12 Effective Strategies Apple Uses to Create Loyal Customers

Apple enjoys fanatical brand loyalty. This is not a coincidence it’s part of a well-thought-out plan to deliver strong products and create an Apple culture. The iPhone and the iPod are entry level gadgets if the consumers likes the gadget then they’re more likely to consider buying an Apple computer in the future. SOURCE


iDial Brings Nostalgia To Your iPhone

Are you old-fashioned?

Well.. if you have an iPhone then you must be an old-modern-hybrid. Does that term exists? :cool:

Anyway, if you been waiting for an old-fashioned dialer with a touchscreen twist then your dream is now reality thanks to the guys on iPhone Skinning

Watch the Video on Youtube

Install it by adding: http://rep.sosiphone.com as a source in Installer.

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Apple Reports Record Second Quarter Results

Financial Results Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2008 second quarter ended March 29, 2008. The net sales that obtained in this semester were of 7,510 billion, with net quarterly profit of$1.05 billion. These results compare to revenue of $5.26 billion and net quarterly profit of $770 million, or $.87 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 32.9 percent, down from 35.1 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 44 percent of the quarter’s revenue.

Apple shipped 2,289 million of Macintosh® computers: 856 thousand of iMacs,Etc., and 1,433 million Macbooks, The company sold 10.644 million iPods during the quarter representing one percent unit growth and eight percent revenue growth over the year-ago quarter, also sold 1.703 million iPhones.

We have seen rumors about a new iPhone model with 3G Network, and we waiting for a possible update of Macbooks with aluminium desing. I can’t wait anymore what new products Apple will bring for us in the following months. 

 

Via: Apple Financial Results. 

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How to Fix ?Repair Needed? on the iPhone

Disclaimer: I share with you this information from personal experience, and if your try this is exclusively your responsibility for any damages your iPhone may have. I am not responsible for anything that may happen for attempting this tutorial.

I came across this problem with an iPhone of a Client. The Repair Needed Screen apeared and when that shows up it something to worry about. I started to search what would be the solution, and many people have this problem and there is no known Fix.

The iPhone i was working had No WiFi , Bluetooth, IMEI , ICCID. The baseband was erased completely and this is very strange thing, and i remember in one forum thread that pspsully (i think thats the correct alias of the hacker) was very impressed with this achievement of Erasing the baseband completely.

I was still having the problem and no solution was near, so i have read that the new firmware 1.1.3 fixed this and i would give it a try, because i didn’t have WiFi to try other methods with SSH and terminal.

So the things that i did where like this Step By Step:

  • I had firmware 1.0.2 with no baseband, WiFi , Bluetooth, IMEI , ICCID
  • The next thing i did, was update the iPhone to firmware 1.1.1, ( try to get your iPhone on DFU mode with INdependence or iBrickr or use the 10 Seconds trick to get iPhone Restore on iTunes)
  • Once i was on firmware 1.1.1 i had no choice but to restore to firmware 1.1.3 because i had no WiFi and when i did the *#307# method the phone freezed because i had no baseband.
  • The next thing is a bit tricky but once i tell you is going to be easy, because i was stuck with some problems.

  • When you downgrade a firmware version the steps are:
  • a) Click on restore with alt key or shift on windows and select the desired firmware (in this case 1.1.3) b) Now that all the process of downgrading is on course an error at the end is going to happen. c) The normal thing to do is shut down iTunes and open INdependence or iBrickr and the iPhones gets out of DFU mode to activation screen.

  • When you are with firmware 1.1.3 you can’t get out of DFU or Restore mode with INdependence or iBrickr.
  • The next thing to effectively downgrade from 1.1.3 to 1.1.1 you will need to use the 10 seconds trick. Press sleep and home button for 10 seconds untill power is off, let go the sleep button but keep holding home untill your computer says iPhone in recover mode ( you need your iPhone conected to the computer) use this expample as reference
  • If you don’t use the 10 seconds trick and try to downgrade to 1.1.1 you will get an error (1) and you will be stuck with a 1.1.3 iPhone on recovery mode.
  • These new firmware rewrites all of your file system and restore the baseband and all the missing things (WiFi , Bluetooth, IMEI , ICCID)

  • Now that you Successfully downgraded to 1.1.1 you will need to restore with 1.1.1 firmware. This restore will get you on the Firmware 1.1.1 activation screen and now you may perform the *#307# jailbreakme.com method or any jailbreak method you know.
  • In my experience when i was at this stage the firmware had repaired the Repair Needed screen and now i had chance to Dial and get sound from the Phone (The baseband was restored, previously there was no sound)

    I am sure this may help a lot of people that have this problem. Comment here if you are going to try it and if this works for you post so every people can get this post as a reference.

