ATT's article said "any iphone with a completed contract" so it should work. It even works for on-contract phones where you have payed the ETF.

You know you can use google maps in offline mode by caching the maps right? Just enable the pre-cache area plugin in labs, tap and hold on any spot, click on the balloon tip and choose pre-cache.

While i am not from Australia or the US, i have traveled to both. I found Australia a lot more expensive than the US. The article (haven't read it in true /. fashion) i guess it would be in USD, so don't expect that 60$ figure to apply to you.

the old ipad 2 is faster than the tegra 3, according to arstecnica, so it should make sense that the new ipad is even faster. i can't find the link but i saw it a few days ago, maybe here in a comment

The problem is that this tweak doesn't work on the consumer preview.

Convincing the studios to remove DRM , while not exactly a "field in recording" issue, may be enough to qualify.

Also, Apple popularized the AAC format, which improved audio quality beyond MP3. Perhaps this was enough.

and waste battery, shortening battery life by charging or electricity by using the charger, and remembering to turn on airplane mode so mails and such don't wake me up?

why can every os but ios , android (don't know about wp7) do this properly?

just disable the alarm before turning it off

this is a wild idea, but maybe you could have paused the alarm before turning it off. You can pause the alarm in the clock app without actually deleting the alarm itself.