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SingTel to sell iPhone in Asia; confirms Apple's shift in strategy

SingTel has announced that it will sell Apple's iPhone in Singapore, and through their subsidiaries in other parts of Asia.

This is in addition to Mexico-based America Movil announcement last week that they will "bring the iPhone to its Latin American operations later this year" and Vodafone's and Telecom Italia's announcement.

So what does today's announcement mean? Find out after the jump and also checkout the iPhone world map updated to include the latest developments.

iPhone Hacks News and Rumors Roundup, 4th May - 10th May 2008

Checkout the weekly (4th May - 10th May 2008) news and rumors roundup on the iPhone from here at iPhone Hacks and also from around the web that did not make it here after the jump.

As you would see from the articles posted here at iPhone Hacks and around the web it has been a very busy last week on the iPhone news front.

Breaking News: Pre-release iPhone firmware 2.0 confirms 3G iPhone is coming soon

Its has been hard to stay away from all the rumors about the imminent launch of the 3G iPhone.

However, not any longer as the pre-release version of iPhone firmware 2.0 included in the latest Apple iPhone SDK Beta 5 (Build 5a274D) which is currently available only to members of the iPhone developer program has revealed that Apple is planning to release the long awaited 3G iPhone soon probably as early as June just like the rumors have indicated.

Lextech's iPhone App to convert iPhone into a Surveillance Gadget

Lextech have given us a glimpse of their native iPhone application that they claim could change the way traditional surveillance systems are used. 

They plan to use iPhone's revolutionary multi-touch interface which should make it more intuitive to control surveillance equipment.

More details and couple of YouTube video's of their native iPhone application available after the jump.

AT&T's iPhone Plans to include free access to AT&T's Wi-Fi Hotspots sometime in the future

The reports about AT&T offering free Wi-Fi access to iPhone users at many of their national Wi-Fi hotspots including Starbucks and Barnes & Noble locations and then found to be turned off were not just rumors as based on the latest iPhone plans available on AT&T's website now also includes access to more than 17,000 AT&T Wi-Fi hotspots, including Starbucks in the U.S.

Let us know if you have been able to use AT&T's free Wi-Fi access.

Update (11th May, 2008): Thanks Carlton and unscriptable for your feedback, AT&T has updated the iPhone plans again and has removed the free Wi-Fi hotspots access part, AT&T told the New York Times that the confusion was due to a "human error." However, they did mention that free access to their Wi-FI access will be offered though they did not mention when. I have updated the title of the post accordingly from "AT&T's iPhone Plans now includes free access to AT&T's Wi-Fi Hotspots" to "AT&T's iPhone Plans to include free access to AT&T's Wi-Fi Hotspots sometime in the future".

[via MacRumors]

Apple iPhone SDK Beta 5 Released; included iPhone firmware 2.0 reveals “Push” preferences

Apple has released the new version (beta 5) of their iPhone SDK. The new beta build is called 5a274D.

This is the fourth release after the iPhone SDK was released in March, details of the other three beta versions is available here, here and here.

Some interesting details of the latest beta version of Apple's iPhone SDK available after the jump.

Vodafone gets to sell iPhone in 10 countries; Telecom Italia to sell in Italy as well; Apple changing strategy?

Vodafone announced today that they will be partnering with Apple to sell the most-hyped gadget ever created aka the iPhone in 10 countries.

More details and a possible change in strategy by Apple available after the jump.

Pre-release version of iPhone firmware 2.0 reveals Chinese Handwriting Recognition Feature

The pre-release version of iPhone firmware 2.0 has revealed another gem of a feature.

Wretch.cc is reporting that Apple has included handwriting recognition for Chinese (Traditional and Simplified) in the pre-release version of Apple's iPhone firmware 2.0 included in the latest Apple iPhone SDK Beta 4 (Build 5A258F) which is currently available only to members of the iPhone developer program.

How-To: Backup the iPhone, Restore from a Backup & Delete a Backup

One of the most common (and obvious) recommendation before hacking the iPhone is to backup the iPhone so that if things go horribly wrong you can at least restore your iPhone to avoid losing any of your settings such as sound settings, widget settings, certain network settings, and other preferences and information such as text messages, notes, call history contact favorites etc.

Pre-release version of iPhone firmware 2.0 reveals Import SIM Contacts feature

The pre-release version of Apple's iPhone firmware 2.0 included in the latest Apple iPhone Software Development Kit (SDK) Beta 4 (Build 5A258f) which is currently available only to members of the iPhone developer program has revealed a feature dubbed Import SIM Contacts.