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Its like the team the never learns at O2 Ireland
Its beyond disgraceful and they just don’t seem to give a damn about the Irish consumer on the Iphone 3GS launch.
Check the UK prepaid pricing out here
Check the Irish prepaid pricing here
Retail for 8GB iPhone 3GS
Ireland €519
UK €522.77 (Equivalent)
Packages
Ireland: free wifi roaming-Data roaming 99c [...]

Well I wrote a post almost a year ago entitled
Will iPhone become the junkyard for Facebooks failed voice applications
At the time we hadn’t even seen the app store but over the past week I am convinced I was on the right track
Christmas week saw huge sales of a fart application which whilst funny is not [...]

Just discovered a very useful new application on the iPhone APP store designed by an Irish company, is this the first Irish iPhone APP?
EirText designed by Vincent Coyne aggregates your free online SMS from the carriers and allows you to send them from your iPhone.
Works from Vodafone, Meteor and O2
Very clever, well done Mr Coyne [...]

Well today was the day and all went well in the end.
Its a real simple process and you are not interfering with the phone itself in anyway whatsoever. Watch the QIK below and you will see an iPhone 3G running on Vodafone 3G

I have tried every option so far and none of them worked but [...]

It’s my first week with the iPhone 3G and I thought I had better write a little.
Firstly power is a serious issue I have not gotten a full day from the phone on 3G whilst accepting incoming calls for the day only (I will not use O2’s network to make a call and have my [...]

A friend gave me his iTunes login today to download the Google application for the iPhone 3G and I was shocked to see exactly what we aren’t getting in Europe.
Firstly movie rental no sign of it on European store, why not, surely its a global market.

Second TV series, I am a huge fan of “Run’s [...]

I have been looking for this since I got the phone, its a tiny hack and allows you to take screenshots from your iPhone, I presume it works on iPod touch also but haven’t confirmed this.
Here is one I done early

You click your home button and your power button at the same time, please note [...]

If you are having problems with O2 3G iPhone connectivity in Ireland please read below and see these images

images courtesy of Shane
Chris Mehigan left a comment today and we had a quick chat
“Sim card was activated and designated as “Speak Easy” which of course is wrong, Customer Care changed it to “Bill Pay” and asked [...]

Long morning
Got it eventually

I have been running surveys among friends and can only seem to find a tiny (sub 2%) group of people who are buying the new 3G iPhone in Ireland.

Whats going on here?
With queues already in place at the Apple store in New York, O2’s UK website being swamped by demand and a seriously upgraded phone [...]