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Linux

Linux has been successfully ran on the iPhone (in limited fashion). Is this notable content? [1] http://blog.iphone-dev.org/post/62041396/linux-here-we-come [2] http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/11/28/iphone_dev_team_successfully_boots_linux_on_iphone.html Altonbr (talk) 06:30, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

iPhone clones

CECT (iPhone Copies) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.174.37.50 (talk) 18:11, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

I'm on the fence about adding that to the "See Also" section. That article as it stands is barely more than a stub, the bulk of the article content is a list of various phone models produced. I'm sure that every popular electronic device, phone or otherwise, has a cheap knock-off available in the Far East so just the fact that someone has an iPhone clone isn't particularly noteworthy. However that article does have some decent references to establish notability, so maybe it's at least worth a mention somewhere in the article itself? I'm not sure. -- Atama^chat 18:23, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Redirect

Shouldn't the search 'iPhone 2G' redirect here? I searched it and no resaults were found. Since the iPhone 3G is actually the 2nd generation iPhone, I thought it would redirect. It is beyond my knowledge to add, could someone else do it? Xanthic-Ztk (talk) 23:29, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

Use the #R button at the top of the edit window.

REDIRECT added —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bauani (talk • contribs) 10:25, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

a correction and an update

Voice dialing IS supported by the iPhone using 3rd party apps, e.g."Say Who" and 'Vlingo'.
Also, the SIM lock not only blocks use of other carriers, but use of non-iPhone plans; an AT&T user cannot use an iPhone with their non-iPhone AT&T SIM unless they jailbreak the iPhone.--67.169.82.244 (talk) 02:44, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

Criticism

In general, making separate sections containing negative evaluations with the title "Criticism" is discouraged by some editors, although there is no consensus on the issue.

— WP:CRITICISM

I believe the outstanding dispute is over MobileMe. I content that this service is not "THE email service for the iphone," as Danalpha31 does. The iPhone will support any POP3 or IMAP service, including Yahoo!, Gmail, and Microsoft Exchange in addition to MobileMe. The issues withMobileMe affected the service as a whole, not just on iPhones. It should be included - in the MobileMe article.--HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)} 22:00, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

I agree. I'm actually a MobileMe user who doesn't have an iPhone (not anymore). You don't need an iPhone to use MobileMe, and you don't need MobileMe to use mail on an iPhone. The iPhone includes Gmail, Yahoo mail, Exchange, should we include complaints about all of those mail services as well? -- Atama^chat 22:51, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

yall are just making excuses for apple to keep this information from new iphone buyers. i will go over your heads to get this information in if i have toDanalpha31 (talk) 18:20, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Good luck with that. You can't overturn the power structure, but we'll save that for later. It's a valid point that MobileMe has hiccups, but it's not related to the iPhone. The iPhone does not advertise MobileMe; I don't have an account configured and my device never bugs me about it. There's only a "Configure MobileMe account" in iTunes, which is totally reasonable. Again, please respect WP:3RR.--HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)} 00:54, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

your argument is wrong. largely irrelevant facts that lack perspective. an unbiased judge will decide in my favor. respect criticism!!! don't whitewash Danalpha31 (talk) 01:31, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

its only a matter of time. too bad for all the suckers Danalpha31 (talk) 08:03, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

no thanks to you Danalpha31 (talk) 08:04, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's our commitment. - Jimmys Wales. BS!!! NOT IN THIS TOPIC!!!!!! Danalpha31 (talk) 06:35, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

the iphone is available in egypt now

that needs to be changed. (the picture) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.172.149.113 (talk) 05:40, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

As it happens, we've got a much-improved image put up now.--HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)} 13:26, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

Apple iPhone chips move from Infineon

The Apple iPhone contains baseband processor (PMB8876 S-Gold 2 multimedia engine with EDGE functionality) and GSM RF transceiver chips supplied by Infineon<ref>[http://www.techonline.com/product/underthehood/200001814 "Under the Hood: Inside the Apple iPhone", ''TechOnline'']July 01, 2007</ref>. Andries (talk) 07:17, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

First, that may well have changed in the iPhone 3G, and second, what would you like done? Go ahead and add it to the article and I'll fix it up afterwards.--HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)} 13:26, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

That was moved from Infineon. I am not interested in editing this article. Andries (talk) 15:47, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Engadget lists the 3G transceiver chip as the Infineon PMB6952 / S-GOLD3, which Infineon's site lists as being as class 8 HSDPA device (7.3mbps max). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.92.44.113 (talk) 14:49, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

i wonder ???? Danalpha31 (talk) 08:07, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

GA Review

GA review (see here for criteria)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

3. It is broad in its coverage

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   a (fair representation): b (all significant views):

5. It is stable.
6. It contains images, where possible, to illustrate the topic.

   a (tagged and captioned): b (lack of images does not in itself exclude GA): c (non-free images have fair use rationales):

7. Overall:

   a Pass/Fail:

This review is transcluded from Talk:IPhone/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Lead

• device does not have a physical keyboard, so a virtual keyboard..

Run-on.

• The iPhone's functions include those...

You can re-word this.

Take out "those" and "in addition"

Take out "It is..." syntax.

