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O2 Allowing Signups Prior to Launch Day?
Mac Rumors reports that worries over huge queues on the iPhone 3G launch day on July 11th may have convinced O2 to allow signups prior to the date. Unlike like the launch of the original iPhone, customers can no longer buy a handset and activate…
Jaffray Predicts Prepay iPhone at $600
Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster estimates that 53-percent of Apple's total addressable market for the iPhone 3G will be pre-paid customers. The analyst believes that these customers will likely wind up paying in excess of $600 for the iPhone 3G. The estimate assumes Apple charges…
AT&T Paying $325 on Every iPhone 3GSold?
Oppenheimer equity research analyst Yair Reiner has noted to clients this week that AT&T is paying Apple a $325 subsidy on each new iPhone 3G sold in the US. The analyst also adds that AT&T is paying Apple an added $100 for each new subscriber…
Telstra Also Set to Sell iPhone in Australia?
According to a report in the Australian IT Telstra is set to join Optus and Vodafone as carriers of the iPhone in Australia. Telstra stayed quiet as its rivals wracked up marketing points by standing in the glow of the local iPhone launch, but will…
iPhone Coming to Russia This Year?
Apple is said to be making headway with negotiations with carriers to sell the iPhone in Russia within the year according to a report today. Eldar Murtazin, editor of Moscow-based Mobile Research Group told the Moscow Times , "About 20,000 iPhone handsets are brought into…
In Brief: iPhone Production Ramp
Barrons.com is reporting that Hon Hai Precision Industry (Foxconn) the manufacturer of the iPhone is set to ramp up production of the 3G iPhone later this month. According to Barrons Foxconn has only shipped "several thousand" iPhones but is expected to ramp up production towards…
$200 Subsidy on New iPhone?
USA Today is providing further evidence that carriers of the iPhone around the world will most likely subsidise the iPhone. According to the newspaper the new iPhone will start at $199, that is with a $200 subsidy from AT&T. The price also will rock: $199…
Apple Retail Receiving Shipments of Secret Packages
Ars Technica is reporting that multiple Apple retail stores gave received "unidentified shipments" as well as new marketing material to go up Monday. According to the report London's Regent Street Apple Store has received a single box which is padlocked and under orders to be…
Images Depict Multiple iPhone Colours, Video Conferencing?
Mac Rumors , Crunchgear, and Engadget have all posted photos from an unknown source purportedly showing promotional materials for the new iPhone. The images are widely being considered fake due to many glaring omissions but many of the sites have published them for interests sake…
WWDC 2008 iPhone Rumour Roundup
At 10 am pacific time on Monday Steve Jobs will address a hall full of thousands of eager developers who are waiting to see what Apple will unveil at this years Worldwide Developers Conference. World of Apple has offered rumour roundups leading up to Apple…
In Brief: T-Mobile to Cease iPhone Sales June 30 [Update]
As O2 and AT&T run dry of iPhone stock T-Mobile in Germany still seems to have plenty of stock even though it slashed the price to just €99 . The official carrier of the iPhone is now indicating that it will no longer sell the…
Apple Set to Show off new Multi-Touch Device?
Shaw Wu, analyst for American Technology Research noted to clients earlier this week that he believed that there was a 50/50 chance that Apple will introduce a new form factor multi-touch device at WWDC. Our sources indicate 4-inch and 7-inch touchscreen devices beyond prototype stage…
Australian Resellers Receive Mystery Package
MacTalk.com.au reports that Australian resellers have seen the arrival of mysterious boxes marked with the following warning: SUBJECT TO TERMS OF NDA DO NOT OPEN UNTIL TUESDAY JUNE 10TH, 2008 June 10th (in Australia) is the day of Steve Jobs' keynote presentation which kicks off…
Staking out the iPhone, Mystery Boxes!
Fortune's Brian Caulfield has been playing a game of espionage at a Quanta Computer distribution centre. Acting on previous reports that Apple shipped 19 deliveries from Quanta the reporter went about staking out Quanta's distribution facility in Fremont, California. The building although designed for product…
O2 Plans Free 3G iPhones
Macworld UK is reporting that O2 is planning to offer the new iPhone free to customers who sign onto the top tariffs. The article also concurs with a rumour last week that the iPhone will cost £100 and be sold with an 18-month contract. But…
Native iPhone Apps to Debut at WWDC?
According to CNET , native iPhone apps will see an official unveiling next week at WWDC. The information which reportedly comes from a firm developing iPhone software alludes to the launch of the App Store which would be necessary to install native iPhone applications.
In Brief: $200 Low-End iPhone? 3G iPhone Specs Revealed?
$200 Low-End iPhone? Digg founder and co-host of Diggnation Kevin Rose has posted a video where he explains that he expects a $200 lower-end iPhone to be introduced alongside the new 3G iPhone. Although most likely a coincidence the rumoured price point tallys with a…
UK 3G iPhone to Retail for £100?
Times Online is reporting that the new iPhone could retail in the UK market for as little as £100. Apple is widely expected to allow mobile carriers to subsidise the new iPhone which is rumoured to see an introduction at WWDC which kicks off on…
.Mac to Become "Mobile Me"
Earlier rumours that .Mac will be renamed have become somewhat concreted by the discovery of references to an existing Apple trademark . A reference found in the latest iPhone 2.0 OS beta points towards the use of "Mobile Me" as the new name for .Mac.
Fifth Avenue Apple Store Temporarily Closes, Apple Filming 3G iPhone Ad?
Apple's 24-hour Apple Store in Manhattan has closed this afternoon and is set to reopen in the morning. The Fifth Avenue Apple Store has seen very few closures in its lifetime, but Apple's retail page confirms that the Apple store will be temporary closed: Please…