Hackers and jailbreakers take note, iPhone and iPhone 3G running OS 3.0…check. Jailbreakable? Check. Now, the newcomers. iPhone 3G S, not so fast. If you have picked up one of the latest omnipresent phones, your best bet is to not even try as the current Pwnage 3.0 tool won’t do a damn thing for you. However, if you’re running a non-iPhone 3G S, by all means go ahead and open her up! Oh one more thing, an unlocking solution for 3,0 is not available…yet. We’ll have to wait for ultrasn0w for that added bit of freedom.
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I’m sure most of you have seen at least a dozen commercials from the likes various cellular service providers all advertizing the hell out of their network. The claims often include such things as “We’re the fastest”, “We have the biggest network”, etc. With the iPhone 3G S launch today, the big focus was speed. Ignoring the upgraded processor and focusing on what really matters to mobile data users, the new support for higher network speeds has been heavily marketed in Apple and carrier networks’ (for this article and region: AT&T) commercials. The average joe (or jan) will see the 7.2Mbps plastered across their screen and think to themselves that they could be using a screaming wireless network. Oh dear digital newbie, don’t forget the ever important placement of decimal places and powers.
The iPhone 3G S’s claim to fame was the upgraded processor, graphics chip, and support for higher speed data networks. After the early reviews started trickling out, it was apparent that the noticable speed increases to the everyday human being were generalized as a “pleasant” bump. To some it was a dissappointment as they were hoping to be blown away in new found speed. That is not the case however. The original iPhone and iPhone 3G had processors clocked at roughly 400MHz. Though many believed it could be pushed up to 600MHz. Instead, the 3G S ups it to around 600MHz with the new ARM Cortex A8, however, if pushed will reach up to 833MHz. Why didn’t Apple bump it up a tad more? Obviously battery life and heat have to be taken into consideration. Besides the processor, the breakdown by Rapid Repair also revealed that if Apple would have so chosen, new 3G S users would have been able to record in 720p instead of the admirable yet somehow disheartening VGA resolution. Still, it leaves me wanting more from this little wonder device. Are you just a tad let down that Apple didn’t tap the full potential of the new iPhone’s innards? Does it seem like several chances to really make the new iPhone amazing were squandered?
Source: Engadget
Want to know what makes the iPhone 3G S purrr? Do you have a knack for tearing things apart to find what digital parts are lurking inside? If you happen to possess these characteristics as well as having a slight attraction to the iPhone 3G S, I’m sure knowing exactly what is inside Apple’s 3rd iteration of the Jesus phone was near the top of your list. Regarding those parts, Daily Tech has managed to get the juicy, much sought after information concerning the new iPhone’s processor. Wanna know what it is as well as some other details? Hop on in!
From the beginning, the App Store has been more or less undivided, a store that any iDevice (all 4 of them….excluding iPhone 3G S) could share. While a feature or two here or there wouldn’t work across all devices, you could at least share the app and get most if not all of the features. The iPhone 3G S looks as if it will bring an end to this global love. The issue has to do with the graphics processor differences between the iPhone 3G and 3G S. You see, the iPhone 3G uses the PowerVR MBX which supports Open GL 1.1. The iPhone 3G S utilizes a PowerVR SGX which ups the ante and supports both Open GL 1.1 and 2.0. Open GL 1.1 and 2.0 are not compatible in the slightest. Does this mean the long feared great divide is now coming to the App Store?
While the mood at WWDC after the sad and unfortunate news of AT&T dropping the ball twice in regards to iPhone OS 3.0 and the iPhone 3G S, what is surprising is the continuing public outcry over their crappy service. While you and I know how sucky they really are, the fact that more and more people of the not so techie crowd are getting in on this anti-AT&T rhetoric is pretty astounding. As the picture above shows, there are clearly some peeved people floating around the interwebs today/tonight with some brewing malice towards America’s death star and for good reason.