Take out semi-colon in lead, and capitalize "The" when breaking sentence.

Second paragraph.

• Preceded by rumors and speculation that circulated for several months...
• Apple announced the iPhone on January 9, 2007.

hyperlink United States

comma after 2007

combine sentences above

"Invention of the Year"

I fail to see how that first item is a run-on, but I've tried to fix as much as the other stuff as possible. I'll work through the rest of this list over the next few days.HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)} 00:14, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

The history section needs to be immediately after the lead.

Hardware

Screen and Interface

• d. A stylus
• move the content itself
• of a wheel.: The wheel.
• There are other visual effects, such as horizontally sliding sub-selections and co-selections from right and left, vertically sliding system menus from the bottom (e.g. favorites, keyboard), and menus and widgets that turn around to allow settings to be configured on their back sides.

Can reword sentence.

• "A software update"

transition word needs to be here: "Next, a ..."

• to use cell towers and Wi-Fi networks to locate itself despite lacking a hardware GPS

"for location"?

• The iPhone 3G includes A-GPS, but also uses cell towers and Wi-Fi for location finding.
• A single "home" hardware button below the display brings up the main menu.

Might need to put, "below the display" at the front of the sentence for clarity.

• Subselections are made via the touchscreen.

The touchscreen can make subselections ?

• Detailed pages display the equivalent of a "Back" button, to return returning to the parent menu.
• The iPhone has three physical switches on its the sides: wake/sleep, volume up/down, and ringer on/off.
• It also comes in white exclusively for the 16GB model.

This can be reworded.

Done.--HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)} 01:29, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Battery

• The iPhone features a built-in rechargeable battery that is not user-replaceable, similar to existing iPods, which is not user-replacable. , but dissimilar to most existing cellular phones.
• If the battery prematurely reaches the end of its life, malfunctions or dies prematurely, the phone can be returned to Apple and replaced for free, while still in warranty.[21] The warranty is...
• The cost of having Apple provide a new battery and replace it an iPhone battery without warranty is when the iPhone is out of warranty is, in the United States, US$79 and US$6.95 for shipping.[22]
  • Done. Also complies with Wikipedia:NOPRICES.--HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)} 01:53, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

SIM Card

• The SIM card is located in a slot at the top of the device, which can be ejected with a paperclip or a SIM card ejection tool which is included with the iPhone 3G.

Wordy. miranda 00:09, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

The slot can be ejected? Not anymore. Fixed. HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)} 02:17, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Storage

The iPhone was initially released with two options for internal storage size; either: a 4 GB or 8 GB flash drive both manufactured by Samsung) model was available. On September 5, 2007, Apple announced they were discontinuing the 4 GB models.[30] On February 5, 2008, Apple announced the addition of a released the 16 GB model to the iPhone iPhone's lineup.[31] The iPhone does not contain any memory card slots for expanded extra storage.

Done--HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)} 22:30, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Included items

• Seems like an advertising ploy; This section needs to be in prose form. miranda 00:13, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Done.--HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)} 22:30, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Software

• iPhone OS is based
  • If we did that (instead of "it"), three consecutive sentences would begin with "iPhone OS".--HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)} 18:52, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Ever heard of variety? Many ways exist in forming a sentence. miranda 09:16, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

• for the interface's smooth
• less than half a gigabyte (GB) of the device's storage
• It The iPhone is capable of supporting bundled and future Apple applications from Apple, as well as applications written by third-party developers and published through the iTunes Store. applications. The iPhone's Software applications cannot simply be copied from Mac OS X, but and have to be written and compiled specifically for the iPhone. miranda 01:07, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
• Why is the iPhone (store) hyperklinked?
• What were the effects of A lawsuit has been filed against Apple and AT&T by Klausner Technologies Inc. claiming the iPhone's visual voicemail feature infringes two patents.[57][dead link]? Any decisions?
  • Removed as unsourced. Other issues have been addressed.--HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)} 18:52, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

iPhone

• The iPhone allows audio conferencing, call holding, call merging, caller ID, and integration with other cellular network features and iPhone functions. Voice dialing and video calling are not supported by the iPhone. - both versions or just one version?
  • I think that it's apparent from the context that software features are identical on both models. I'll make a not of it at the beginning of the section.--HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)} 18:52, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
• Redundant sentences which are passive, not active:
  • "can be 3 to 30 seconds in length"
  • "for a fee equivalent to the price of a song on iTunes"

for a fee equivalent to an iTunes song

• • It is not yet available in all countries where the iPhone has been released.

Ringtones are not available in all countries which iPhones are available.

• Done.--HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)} 18:52, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Multimedia

• Several broken sentences which need to be incorporated into the paragraph.
• Some sections are unsourced.
• As before, redundant sentences.
  • The iPhone supports neither Flash[74] nor Java technology
  • Consequently, the UK's Advertising Standards Authority banned an advertisement for the iPhone for false advertising because it incorrectly claimed that it could access "all parts of the internet". - wordy
  • Apple developed an iPhone application for accessing Google's maps service in map, satellite, or hybrid form, a list of search results, or directions between two locations, while providing optional real-time traffic information.

