One day after Apple confirmed that they will partner with O2 in the U.K., it was announced that Apple will partner with T-Mobile in Germany for sales of the iPhone. The iPhone will be available on November 9 for €399 and requires a 2 year contract. It doesn’t appear that the plan details are available yet, so they might still be working those plans out — T-Mobile’s Deutchland site doesn’t have much information, just the typical marketing spiel. You heard Steve say it all in January: ein revolutionäres Telefon, ein Breitbild iPod, und ein wegweisendes Internetgerät, right?
Steve Jobs was asked at “Mum is no longer the word” press event why there was no 3G on the iPhone. His response was telling; it’s important enough that I transcribed the money quote of his response:
“We’ve got to see the battery life for 3G get back up into the five-plus hour range, before it’s really suitable for [the iPhone]. I think we’ll see that hopefully late next year. But right now, you make a really big tradeoff to go to 3G, and that’s really bad battery life.”
I think it’s safe to say that by “late next year,” he doesn’t mean January or something. Some analysts were predicting a 3G iPhone would be announced at today’s UK media event. I bet those same analysts are thinking “Perhaps he’ll announce some new hardware at Apple Expo Paris next week….”
Bill Maher throws it all at the iPhone early adopters in his show which recently began airing on HBO. Some enterprising viewers have encapsulated his tirade in a YouTube clip.
“New rule: stop bitching that Apple cut the price of the iPhone. Early adopters always pay a premium. Early adopters being a business term meaning dips***s who stand in line for 6 hours for a freaking phone. It’s not a price cut, it’s a repeal on the nerd tax. If you didn’t have to be the first on your block to have the latest gizmo, you’d now have an extra $200 to spend on your imaginary girlfriend.”
Awwww… sounds like someone’s jealous. Maybe he tried to get one two days after they went on sale (Sunday July 1st) and they were sold out.
My day revolves around web-based RSS readers. Google Reader, Bloglines Beta, NewsGator…you name it, I’ve tried it. Unfortunately those services aren’t conveniently rendered on iPhone’s 3.5″ display, and require lots of pinching, jiggering, and side-scrolling to view content. Adding to that frustration, Safari tends to choke on AJAX code which these online readers employ heavily - crashing the browser and dumping you back to the home screen.
Enter Newsgator Online for mobile users; a service designed for small screens with low overhead.
It would appear that the iTunes update for 7.4.2 is your standard average bugfix release. Did it fix my store download issue? Why yes. Yes, it did. Their update notes that it fixes issues with iTunes Plus ringtone purchases along with anything else that it fixes.
At their “Mum is no longer the word” event yesterday, it was confirmed that Apple will partner with O2 to bring the iPhone to the UK. The iPhone will go on sale November 9, and will be available from Apple’s retail stores, as well as O2’s stores and Carphone Warehouse locations. The 8GB model will sell for £269, and the plans include unlimited data as well. I’m glad to see that unlimited data and prepaid minutes made their way across the pond, as confirmed by the pricing chart below. Given how the Europeans like their texting, I wonder if the amount of SMS messages will be enough.
Bloody hell! Steve Jobs took the stage early this morning, I mean REAL early for those living on this side of the international dateline. As expected he finally pulled back the kimono on the Eurorpean iPhone model. The big surprise? It’s not 3G! EDGE only. Didn’t see that coming, especially when considering the fact that 3G is far more ubiquitous in the UK and European markets. In fact, less than one quarter of O2 customers are on EDGE. Blimey!
Other news to come out of this event; the UK iPhone will land on November 9. Apple will launch it’s iTunes WiFi store later this month and preload the software on iPhone shortly thereafter. Realy quite a non-event, what? Quite.
Hey, check this out. I heard from a guy who knows an Apple employee that heard a rumor from Steve Jobs’s cleaning woman, that Apple is planning to rollout a big ass iPhone update (version 1.1) as soon as later today or tomorrow. What’s in this update, you ask? Don’t know. All I do know is that it has something to do with bringing iPod Touch features like iTunes WiFi Store and that Starbucks thingy to iPhone. But word is that bugfixes galore are also in store.
What is up with you, AT&T? Seriously, are you singling me out for some reason? Am I a special needs case? Didn’t you announce to myself and the rest of the world that you would put an end to unnecessary paper carnage for iPhone data billing? More importantly, didn’t I already disable printed invoicing in my account profile…months ago? So why do you do me like this?
I go to my mailbox and discover that you’ve sent me, again, not one…but TWO impregnated billing envelopes, packed with over 60 pages of invoices, like two overstuffed burritos. This makes the third consecutive month that you’ve sent me these love packs by mail. What have I done to deserve this? Have I not paid my bill, loyally, on time each month? Enough is enough. You’re starting to creep me out, as though you are stalking me. I can almost feel Stan Sigman standing outside my window, holding his cue cards.
Well known comedian, and marijuana advocate, Bill Maher humiliates iPhone fanboys still rabid over iPhone’s $200 price cut. Maher goes on to call angry early adopters “dipshits” for having stood in line for a hours to buy a phone, and tells us to stop our bitching. His commentary is delightful and insulting, as always.
Sorry, Bill. I can’t hear you over the sound of how awesome my iPhone is.
The iPhone Blog merged with the Phone different site in May of 2008. Both sites were founded on a premise that comes one from one of Apple's old slogans: Think different. The iPhone Blog: for people who dare to phone different.
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