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PCWorld has performed some real-life battery testing on the Apple iPhone 3G and found that while its battery is worse than the original iPhone, it still beats many of its competitors. In their tests, they found that the talk time ran for an average of 5 hours and 38 minutes as compared to 10 hours in their tests for the original iPhone. 5 hours and 38 minutes was enough to best the other ...

Some forum members had reported that they felt the 5A347 firmware update would actually improve the "yellow" tint of the iPhone 3G screen. The 'yellow tint' actually just reflects Apple's choice to use a warmer look to the screen. According to comments by Apple, it was intended to make the display feel more natural. A software...

Blendtec posts their latest video in the "Will it Blend?" series. Yep, it looks like Tom Dickson stood in line for an iPhone 3G... to turn around and immediately blend it (YouTube). ...

Several people have described a problem with App Store applications after restoring from a backup. When your applications are launched on your new iPhone 3G, they will only show the start screen and then immediate quit. The issue may lie in the Digital Rights Management embedded in each of the applications. In order to restore functionality, you simply need to delete the applications from...

For those of you still interested in untethering your iPhone from its designated carrier, Gizmodo reports that the iPhone Dev Team has already managed to both jailbreak and unlock the latest iPhone 2.0 release. The team plans on releasing their Pwnage tool so that everyone can unlock and jailbreak their...

Apple has posted an iPhone Enterprise support page to assist corporate customers looking to take advantage of the new capabilities of the iPhone 2.0 software. The page includes a link to a detailed Enterprise Deployment Guide (PDF) providing setup assistance for these enterprise users. Apple has also released a configuration utility to assist system administrators with creating configuration...

The U.K.'s O2 has updated their site with information about the iPhone 3G launch. As previously reported, they admit that there will be very limited stock of iPhones at their O2 and Carphone Warehouse locations. - O2 and Carphone Warehouse (CPW) stores will have limited numbers of iPhone 3G this Friday 11 July. - On average, we will only have a few dozen iPhone 3Gs per store (some stores...

Stuff.tv provides a nice video review of the iPhone 3G. The video compares it to the original iPhone and covers the basic new features. ...

Retail employees have received instructions on how to activate iPhones, and are given special instructions to let the customer bond immediately with their...

cWeems has posted some photos of the new iPhone 3G dock. The new dock is sculpted to fit the new iPhone 3G and no longer comes bundled with the phone. The iPhone 3G and dock accessory will be available starting Friday, July...

David Pogue of the New York Times has posted his iPhone 3G video as a followup to his original iPhone: The Musical from last year. Not quite as entertaining as the original iPhone musical, but worth a watch. Submitted by kjs862...

For those waiting to upgrade to the iPhone 3G on Friday, here's a good time for you to test the EDGE download speed of your original iPhone to so you can compare it to your new 3G iPhone. TestMyiPhone.com provides a download speed test specially formatted for...

BoyGeniusReport has posted a video of the iPhone 3G being unboxed with comparisons to the original iPhone. Submitted by Eddieowns...

Apple's flagship Fifth Avenue retail store in Manhattan, normally open 24 hours a day, will be closed from midnight until 8:00 a.m. on July 11th in order to prepare for the iPhone 3G launch. To get ready for the iPhone 3G launch, we will be closing at midnight on July 10 and will re-open at 8 a.m. on July 11.The store has closed only a handful of times since its opening in May 2006, with the most...

Bloomberg quotes Ron Johnson, Apple's retail chief, about his expectations for the iPhone 3G launch on July 11th. Johnson believes that it will take 10-15 minutes to set up a customer with iPhone 3G service, and plans to handle about 100 customers an hour. Apple stores will handle about 30 customers at a time, Johnson said. While the company will make sure the activation process is quick, he ...

Macenstein republishes an email written from Stephen Shurrock, O2's Sales Director, apologizing to a customer about the poor experience with O2's iPhone launch. He explains the massive traffic that the site received: We run one of the busiest and most robust web stores in the UK. I appreciate that it is little comfort to you given your...

Numerous readers have reported that Apple's iPhone 3G commercial has begun appearing on a wide variety of U.S. television stations. The commercial, entitled Hallway, debuted during Steve Jobs' keynote speech at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference on June 9th and was posted to Apple's site soon after. However, the commercial has remained conspicuously absent from television broadcasts until...

Developer Thomas Joos has ported Flash Lite to the iPhone as a stand-alone application, according to iPhone Atlas. The port does not represent a Flash plug-in for Mobile Safari, but rather as a method for mobile application development. For more information on Flash Lite, see Adobe's website. Adobe has previously stated that they have a version of Flash in development for the...