Kind of confusing. Need to break up into two sentences. miranda 10:39, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

• Still needs sources, but most of the phrasing has been fixed. [1] --HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)} 18:52, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Internet connectivity

• This section doesn't flow well, because everything is mushed together.
• Internet access is available when the iPhone is connected to a local area Wi-Fi or a wide area GSM or EDGE network, both second-generation (2G) wireless data standards. - wordy
• Apple began "rolling" out. - "producing"?
• What's UTMS and EDGE, and HSDPA mean? I think you should spell out acronyms because people might get confused due to "alphabet soup".

Unfortunately, the full terms are not very helpful. I will try to emphasize the important points, the distinction between 2G and 3G.--HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)} 00:12, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

• Steve Jobs...in 2007...kind of not transitional, especially after the 2004 quote
• By default, the iPhone will ask to join newly discovered Wi-Fi networks and prompt for the password when required, while also supporting manually joining closed Wi-Fi networks. - wordy
• The ubiquitous Internet connection offered by the iPhone has been widely utilized by users. - wordy
• Second paragraph does not flow correctly.
• The iPhone is able to access the World Wide Web via a modified version of the Safari web browser.

The Safari web browser can be used to access the internet on the iPhone.

• Repetitive sentences:

According to Google, the iPhone generates 50 times more search requests than any other mobile handset.[68] According to Deutsche Telekom CEO René Obermann, "The average Internet usage for an iPhone customer is more than 100 megabytes.

• I think the controversial statement on the internet should be placed in the beginning or the end.

These statistics are now last in the section.--HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)} 00:12, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

• The maps application can access Google Maps in map, satellite, or hybrid form. It(?) can also generate directions between two locations, while providing optional real-time traffic information.

I think "it" refers to the "maps application" clearly enough.--HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)} 00:12, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

• Spell out numbers (thirty for "30" and fifty for "50")

Raw data should be numerical (1.4 Mbp/s), but yes, something like "thirty Starbuckses appeared on the screen" should be verbal. However, I can't find an incorrectly numerical value. Can you be more specific?--HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)} 00:12, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

• Support for walking directions, public transit, and street view was added in a later update

Which update?

• During the product's announcement, Jobs demonstrated

The iPhone's? miranda 02:31, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Done, except where noted above.--HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)} 00:12, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Text

• Use iPhone on the initial introduction of a paragraph.
• The predictive word capabilities have been integrated with the dynamic virtual keyboard so that users will not have to be extremely accurate when typing—i.e. touching the edges of the desired letter or nearby letters on the keyboard will be predictively(sp?) corrected when possible. The keys are somewhat larger and spaced farther apart when in landscape mode, which is currently available using the Safari web browser and certain third-party applications with Landscape Mode support.

Wordy. miranda 02:40, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

• The virtual keyboard can accommodate 21 languages, including character recognition for Chinese.[78]

Needs to be incorporated earlier. miranda 02:41, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Done.--HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)} 02:56, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Camera and photos

• "located on the beach" - take out and put on the next sentence.
• "it" - the camera

Again, I feel the antecedent, if not implied by the grammar, is by common sense.

• "The iPhone's version 2.0"
• The camera application also lets users view the camera roll, also lets viewers see the iPhone's pictures the pictures that have been taken with the iPhone.

camera needs to be in lower case.

The phrase "the iPhone's pictures" can be misconstrued as the images on the device, when the Camera application can only view images that have been taken with the internal camera. The capitalized Camera refers to the software application, as distinct from the the hardware camera. It doesn't make sense to talk about safari, rather than Safari, does it? What would you say for Photos? "the photograph viewing application"?--HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)} 03:57, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

• Those pictures are also available in the Photos app, along with any transferred from iPhoto or Aperture on a Mac or Photoshop in Windows.

app = "application"

Apple uses that abbreviation, but I'll use the full version of the word (except in the context of the App Store). That does leave us (us? try "me") a little short on variety of phrasing. I don't really like calling them programs. Otherwise, done.--HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)} 03:57, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Rest of sections

The rest of the sections need thorough copyediting, because some sentences and grammar don't make any sense. miranda 09:12, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

History

• The genesis of the iPhone began with Apple CEO Steve Jobs' direction that Apple engineers
• Apple created the device during a secretive and unprecedented collaboration with AT&T Mobility—Cingular Wireless at the time of the phone's inception—at an estimated cost' development cost of US$150 million. by one estimate.
• The company rejected an early "design by committee" built with Motorola in favor of engineering a custom operating system and interface and building custom hardware.

Which company?

"and, and, and"? - "as well as," maybe?

• Apple closed its stores at 2:00 pm local time to prepare for the 6:00 pm iPhone launch, while hundreds of customers lined up at stores nationwide.[11]

Was "the local time" in California or New York, or in my hometown?

I think it's clear that "local time" means wherever the store was. New York got the iPhone before California. It also think that the "its" is necessary.--HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)} 04:25, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

• The original iPhone was subsequently made available in five other countries: Republic of Ireland, the UK, France, Germany, and Austria.

How soon afterwards?

