According to comments made by René Obermann, CEO of T-Mobile USA  may start offering the iPhone as soon as later this year or early 2011.  The iPhone has been a really popular device since the first time they launch it. Now that agreedment between AT&T and Apple will be end, T-Mobile is looking forward to carrying it.  But T-Mobile is now focusing on Andriod devices like the new Samsung T959, (or Behold 3) and possibly an new LG phone that just recently passed FCC with AWS bands.

Is the iPhone coming with AWS 3G bands? … T-Mobile and other few carriers are the only ones that use AWS 3G bands.  For that reason, we doubt that apple will make a new iPhone only for those carriers supporting 1700/2100 3G bands.  We just hope the iPhone will arrive on T-Mobile’s network, with only EDGE or 3G..

Many of you probably own an iPhone , but how many of you are on AT&T ? How many of you want to switch companies but becuase you love the iPhone you can’t. I believe that is gonna end soon.

AT&T’s exclusive hold on the iPhone is coming to an end, and speculation is bubbling as to which U.S. carrier will get the iPhone. Verizon has been hot tipped to take over the iPhone, but the latest iPhone-trashing campaign for the Motorola Droid could mean it’s not going to happen.  What is the other carrier left ?…. Yes, T-Mobile.

Analyst Dough Reid tells The Street that he sees T-Mobile as a potential home for the iPhone.  Raid said : “Apple wants to move away from exclusivity; T-Mobile would achieve this for Apple in the U.S.,”…. that makes completely sense.

Apple wouldn’t have to manufacture a different iPhone to run on T-Mobile’s network, as the GSM version of the iPhone that runs on AT&T would work. To offer the iPhone on Verizon’s network, Apple would have to manufacture a new device.  But what about the 3G bands that T-Mobile uses. iPhone uses 850/1900 HSDPA while T-MO uses 1700/2100. I wonder if Apple would make any modifications about the 3G bands.

We just hope and Apple apply the non- exclusivity here in the USA, like it did it in Europe.

So far i am using the iPhone 3G on T-Mo network and not problems with that.

Nearly two weeks after submitting the app to Apple, Facebook’s totally revamped 3.0 application is finally live on the App Store. You can download it now using itunes or App Store from your ipod touch or iPhone.

The new application brings a slew of new features, making it what may be the most useful app on the App Store.

Now you’ll be able to look up where your Events are, and you can also respond to them and see which of your friends are attending (for anyone who has ever had to boot up the web version of the site just to look up an Event address, this is a big deal). You can also post video directly to the site if you have an iPhone 3GS.

You can also call or text your friends (the ones are storage in your iphone contacts) directly.

Smaller changes include a News Feed that more closely reflects the feed you’ll find on the main Facebook site, as well as the ability to “Like” items your friends have created.

One feature that users will be missing is Push Notifications, which we suspect will be rolled out in version 3.1, which Hewitt is already working on. There will also be support for landscape mode in the upcoming release, and we may also see support for the ability to watch Facebook videos from the phone (right now you can only upload them).

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Apple finally plans to fix some big shortcomings that have troubled iPhone users since the device was released in June 2007. The company said today that it’s adding the ability to copy and paste, to send and receive the multimedia text messages known as MMS and to turn the iPhone sideways for typing in “landscape” mode on a wider on-screen keyboard mode.

In messages, when we turn the phone in landscape mode, the keyboard gets wider and it’s easier to type.

Another mayor improvement on messages is now you can delete one single message and not the whole conversation. Previously, if you wanted to keep just keeping one text message but not the whole conversation you could not. Now, when you press edit, you can choose which one to delete.

Also if you want to copy the message or forward it to another person, just press and hold the message you want to copy and the option “copy” will appear. The open any other application and paste it.

On Messages settings there is a option to enable subject on MMS .

In Yahoo mail, a new search bar has been added. This bar search any word in your yahoo mail, choosing from : From, To, Subject or just All.

Also i just noticed under conctacts, you can choose to see them on portrail or landscape. The ander recent calls, not it tells you more information about how many phone call has you made or recieved  and how long was each phone call.

Now you can send more than one picture at the time. Just go to any photo album, hit edit and choose as many pictures you want to send, hit copy. you can also choose share. The open Email  and press and hold inside the body of the email and hit paste. All the pictures you have been selected will show in your email ready to send them.

Stereo Bluetooth works great!! finally i can use my Dell Stereo Headsets. Just pair your stereo bluetooth as a regular handsfree, hit connect and you are ready to go. Open iPod applications an listen your favorite music without wires. I noticed i can’t skip a son using the headsets, I have to touch the froward key on the iPhone. Also, I believe i can’t talk during a phone call using the stereo headsets. So far if you have any information about if this applications works great during a phone call, let me know.

