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iPhone 3.0 apps are still dropping fast and furious, left and right, cats and dogs, etc , but there’s some reprieve for non-3.0 stragglers this week, too. Morning music? Personal broadcasting?

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The Week In iPhone Apps: It’s Never Too Early To Dance [IPhone Apps]

Yeah, I know the iPhone 3GS shoots video.

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Putting the iPhone 3GS in a Shoulder Mount May Be Overkill [Iphone 3gs]

Here’s the (probably) most famous mask in the world from the inside, which you can barely see in the movies. Lord Darth Vader ’s mask is supposed to help him breathe, but what do all those other little electronic parts do? Monitor his state?

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This Is How Darth Vader’s Mask Looks Inside [Star Wars]

It’s like your computer’s trash can! Get it? [ Glennz Tees via Book of Joe ]

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‘Trash’ T-Shirt Shows a Digital Hobo at Work [Shirts]

It first started with the press release from yesterday . Then some talk from Apple employees

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Sanity Wins Out, Apple Drops Space From 3GS [Iphone 3gs]

Here’s an extremely easy way to enable tethering on your iPhone 3G and 3GS (even on AT&T!) by just visiting a site on your iPhone’s Safari. No jailbreaking needed. Here’s where you go: http://help.benm.at/help.php Then scroll down to the Tethering & Internet Settings, then choosing your country and provider.

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Enable Tethering On Your iPhone 3G and 3GS With Only Safari (MMS, VV Fix) [IPhone]

Following iPhone 3GS /AT&T activation delays that were in some cases 48 hours long, Apple has allegedly responded with a $30 “We’re sorry” gift that will be good at the iTunes Store on Monday. Notification came by way of an email, which we’ve seen from Giz readers as well as around the Net this weekend: Dear Apple Customer, Thank you for your recent Apple Store order. We appreciate your patience and apologize for the inconvenience caused by the delay in your iPhone activation.

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Apple Issuing $30 iTunes Store Credit For iPhone 3GS/AT&T Activation Snafu [Apple]

In the wake of the digital TV transition that happened earlier this month, Lifehacker has posited upon us a cool roundup of DIY projects that make use of all those abandoned TVs. [ Lifehacker ]

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DIY List Breathes New Life Into Discarded Analog TVs [DIY]

New tech products are often plagued with software bugs and the like, so it’s no surprise that there’s one with the iPhone 3GS . That said, this is the first bug I can remember that actively targets dogs ears: Updated You see, it seems that some iPhone 3GS smartphones are emitting a high-frequency tone—something along the lines of 15KHz—that’s triggered when the unlock sound, or SMS sound, finish playing. BGR confirmed this bug with their phone, and others have piped in to say that they too have handsets that produced strange sounds only a dog could hate

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Some iPhone 3GS Units Are Emitting Random 15KHz Tones [Iphone 3gs]

AT&T’s contribution to the improved overall speed of the iPhone 3GS—their upgraded 7.2Mbps network—is nearly as important as Apple’s. But 7.2 is just a number, and AT&T’s network is just one of many. Here’s where it actually stands

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Giz Explains: What AT&T’s 7.2Mbps Network Really Means [Giz Explains]