Original iPhone owners who prefer not to give away or sell their old iPhones after upgrading to the iPhone 3G can instead keep it and use them as a WiFi-enabled iPod (per AT&T confirmation).
As AT&T would prefer existing users to give their 1st gen iPhones to friends or family (keep that $$ stream coming on the service)…various spokespeople have confirmed that neither AT&T nor Apple will prevent de-activated 1st gen iPhones from utilizing WiFi. “If the [original] device is not re-activated as a wireless phone after you’ve upgraded to iPhone 3G, it will still work as an iTunes player and can access Wi-Fi,” the spokesperson said. That means old iPhones can still surf the web, check email, and browse the mobile iTunes store when connected to WiFi. Additionally, they’ll
be able to function as a handheld gaming device and widescreen video iPod with calendar and photo functions.
It’s recommended that owners who take this approach upgrade their original iPhones with iPhone Software v2.0 (which includes the App Store) on July 11th prior to de-activating the devices, as it’s unclear whether upgrades to non-active handsets will be possible.
[via AppleInsider]









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It looks like those wanting to add a workstation to their computing arsenal now have a relatively inexpensive option to consider from HP, which has just rolled out some new additions to its xw4550 series that start at a mere $599. That’ll get you a 2.0GHz AMD Opteron 1212 processor, along with 2GB of RAM, a 160GB hard drive, a DVD burner, and NVIDIA Quadro FX 290 graphics with 256 MB of RAM. If you’ve got a bit more cash to throw around, you can max that out to a 2.8GHz Opteron 1220, 4GB of RAM, a 250GB hard drive, and NVIDIA Quadro FX 570 graphics for $1,349, with a couple of options available in between, all of which come with Vista Business as standard with XP Professional pre-installed.