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In case you didn't know, AT&T is once again offering refurbished 16GB iPhone 3Gs for just $150 a piece with a 2-year contract.

The offer is available for new customers, and is limited to one purchase per household.

Your attention please: the iPhone 3.0 Beta firmware is now available for those who have previously registered as an iPhone developer. If you are one of them, don't waste time and download the firmware at http://developer.apple.com.

If you're willing to buy an unlocked iPhone 3G, Buy.com offers you this opportunity. For "just" $799 you'll get an unlocked handset ready to be used on any carrier you like. Unfortunately, the retailer didn't indicate the origin of their handsets, but I think it's safe to say they came from Taiwan, where the iPhone 3G is sold unlocked.

Well, this new CECT m188 definitely looks like the supposed "iPhone nano", but it's not the real thing, of course. Don't get fooled by its appearance. It will be going for for about $100, and will include the following features:

• 900/1800/1900Mhz GSM;
• Dual SIM cards support;
• GPRS connectivity;
• Audio and video playback;
• Integr

If Digitimes are to be believed, this years' upcoming iPhone will sport a 3.2Mpix CMOS camera module. They said that OmniVision has secured the CMOS image sensor orders from Apple, and will also be making another 5Mpix camera module for another Apple product, maybe a higher-end iPhone. We'll see...

An analyst from Lazard Capital Market claims that Apple has plans on producing a new 32GB iPhone in 2009, basing on information from sources in the NAND memory industries. There will be 2 versions of the handset available, one of which will be a low-end iPhone for the markets of Brazil, Russia, India and China, while North Americans and Europeans will get the high-end model.

Finally an official Skype application will soon come to the iPhone and BlackBerry handsets. The iPhone will get it this Tuesday, while BlackBerry owners will have to wait until May.
The official build will not require additional audio transcoding, will use only Wi-Fi instead of EDGE or 3G, and will support calls to SkypeOut contacts in addition to many other features available on the desktop client.

If you're a Fido customer and wanted to get a iPhone 3G 16GB from said carrier, you'll have to do it quickly, as Fido will be dropping the device from its lineup. It is currently available for $299 on a 3-year contract.

Note that the 8GB version will still be available.

Apparently the jailbreak for the iPhone 3.0 firmware is ready, as confirmed by the iPhone Dev Team. It means that we'll be able to run all the third party apps on the handset, but will have to  wait until the official release of the firmware that'll take place this summer.

P.S. YellowSnow users are warned to stay away from the firmware 3.0 because YellowSnow is not ready yet and could cause some irreversible changes.

As of March 26 AT&T will be selling the Apple iPhone to its existing customers for $599 and $699 (8GB and 16GB, respectively) with no contract obligation. Finally.