Hmm. Just took a look at Expansys‘ weekly specials email message and noticed a “Factory unlocked iPhone 3G” (8GB model) for $674.99. I think this is the first time I’ve seen an iPhone offered as “factory unlocked”.
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Apple (AAPL) Market Cap Larger Than Google (GOOG) – A Back & Forth Battle
Just noticed that Apple’s (AAPL) market cap is now larger than Google’s (GOOG):
AAPL: $141.73 billion
GOOG: $139.92 billionI should note that the AAPL and GOOG have been very close in market cap for several years now and have been trading places one upping each other for over two years now.
Next in AAPL’s sites? Maybe Microsoft (MSFT) whose share price dropped 9% so far today and who yesterday reported large double digit percentage losses in all kinds of metrics. MSFT’s current market cap is $206.83 billion.
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Nokia N96 30.033 Firmware Restabilized My Phone
I’ve noticed small quirky annoying problems with the Nokia N96 since I updated its firmware around May (if memory serves me correctly). The N96 couldn’t “remember” my voice mail number (123) after repeatedly entering it and seeing a message saying it was stored. Camera would not attach GPS geotags to photos even though I repeatedly set it to on in the camera app’s settings. The N96 also seemed to lose its Bluetooth connection to devices that had worked spectacularly well with it for months.
On a whim I checked to see if a new firmware release was available for it today and installed version 30.033 dated June 18, 2009. So far it looks like the voicemail number setting is sticking. I thought the camera’s GPS setting was too. But, a quick just a moment ago showed it had reverted back to off in the past hour. I didn’t notice any Bluetooth drop to a BT car speaker. But, that problem only showed up a couple of times a week (not daily).
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Podcast 30: iFixit iPhone 3G S Tear Down Discussion with Luke Soules
iFixit’s Kyle Wiens flew to London to be one of the first people in the world to buy an iPhone 3G S and then take it apart. iFixit co-founder Luke Soules and I discussed what Kyle found. You can find a step-by-step description with photos of the tear down process here:
This podcast is 19 minutes 10 seconds long.
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Mini-Podcast 10: iPhone OS 3.0 Update
I updated my iPhone 3G to iPhone OS 3.0 and decided to try out the new Voice Memos app to record a mini-podcast. I apologize for the exceptionally poor sound quality. I didn’t realize that it would be so poor. I have a number of other rude OS 3.0 shocks that I discovered after recording this mini-podcast. Rants to follow later…
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Podcast 29: Sony Ericsson Unlocked Phones
Sony Ericsson has a number of powerful smartphones like the Xperia X1 and W995a Walkman phone. However, we rarely see them in the U.S. because they are not sold through any of the large GSM wireless carriers (AT&T Wireless and T-Mobile USA). I spoke with Sony Electronics’ Product Manager for Unlocked Phone in the U.S., Steve Media, to learn more about these phones. You can see The Sony Ericsson unlocked phones available in the U.S. at the…
SonyStyle USA phone product page
This podcast is 32 minutes and 3 seconds long.
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– You can also point your smartphone’s browser at mobiletoday.podbean.com to listen to or download the MP3 file over the air to your phone.