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Sep 29, 2007 - 08:28 AM |
 
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Does anybody know where I can get one in Shanghai? Anybody selling it?  |
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ThomasCaron
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Joined: Dec 11, 2006
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Location: Shanghai
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Sep 29, 2007 - 09:45 AM |
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The New York Times
September 28, 2007
Apple’s Latest Product, the iBrick
By Saul Hansell
Around the country iPhone owners continue to confront the effects of the software update Apple introduced yesterday. The lucky ones see a new icon for a wireless iTunes Music Store and a host of tweaks to the user interface. The unlucky ones own a shiny black piece of glass.
Many iPhone owners who unlocked their phones so they could use them with a wireless carrier other than AT&T, as well as those who simply installed application programs that were not authorized by Apple, have found their phones unusable. (One maker of iPhone unlocking software, iPhone SimFree, says that the upgrade doesn’t fully disable iPhones that have used its product. But they can no longer be used on networks other than that of AT&T.)
Engadget summarizes the state of things so far for iPhone owners. Simply put there is a choice: Do things Apple’s way, not installing rogue software, and upgrading to get the latest features. Or, don’t upgrade your phone and use whatever hacks have been created so far. The iPhone hackers are trying diligently to create programs to unlock the upgraded phones and install new software, but they have yet to report any success. |
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Veejay
Joined: July 02, 2006
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Sep 29, 2007 - 10:21 AM |
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I can get the 8G for you if you want.
5,000RMB
(although I wouldn't recommend doing the firmware upgrade to 1.1 as then you won't be able to use it!)
My Mac supplier is bringing one to the office today for me to look at. |
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ash96
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Sep 29, 2007 - 11:55 AM |
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Veejay
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Sep 29, 2007 - 03:21 PM |
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ThomasCaron
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Veejay
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Sep 30, 2007 - 10:33 AM |
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ThomasCaron
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Sep 30, 2007 - 09:07 PM |
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Nonsense. Of course you can shop iTunes in Shanghai. Just bought Björk's new video, in fact. And it's disingenuous to suggest that the iPhone update is merely an iTunes enhancement. It adds a number of improvements and fixes several bugs. Is someone so desperate for a status symbol that they'll settle for a phone that's already out of date? Jeez-Louise, wait a few months for the Asian roll-out and buy it legit.
Salespeople. They're the same all over the world. |
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yu888
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Sep 30, 2007 - 09:40 PM |
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^ you obviously don't know people as well as you imply if you believe that there are not deperate people out there willing to risk the crack and get the phone prior to the official launch. |
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Veejay
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Sep 30, 2007 - 09:47 PM |
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The 1.1.1 update details are detailed on the iPhone Wiki.
http://iphone.fiveforty.net/wiki/index.php/IPhone_Software_version_1.1 .1#Undocumented_Features_.26_Changes
Its most notable features are outlined here:
* iTunes Wi-Fi music store
* Louder speakerphone and receiver volume
* Home button double-click shortcut to phone favorites or music controls
* Space bar double-tap shortcut to intelligently insert period and space
* Mail attachments are viewable in portrait and landscape
* Stocks and cities in Stocks and Weather can be re-ordered
* Apple Bluetooth Headset battery status in the Status Bar
* Support for TV Out
* Preference to turn off EDGE/GPRS when roaming internationally
* New passcode lock time intervals
* Adjustable alert volume
Not many features that I would deem must have.
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I had a play around with it just now.
Not something I'd buy for myself, but seems ok. |
Not really a hard sales pitch that one.
And, no you *can't* shop iTunes in China. You have to have a foreign address and credit card to use iTunes here, there is no iTunes China access yet.
Idiot's. They're the same all over the world. |
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ThomasCaron
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Sep 30, 2007 - 10:19 PM |
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My apologies. I thought this was a web site tailored for people who are likely to HAVE foreign credit cards.
[quote: Idiot's. They're the same all over the world.]
But I do know the difference between possessive and plural. |
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Veejay
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Sep 30, 2007 - 11:14 PM |
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You may want to read this:
http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/index.php/Grammar_Nazi
You'll also find that iTunes is unavailable in *most* countries.
I have a credit card, and a foreign address, but that doesn't mean iTunes is available in my country (or this one).
From the Apple site:
In order to create an iTunes account, you need;
A gift card from a country with an iTunes store and a mailing address in that same country
or a credit card from a country with an iTunes store and a billing address in that same country.
Mind you, I find iTunes to be a bloated piece of crap, so its not a big loss for me.
(Winamp, Amarok or MacAmp suit my needs fine).
If we return to the original question, yes, the phones are available here, and they are pre-hacked at the store, so don't do the firmware update and you'll be fine.
It looks like they're progressing on the firmware update changes now anyway - bricked phones can be unbricked, so there is progress.
I'm sticking with my e61i - no bells and whistles, but it does have a decent keyboard, and it does everything I ask of it, including GPS with Route 66 and a Bluetooth GPS device. |
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p1atl10
Shanghai Royalty
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Oct 01, 2007 - 07:45 AM |
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CS is correct:
- US Credit Card
- US Mailing address.
Use it here all the time...slow as heck though! |
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hc
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Oct 01, 2007 - 01:47 PM |
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Veejay
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Oct 01, 2007 - 05:58 PM |
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cantcheckemailnopw
SuperStar
Joined: Dec 27, 2006
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Oct 01, 2007 - 06:20 PM |
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I think you just lost a potential customer.
Or make it two (Thomas and myself).
Calling people Nazi on a forum is not the most brilliant marketing technique. I'd suppose. |
yeah right. until his post you were planning on buying a iphone from him? |
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hc
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Oct 01, 2007 - 06:37 PM |
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cantcheckemailnopw
SuperStar
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Oct 01, 2007 - 06:42 PM |
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wow. he just lost out on 100RMB and 8 hours of dealing with an *******. |
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hc
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Oct 01, 2007 - 06:57 PM |
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cantcheckemailnopw
SuperStar
Joined: Dec 27, 2006
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Oct 01, 2007 - 07:02 PM |
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you need a specialist to change a battery? |
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hc
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Oct 01, 2007 - 07:08 PM |
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cantcheckemailnopw
SuperStar
Joined: Dec 27, 2006
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Oct 01, 2007 - 07:11 PM |
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i will help you out for free. buy a battery. open battery compartment of
equipment. remove old battery. put new battery in. close compartment. |
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