Iphone 3g Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

How to speed up your iPhone 3G (while waiting for the release of iOS 4.1)

by Matt Tinsley (Sep 8th, 2010)

If you're an iPhone 3G user who has upgraded to iOS 4, you're most likely pulling your hair out in anticipation of the bug fixes expected in iOS 4.1 (due to arrive this week). However, if you just can't wait that long, creativebits has a few tips you might like to try in order to improve the ...

Confirmed: Game Center for 2nd gen iPod touch, not iPhone 3G

by Matt Tinsley (Sep 8th, 2010)

Good news for 2nd generation iPod touch users! As reported by AppleInsider and MacDailyNews, the 2nd generation iPod touch will be compatible with Game Center, Apple's new gaming and social networking application, but the iPhone 3G will not. Other compatible iOS devices are the 3rd and 4th ...

iOS 4.1 release may finally resolve your iPhone 3G woes

by Chris Rawson (Sep 5th, 2010)

Good news, everyone! The software update that was "coming soon" to resolve iOS 4.0's terrible performance on the iPhone 3G has gone "gold master" (GM) and should be available to the general public next week. I've had the opportunity to test this update out on my wife's iPhone 3G, and I'm happy to ...

Steve Jobs: 'Software update coming soon' for iOS 4 on iPhone 3G

by Chris Rawson (Aug 21st, 2010)

One of the many beleaguered iPhone 3G owners who've been suffering through poor performance after updating to iOS 4 e-mailed Steve Jobs to ask when Apple will offer a solution. Jobs's response was brief enough for us to fit the whole thing in our headline: "Software update coming soon." The real ...

Official Star Wars shop selling R2-D2 case for iPhone

by Mike Schramm (Aug 19th, 2010)

As a big Star Wars fan, I followed all of the news out of the Star Wars Celebration event last weekend, but this might be my favorite. The official online Star Wars shop has begun selling its very own iPhone case, which as you can see above, will dress up your favorite smartphone as a ...

Apple 'looking into' poor iOS 4 performance on iPhone 3G

by Chris Rawson (Jul 28th, 2010)

Update: Yes, the 4.1 update seems to resolve most of the performance issues for 3G owners. According to The Wall Street Journal, Apple is "looking into" reports of iOS 4's poor performance on the iPhone 3G. Many iPhone 3G users have noted generally slow performance and glitches after installing ...

Found Footage: Four generations of iPhone compared

by Dave Caolo (Jul 27th, 2010)

Here's a fun video of four generations of the iPhone -- original, 3G, 3GS, and 4 -- performing the same tasks simultaneously. From launching intensive apps like Plants vs. Zombies and Google Earth to shutting down and booting up, the differences in task durations are often significant. As you'd ...

iOS 4 and iPhone 3G is a match made in... what's the opposite of heaven?

by Chris Rawson (Jul 22nd, 2010)

Update: It's true -- the 4.1 update does wonders for the iPhone 3G's health and happiness on iOS 4. Do you have an iPhone 3G? Me, too. Have you updated it to iOS 4 yet? If the veins are popping out of your neck and your skin is turning green, you probably have. If your iPhone 3G hasn't been ...

iPhone 3G stars in parody

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Jul 15th, 2010)

The sad thing? The video might be a parody of iOS4 on the iPhone 3G, but it's definitely the truth on my end as well. Still tethered to an iPhone 3G at the moment, utilizing basic services such Maps requires a good minute of finger tapping and waiting for the OS to decide if it wants to launch ...

iPhone OS 2.1 on 3G had signal problems too

by Keith M (Jul 9th, 2010)

Once upon a time, iPhones had an OS update known as version 2.1, and there was much rejoicing. Actually, there was a little bit of the rejoicing and a bit more of the griping. What was the griping about? Well, some of you kiddies might not remember this, since it was so two years ago, but the ...

Is AT&T capping iPhone upload speeds? Inquiring minds want to know

by Erica Sadun (Jul 5th, 2010)

The MacRumors forums are abuzz with users comparing their recent upload speeds. TUAW reader Becca Holmes tipped us that iPhone users are experiencing uploads that appear to be capped at 100 kbps rather than the 1.6mbps that was a previous norm. Users have been comparing rates captured with tools ...

TUAW review and giveaway: Quirky Beamer iPhone case

by Steven Sande (Jul 2nd, 2010)

We're starting off the Independence Day holiday with a bang -- a giveaway to one lucky TUAW reader of the Quirky Beamer iPhone case for the iPhone 3G and 3GS. Before you enter the contest, however, I'm sure you'd like to know what makes the Beamer different and how it works. That's the purpose of ...

Study: iPhone 3GS more reliable than 3G

by Kelly Guimont (Jun 23rd, 2010)

Poor little iPhone 3G. You are my first iPhone, my first smartphone, my first "I got it the day Apple released it" device. I love you so, and yes, I will miss you when you are gone, replaced by the shiny iPhone 4. Apparently, I was one of the lucky ones. First off, the iPhone 3G is forsaken by ...

iPhone 3G users face upgrade question

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Jun 22nd, 2010)

I think somewhere Steve Jobs has flipped a switch that's quietly detonating all iPhone 3Gs. My trusty phone had decent battery time until a couple of days ago, when suddenly I had to scramble every few hours to find a power source. With all of my funds sunk into a move to Pennsylvania in a couple of ...

TUAW Hands-on: POWER A turns your iPhone into a universal remote

by Brett Terpstra (Jun 17th, 2010)

There are a few options for turning your iPhone into a home entertainment remote control, but I recently got a chance to try out the POWER A, and it's become my current favorite. The hardware portion of the POWER A package has been available for a while now, but the iPhone App that accompanies it ...