• 'The first iPhone 3G in the world was sold in Auckland, New Zealand to Jonny Gladwell, a 22-year-old student, at one minute past midnight NZST.[14]

trivial

• In the United States, many units initially failed to activate because Apple's iTunes servers were overloaded.[16] Apple sold 1 million iPhone 3Gs in its first 3 days on sale.[17]

Not a good transition. Second sentence does not make any sense. miranda 04:08, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

• On October 21, 2008, Apple announced sales of 6.89 million iPhones in the fourth quarter of 2008, fourth quarter reports. totaling 13 million iPhones to date.[18]

both iPhones or iPhone 3Gs?

totaling 13 to date - recentism.

It's still useful.--HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)} 04:25, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

• They also noted that this quarter's iPhone sales surpassed RIM's BlackBerry sales of 5.2 million units and becoming the third largest mobile phone manufacturer in terms of revenue after Nokia and Samsung.[19] Within

They - who?

This sentence is just, confusing.

• Within Apple's fiscal fourth quarter, which is up to September 30, 2008, the iPhone represented the 39 percent (4.6 billion) of the company's total quarterly revenues, a statistic weakened by the deferral of this income.[20]

Wordy.

This needs to be updated. Probably, in the next weeks, Apple will be releasing fourth quarter sales — because of Christmas. miranda 04:08, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Q1 fiscal quarter reports are due out on Jan 21. [2] Otherwise, done. [3]--HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)} 04:25, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Other

• Have there been recalls or any type of malfunctions with this product? miranda 02:33, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Citations

• 18-20, 24, 56, 127-131, 123, 117-8, 95, 89-90 need to be properly formatted.
• 102's citation is dead.
  • 102 is fixed (actually, all the numbers are screwed up now; this version matches the numbers above). I'm working on the rest. refToolbar is wonderful.--HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)} 21:37, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Images

• If captions aren't in a complete sentence, a period does not need to be present.
• The Title image doesn't need CC Attrib. 3.0 b/c copyright supersedes a free license as seen with File:IPhone EDGE and 3G.png and File:IPhone keyboard unblured.jpg; Could put, "picture was taken by X to illustrate the iPhone's Y"
  • The interface is copyright no matter what, so fair use claims have been made. The remaining pixels are released under the CC license. (Images from Apple are copyright in their entirety, and so unacceptable. That, and they're probably renderings, not photographs.)--HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)} 14:18, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
• You need a Wikipedia logo rationale for File:Wikipedia-English Main Page on iPhone landscape.jpg
  • It would be easier to scale out the sidebar and take another screen shot. I'll do that once the fundraiser is over.HereToHelp^{(talk to me)} 22:48, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

• Done.--HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)} 17:21, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

• File:IPhonehomescreen.PNG has unnecessary code on the bottom of the page
  • Removed. HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)} 22:48, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

miranda 04:44, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Response

Hi, thanks for all of your insightful comments. I'm busy in real life, but I promise I'll address everything here (either implement or argue why it shouldn't be). Just give me a week or two - but I am committed to making iPhone a GA. Thanks, --HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)} 22:16, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

That's fine. I will probably get this done tomorrow. But, I will give you eight days to clean this article up to GA standard. There is much work to be done. miranda 04:10, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

On hold for 7 days. You guys have a long way to go. miranda 09:13, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

I meticulously edited this page and made observations during this GA review. I understand that the holidays slowed the GA review, and that's okay. However, when I re-read the article's content, not enough improvement was made to merit GA status, as seen with non-addressing of issues. Thus, iPhone is not promoted to GA status. miranda 09:52, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

Jailbreaking and TPM

I've removed the part about breaking the TPMs being legal due to the 'connecting to a telephone network' exception. This isn't actually true - although the exception exists, jailbreaking isn't for the purpose of connecting to a telephone network. It's for the purpose of modifying the phone's software. Unlocking (ie modifying the phone for use with a network other than AT&T (US), O2 (UK, etc.) is covered by the exemption, jailbreaking is not. The cited source isn't relevant, because it is simply a document stating that the 'connecting to a telephone network' exemption exists, not a source saying that the exemption applies to iPhone jailbreaking. Cynical (talk) 11:45, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

To add to this, justifying an act of any kind should not even be included in an article about a product. For example, you do not see the legal justification of owning an AK-47 rifle in its article, or modifying the weapon in any way beyond its original design. Some people are trying to use this article to justify that their actions are legal. Again, do not use this article as a soap box. Groink (talk) 19:00, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

That's fine. It's one less paragraph to worry about.--HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)} 02:06, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Bangladesh

It says that Grameen is in "Bangladesh, India", but Bangladesh isn't in India. It's a SEPARATE COUNTRY!! I'm a Bangladeshi-American, so I'd know. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.190.8.55 (talk) 23:46, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

That does show an ignorance of geography. It's possible that someone confused "Bangladesh" with "Bengal", an area shared with both India and Bangladesh. In any case it has been fixed since. -- Atama^chat 20:05, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Edit semiprotected page

{{editsemiprotected}} Under audio can someone add the following:

The internal microphone on the first generation iphone is limited to an audio frequency of 4kHz (it is limited by a filter even if you record at a higher rate). The external earbud microphone on the original ipod and both microphones on the 3G have a frequency range up to 20kHz (44.1 kHz sampling rate).

