AT&T offers up refurb iPhones

i now it's off topic but i'm not from America or any other English speaking country, so can please someone tell me what the word refurb mean. thank you!

Got my tracking info!
picked up @9PM Thursday.
Guess Saturday is possible.

anyone get a tracking # yet?
2 dat priority shipping?
my confirmation email said you should receive it in 3-5 days.
guess it will take a few days to get it out:(

hoping to mine Saturday, good luck...

Anybody know where I can still get a cheap (less than $499) 16GB iPhone, now that the $349 refurbs are sold out?

wow i'm so glad i jumped on this! i was so mad when i read about the last one way too late. read this this morning & immediately ordered the 16gb to use with tmobile!

Out of stock currently. That was fast.

I just bought one from AT&T. I was on dealmac.com ( a great site by the way:) and saw this deal, so I had to jump on it!

Did not have to do a credit check or anything just a credit card!!

A few questions please:)
1) Anyone see why you could not buy applecare for this?
2) What's the beat case for the iphone?
3) How is the data on T-mobile with this?
4) Best site for inside/hack info for iphone?

Thanks in advance, and thanks to TUAW for such a great site:)
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WRONG, bad info up here...Not sure how things were worded last time AT&T was selling refurb iPhones (I did buy one then...) but the AT&T product specs page this time around CLEARLY says that refurb phones only have a 90 day warranty.

When I bought my refurb I actually got a long-ish warranty. I got it in March and the check-your-warranty site says that the warranty expires in August 2008, which is about 5 months of coverage. I called Apple, they said that AT&T had no power to extend Apple warranties during the refurb process, so the refurb warranty basically expires 12 months after the original purchase date (not the refurb purchase date, the original date that the first owner bought the phone on).

I bought one. :) I've been watching the refurb page on Apple's site for a while now.

Some of you might say it was stupid, seeing as there is bound to be a 3G iPhone within a month, but, the speed doesn't bother me that much. The sites I visit the most don't have too much junk on them. TUAW might have the most.

Question: Looks like you are required to sign up for 2 year contract during checkout. Has anyone successfully purchased a refurb from AT&T w/o contract?

I'd consider purchasing a refurb 8gb as a backup but don't want to sign up for another 2 year contract.