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Old Jun 10, 2009 | 02:49 AM
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I have it, but I haven't tried using it yet. Seems like 98% of people haven't had problems, but there were some reports of a glitch with visual voicemail.
Old Jun 10, 2009 | 02:50 AM
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hmm well im downloading it right now so ill install it once it finishes, no more hacked iphone for me! lol until the legit 3.0 is out and hacked
Old Jun 11, 2009 | 01:53 AM
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I'm going for it. *fingers crossed*
I updated my dad's iPod Touch after work as a guinea pig... worked fine.
Old Jun 11, 2009 | 02:08 AM
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just ordered the iPhone 3GS 16GB Black, will recieve it in the mail ON June 19! woohoo, dont have to wait in a long a$$ line of geeks!
Old Jun 11, 2009 | 02:12 AM
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I'm pretty jealous. I'm just looking forward to the 3.0 software... which has installed and is now syncing! Woo!
Old Jun 11, 2009 | 03:29 AM
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Well, I officially have 3.0 on my phone and it's working perfectly.
Old Jun 11, 2009 | 04:00 AM
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Originally Posted by burstaneurysm
Well, I officially have 3.0 on my phone and it's working perfectly.
x2, minus tethering =[
Old Jun 11, 2009 | 04:30 AM
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and MMS
Old Jun 11, 2009 | 04:35 AM
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yeah, bastards,

Ian u have a mac right?
Old Jun 11, 2009 | 04:36 AM
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Yup
Old Jun 11, 2009 | 04:37 AM
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i have teh file to make tethering work if you want it, i cant use it with windows but if u have a mac u can do it
Old Jun 11, 2009 | 04:57 AM
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How big's the file? I might try it, but I don't want AT&T to get all uppity and hit me with a fee.
Old Jun 11, 2009 | 05:04 AM
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its a small 35kb .dmg file
Old Jun 11, 2009 | 02:16 PM
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Email it to me...
Old Jun 11, 2009 | 03:33 PM
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pm me your email
Old Jun 11, 2009 | 04:16 PM
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i have 3.0 its alright suck mms wont be here till late late sumer 3gs is lame i thing they should have a early up date for old 3g owners
Old Jun 11, 2009 | 05:27 PM
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I'm not sure it's Apple messing up the MMS date. If you look on their site, the small print says "MMS support from AT&T coming in late summer". This leads me to bleieve when AT&T set up the iPhone network, they left out MMS support to save costs, and now needs to go back and upgrade their own stuff independant of Apple. Keep in mind I'm not talking the towers here, rather the data servers currently serving up the stupid webpage for picture messages. it will need to be rolled into true MMS. At least we'll be able to cut / paste the login and password now. Anyone confirm MMS on 3.0 works out of the box on other carriers?

As for the hardware on the 3GS, the only things I noticed were the digital compass and moe memory. I doubt they're using a different processor, display, battery, etc. Maybe a different antenna to claim the 2x speed over 3G, but I'm not sure.

I have the 3G and can see no good reason to trade it in, if I need a compass I'll get a regular old analog one. I am hoping Garmin, Tom Tom, or someone will finally release a turn-by-turn GPS so I can finally get rid of my old Garmin i5, preferably with local map storage so i can still drive in poor cell reception.
Old Jun 11, 2009 | 05:33 PM
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http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/10/i...-256mb-of-ram/

Specs are higher all the way around in the S.
Old Jun 11, 2009 | 05:38 PM
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AT&T was the one who blew it on the MMS support.

And yea, the 3Gs does have significantly better hardware, still isn't enough for me to buy one for 600 bucks though. Mine will do fine.
Old Jun 11, 2009 | 07:30 PM
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EAmon, you got problems with voicemail? Mine can't connect.



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