    If this tutorial resolved your problem, don’t hesitate and donate whatever amount you wish. Thanks


edit: lotech commented this important thing.

WARNING!!!!!

Ok so to correct that above bit - if you do this process your bootloader will be updated too - which screws you for then downgrading to an unlockable baseband version.
You can still downgrade with the testpoint hack, but that involves pulling apart you iphone.


iPhone 1.1.3 Jailbreak Released

The iPhone Dev Team just Released the 1.1.3 firmware jailbreak for those that are eager to “wiggle” your screen and play with triangulation GPS on the new firmware. The program released is Nate´s iBrickr software ONLY for Windows and later there would be a Mac Version. The iPod Touch jailbreak is pending too…

iBrickr contains a “soft upgrade” path for jailbroken 1.1.1 and 1.1.2 users so this can be easy and with the minimun risk possible.

You could get more info on Nate´s Page and consider donating for the hard work of all the Dev Team hackers (”planetbeing” and _Fred, who were the first to jailbreak. Other amazing developers include Zibri, netkas, NerveGas, asap18, bgm, Bugout, bushing, chris_, dinopio, drudge, gray, MuscleNerd, natetrue, pr3d4t0r, roxfan, Turbo, Zf[strike], np101137, pumpkin, and kroo, along with many contributors who wish to remain anonymous)


New Gmail For the iPhone

Directly from the Official Gmail Blog, Google Announce a new facelift for Gmail, it’s faster and more fluid thanks to AJAX.

The Gmail Team sure hears their public and added, pre-fetching and auto-complete features.

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To visit this application just go to Google and click on the Gmail Tab, and sign in. The new interface is now ready.

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iPhone 1.1.3 Firmware Sighted

Here are some photos of the recent iPhone 1.1.3 firmware sighting that GearLive came out with. Are they Fake? or Real?

The Apple Community from sites like Digg and Hackint0sh began to speculate regarding weather this photos are real or not. Lets remember that a lot of people are crossing their fingers too. The release of the new 1.1.3 firmware would be the first step for a software unlock for Out of the Box 1.1.2 iPhones.

They are new features that maybe the real thing or some kind of wishes by the guys that created the photoshop work. We have seen many of those, so lets take the news with caution.

1.1.3 Features:

  • Send an SMS message to multiple people
  • Google Maps application can now pinpoint your location using cell tower triangulation
  • Google Maps can now display the Hybrid map view
  • You can now drag and drop application icons on your home screen
  • You can now add web bookmarks to your home screen

The photos seems legit, and all but we have to wonder and question, how did he got the new firmware? Maybe Apple is going to request that i get this pictures off :razz: :twisted:

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Guided iPhone Unlocking?

How much are you willing to spend to be guided on the unlocking process? There is so many information out there for free, but its disorganized and you need to go through multiple blog and forum posts.

Then, when you have all the information necessary you need to get all the unlocking tools that the community have provided. Its a Daunting task for Non Tech People, and they may have fear of bricking their iPhone.

I was wondering how much are you willing to spend for this kind of service?

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iPhone Sales Limit Restored

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Back in October Apple took some measures and started to limit iPhones Sales they allowed to buy two iPhones per customer, and you had to have a credit card to buy to be traceable :razz:

This measures were taken because of the 200,000 + iPhones that where unlocked globally. But now that the holidays arrived Apple Restored their Limit to 5 iPhone per customer.

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Hot German Chick Smashing an iPhone


Germans, now have time to play with their iPhones, with contract or without, but some people like to play rude and this video is an example.

This is not a nice welcome to the iPhone on Deutsch soil.

I think they have “buzz” overload across the pond with everybody talking about the iPhone. Some iPhone naysayers may enjoy this video, and others too.. lets watch.

