iPhone News: Game development course, charger recall, 8GB iPhone going?, AT&T targets users on wrong plans, home activations coming?
Latest iPhone News: Monday 22nd September 2008
Game Development Course coming to London
The digital media college Qantm is to offer an iPhone games development course starting next February. According to the college, this is in response to employment demands.
In time, the course will be rolled out to its colleges in Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, Amsterdam, Berlin and Munich.
It costs a cool £3,950.
(Via Develop Mag)
Apple recalling iPhone chargers
Apple is to recall thousands of the two-pronged compact USB chargers because of safety concerns. The metal prongs may potentially break off and get stuck in a power socket, according to a company statement.
Countries affected include the USA, Japan, Canada, Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Peru, Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, and Panama.
Apple will replace the adapters free of charge, with new versions available from 10th October. In the meantime, the company advises users to recharge their iPhones via a USB port.
The UK's chunky three pin plugs are not affected.
(Via BBC News)
8GB iPhone 3G on way out?
A recent rumour suggests that Apple may be about to pull the plug on the lower capacity iPhone 3G.
According to a source of which Palluxo is "100% confident" (heard that before), Apple has stopped producing the 8GB iPhone, and the 16GB model will cost $199 unsubsidised.
This also leads to speculation that a 32GB iPhone could be on the way, though the top-of-line iPod Touch usually has double the capacity of the top-of-line iPhone, and that's still at 32GB. Doesn't rule anything out, though.
AT&T tough on wrong-plan iPhone users
It seems that AT&T is about to get tough on the users on its network who are using the iPhone with a non-iPhone plan.
The Boy Genius Report quotes an email sent to one such user:
Subject: Important information regarding your iPhone 3GThe new AT&T - Your world. Delivered.
Our service records indicate that you are using an iPhone 3G with a data plan designed for other devices.
To avoid unexpected data overage charges and enable Visual Voicemail, please contact your telecom manager, or an AT&T representative at 1-800-331-0500.
Thank you for choosing wireless from AT&T. We appreciate your business.
Sincerely,
AT&T Customer Service
Others commenting on the story have also received similar emails or text messages.
Activations at home coming?
Remember the first generation iPhone that you could activate at home? A rumour suggests that Apple may be returning to that model, in the US at least. Quite why isn't clear, as a customer would probably still have to sign a contract in store. Presumably, it would cut down on the amount of time it would take to get the customer set up, and reduce the need to train new AT&T staff. Yes, cost-cutting would seem to be the most likely reason.
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