Phone-stuff

Things I am discovering about mobile phones

Browsing Posts published on January 21, 2012

The NYT Profiles How the U.S. Lost Out on Manufacturing the iPhone . As much as we love to see ‘Designed in California‘ on our Apple products, the reality is not much is actually manufactured in the U.S. Apple has outsourced its production of products overseas to more efficient and lower cost alternatives that can [...]

Deal: U.S. Cellular Offering $100 Off All Smartphones Now Through February 14th Yesterday, U.S. Cellular announced that they have discounted $100 off all of their smartphones. Now would be a great time to pick up a new Android device if you are within their coverage area. You can grab good deals such as the Motorola [...]

Rogers iPhone 4S Now $59 on Contract After $100 Activation Credit Promo . Rogers has issued a new promo to offer new iPhone customers a $100 activation credit. The iPhone 4S 16GB model is $159 on a three year term, and after this promo it works out to $59–which is a pretty decent deal. It [...]

Absinthe v0.2 Mac Update Fixes No Reboot After Activating VPN and White Icons . Absinthe v0.2 has been released by the the iOS ‘Dream Team’. This is the third update to the original Absinthe that will jailbreak your iPhone 4S and iPad 2. This new update addresses the following, as noted by @planetbeing: v0.2: Tries [...]

Absinthe Windows Jailbreak for iPhone 4S Download Now Available . The Windows version of Absinthe has been officially released, as announced by Chronic Dev Team member @pimskeks. This will allow you to jailbreak your iPhone 4S and iPad 2 on iOS 5.0.1. Yesterday, the iPhone Dev Team updated the command-line interface (CLI) version of Absinthe [...]