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Apple fans loyal despite iPhone 3G woes
The new iPhone 3G has been marred by bugs, spotty service, disappearing programs for the device and a veil of secrecy over software developers trying to broaden its appeal.
Such a string of mishaps and missteps might throw another electronics company into crisis. But of course, Apple Inc. isn't just another electronics company. Even as iPhone griping rages online, it looks like Apple's sterling reputation will emerge untarnished.
"The objective reality is that Apple does plenty of wrong," said Peter Fader, a marketing professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
However, Fader said, the company's loyal fans and even casual users have come to identify so strongly with Apple's high-end, individualistic vibe that they're willing to look the other way.
"Very few companies have this kind of iconic status where anything they do, even if it is mediocre, will automatically have a halo around it," he said.
Kern Bruce, a 25-year-old Web designer in Boston, Massachusetts, waited in line for 13 hours to buy an original iPhone. He sold it to upgrade to a 3G.
"There was no going back at that point, but after I sold it, I quickly started to regret it," he said. Bruce's complaints echo countless Web forum posts: The device gets uncomfortably warm. Programs crash. And it so seldom connects to AT&T's speedier third-generation, or 3G, data network that Bruce carries the iPhone around with 3G turned off. The new iPhone 3G has been marred by bugs, spotty service, disappearing programs for the device and a veil of secrecy over software de... more -
T-Mobile Live Streams iPhone Launch from the Netherlands
T-Mobile has livestreaming video of the iPhone 3G launch in the Netherlands (outside a T-Mobile shop in Rotterdam to be precise). If you're in a timezone where the iPhone isn't on sale yet, this might help you pass the time.
[Via TUAW] T-Mobile has livestreaming video of the iPhone 3G launch in the Netherlands (outside a T-Mobile shop in Rotterdam to be precise). If y... more -
iPhone in Italia a luglio: ecco le novità
Si è appena conclusa la presentazione dell'iPhone 2.0 al Worldwide Developer Conference 2008, San Francisco. Steve Jobs ha annunciato numerose novità sulla seconda versione del cellulare, in arrivo in Italia l'11 luglio:
- GPS integrato;
- Nuove applicazioni, tra cui giochi, aggregatori di notizie e un programma musicale con piano, basso e batteria per suonare e comporre brani;
- Nuove funzionalità che facilitano l'upload di foto e testo sul blog personale;
- Due colori: bianco e nero;
- Migliorata la batteria: fino a 300 ore di durata in standby, fino a 5 ore di telefonate o navigazione internet;
- 299$ per la versione 16GB e soli $199 per quella da 8GB.
Potete già dare un'occhiata ai nuovi modelli sul sito dello store italiano, che è appena stato aggiornato: http://store.apple.com/it/browse/home/shop_iphone/famil...
English version: http://current.com/items/89011182_iphone_2_0_live_cover... Si è appena conclusa la presentazione dell'iPhone 2.0 al Worldwide Developer Conference 2008, San Francisco. Steve Jobs ha annunc... more -
iPhone 2.0: live coverage
Gizmodo is offering live coverage of today's Keynote speech at the Worldwide Developer Conference in San Francisco. Steve Jobs has just started introducing the iPhone 2.0 Gizmodo is offering live coverage of today's Keynote speech at the Worldwide Developer Conference in San Francisco. Steve Jobs ha... more
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The next iPhone will be cheaper
The recording industry already fears that the iPhone will help Apple consolidate its power in the industry. With a cheaper and more inexpensive handset on the way
.. will the iPhone monopolize? The recording industry already fears that the iPhone will help Apple consolidate its power in the industry. With a cheaper and more in... more -
iPhone 2.0 Worldwide launch on June 9th
A June 9 launch date for the iPhone 2? No surprises there, and now it looks like inside sources are confirming the June 9 date, which is also when Steve Jobs' keynote at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference is scheduled.
But Gizmodo's Jesus Diaz has got wind of the details of the launch, and his source tells him that the Second Coming will be a worldwide event -- not just in the United States. He also claims that his snitch, "someone very, very close to the 3-G iPhone launch", says that the current fixed pricing model will be discontinued in favor of a more Euro-friendly flexible price point, one that can shift subject to the markets and the whims of the telcos.
The last point concerns Spain. As we reported this morning, Telefónica will indeed carry the iPhone, and will be launching it along with its brand new Madrid megastore on June 18.
This seems plausible enough. Despite the odd delay, all of Apple's hardware ships worldwide immediately upon launch. And the evidence coming in from around the world corroborates Jesus' story: The million and one one-line press releases from cellphone carriers announcing deals with Apple, for one, and the iPhone drought in the UK, Germany and even the online Apple store, for another. What is amazing is that Apple kept things quiet for so long, considering the amount of people involved.
So far, we count over 40 countries with iPhone deals, and in some of these there will be multiple carriers offering the iPhone. Here's what I believe to be a comprehensive list, not including the countries where the iPhone is already on sale, in no particular order (actually, the order I found them on Google): A June 9 launch date for the iPhone 2? No surprises there, and now it looks like inside sources are confirming the June 9 date, which ... more
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