Just two days ahead of launch, Vodafone has revealed its iPhone 3GS pricing. The postpaid deals aren’t much cheaper than last time, but there are prepaid plans on offer as well, unlike Optus, which revealed its pricing earlier this week.
Planning to pick up one of those new-fangled iPhones over the weekend? You might want to activate one of the most helpful features you can have on the “Slide to Unlock” screen: an actual percentage indicator for your battery, rather than a somewhat relative cannister filled with green power. To enable it, head to Settings, General and then Usage to toggle “Battery Percentage” to On. For whatever reasons, this only works with the new hardware handsets, not on software upgrades of “older” iPhones, but it’s a handy little tweak. [Just Another iPhone Blog]
Optus’ iPhone pricing for the 3GS isn’t massively different — but the company is already backing away from its rort-tastic $9.99 tethering charge.
Expect a glut of media coverage as the iPhone 3GS goes on sale in the US this weekend — but in Australia, we have to wait until Friday June 26 for the third major model of Apple’s phone to appear. What do we know about what will happen when it does?
When the iPhone 3GS was announced, we noted that caution was advised before getting excited about the ability to use the iPhone as a tethered modem. That turns out to have been sage advice.
Major announcements from Google, Microsoft and Apple in the last few weeks have techies flipping out about the awesomeness coming to our browsers, pockets, and desktops in the very near future. Strap on your jetpacks; let’s take a look.
As ever, Apple’s latest iPhone upgrade is getting massive media attention, but in amongst the hype it can be hard to spot the key details for local buyers. Here’s what you need to know.
