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Mobile carrier for Australia, Optus, has announced iPhone 3G pricing and plans. Optus is offering both pre-paid and post-paid plans.

The Following is in Australian currency
Pre-paid iPhone Pricing:

• 8GB iPhone 3G (Black)= $729
• 16GB iPhone 3G (Black or White)= $849

Pre-Paid Plan Pricing:

• $30 Turbo Cap - $30 MyCredit + $110 MyBonus + $30 MyTime Money
• $40 Turbo Cap - $40 MyCredit + $180 MyBonus + $40 MyTime Money plus 50MB MyData
• $50 Turbo Cap - $50 MyCredit + $270 MyBonus + $50 MyTime Money pus 500MB MyData
• $70 Turbo Cap - $70 MyCredit + $510 MyBonus + $70 MyTime Money plus 700MB MyData
• $100 Turbo Cap - $100 MyCredit + $800 MyBonus + $100 MyTime money plus 1GB MyData

Turbo Cap Plan Rates:

• Nation Voice Calls - 78¢ (cents) per minute
• Flagfall (Per Call) - 35¢ (cents)
• iZoo Browsing - Weekdays - 2.2¢ (cents) per KB Weekends - 1.1¢ (cents) per KB
• Voicemail Retrieval - 20¢ (cents) per 30 seconds
• Voicemail Deposits - Free

Post-Paid Plans:

• $19 Cap Plan - 100MB Mobile Internet Data - $50 of calls, Text and more - $19 minimum monthly spend
• $49 Cap Plan - 250MB Mobile Internet Data - $300 of calls, text and more - $49 min. monthly spend
• $59 Cap Plan - 500MB Mobile internet Data - $350 of calls, text and more - $59 min. monthly spend
• $79 Cap Plan - 700MB Mobile Internet Data - $550 of calls, text and more - $79 min. monthly spend
• $89 Cap Plan - 850MB Mobile Internet Data - $600 of calls, text and more - $89 min. monthly spend
• $149 Cap Plan - 1GB Mobile Internet Data - $1,200 of calls, text and more - $149 min. monthly spend
• $179 Cap Plan - 1GB Mobile Internet Data - $1,500 of calls, text and more - $179 min. monthly spend

Post-Paid Plan Rates:
Nation Call Rate (Per 30 Seconds):

• $19 Cap Plan - 49¢ (cents)
• $49 Cap Plan - 40¢
• $59 Cap Plan - 40¢
• $79 Cap Plan - 35¢
• $89 Cap Plan - 35¢
• $149 Cap Plan - 35¢
• $179 Cap Plan - 35¢

Flagfall (Per call): 35¢

Standard National Text (per message of 160 characters): 25¢

Pre-paid full details: optusiphone.com.au

Post-paid full details: optusiphone.com.au

If you’re looking for a way to make money and getting rid of your iPhone, well, look no further! Flipswap makes it easy for you to trade in your iPhone (or any other Cell Phone or iPod for that matter) for cash, You can get as much as $256.54 USD for a 16GB iPhone.

Perhaps you don’t want to trade in your iPhone for cash, maybe you want to donate it? Well, you can donate to ASPCA, American Red Cross, Sierra Club, or Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Maybe you don’t want cash or don’t want to donate, well how about an Amazon Gift Card? Flipswap gives you that option aswell.

Thanks Ecko!

- source: flipswap.com

Apple has put up an iPhone 3G guided tour video on their website. This video, like all of the others last year, explains all of the features the iPhone 3G will have.

You have 2 options on watching this video, You can either stream it from Apple’s website or you can download it and watch it on your computer. If you decide to stream it, you can choose from 3 size options, small, medium or large. If you decide to download it, you have 2 options, for your iPod (101MB) or in Large (308MB)

Watch the iPhone 3G Guided Tour: Apple.com

There has been a lot of news circulating lately about all the juicy features in the iPhone v2.0 firmware and we are all very excited. But let’s not get too excited just yet, as with every other time there is a firmware update released by Apple those of us with unlocked iPhones need to wait or risk losing use of our iPhone. This is a warning to all of you out there thinking of trying out iPhone 2.0 on launch date, you will lose all your apps for sure. You will also most likely have your iPhone deactivated and jailed.

iPhone-Hacks.com’s advice is to wait, but we know some of you won’t. Luckily the iPhone hacking community is strong and solutions are already in the works. Zibris of ZiPhone fame is already working on a downgrader, here is what he has to say:

Well, here I am still…
The picture above is not a fake.
It’s not even a major breakthru but it’s something.
I am glad to tell you anyhow that 2.0
firmware works pretty well on my iPod 32gb.
All features are enabled.
To install it from windows (or mac) you need
a special beta version of itunes.
Unless you want to loose installer
and all third party apps I strongly suggest you
NOT TO UPGRADE (both iPod both iPhone).
To downgrade the iPod you will need
to uninstall iTunes 7.7 and reinstall 7.5.
Then you will need to put the iPod in DFU mode
and do a full restore back to 1.1.4 (and use ZiPhone)
to have back Installer and all goodies.
With the iPhone it’s more complicated
because you will also need to
downgrade the baseband.
I already have a very preliminary version
of the new ZiPhone which will allow that.

