oh, the store you got it from is an FM ke? bangga ler camni, hhehe

anyway, DiGi ngan Celcom should be fine too I guess. I've tried it with loads of SIM (O2 uk, E+plus germany, and some weird Brazilian sim i got from this really hot chick ) and all of them seems to be working fine.

string, did you have to activate the phone first?  or you can use it straight out of the box?

i'm gonna ask my friend in auckland to send it to me.  prob get a few sets since there's stock online.

need any sim card?

i mean when you activate the phone, do you have to have a sim card in the phone

this fella ahhhh....... never seems to impress me

Hmmm a lil confused here..

This link says that iPhone will not be available for prepay customers :

http://vodafonenz.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/vod...hp?p_faqid=6513

does that mean that a prepay sim card would not work in it (locked for sim cards with a plan) or means there's no prepay plan that goes with the iphone?

Thanks

Ahh right.. thanks for clearing that up for me.. So looks like i'm gonna get one when I balik NZ then. How do you get around the prob of no data?

I dont know what else I can add in terms of pics or video, if there is anything specific you need to know just ask.

Okay, here's how you undo the lock on the iPhone 3G.

If you watched that Youtube clip I uploaded, it came without any sim card, and to unlock it, you need to use iTunes. Plug it into iTunes and the register screen greets you. Agree to the T&C, and continue with the registration. As long as you do not agre to the T&C and complete the registration, your iPhone will not appear on iTunes and you cannot transfer your media onto it. In my case, I already have registered an account with iTunes US, and I use my Apple ID to continue from there. Once everything is done, your iPhone appears on the right tab on iTunes, and you can now either rename it or set as default "Phone". You can also choose to restore from previous sync you have with other iPhones you have synced with the Mac you're using, in this case, both my previous 8GB and my 16GB. I chose to not to restore and start fresh. The rest is the same how you do it now, automatically sync your media or customise it.

Other observations, 3G coverage in my area, when good, is really good, when it is not, it drops out of coverage and totally konked out. This was observed during my mad dash outside my house testing out the GPS. When coverage drops, the "3G" symbol disappears and replaced by a blue box with a dot in a middle. But once you're back on coverage, it refreshes and the symbol came back on, with settings remembered, you dont have to re-enter it.

3G settings for both Celcom and Maxis are as follows:-

Celcom = 3gcelcom, leave login and password blank
Maxis = unet, username "maxis", password 0123

Both blazingly fast, it's been a while since I used 3G, when it is good, the speed is fast, but I hate it when the crappy days comes, you know, when they say it's "under maintainance"

Everything else, is like how I posted before. GPS is heavenly, I'll do the taping of the GPS in action tomorrow when I'm in the bus to KLCC for my private TT and "The Dark Knight". Will tape it using the 2G iPhone with iPhone Video Recorder. Gonna start transferring songs, movies and apps now, now I can safely purchase Super Monkey Ball and Scrabble.

Anything else you guys want me to try out , or any other questions, dont hesitate to ask. I dont think I can sleep tonight.

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Added on July 17, 2008, 12:14 am

Ahahah, the remnants of my toy-collecting days, I still do collect and pose them, but not as crazy as I used to.
I'm gonna use the USB cable connected to another USB head that I have to charge, the USB head left over from my old Sony Ericsson phone owning days. Plus, still have the US 2-pin plug I always use for charging inflight.

o.O bro u selling those iphones? =D how much how much lai PM me price =p

Hi bro,

You selling those iphone?
Please pm me the best price.

please use spoiler next time. and cocklea is in aussie....rite? or is it Nz? dunno which z ady...

i am now starting to worry whether stringfellow can meet the number of demands in his tumpang thread.

damn it string why do u always have to make me jealous

maybe i should go for a holiday to auckland when my mid semester break comes

Okay , I've got the video clip from iPhone video Recorder uploaded, but after reviewing the clip, I realize the conversation going on in that clip is not err......"suitable" for general viewing.

I'll have to record it tomorrow, using my Xacti camcorder. Clearer than iPhone Video Recorder, and hopefully no ......"explicit" audio.

P/s: I was recording while I was in a cab, and the taxi driver was talking about his experience "pancing" girls and what made him marry early. WTF moments ensues, and the conversation went towards the more explicit kind. I just wanna record the GPS damnit!

what is "kirim"??
ya..i read from the 1st page that can buy from vodafone....still thinking whether should buy o not, as some ppl said the company M might launch. I worry the proce makes a big different..

Friend, just now i received a call from my uncle at Vodafone NZ.
The sales guy told him that the phone only can work with NZ Sim Card...and they cant unlcoked there...
WEIRD!~

@psyeo,
Act, which is a better colour?  It's hard to tell from pictures alone - since U've seen both U should be able to tell

I dont know if I have posted it here or the doomed "Tumpang" thread, but to future owners of the iPhone 3G, you may want to set the "Push" feature on MobileMe/iPhone 3G integration to "Fetch" or "Manual Push" instead.

Why? I had the case of spotty 3G auto-updating the Contacts and iCal, only to have it updated half way. The result? All my contacts come up with their names only, no phone numbers, addresses, or the notes tagged to them! Apple have been struggling to bring MobileMe up to speed, so the advice is to stay vigilant and do this manually. Or better still, dont "Fetch" or "Push" at all, but only update your Contacts and iCal appointments when you sync. This may not be an ideal solution, particularly to those on the move, and wanting MobileMe "cloud computing" to work without the need of having to be infront of your Mac or editing massive amount of data on tiny iPhone keyboards, but the way I see it, that's the safest bet.

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Added on July 27, 2008, 2:50 pm

Tell that to them, they already won, with my Tumpang in limbo now.

Cocklea and Psyeo, boss. They are the real heroes. I'm just the postmen.

tat makes 3 ppl i hv 2 to thank 4 making it possible 4 me and all of us here 2 get our hands da iphone...

psyeo...when u get bac here, hope 2 meet u...drop by inti...can get 2 meet up....
btw, whr all our classmates now? lost contact with most of them laaa

guyz, this is the info that I get from a taiwan forum.
Apple has send out a news saying that those iphone from NZ Vodafone need to Contact carrier for authorized unlocking.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1937