1 Million iPhones Snapped Up In 3 Days
Activation Problems Subside As Buyers Wait Hours In Line For New 3G Network Phone
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The first buyer in Hong Kong, Ho Kak-yin, holds his new iPhone during the first day of the device's release, July 11, 2008. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
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Apple iPhone 3G (AP)
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The iPhone In 3G
Highly anticipated Apple iPhone hits stores around the world.
"IPhone 3G had a stunning opening weekend," said Steve Jobs, Apple's chief executive, in a statement.
But the launch was plagued by software problems. All the new iPhones had to connect to Apple's servers for activation, which quickly overloaded them. Lines of customers built in stores as employees were unable to get the phones working.
Additionally, new software was released for the old iPhone, which required reactivation of those phones. Many owners of the older phone were left with unusable units.
Reports of activation problems subsided over the weekend, as the servers apparently recovered, and buyers were able to activate their phones through their home computers.
In a client note, Morgan Keegan & Co. analyst Tavis McCourt said the launch "was clearly not as smooth as last year's launch" but said demand "was clearly strong across the U.S., with lines persisting at the Apple store in Nashville (Tennessee) at least through Saturday night."
McCourt rates Apple shares "Market Perform."
Meanwhile, thanks to Apple's application store and the many programs that run on the new phone, the iPhone may fundamentally change the way people listen to the radio when they're in their cars or otherwise on the go, says CBS News technology analyst Larry Magid
Two free applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch, and another program that costs only $4.99, make it possible to listen to live radio on the iPhone from anywhere, including a moving car, Magid reports.
The iPhone 3G was launched simultaneously in 21 countries, including the U.S.Read Larry Magid's analysis of the iPhone's potential impact on radio.
Apple had sold about 6 million units of the first-model iPhone since it launched in the U.S. a year ago. The company has set a goal of selling 10 million iPhones by the end of 2008.
Shares of Apple rose $4.83, or 2.8 percent, to $177.57 in morning trading.
Apple also said users of the iPhone and iPod touch had downloaded more than 10 million applications from its new App Store since it went online on Thursday.
Of the store's 800 applications, a quarter are free. Most of the rest cost less than $10. Programs include news browsers, AOL Instant Messenger software, games and Web radio players.
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Read Larry Magid's analysis of the iPhone's potential impact on radio.



Posted by lib_crusher at 03:11 PM
It comes with the phone. It''s inflatable.
I''m confused!!
In related news... expect a whole bunch more "accidents" caused by these idiots playing with their iPhones when they should be paying attention to their driving!
No, it''s the vast majority of the world''s economists who say we''re in a recession. Those "libs" you''re talking about are nothing more than people who are able grasp this fact. (You know, the "reality-based" community of people, as opposed to the crazies who live in that fantasyland called Bushworld.)
I''''m confused!!
Posted by setumstrt9
Of course you are.
Posted by DaVicar2 at 03:26 PM
Whoops my bad. After checking into it, the only thing inflatable is the cost of the phone and internet service..
Posted by IDNNSG at 03:29 PM
I can guarantee it. Basically millions of teens will be driving around America with one of these pocket porn machines.
The server crash due to popularity was no doubt engineered deliberately. They either set the server capacity low or planned the number of countries for initial release high, possibly both.
This story is evidence of further media manipulation.
Well done Apple, that is capitalism.
Yay! I overpaid for a phone I didn''t even need 30 seconds before the guy behind me!!
Nevermind it''ll be obsolete in 2 weeks!!
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Posted by BC_Kelly at 04:22 PM : Jul 14, 2008
Thanks. It''s good to be missed :D
Phone calls are just gravy
Thanks, BC
Posted by BC_Kelly at 04:06 PM :
Um, that''s not gravy. I''d dry off your phone if I were you. The good thing is it will eliminate alot of Darwin candidates who will insist on driving and surfing at the same time.
Get rid of your cell phones, do you always have to be connected to the frackin phone and be available 24/7.
Peace
Posted by azure11
I''d love to go through yur house and see all the useless s h i t *you* have.
They quit teaching that fable about the grasshopper and the ant, huh?
Oh well...at least the money went back into the American economy through the hands of the production workers at those great big American Apple factories.
Oh, wait...
Posted by azure11
If they wish to be milked, it''s up to themselves. At least their devoted consumership supports those of us with Apple stocks :)
What I would like to see less is media frenzy regarding this subject. Honestly, it was almost comparable to Y2K live video footage from around the globe. First, the Japanese rushing into an Apple store, then some pictures from UK, and then -finally, here.
but in regards to the comments about the Sudan issues:
THERE WILL BE BLOOD in Africa...it''''''''s sad, true, and unavoidable...but the bottom line is, Africa''''''''s problems can only be solved by Africans and if there is bloodshed...so be it...after all European developed came at the price of many lives lost for over two-thousand years, is it really surprise that this is happening elsewhere?
Posted by ozilot at 12:59 PM : Jul 14, 2008
Interesting observation, but perhaps you are missing the point and bigger picture here ... history should not have to repeat itself merely to allow equality in stupidity and heartlessness ... such savagery is wrong. Why don''''t you move there and get raped by 20 men or watch your 6 yr old daughter have 15 men climb on her and do their disgusting acts, her leaving her with who knows what physically and emotionally, and tell me it''''s progress?! Shame on YOU!
Just thought I''d use this space here like people do with US politics on all the stories I read ... I''m now guilty of the same thing, i guess...
BWHAHHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!
LOL it''s a freaking PHONE get over it!
Posted by wiwi5"
Cause I don''t ''chat'' with females, human ones anyway.
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by bobnjersey
July 15, 2008 10:29 AM PDT
- we work w/ a major us telcom carrier ... they offer the service for the iphone exclusively in the us. i''ve seen many customer monthly bills as part of what we do w/ this client. many, many cases where the monthly charge for service is $600, $700, even $1000+.
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See all 28 Commentsit''s not necessarily all iphones ... but clearly a fairly common scenario where people are spending hundreds a month for ''their phone''!