Wayneconnor (talk) 21:49, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

. Thanks, if you could provide a source for that it would be even better! Martin 22:00, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

For future reference, please capitalize iPhone properly and avoid second person ("you"). I'll find sources for this. I appreciate the idea of adding that information though; I'll also unprotect the page and see if it's worth it.--HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)} 22:39, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Besides, it isn't true: this archived document reports 20Hz to 250 kHz response for both microphones. It's entirely possible that this is for the speakers, not the microphones (would they be different?), but unless you can find that some third party did some tests and found that Apple was lying, it isn't verifiable. Unprotecting the page will only allow more unsourced information in. (I know that sounds negative, but that's what I'm reading out of this incident.)--HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)} 22:56, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Indonesia's Telkomsel

According to an SMS sent to Telkomsel customers, iPhone will be available in Indonesia soon. I will find a source to back this up in English/translated to English. w.tanoto-soegiri (talk) 11:51, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

Here they are: [4] [5] w.tanoto-soegiri (talk) 11:55, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

SIM Unlocking

{{editsemiprotected}} From 1st January 2009 it has been possible to remove the SIM lock from the iPhone 3G using yellowsn0w [6]. Still in beta release this tool will unlock jailbroken iPhones running baseband 02.28.00 Tombsc (talk) 12:48, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the suggestion but Wikipedia is not the place to promote your products. This is the third time you've tried to advertise that web site on Wikipedia (the second time you've done it on this talk page in fact). -- Atama^chat 17:59, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Please remember to add the tlx prefix before the editsemiprotected template when request has been completed/rejected. Thanks! Leujohn ^(talk) 12:44, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

The editsemiprotected template wasn't needed at all really; Tombsc has been registered on Wikipedia for some time now and can certainly edit the article. However the edit would have been reverted anyway. -- Atama^chat 19:13, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

False Advertising Ruling in the UK

Why is there no coverage of the False Advertising Ruling from the UK?

http://search.live.com/results.aspx?q=false+advertising+uk+iphone&go=&form=QBLH

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/iPhone-ad-UK-ASA,news-29046.html

"UK iPhone Ad Banned for False Advertising"

"The Authority banned the ad following complaints that it allowed users to fully browse the web with access to “all parts of the Internet,” despite that fact that the handset does not support Java or Flash. The 30 second advertisement includes a voice-over detailing what “parts” of the net you might need, finishing up with the claim that the iPhone has it all."

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.178.97.233 (talk • contribs) 19:38, 11 September 2008

The reason there is no coverage of the False Advertising Ruling from the UK is that the editors and normal contributors to this topic keep it clean of any news that puts apple in a bad light. they are apple apologists. they whitewash bad news about apple to make is seem better. they hide bad information about apple. by disbursing it to various parts of the topic and to other topics. Danalpha31 (talk) 10:34, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Danalpha31 previously attempted to insert MobileMe problems into the iPhone article, even though the problems had nothing to do with the iPhone itself. Anyone who disagrees with his opinion is an "apologist". In truth the article is filled with various drawbacks of the device.

To get back to the original topic... There's really no place for the information in this article, but the History of the iPhone article has a section on advertising. I think that would be a good place for it. -- Atama^chat 17:51, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Okay, I've added the information. So much for "whitewashing". -- Atama^chat 18:08, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

hmmm, i wonder why it wasn't added before. cnn even covered it. just not the people here. Danalpha31 (talk) 20:31, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

I never got around to it? -- Atama^chat 20:39, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

awww :( what about everyone else!!!! Danalpha31 (talk) 20:44, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

i wonder if yall would have ever added it on your own. hmmm Danalpha31 (talk) 20:50, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

this is supposed to be one of the good articles. HA!!!! Danalpha31 (talk) 20:38, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

I can't speak for everyone else, but I will say that this article has gotten far less attention in the last few months. This was a very active article, for good and for bad, and now I barely see anything more than a minor change made to it. I think it's possibly because the device is no longer a fad. If a new version of the iPhone is released it might pick up again. -- Atama^chat 20:47, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Hmm... You know, apparently this information is already in the iPhone article. In fact, it has been there for a long time, since December 3, 2008. Again, there's no "whitewashing" going on, such arguments are completely ridiculous. -- Atama^chat 16:11, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Also Known As

The iPhone is also known as the "Jesus Phone" in some of the online world. Sites using this phrase frequently include The Register (www.theregister.co.uk) and www.gizmondo.com.

Specific examples are: http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/macworld2007/exclusive-apple-iphone-360-degree-gallery-50-photos-of-the-jesus-phone-227486.php http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07/24/iphone_security_vulnerability/

The Economist, msnbc and other sites acknowledge this is a term that is used in the online world : http://www.economist.com/business/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9443542 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19297486/

An online (blogging) site has even made a satirical video due to the name : http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/08/3-weeks-until-the-iphone-goes-on-sale/

The online world's use of "Jesus Phone" should be included somewhere in the article - the article seems to be protected. 86.164.181.80 (talk) 13:51, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

That's interesting, those are clearly some notable sources using the term. However, notice that each one is about 2 years old. I'd never heard of the term despite being a long-time iPhone user (and contributor to this article). Obviously the term fell out of usage quickly. It might be worthy to put a brief blurb somewhere about it being called the "Jesus Phone" around launch. -- Atama^chat 17:37, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

I just quoted a couple of articles at random, The Register still uses the phrase consistently (here is one from this month: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/09/iphone_biometrics_harvesting/). I can't edit the article so can't add a brief mention I'm afraid.

