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iPhone Hysteria

It's the must-have of 2007. Can it live up to the hype?

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September 2008
- Flash Coming to iPhone, and It's a Must
  
  TechCrunch | Sep 30, 08 8:35 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Signs are pointing to a Flash plugin coming to the iPhone sometime soon, Jason Kincaid writes on TechCrunch—but he’s of two minds about the benefits of finally getting “the real web” on Apple’s shiny gadget. Flash is absolutely essential for the internet, he writes, but making its processor work harder “is the last thing the iPhone needs with its already-lackluster battery life.” More »
- 10 Ways to Replace Overhyped Gizmos
  
  PC World | Sep 29, 08 12:07 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - You can replace your most over-hyped devices with the tech world's top 10 wallflowers, compiled by PC World . Start with the iPhone: Stop stubbing your fingers on Apple's impractical keyboard interface. Sidekick offers the best QWERTY around. Nintendo Wii is hard to find and offers few good games. Sony PlayStation Portable packs new titles with Skype, online radio, and uploadable movies. More »
- Shares Dip Ahead of Apple Announcement
  
  Reuters | Sep 8, 08 1:32 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Apple's shares have been off as much as 5% today ahead of a much-publicized event tomorrow at which the company is expected to drop a new iPod Nano and give an update on iPhone sales, Reuters reports. One analyst worries the news will underwhelm; another says the dip isn’t unusual: It's “a ‘buy on the rumor, sell on the news’ kind of stock.” More »
August 2008
- Makeover Rumored for Nano
  
  PC World | Aug 25, 08 2:37 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Rumors are flying about a makeover for the iPod family in the coming weeks, with the biggest changes in store for the Nano, Ian Paul writes in PC World . The baby of the clan may soon have a much larger and tapered widescreen, according to Apple-watcher Kevin Rose, who also says iTunes 8.0 is on the way, and that Apple's OSX will get Blu-ray support. More »
- Apple Customer Sues Over iPhone 3G Glitches
  
  Ars Technica | Aug 21, 08 1:40 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - An Alabama woman is suing Apple after purchasing the new iPhone 3G, alleging the gizmo does not nearly live it to its hype—plagued by problems like slow email and text-messaging, excessive dropped calls, and the inability to connect to AT&T’s 3G network. Her complaints are echoed across the Internet, Ars Technica notes. More »
- Dropped Calls Plague New 3G iPhone
  
  ABC News | Aug 16, 08 1:00 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Owners of 3G iPhones complain that their new phones are suffering from glitches, especially dropped calls—and that Apple seems keen to drop their calls when they report issues, ABC News reports. A company spokeswoman refused to comment when contacted about the iPhone problems, which also include slow web access and a lack of access to AT&T's network. More »
- Best Buy to Sell iPhone
  
  USA Today | Aug 13, 08 2:08 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Electronics retail giant Best Buy will begin selling the iPhone in its 970 stores next month—becoming the first retailer to stock the line other than Apple stores and AT&T outlets, which often run out of the popular phone. Best Buy is the only outside retailer to have exclusive rights to sell the iPhone until Christmas. Customers have snapped up one million of the second-generation phones this summer. More »
- Apple Could Remotely Kill iPhone Apps
  
  MacRumors.com | Aug 7, 08 5:05 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Apple appears capable of remotely deactivating programs paid for and installed by iPhone users, Arnold Kim writes on MacRumors. The discovery was made when an iPhone user uncovered a hidden web address linked to a software blacklist maintained by Apple—presumably intended to screen malicious software from being used. “This suggests that the iPhone calls home once in a while,” Kim points out. More »
- $1K iPhone App? Get Control of Your Store, Apple
  
  Mashable | Aug 6, 08 7:15 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Though the $1,000 “I Am Rich” iPhone application that so enrages Don Reisinger seems to have disappeared from Apple’s store since his original Mashable post this morning, his call for the giant to impose some order on would-be price-gougers stands. “There’s nothing stopping other developers from charging too much for apps,” writes Reisinger, blasting the program whose jewel icon is almost literally all it does. More »
July 2008
- Is New iPhone Apple's Vista?
  
  USA Today | Jul 28, 08 1:21 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - It’s still exceedingly tough to get a new 3G iPhone due to limited supply, and myriad technical problems persist in registering and operating the eagerly awaited gadget. Apple has apologized for the lines, and the bugs in its new syncing software, but one analyst tells USA Today that the fallout might soon sour perceptions of the company as a whole. More »
- Apple Sells 1M iPhones in 3 Days
  
  Bloomberg | Jul 14, 08 12:57 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The iPhone 3G turns out to be pretty popular, technical glitches or no. Apple sold 1 million units in its first weekend, Bloomberg reports, sending the company’s shares up 3.5%. As of last night, half of the company’s 187 US retail outlets were already sold out. “IPhone 3G had a stunning opening weekend,” said Steve Jobs. The original iPhone took 74 days to break the million-unit mark. More »
- Apple Server Meltdown Foils Launch of iPhone 3G
  
  Associated Press | Jul 11, 08 3:56 PM CDT
  
  (AP) - The launch of Apple's hotly anticipated iPhone 3G turned into an IT meltdown today, as customers were unable to get their new phones working. A global problem with Apple's iTunes servers prevented the phones from being activated in-store, as planned. Employees implored buyers to perform the last step on their own computers, but iTunes servers were equally hard to reach from home, leaving the phones unusable except for emergency calls. More »
- The Best iPhone Apps
  
  PC Magazine | Jul 11, 08 3:23 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The best part about the iPhone 3G's debut, writes PC Magazine , is the new abundance of software for the handset. Most of the apps work on the original iPhone, too. The cream of the crop: AIM: Should need no introduction, although it was a major omission from the original iPhone's slate. Bejeweled 2: A popular time-waster gets a suitably beautiful iPhone port. More »
- iPhone Mania Gets Under Way Across Asia
  
  Associated Press | Jul 10, 08 9:54 PM CDT
  
  (AP) - The new iPhone model went on sale in the Asia-Pacific region, with throngs at one Tokyo store counting down the last 30 seconds in unison. The celebration is part of a global rollout in 22 nations of the 3G, or third-generation, wireless connecting iPhone, an upgrade of the model that went on sale last year in the US and several other nations. The phone goes on sale in the US at 8am tomorrow in each time zone. More »
- IPhone 3G Won't Set World Afire
  
  Wall Street Journal | Jul 9, 08 8:08 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The iPhone was an industry-changing event. The new iPhone 3G is, well, a lot like the original, writes Walter Mossberg in the Wall Street Journal . It’s now able to access the faster 3G network, of course, and it sports better sound quality and a GPS chip, so it’s a nice upgrade. But the battery life is much worse, and the price drop is a mirage. More »
- A Different Kind of Apple for iPhone Waiters
  
  CNET | Jul 8, 08 2:32 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The countdown is on ahead of Friday's release of the iPhone 3G, and a handful of buyers are waiting outside Apple's flagship New York store. But they’re not diehard fans—they’re activists hoping to promote sustainable agriculture by breaking a world record. The Waiting for Apples group queued up July 4, beating a couple of other would-be first-in-liners, reports CNet. More »
- iPhone 3G Faithful Already Lining Up in NYC
  
  Apple Insider | Jul 5, 08 4:29 PM CDT