More information about the iPhone OS 3.0 will be posted soon. Remember, This June 17th is the official release of the iPhone 3.0 release.

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Deciding between the cheap $99 and so last year iPhone 3G and the latest $199 or $299 iPhone 3GS. Thankfully, you can decide with this iPhone 3G vs iPhone 3GS feature chart:

Hope this chart will guide you deciding to stay with your current iPhone and upgrade to 3.0, get a new iPhone 3G for only 99 dollars or get the new iPhone 3Gs for 199 or 299 dollars.

	iPhone 3G	iPhone 3G S
Price	$99 8GB ($299 for ineligible upgraders)	$199 16GB, $299 32GB ($399 and $499 for ineligible upgraders)
Processor	412MHz , 128 RAM	600 MHz , 256 RAM
Graphics capability	OpenGL ES 1.1	OpenGL ES 2.0
Camera	2.0 megapixel fixed focus	3.0 megapixel autofocus with macro mode and auto white balance
Spotlight Search	Yes	Yes
Internet Tethering	Share your Internet connection with your laptop with Internet tethering via Bluetooth or USB.4	Share your Internet connection with your laptop with Internet tethering via Bluetooth or USB.4
MMS support	Yes	Yes
Stereo Bluetooth	Yes	Yes
Cut, Copy & Paste	Yes	Yes
Keyboard	Landscape keyboard	Landscape keyboard
Video recording	with 3.0	30fps VGA with on-device editing capability with video editing
Voice control	None	Dialing, music control
Nike+ support	No	Yes
Wireless technologies	3.6Mbps HSDPA, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR	7.2Mbps HSDPA, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
Water- and oil-resistant finish	No	Yes
Integrated magnetic compass	No	Yes
Included headphones	Standard	Inline remote for music control
Battery life	Up to 5 hours talk time / data on 3G, 10 hours on 2G	Up to 5 hours talk time / data on 3G, 12 hours on 2G
	Up to 6 hours data on WiFi	Up to 9 hours data on WiFi
	Up to 24 hours audio	Up to 30 hours audio
	Up to 7 hours video	Up to 10 hours video
Dimensions	115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3mm	115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3mm
Weight	133 grams / 4.69 oz.	135 grams / 4.76 oz.

Now people that love Yahoo  can use their favorite company’s tools all in their purple-yellow glory. Not that you couldn’t access most of these services from some other app or via mobile web, but native app is the best way to go.

Anyway, to grab Yahoo’s iPhone apps, simply search for “Yahoo” in iTunes and take it from there…

• Faster 3G, using the HSUPA standard, versions the current HSDPA.
• Improved graphics.
• Video recording/messaging.
• 16 GB/32 GB memory capacity.
• Possibly thinner.
• $199/$299 price points

He expects the new version to be offered on AT&T first, and other markets second.

Abramsky says an “entry level” iPhone is less likely. “Build data and other checks suggest Apple may not launch a lower priced iPhone as soon as generally thought,” he writes. “If so this may help protect margins, but might leave iPhone’s market share vulnerable to lower-priced competitive alternatives.”

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WIT Software announces an MMS application for iPhone
Coimbra, February 11th, 2009 – WIT Software, a company that develops software products for Mobile Operators and the Mobile Internet, has just released a fully interoperable MMS application for the Apple iPhone.

WIT Software took the lead and recognized the demand in the market for an iPhone MMS application. With this application users of the iPhone will be able to send and receive multimedia messages, including images and video clips. Up until now they were limited to text messaging (SMS) and E-mail.

This MMS application for the iPhone follows all the industry standards, enables rich communication with any other phone and it is easy to integrate within the Mobile Operator network. The application is available as a white label product and is targeted for licensing to Mobile Operators worldwide.

After several months of development followed by a friendly-user trial, this iPhone application was certified by Apple Inc. and is now available for download at the iTunes Apple Store from Portugal. The development cycle and the user-trial were done in close cooperation with Vodafone Portugal, becoming the first Mobile Operator in the world to launch this MMS application.

Luis Silva, WIT Software CEO, stated that “This MMS application brings the iPhone up to speed on mobile messaging features, allowing clients to make use of the iPhone camera and image gallery to express their feelings. This iPhone application will be important for Mobile Operators that want to create a new revenue stream with MMS messaging.”

About WIT Software WIT Software is a company that develops software products for Mobile Operators and the Mobile Internet. The company specializes mainly in the convergence of communications between the mobile, the PC and the Internet. WIT Software has offices in Coimbra and Lisbon (in Portugal) and in San-Jose (California, USA).

For more information about this product: http://products.wit-software.com
Contact for Press:
Email: press@wit-software.com
Telephone: +351.239.801030
Mobile: +351.91.4003729

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