173$.

But these initial estimates does not include the cost of software, shipping, distribution, packaging and the cost of accessories.