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Filed under: Peripherals, Apple

For many, dropping $199 / $299 on an iPhone 3G (provided you actually locate one not hidden behind a 4+ hour line) is enough. For those who fell head over heels with the original iPhone dock, it’s not. in this place’s your chance to send 29 more US bucks Cupertino’s way, as the official iPhone 3G Dock is at this time on sale at Apple’s website. Oh, and if you’re really a sucker, you’ll lay down 9 whole US dollars for a 3-pack of iPhone 3G Universal Dock Adapters to slip your new mobile into a Universal Dock.

Update: So apparently these have been in Apple stores since day 1. Considering just how long it’ll take to get in one, though, this whole “online route” is still probably your bes. bet.

[Via Wired]

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Tags: 3g, Apple Iphone, Apple Stores, Best Bet, Cupertino, Head Over Heels, iphone, Nbsp, Peripherals, Sucker, Universal

Filed under: Apple

Psst… you hear that there’s a new iPhone coming out next month? Yeah, us too. in this place are a few iPhone stories we’ve been tracking from the past handful of days:

• An analyst for Oppenheimer claims that AT&T is plan to be shelling out $325 for each and every iPhone 3G it sells, compared to an average of $200 for other devices on the carrier’s shelves. What’s more, devices sold in Apple stores (as opposed to AT&T stores) will cost AT&T another $100 for some reason, bringing the grand total to $425 — not including the $199 or $299 the customer is paying for the 8GB and 16GB models, respectively. Where Oppenheimer is getting its figures isn’t precisely clear, but we suppose it’s believable — and as the analyst suggests, the higher subsidy reflects AT&T’s confidence that they’ll be able to recoup the loss with a higher ARPU.
• The on-again, off-again saga of Adobe Flash on the iPhone continues, with the company’s CEO trumpeting during its Q2 earnings call that it at this time has a version working in the SDK’s emulator. That’s all well and good, but there’s still no sign that Apple wants Flash on the iPhone, and since Cupertino’s still the ultimate gatekeeper in this place, Adobe’s efforts could still all be for naught.
• Canada’s Rogers has finally decided to stop playing coy and has replaced the silhouette of the mystery device launching on July 11 on its site with the real deal. You weren’t fooling anyone anyhow, guys.
• A Columbus, Ohio bus rider was unceremoniously beaten this week in an attempt to nab his iPhone as other riders calmly looked on, showing no emotion whatsoever — a sad state of affairs, to say the least. Fortunately, the victim was able to hang on to the goods but suffered some injuries in the scuffle. If it had been an iPhone 3G, we’d have to summon every ounce of willpower not to have a go at swiping it ourselves, but an iPhone 1? Seriously, come on.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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Tags: Apple Stores, Arpu, Beatings, Bus Rider, Cupertino, Emulator, Gatekeeper, Grand Total, iphone, Naught, Oppenheimer, Psst, Q2 Earnings, Real Deal, S Rogers, Sad State Of Affairs, Sdk, Silhouette, State Of Affairs, Willpower

Filed under: Handsets, ATT, Apple

As stock dwindles ahead of the all-but-certain 3G model launch, AT&T’s at this time going back to a policy first instituted in the early days of the iPhone’s market availability: one per customer. Bot. AT&T and Apple stores have instituted various iPhone purchase limits ever since the June ‘07 launch, but historically, it’s been presumed to be a measure designed to clamp down on unlocked resales; nowadays, though, we can say with some confidence that it’s because they’re just aren’t many more to go around. Furthermore, AT&T is no longer accepting cash or checks for that one iPhone you’re allowed to buy, so don’t go swaggering into your local store with a thick-ass roll of Lincolns, alright?

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Tags: 3g, Amp, Apple Stores, Checks, Confidence, Customer Days, Handsets, iphone, Launch, Lincolns, Local Store, Market Availability, Nbsp, S Market, Stock, Thick Ass