The wait is almost over. The new iPhone is here on Friday, July 11th. Keep tabs on the launch date with our handy little timer

Oh yeah, and we’re giving away 2 iPhones here at Mactropolis to our members. No big whoop… right?

Special thanks to CrazyProfile for the handy countdown clock.

written by Mr. Mayor \\ tags: iPhone Countdown Clock

Well I’m taking things easy here over the weekend at Mactropolis… weather is nice, and I need to get out from in front of this computer. With that said, I want to put out a very important REMINDER about our contest.

If you haven’t entered our ‘Join the Forums, Win an iPhone 3G Contest‘ yet, time IS running out. July 11th is fast approaching… and the cut-off date for entries is 12:01AM CST on July 11!

Prizes I’ll be Drawing for on July 11th:

The Super-Dooper Grand Prize: one 16GB iPhone 3G!
Grand Prize: one 8GB iPhone 3G!
Runner-Up Prizes: 5 copies of the brand new Mac version of iPhone RingToneMaker.

How to Enter and Win:

Entering the contest is FREE… and easy.

1. Become a member of our forums by clicking here and filling out the quick membership application. It’s free, and should only take you a minute or two.
2. Check your email and click the link to activate your membership in our forums.
3. Make a post in the official ‘Win an iPhone 3G Registration Thread’ to register for the contest and get your first entry… But don’t stop there…
4. Post in the other forums to gain more entries. Once you’ve posted in the official contest forum above, you can post in the other forums and get 1 contest entry for each post you make! The more you post, the better your chances of winning!

The official drawings for all remaining prizes will be shot on video, right on July 11th. I’ll be posting the videos here for all to enjoy.

For Full Contest Details, Click Here >

written by Mr. Mayor \\ tags: Contests, iPhone 3G, iPhone RingtoneMaker

I wanted to wish all of our American friends and citizens here at Mactropolis a very ‘Happy Independence Day’! Hope you have a good one… sit back, relax, and enjoy the fireworks!

July 11th is almost here….

Enter our contest to win 1 of 2 iPhone 3G’s >

written by Mr. Mayor \\ tags: 4th of July, Independence Day

We have just made our fourth and final iTunes Gift Card Drawing in the ‘Join the Forums, Win an iPhone 3G Contest!!!

Congratulations to member webwise on winning the fourth $25 iTunes Gift Card! That’s it for the gift cards… now come the big drawings on July 11th!

There are still LOTS of prizes waiting to be won on the 11th…5 copies of iPhone RingtoneMaker, and of course, 2 new iPhone 3G’s!

If you haven’t joined the contest yet, you better register. It’s free and only takes a few minutes to enter.

Enter our Join the Forums, Win an iPhone 3G Contest >

written by Mr. Mayor \\ tags: Contests, iTunes Gift Card

Optus Australia today announced its rates for the new iPhone 3G, offering both pre-paid and traditional post-paid plans.

Despite being incredibly confusing, Optus has said that a pre-paid (pay as you use) iPhone will cost $729 for the 8GB and $849 for the 16GB. Pricing starts at $30 per “recharge” but without any data allowance. Data service inclusion starts at a $40 Turbo Cap recharge - the more you pay the more data allowance your given.

“Cap” plans start at $19/month with 100MB of internet data and “$50 of calls and text”. Prices go up from there, with the highest price priced at $179/month with 1GB of data and “$1500 of calls and text”.

If your not really following (I know it took me some time to catch on), your good with deciphering codes and you’ve got some time on your hands, you can check out the pre-paid details here & Capped Plan details here.

With both Optus and Telstra revealing their plans days apart we should be hearing Vodafone’s rates very soon.

written by Councillor Ben \\ tags: iPhone, Optus, Telstra

Mozilla has officially made history with a new Guinness world record for the largest number of software downloads in a 24-hour period. The final record breaking 8,002,530 downloads for Firefox 3.0 took place in June with parties in over 25 countries. “The enthusiasm and creativity of Firefox fans was key to making this happen” said Marketing head Paul Kim. Gareth Deaves of Guinness World Records called it “an extremely impressive accomplishment”. The official figure was confirmed after logs from download servers were audited and checked to ensure duplicate and unfinished downloads were not counted. Marketing manager Mary Colvig said no party is planned to celebrate the record until the actual certificate is presented by Guinness World Records in London next week.

The company said while IE reached a record low last month, it predicted Firefox will break the 20% share bar sometime this month. Mr Kim said “We offer the best browsing experience and this shows people are getting the message and voting with their browser choice.” Meanwhile Mozilla has shipped a high priority update for Firefox 2.0, warning that there are at least five serious vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution attacks. Mr. Kim said Mozilla will continue to support Firefox 2.0 until the middle of December. After that users will be expected to switch over to Firefox 3.0 which since its launch over two weeks ago boasts 28 million downloads and counting.

[via BBC]

written by Councillor Ben \\ tags: Firefox 2, Firefox 3, Firefox Download Day, Guiness World Record