I know, I know. It sounds like a scam. Some of you may even dismiss it as such; but if you pay attention, I’ll show you how it works, and why it’s not a scam.
So what’s the deal? Well, it’s simple really. These programs have been around for a while, starting with the free iPods in 2003. It’s affiliate marketing and a way for the owners of the giveaway site to make money. We’ll break it down like this:
Giveaway site: They have partner programs with different advertisers who pay them a fee for sending them customers who complete offers. More often than not, these offers are free trials. You: Sign up on the giveaway site and complete an offer. The giveaway site gets paid for the offer you completed. Now, to receive your free gift, you have to refer friends and family to sign up and do an offer too. Each gift has a different amount of required referrals, depending on how expensive the gift is. After your friends complete their offers, the giveaway site has made enough money to buy and send you your free gift, and also make a little profit at the same time.
Here’s the best part. Once you receive a free gift (be that a free iPod, iPhone, Xbox 360, PS3), your account isn’t closed. Your referrals just reset to zero. So, if you want another free gift, all you have to do is refer more friends and family to complete free offers. Sign up here, and start referring friends today!
DarkMalloc and team is working on something that the dev team isn’t. A jailbreak tool for windows users running OS3.1. The tool, code named Sn0wbreeze, is anticipated to be able to jailbreak your iPhone 2G, 3G, 3GS, and iPod Touch first and 2nd gen. The team will be doing a live demo of Sn0wbreeze on their uStream channel on Friday. I, for one, can’t wait.
We’ve waited forever. Now, with less than 24 hours to go, MMS will finally be coming to the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS. Don’t expect to wake up tomorrow morning and start sending and receiving pictures though. AT&T will be staggering the activation throughout the day starting at 10:00 am Eastern. You’ll also have to update your iPhone via iTunes with AT&T’s updated carrier file.
According to macrumors.com, AT&T might be more than a little nervous about the rollout:
“early testing has been a little rocky, with AT&T seeing a fairly significant test outage yesterday that has them rushing to beef up their MMSC messaging servers. Estimates among those working on the project are that traffic on AT&T’s wireless network will be about 40% higher all day on Friday as iPhone users fire pictures and video at one another.â€
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Jailbreakers, go forth and prosper. Keep an eye out here for a forthcoming howto video.
From the dev team:
PwnageTool 3.1 for Mac OS X – this application supports the iPhone 1st Generation (2G), the iPhone 3G and the iPod touch 1G. NB: THIS DOES NOT SUPPORT THE 3GS OR 2G/3G IPOD TOUCH. redsn0w for Mac OS X and Windows will follow sometime in the near future, please don’t bug us about it – we’ll release when we have something ready.
While they aren’t citing an exact date, TomTom has updated it’s FAQ page to say that it’s iPhone Car Kit will be available in October. It’ll be available initially without the app, which also works on the iPod Touch. Need the app? Get it here.
We know it’s coming, but the question remains.. “when?”
Well, it may be pretty soon. TomTom’s iPhone app (iTunes link) by itself is without a doubt, simply awesome. The mount just takes it one step further. It’s packed with goodies including the ability to charge your iPhone, Bluetooth for hands-free calling, and it’s own SiRFstar GPS chipset for better accuracy as compared to the app by itself. Want more? I thought so. Here is a link to the FCC’s site to keep you quite busy including more photos, test reports, and even the device’s manual.
My favorite channel in the world, The Discovery Channel, has released an app for the iPhone. View video clips, photo galleries, take quizzes, get news, and even purchase DVD’s of your favorite shows all from this nifty little app. Best of all, it’s totally free from the app store.
Here’s a great video I found on how to jailbreak your iPhone 3G or iPhone 3GS running 3.0.1. Don’t have an iPhone yet? You can get one free by clicking here.
I know, I know. It sounds like a scam. Some of you may even dismiss it as such; but if you pay attention, I’ll show you how it works, and why it’s not a scam.