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Apple Online Store One Day Shopping Event


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Are you ready getting all the presents for your relatives and friends? Lets get busy and start today, taking advantage of the great deals the Apple Online Store offers on their Black-Friday Special and save big on iPod, iPhone and Mac gifts.

This is a Special One Day Only Event so take advantage of this offer and get started with your Gift To-Give-List and start today, and not rush for presents on Christmas Eve.

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China Mobile and China Unicom want the iPhone Exclusive

This is likely to become a bidding war were only one carrier is going to deliver the iPhone to a very large country, and this leaves Steve Jobs at a very good position to decide, what partner can be more profitable. Maybe have a deal with both carriers with such a large market? - MacDailyNews


God has one of this.

There are a lot of iPhone parodys out there but this one is very clever and well done, maybe some people would like to see this feature on the iPhone

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Germans Buy 10,000 iPhones

German Fanboys were out shopping for the iPhone in Cologne and resisted all kind of weather inclemency but they finally got their iPhone.

A T-Mobile spokeswoman said the company had sold 10,000 iPhones by the afternoon. The demand will be greater but T-Mobile states that They have plenty of iPhones for this upcoming Holiday Season.

Hundreds of Germans lined up for this hot device, some said:

“All of us are Mac (Apple Macintosh computer) fans,” said a man who works in a MP3 store and was waiting with two of his friends. “The iPhone is the best phone in the world,” he said.

The Apple Fanboys are the kind of people that resist all kind of obstacles ( weather etc) to get the new hot gadget, and this proves that. Remember the first guy in line for the iPhone?

T-Mobile representatives handed out blankets, umbrellas as well as hot tea, coffee and pretzels for those waiting outside.

The next to get the iPhone would be United Kingdom. France turn is at the end of the month.
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Vtap: Watch any Video on Your iPhone

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You can watch, Videos not only from YouTube but from several Video providers of the web. You can watch videos from various parts like MySpace, Dailymotion, Associated Press ,Reuters and ESPN. The magic of this app is that it encodes any Flash video to a native Quick Time player format H.264.

I haven´t tested on my iPhone yet, but it seems that this web app should fill a large gap the iPhone left, by not supporting Flash, this is a good way to solve this problem. This app may be better than the native YouTube app on the iPhone.

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Setup Gmail IMAP on your iPhone

Google recently added IMAP support to Gmail and this are good news for iPhone owners because IMAP allows changes made by the user to be reflected on the server, and not downloading and storing sent and received messages.

Gmail IMAP service may be an iPhone selling point for some users.

I am going to leave this video, that explains how to set up Gmail IMAP on your iPhone.

Enjoy!

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Revirginize Your iPhone


Would you like to update to the 1.1.1 firmware version and play with the iTunes Music Store?

There was a method that i tried that involved , connecting to your iPhone over SFTP and SSH and execute some files and cheat SimFree application with the seczones on geohot server.

It´s complicated if you are a newbie ( I was stuck figiuring out some things :) ) but there is a better solution for that.

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Apple: Orange Exclusive Carrier for iPhone in France

Apple and Orange announced their deal to distribute the iPhone in France. The iPhone debut on Thursday, November 29.

“We are excited to partner with Orange and bring iPhone to France in time for the holidays,”

said Steve Jobs

The 8GB model will be sold in France for €399 including V.A.T.

Apple is going to be very busy on the holidays, and there is no doubt very profitable too, with the new Leopard and maybe a lighter version of the MacBook.

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iPhone Sim Free Unbricking and Unlocking 1.1.1 Firmware

iPhone Sim Free now provides an unlocking solution for the 1.1.1 firmware. If you want a free solution you must need to wait (patience is a virtue right?), but now the iPhone Dev Team decrypted the ramdisk and gain access to the secpacks that means a free unlock coming soon.

In this video an iPhone with firmware 1.0.2 that was unlocked with anySim, one of the free software unlocks. Then updated to firmware 1.1.1 using iTunes and then downgrade to 1.0.2

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3 New iPhone ads

These are 3 new TV ads:

  • Mankind
  • Meredith
  • One Thing

Doug talks about how Voicemail is revolutionary. Elliot talks about how easy it is to search for information through MobileSafari And Stephano says he can´t live without his iPhone because its an All-in-one device.


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