86.164.181.80 (talk) 22:13, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Are the Apple fanboys who control the editing of the article going to include this information - if not, why not?89.243.153.99 (talk) 01:45, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

"Apple fanboys", as you put it, do not control the editing of this article. It is under the control of every established editor on Wikipedia. Community members who wish to participate from producing a general consensus are not barred. Brianreading (talk) 01:55, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

The name "Jesus Phone" is not an "also known as." Rather, it is more of a sarcastic gesture on the part of writers and others who despise the device for its popularity. Reading Barack Obama's article, I don't see any references to Jesus, The Messiah, "walking on water", "splitting the sea", etc. despite many people making these references. The reference to Jesus doesn't belong here because it is basically a reference made to make the iPhone look bad. It is sarcasm, and sarcasm doesn't belong on Wikipedia. Groink (talk) 05:05, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Add iphone 'recycling initiatives' subheading

I would like to add a 'recycling initiatives' subheading to the iphone wikipedia page. Electronic waste is becoming a huge world-wide problem. Since Apple did not design its batteries to be replaceable, the iphone device itself is rather disposeable. This presents an e-waste problem. I would like the subheading to read as follows:

Since the battery inside the iphone and ipod is not easily replaceable, the devices are rather disposable and have created a large electronic waste problem. The contents of the iphone, such as the lithium battery, can be potentially toxic if not properly recycled. Recent initiatives have been taken to recycle and reuse both iphones and ipods. [7] www.Cashforiphones.com believes in the importance of recycling iphones and ipods. The website buys used or broken iphones and ipods in an initiative to prevent dangerous electronic waste from discarded electronic devices.

Electronicguru1 (talk) 21:58, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

There is already a full section about the battery that details the replaceability of it. The rest of your edit would be against official Wikipedia policy to add on the grounds that it is an advertisement for an organization. As per What Wikipedia is not, "External links to commercial organizations are acceptable if they identify major organizations associated with a topic. [...] Those promoting causes or events, or issuing public service announcements, even if noncommercial, should use a forum other than Wikipedia to do so." Make sense? Brianreading (talk) 22:21, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

This editor has already spammed Laptop, Smartphone, and BlackBerry with advertisements for his site. If this article wasn't protected he would have spammed it also. -- Atama^chat 23:34, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Oh, now I see why my content got slapped down. I have a bunch more to add here from my expansion of computer recycling. I can add/reinsert this content without mentioning the third parties, but it seems like there is enough to make a spinout article as well. JJB 18:39, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

As long as the article meets the notability requirements, there shouldn't be anything wrong with that. Brianreading (talk) 02:09, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Rfc: Should this content be included?

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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{{RFCsci| section=Rfc: Should this content be included? !! reason=Editor claims an impartial judge will agree that he is not disregarding any Wikipedia policies or guidelines with the inclusion of material two other established editors disagree with. !! time= 00:44, 9 March 2009 (UTC) }}nowiki tags added at close to remove from category but leave reason visible. --Abd (talk) 21:27, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

iphone and itunes IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH WIN XP 64 bit VISTA 64 is now supported. I am an Iphone technical support rep with Apple this info can be confirmed at apple.com/itunes or apple.com/iphone —Preceding unsigned comment added by Matthewcheddarmurphy (talk • contribs) 19:45, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

The iTunes page doesn't specifically state that Windows XP 64-bit is unsupported, and a number of sources within this Wikipedia article contradict what you're claiming. Unless you can give us a reliable source that shows that it isn't supported there's no reason to consider change the article. Anyone can claim to be a tech support rep. -- Atama^chat 23:35, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

picky, picky, picky. you should know if apple doesn't say they support it, it's UNSUPPORTED. Danalpha31 (talk) 05:04, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

The point is that we have reliable sources saying that it is supported. The way Wikipedia works is that you find published sources that are considered reliable, and you reference them so that you can back up what you're saying with facts rather than putting in opinions, rumors, or guesses. -- Atama^chat 16:51, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

but what does apple say Danalpha31 (talk) 20:32, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

so now you can rely on your reliable sources. when before yall removed things you knew were true Danalpha31 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 20:34, 3 March 2009 (UTC).