As of today you will have 2 choices:

1. Believe in the community and don’t upgrade to 2.0
2. Say goodbye to Installer and freedom and upgrade.

AppleInsider has reported on a rumour that the official British carrier of the iPhone O2, will be unlocking 3G iPhones for a nominal charge of £15 after 1 year of service.

For some customers, though, the most important news may come a year later. Separate O2 staff are suggesting that the wireless carrier’s usual policy of offering an unlock code for Pay As You Go phones after 12 months will remain true for iPhone 3G.

No statement from the company can be found on this issue so far and the sources are also unnamed. This little nugget of information will remain marked as just another rumour for now.

People will no longer have to worry about their contact lists being booty called by strangers should they choose to sell their iPhone. Thanks to the upcoming iPhone 2.0’s new secure data removal tool you will be able to actually remove all that highly private personal data stored in the flash memory.

The new tool will not only erase the data, but then also proceed to write over the places in memory that were used ensuring that no one will be able to retrieve anything useful. The process will take approximately 1 hour for an 8GB iPhone and you will need to leave it charging during the process.

*Remember the current 1.1.4 data removal tool doesn’t do a very good job of deleting your data and leaves your data open to prying eyes should you sell it.

The title says it, and the following shows it:

• $60/month. 150 minutes + unlimited evenings/weekends, 400 MB Data, 75 SMS sent, unlimited incoming SMS
• $75/month. 300 minutes + unlimited evenings/weekends, 750 MB Data, 100 SMS sent, unlimited incoming SMS
• $100/month. 600 minutes + unlimited evenings/weekends, 1 GB Data, 200 SMS sent, unlimited incoming SMS
• $115/month. 800 minutes + unlimited evenings/weekends, 2 GB Data, 300 SMS sent, unlimited incoming SMS

Furthermore, add a value pack and receive the following:

• $15/month: Call Display, WhoCalled, Caller Ring Trax, 2,500 Sent Text Messages and 2,500 Call Forwarding Minutes
• $20/month: Call Display, WhoCalled, Caller Ring Trax,10,000 Sent Text Messages and Fido Evenings starting at 5:00 p.m. and 2,500 Call Forwarding Minutes.

Not bad considering their previous data plans were a joke.

Weighing at a whopping 1.2 gigabytes (GB), The iPhone Software Developer’s Kit (SDK) has been updated to Beta 8 (build 9M2199a)! Alongside the SDK, Apple has also seeded iTunes 7.7 beta to developers!

New Features in iTunes 7.7:

• MobileMe Support - “Use MobileMe to have push email, push calendars, push contacts, and bookmarks delivered over the air to your iPhone.”
• “Applications” in iTunes Sync with the option to sync “All” or “selected” applications.

Stay tuned for more details about the SDK and iTunes 7.7 beta!

Download the iPhone SDK: developer.apple.com

Adobe claims to have a working version of their Flash player for the iPhone development emulator. Remember this Flash player is only for the “iPhone Emulator” which means it’s running on a computer, they recognize more work will be required to ensure functionality on the iPhone device itself.

During Adobe’s Qtr End 5/30/08 Earnings Call which took place on June 16, 2008 5:00 pm ET. Shantanu Narayen Adobe’s President and Chief Executive Officer was quoted answering the question; “…just to follow-up was on the Apple iPhone 3G — any update on Flash support within that device?”

With respect to the iPhone, we are working on it. We have a version that’s working on the emulation. This is still on the computer and you know, we have to continue to move it from a test environment onto the device and continue to make it work. So we are pleased with the internal progress that we’ve made to date.

Engadget has posted a long Q and A post, which answers some of the questions you might have about the recently announced iPhone 3G.

And I quote from Engadget:

So, what’s with the new iPhone 3G?

Well, it’s pretty much the same iPhone as before — except now it’s down to $200, and has way faster 3G data, A-GPS (which is even better than regular GPS), as well as a flush headphone jack (which is great for anyone who doesn’t want to use Apple’s bundled headphones). Oh, and it’s also a little thinner around the edges, and a little thicker at the center. If you want to know what it was like to try out, check out our iPhone 3G hands-on.

How’d they get the price so low? The iPhone used to be crazy expensive.

Actually, depending on how you do the math it’s not actually cheaper. Now, in some countries the iPhone is free when you sign up for service, and in the US you’ll pay $200 for the 8GB model — half what it was a month ago — so you’re definitely paying less up front. But the data plans cost more now, so you might wind up spending more money over the long run.

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