Filed under: Handsets, T-Mobile, Apple, OS X

There’s still plenty of emerging details and news on the iPhone 3G kicking around, but here’s what you need to know from the minor bits floating around over the past few days:

• Jobs also told NYT that Apple’s acquisition of PA Semi was, in fact, intended to reduce Apple’s reliance on third-party chip makers. Specifically, he said, “PA Semi is going to do system-on-chips for iPhones and iPods.” So, guess that’s that.
• Per the feature showing up missing on a number of Apple’s international iPhone 3G product pages, iLounge compiled a list of carriers which may or might not planning on implementing visual voicemail. Vodafone in Europe, for example, will not have it at launch, and will delay its rollout until later this year.
• A video of a new iPhone beta build running on live hardware shows videos now in portrait or landscape modes, and includes video playlists. We’ll take it.
• Even though DT’s iPhone page reads differently, German paper Welt has it that that T-Mobile Germany will be selling it for €1 — so basically free, not unlike O2’s iPhone 3G launch in the UK.

[Thanks to everyone who sent these in]

Read - Jobs mentions PA Semi plans
Read - Visual voicemail support varies from carrier to carrier
Read - Beta build with portrait-mode video
Read - DT releasing it for €1 (see also their iPhone page)

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iPhone Atlas is reporting that “AT&T won’t be offering tethering abilities for the iPhone 3G,” as in, you’d have to purchase a separate device altogether to use as a 3G modem via Bluetooth or USB. I’ve no doubt that some enterprising individuals will figure out a way around this, but the point is […]

iPhone Atlas is reporting that “AT&T will not be offering tethering abilities for the iPhone 3G,” as in, you’d have to purchase a separate device altogether to use as a 3G modem via Bluetooth or USB. I’ve no doubt that some enterprising individuals will figure out a way around this, but the point is that AT&T should at least offer the option, even if the company would charge users an ungodly monthly fee for the privilege. iPhone Atlas spoke with AT&T spokesperson Mark Siegel, who said that…

AT&T won’t be supporting a PAM plan for the iPhone 3G. The only available data plan for the iPhone will be the new $30 consumer unlimited data and visual voice mail plan and the $45 business data plan. The latter is charged when a person makes an enterprise type connection to Exchange or a Blackberry server for email or messaging.

It’ll be interesting to see if Apple allows a tethering application into the new App Store. Now THAT would be a nice little gesture to consumers.

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Flickr’d What number Xbox 360 are you on? I’m on number two—thanks red ring of death!—but apparently Microsoft thinks I’m cool with that. In an interview, the head of Microsoft’s entertainment division said Microsoft’s data shows people still show a brand loyalty to the Xbox 360 despite being on their second or third console. It speaks […]

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What number Xbox 360 are you on? I’m on number two—thanks red ring of death!—but apparently Microsoft thinks I’m cool with that.

In an interview, the head of Microsoft’s entertainment division stated Microsoft’s data shows people still show a brand loyalty to the Xbox 360 despite being on their second or third console.

It talks to the fact that they love their games and Xbox Live. Does it frustrate them? Yes. On the other hand, they know we’re taking care of them. People have a certain amount of respect for that

It’s hardly respect, chief, when you do your duty; it’s what’s expected of you.

If it had happened on a product that had less baseline customer satisfaction, it would have had a bigger impact. We really haven’t seen that.

O! I wonder, how many of you will be foolish enough to purchase a launch day Microsoft console ever again? Hopefully by then I’d have fully fatigued of gaming, but you’d have to be silly to subject yourself to that type of gamble.

via Next Generation

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This is a find out how featurette about working with background audio with your Mac with Apple’s iLife iMovie. Please leave comments and rate this video. My website is at http://www.myspace.com/coheedkenny

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