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Give Me A "G"!
Although fake fans were hired to stand in line in Poland , real fans showed up for the midnight iPhone 3G launch in India . However, Houston, there appears to be a problem. From IBN Live: The Apple iPhone 3G (third generation) was launched across…
Fake Lines Form To Drum Up iPhone Hype
Orange is hiring actors to stand outside of Polish stores to intensify the hype of the release of the iPhone in Poland. From the Reuters article: "We have these fake queues at front of 20 stores around the country to drum up interest in the…
Latest iPhone Firmware Aims to Fix 3G Issues
The USA Today is reporting that the latest iPhone firmware which was released yesterday aims to fix issues related to 3G signal strength. The newspaper cites reported from iPhones users who state that they are experiencing issues with calls being dropped. The newspaper goes onto…
iPhone App Crashing Fix Coming September
In an email to a customer purported to be from Steve Jobs it has been acknowledged that an issue exists where third-party applications repeatedly crash on iPhones. Many report the iPhone 2.0 firmware suddenly failing to load non-default apps regardless of their nature, briefly loading…
iPhone and iPod touch 2.0.2 Firmware Update Released
Apple has released the latest minor firmware update for the iPhone and iPod touch. Apple describes the 248MB update as containing "Bug fixes" but expands no further.
Analyst: Apple to Sell 4.47 Million iPhones in September Quarter
Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster stated in a note to clients Wednesday that he has increased his estimate of the number of iPhones he expects Apple to sell worldwide in its 4th quarter, from 4.1 million to 4.47 million. In contrast, Apple sold only 1.12…
HSBC Considering Using iPhone?
ZDNet Australia is reporting that large banking corporation HSBC is planning to ditch its current fleet of Blackberrys and switch it staff over to the iPhone. The bank has around 330,000 members of staff worldwide which could equate to over 200,000 iPhone orders. "We are…
Best Buy to Sell iPhone 3G
Best Buy has today announced that it will sell the iPhone 3G across the USA starting on September 7th. The announcement means that the iPhone 3G will be available to buy from over 970 stores across the country. "We had a lot of work to…
SingTel Bringing iPhone 3G to Singapore
In an email to subscribers today SingTel confirmed that it will bring the iPhone 3G to Singapore on August 22 along with 20 other countries . In the email to customers SingTel vice president of consumer marketing Wong Soon Nam wrote "Thanks for your patience…
60 Million iPhone Apps Downloaded
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal Apple CEO, Steve Jobs has revealed some facts and figures about the App Store which has now been live for one month. According to Jobs more than 60 million applications have been downloaded for the iPhone and…
20 Countries Receive iPhone 3G on August 22nd
During last months financial conference call Apple announced that the iPhone 3G would debut in additional countries on August 22nd but gave no further details. Today a slew of carriers began announcing that they'd be offering the iPhone 3G. So far the following twenty countries…
Apple Posts iPhone 2.0.1 Software
Apple has today posted version 2.0.1 of the iPhone OS software. The description of the update only states that it includes "Bug Fixes" but after using an iPhone with the new software World of Apple can confirm that noticeably improved is iTunes backing up and…
O2 Announces Q2 Financial Results, Orange Not Receiving iPhone in UK
O2 announced during their Q2 financial results last week that the company has gained over 137,000 new subscribers who are on a monthly contract. The new subscribers were reportedly gained solely from the iPhone. The figure represents a 80.8% increase in subscribers for the same…
Apple Stores Extend Opening Hours, Being iPhone Ticket System
A note on Apple's retail page states that Apple Stores will now open at 8am every day except Sunday to help cope with the demand for the iPhone 3G. Your favorite Apple Retail Store is making it easier and more convenient to purchase an iPhone…
Orange to Offer iPhone 3G in UK?
Electric Pig claims that the exclusive agreement between O2 and Apple in the UK is due to "time-out" by the end of the year. The site also claims that "credible sources" have said that Orange intends to step-in as a second carrier. According to the…
Apple Shows Off iPhone 3G in New Ads
Apple has begun airing three new TV ads touting the new features of the iPhone 3G. The ads which are filmed in a similar style to the original iPhone adverts although featuring a new background song and white backdrop, mainly demonstrate the fast 3G internet…
iPhone 3GSales Double That of Original
AT&T stated Wednesday that the first twelve days of iPhone 3G sales were double that of last year. Adding that despite severe shortages the company is seeing backorders of one to three weeks at retail stores. The information was disclosed by AT&T during its fiscal…
Joswiak Grilled on "Missing" iPhone Features
On launch day ExtremeTech was able to speak briefly with Apple's head of iPod and iPhone marketing, Greg Joswiak. The site was able to ask Joswiak about the lack of copy and paste functionality and David Pogue's comments last week that the GPS unit was…
iPhone 3Gs Display Intentionally Warmer
Over the weekend multiple reports surfaced that the display on the iPhone 3G had a noticeable yellow hue. Now it has been revealed that the increase in warmness is an intentional move by Apple. Jason Snell over at Macworld spoke to Bob Borchers , Apple’s…
Apple Announces Sales of 10 Million Downloads from App Store
In addition to selling over 1 million iPhones , Apple has also announced that downloads from the App Store topped 10 million. More than 800 native applications are now available on the App Store, with more than 200 offered for free and more than 90…