Your idea of what a reliable source is does not match what is outlined at WP:RS. If you care about making a positive change at Wikipedia rather than ranting about your dislike for other editors, please familiarize yourself with some of the most basic policies and guidelines. WP:V, WP:RS, WP:NPOV, and WP:N are all something you need to learn and follow if you want to contribute meaningfully to the project. -- Atama^chat 20:44, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

then don't misuse the wikipedia policies to remove things you know are true Danalpha31 (talk) 20:53, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

"The threshold for inclusion in Wikipedia is verifiability, not truth." Very first line of the first policy I linked for you. Please read them. -- Atama^chat 20:57, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

To give a perfect example of the difference, I know that you've complained about Safari crashing your iPhone frequently. I experienced the same thing. It was one of the reasons why I eventually gave up my iPhone. The problem is, it doesn't seem to be a widespread problem, which made it difficult (well, impossible) to fix and also makes it unverifiable. So I would never put anything in this article about Safari being unstable on the iPhone, even though my direct experience says that it is. That's original research which isn't allowed. There are other gripes I have with the phone, which are again unverifiable, and so I don't include them. I also don't change anything in this article or any other article to reflect my opinion. That's how Wikipedia stays neutral (or tries to) and how it stands up to challenges about accuracy. -- Atama^chat 21:13, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Atama most certainly has the right idea here. It's clear that he understands what Wikipedia is and does. I support your reasoning wholeheartedly, and propose to Danalpha31 to please read the aforementioned links that Atama has provided. This will help him get his bearing here. Brianreading (talk) 22:28, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

there are or will be news sources that discuss and explain the safari crash problem. the question is will the normal editors and contributors put that information in this topic. like i said before, it's just a matter of time. Danalpha31 (talk) 23:17, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

If you believe that time will come (I personally don't believe that's the case), then it should be simple for you to add proper reliable, secondary sources and add this content yourself. You have most of the same power as any established editor here. However, you should be aware that the spirit of Wikipedia is about consensus. Just because you feel that something should be included or removed, does not mean that is the general consensus. As I mentioned earlier, I truly hope you read through Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, as they will be an invaluable tool for you here. Brianreading (talk) 00:04, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

The test is are the normal editors and contributors going to add it or just whitewash. Danalpha31 (talk) 00:28, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Are you not a "normal editor and contributor"? If not, there's nothing stopping you. Did you just come here to troll? Brianreading (talk) 02:41, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

I've only tried to add one paragraph. That is not a normal contributor to this topic. THIS IS THE DISCUSSION PAGE, NOT THE TOPIC. Danalpha31 (talk) 04:13, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

What Brianreading was getting at, I believe, is that if you really care at all about the content of this article you could contribute to it as much as any "normal editor". As long as your edits follow basic Wikipedia policies and guidelines then there shouldn't be any concern about your changes being reverted. It's very hypocritical of you to complain about people not improving the article (for example, when you complained above about nobody adding information about the false advertising lawsuit in the UK). If you don't have any interest in contributing to the encyclopedia, why are you here? -- Atama^chat 16:38, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

to see what kind of people are editing this page. to make sure yall are including relevant and important information Danalpha31 (talk) 17:20, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

the same reason —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.178.97.233 (talk • contribs) 19:38, 11 September 2008 wrote on the discussion page Why is there no coverage of the False Advertising Ruling from the UK? Danalpha31 (talk) 17:23, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

I don't think you understand how Wikipedia works. You add the information. You don't watch to see if other people do. And the anonymous IP actually was justified; as an anonymous IP they can't edit this article (it is semiprotected against vandalism because it has been a big target). So instead they posted some information, included a reference for it. You on the other hand are now an established, registered user, and can edit it however you want. Yet you've done nothing but try to add MobileMe problems to the article (despite the fact that there is already a MobileMe article which explains the problems with the service at length), then complained about it being removed, and then kept up a diatribe against Wikipedia ever since. The anonymous IP contributed far more than you've ever done. I'd encourage you, since you've gone through the trouble to register and everything, to go ahead and do something other than complain all the time. Another editor who actually edits is always welcome (as long as they aren't disruptive). -- Atama^chat 18:30, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

without me the mobileme problem would not exist in wikipedia. without me the 3g chipset problem on release of the iphone 3g would not exist in wikipedia. without me yall would ignore the safari browser crash problem Danalpha31 (talk) 14:13, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

I don't know if I've ever had this much trouble staying civil in Wikipedia before. Danalpha31, you are so badly misinformed and have such an inflated sense of the worth of your limited contribution to the encyclopedia it's difficult to respond in a proper manner. The problems with MobileMe that you were trying to insert into the article in December of 2008 happened months earlier. If you had bothered to check the MobileMe article before wrongly trying to shoehorn that information into this article, you'd have seen that the problems were already written about on MobileMe's article, in detail, long before, in fact they were included in the article at about the same time that they happened. You claim repeatedly that Wikipedia is full of "Apple apologists" who try to "whitewash". In reality, the problems with MobileMe have been documented on Wikipedia long before you even showed up and in better detail than in your attempts. The 3G chipset problem was also discussed long before you appeared on Wikipedia. Not only do we show the problems with the iPhone and other Apple products, we're better at it than you are. If you view your role as some kind of "watchdog", don't bother, because your efforts have obviously failed. -- Atama^chat 17:06, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

thou dost protest too much. just look at the various iphone articles that summarize the iphone's problems. many of the mention the mobileme problem. they think it belongs with the iphone. why don't you? like i said, an impartial judge will rule in my favor Danalpha31 (talk) 19:40, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

here's one news article that was on google news. http://www.crn.com/software/215801096 the author seems to think mobileme problems belong in an iphone article. i wonder why? Danalpha31 (talk) 20:26, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

I've added this on the queue for Request for comment so an impartial editor can help with dispute resolution. That should help to fulfill your request for an "impartial judge". Brianreading (talk) 00:47, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

The blog that Danalpha31 referenced (again, it's a blog) actually says the following:

"Last year, on the day it launched both iPhone 3G and its MobileMe service, Apple's infrastructure was so swamped that tens of thousands of customers were forced to wait through brutal phone activation delays via its iTunes store. MobileMe was so riddled with problems when it first launched that Apple decided to give customers an extra month on their subscriptions in an effort to placate the many who were angry or disappointed."

