About the Author
Cyrus Farivar
سیروس فریور
English: [suh-ROOS FAR-ih-var]
Persian: [see-ROOS-eh fàr-ee-VÀR]
Freelance Technology Journalist
Freelance Radio Reporter/Producer
Author, "The Internet of Elsewhere"
cfarivar [at] cfarivar [dot] org
Current location: Oakland, CATwitter
iPhone Archive
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Americans, our mobile phones cost way too much
Posted on February 23, 2012 | 3 CommentsSo it’s no secret that we’re moving back to the US in April. As can be expected, I’m starting to think about all the logistical things that we’ll need when we get there, particularly mobile phones. Right now, Bex and I both have unlocked iPhones.... -
My iPhone tracking data
Posted on April 21, 2011 | No CommentsSo in the wake of this iPhone tracking data scandal I did what a lot of people did — download the app and track my own data. My map is plotted here: Now, I got my iPhone in February 2011 in California. I have no... -
iPhone 4 in Germany: Complexity Abounds
Posted on June 16, 2010 | 2 CommentsSo I get that people want the iPhone. I get that it’s a really sexy, really popular handset. I’m not convinced that I’ll buy one just yet, but I signed up for T-Mobile’s email updates about it, and just yesterday got this: But seriously T-Mobile... -
VOA’s new app for Iranian iPhone users is a bit silly
Posted on January 4, 2010 | 9 CommentsI’m a few days behind on this one, but FP Passport has a link to a new announcement for a new application that “will allow users in Iran to download and send content to [Voice of America]‘s Persian News Network with their iPhones.” I don’t... -
California Farmers’ Market iPhone app!
Posted on October 16, 2009 | No CommentsThanks to Yola, I’ve just discovered the exact iPhone application that I’ve been looking for! Enter: California Farmers’ Market Finder. It does everything that I want to in a farmers’ market app: sorts by day, locates the markets nearest me, plots them on a map... -
Recent photos shot with my iPhone
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France to legally sell unlocked iPhones for around €999
Posted on October 16, 2007 | No CommentsThe French business magazine Challenges is reporting that Orange will be selling the world’s first legally unlocked iPhone for somewhere around €999 (that’s about $1,400) later this year. Or €399 with a subscription, of which Apple gets a 30 percent revenue share. The iPhone apparently... -
Is unlocking your iPhone legal?
Posted on September 16, 2007 | No CommentsSince I unlocked my iPhone last week, various friends have asked me if it is, indeed, legal. My impression was always that it technically wasn’t under the DMCA, but I was heartened when I found this exemption ruling from late last year: The Librarian of... -
Unlocking an iPhone
Posted on September 14, 2007 | 9 CommentsMacworld: By Cyrus Farivar If you’re one of the million people who’ve purchased an iPhone since the end of June, you probably signed up with Apple’s exclusive carrier in the U.S., AT&T, when you activated your phone. That means your iPhone identifies itself to AT&T’s... -
How to unlock your iPhone
Posted on September 13, 2007 | 2 CommentsBooya! I finally got my iPhone yesterday and spent last night and this morning figuring out how to GSM unlock it — letting me use my T-Mobile SIM card with ease. How’d I do it? I’ll have a forthcoming article for Macworld explaining soon, but...
