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Apple puts up banners for its September 9th event

Earlier today, Andrew Mager of iPhoneSavior posted an image of an Apple banner being hung on the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco. The fact that this ad is for an iPod can only mean one thing: major changes in Apple’s iPod lineup. You have probably heard of the countless rumors floating around about the possibility of [...]

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Apple rewording UK iPhone 3G ad?

A few days ago, the UK based Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) pulled a “misleading” iPhone 3G advertisement from airing. According to iPhoneAlley, Apple is in the process of revamping their UK iPhone ads to adhere to the strict guidelines set by the ASA. This means removing phrases such as “all the parts of the internet are on [...]

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Orange denies hiring actors to wait in iPhone 3G line

You may recall around a week ago we reported on a story (link) about how Orange apparently hired actors to create more of a “buzz” for the Polish iPhone 3G launch. Orange has responded to these accusations by denying any claims they had previously made. “As part of the excitement around the launch of the iPhone, some [...]

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Confirmed: iPhone 3G goes on sale at BestBuy September 7th

Around two weeks ago, BestBuy President, Shawn Score projected that BestBuy would begin selling the iPhone 3G on September 7th. (See article) Well, I can now say with 100% certainty that this is in fact true. As of September 7th you will be able to purchase your very own iPhone 3G “through 970 of BestBuy’s stores, [...]

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Apple releases three new iPhone commercials

A few days ago Apple put three new iPhone commercials up on their website. Unlike the previous commercials released by Apple, these commercials featured the 3rd party applications “Lonely Planet,” “Cro Mag,” and “Vicinity,” all of which can be purchased from the App Store. Lonely Planet is an English to Chinese translator application for the iPhone [...]

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Earlier MobileMe phishing scam catches hundreds off guard

I would only hope that most people would remember that any email, no matter how official looking could be the creation of someone looking to take advantage of you in some way. Unfortunately, there are plenty of people who are not quite as suspicious, perhaps its a good thing in that they trust people, [...]

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Best Buy to sell iPhone 3G in the United States

Earlier today, Best Buy president, Shawn Score announced that Best Buy will begin distributing the iPhone 3G through 970 of its stores, and 16 of its “Best Buy Mobile” outlets, beginning September 7, 2008. “We had a lot of work to do, obviously, to get in a position where Apple and AT&T would feel good about [...]

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iPhone 3G coming to 10 more countries August 22nd!

America Movil, Mexico’s current provider of iPhone 3Gs, recently announced its plans to bring the iPhone 3G to Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay on August 22nd. Yesterday, we also found out that the iPhone 3G will also be going on sale in Poland, Hungary, the Philippines, India, Estonia, Romania [...]

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Three more international iPhone 3G launches confirmed!

On August 22, 2008, the iPhone 3G will go on sale in the following countries: India, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Poland, Romania, the Philippines, Singapore, and Hungary. I have listed below the three latest additions to the list of international 3G launches along with their respective carriers (see Robert Nelson’s post for the other 5 launches): Poland [...]

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Jobs acknowledges MobileMe launch debacle

By now, I’m sure that you’re aware of Apple’s turbulent MobileMe launch several weeks back; well,  Steve Jobs has stepped up to the plate and admitted that Apple "bit off more than they could chew." According to ArsTechnica , Jobs recently sent an email to Apple employees admitting his screw up. "It was a mistake to launch [...]

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