Even that blog entry differentiates between MobileMe and iPhone 3G, showing the problems betweeen the two as being separate. The blog is talking about Apple in general (in fact, the blog entry is titled "Apple is Delaying Developers; Does a Bigger Problem Exist?"). It's not an "iPhone article". Danalpha31 can't seem to grasp that MobileMe and the iPhone are different products, even though MobileMe was released on the same day the iPhone 3G was. -- Atama^chat 16:28, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Correction: Danalpha31 still does not respect that distinction ("cannot grasp", or more likely, ignores). You may remember this dispute from late 2008. I suggest that you stop wasting your time--both of you.--HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)} 01:17, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Oh I sure do remember it. Well, I guess arguing the point is somewhat pointless. I always like to keep up hope that an editor will come around to be helpful to the project but I think you're right that it's useless. -- Atama^chat 15:23, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Base on this talk, the initial claim has not been verified by a reliable source, and also has not been verified by any published source altogether, so please stop talking. Thank you.WhatisFeelings? (talk) 21:39, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

I'm not sure if you guys are still discussing whether or not iTunes is supported on 64 bit Windows XP, but here is an Apple document that says it isn't: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1426 This is certainly a reliable source.--agr (talk) 22:20, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

I don't know what's the issue or issues; their talk at the beginning is highly confusing.WhatisFeelings? (talk) 23:29, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

I came to this RfC, as an uninvolved editor, because of the listing at Template:RFCsci_list. The RfC was inadequately presented, with an incoherent discussion arguing wiki principles without specific foundation. That may have been due to an editor requesting RfC as a "shut up" move. Please do not waste the community's time requesting comment on a proposal you do not support. No specific text was asserted. It was claimed that usable source was removed from the article, but there was no reference to it. General principles were proclaimed as controlling that are not of universal application. (WP:V may be assumed to be universal, normally, WP:RS is more conditional, that's the difference between a policy and a guideline.) At the end, above, a reliable source is asserted for a certain statement, but the application to the existing text is unclear and, again, wasn't specified. However, the source may make the RfC moot, it seems to be founded on a lack of reliable source but an editor asserting personal knowledge. I'm closing this RfC for these defects, without any conclusion, and without prejudice against further process or edits, and I'm removing the RfC tag. I'm doing this because, as it stands, the RfC just wastes the time of editors who look at it, and the present issue is unclear. If someone has a remaining issue, I suggest that they begin a new RfC, and take care to present the issues so that they are clear and specific, and avoid tendentious back-and-forth debate in the RfC. Presumably, before an RfC is set up, the issues have been discussed already and positions should be as clear as possible. If not, please don't set up an RfC until dispute resolution has been followed and failed to find consensus with less outside involvement. --Abd (talk) 21:27, 22 March 2009 (UTC)}}

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

I see what I now missed previously. The RfC tag was added to the beginning of an existing discussion, which explains why it was so anomalously incoherent. Please don't do that! An RfC should be designed to facilitate outside comment, and should be organized and formatted to present the issue for comment clearly. Dropping an RfC tag at the top of a disorganized and tendentious discussion wastes the time of the community. A new section should be started for an RfC, but a content RfC should never be created to shut an editor up, but only if an editor or group of editors needs outside comment to support their position (or to gain a neutral decision where the application of guidelines is not clear, or editors think some exception may apply.). Strictly, tendentious back-and-forth debate should be avoided in RfCs. If there are, in fact, two editors against one, the two editors have the upper hand, and may maintain their preferred version, as long as they are following guidelines, without risk, whereas the single editor is the one who has the responsibility to secure outside commentary, which should really start before RfC, see suggestions at WP:RfC, perhaps at a WikiProject or by personally asking for assistance from an experienced editor. There is also the editor assistance page. Note, edit warring to maintain content is disapproved, even if it runs short of violating WP:3RR. Rather, attempts to find consensus with a dissenting editor should be diligent. It seems that there was reliable source asserted at the end of the RfC for what this editor wanted to introduce, but, given the confusion, I'm still making no conclusion. --Abd (talk) 21:46, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your help. I will keep all of this in mind next time. Brianreading (talk) 01:05, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Map

Hey, just another quick note that the map needs updating. Someone added South Korea yesterday, but Qatar and Israel still need to be changed to blue, and Guam and Uganda also need to be added, per [8]. I lack the know-how to do SVGs (can only edit PNGs) so if someone could do it when they get around to it... Cheers! Bernerd (talk) 04:53, 2 January 2010 (UTC)