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iPhone Imperfect?

There are some reports (and use that term loosely) that the chipset in the 3g iPhone, the Infineon 3G chipset, may be proving to be flawed, or at least “has never really been tested in the hands of users”, and that’s why some are experiencing “problems with reception”. But Jennifer LeClaire of Newsfactor quotes Charles King, [...]

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Apple Update Servers Are Down Internationally [Update]

As Gizmodo put it, the “iPocalypse” is upon us.  While many people have been able to buy the new 3G iPhone, activating it has been a different matter.  Releasing the new iPhone firmware to old users and activating every new phone on the same day was a really bad move on Apple’s part.  I knew [...]

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White 16GB Unboxing [Video]

For those of you who won’t be getting a shiny new iPhone today, but still want to experience the Christmas-like joy of opening one, there are lots of videos online of just that.  Most of the videos (the good ones anyway) have been black iPhones though.  Here is a great unboxing of the white 16GB [...]

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NYT’s David Pogue Reviews the iPhone

Today David Pogue of the New York Times published his review of the new 3G iPhone.  He has been testing out a model for a little bit and has reported his findings.  Pogue took a different direction than that of Walt Mossberg, who also reviewed the phone.  Pogue’s article focuses less on the faster data [...]

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Walt Mossberg Reviews the iPhone

Recently on AllThingsD, Walt Mossberg gave the new iPhone a favorable review.  He begin by talking about the biggest weaknesses of the first iPhone, “[The] first iPhone had two big drawbacks: It was expensive, and it couldn’t access the fastest cellular-phone networks.”  Clearly these were the two biggest concerns for Apple in the next incarnation.  [...]

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One HALF of Smartphone Buyers Are Considering 3G iPhone

RBC Capital Markets, an investment bank, has conducted a private study on consumers looking to purchase a smartphone in the near future.  Over one half of those surveyed stated they are intent on purchasing the new 3G iPhone once it launches in July. The numbers come from a survey of 3,600 participants shortly after Apple’s World [...]

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3G iPhone Packaging Will Be Green!

In a continuation of Steve Jobs’ effort to reduce Apple’s impact on the environment, Apple has enlisted the aid of Dutch company PaperFoam in “greening” their packaging materials.  The tech company has ordered “millions of PaperFoam packages,” according to PaperFoam CEO Hans Arentsen [via the Dutch blog Bright]. PaperFoam, founded in 1998, uses potato starch or [...]

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iPhone Firmware 2.0 Launch Date, We Had It All Along…

I think everyone feels a little bit silly right now. TUAW just pointed out that the original iPhone press release from Apple specifically states that the iPhone 2.0 firmware would be available on July 11th, right along side of the 3G iPhone launch. Here’s the quote from the press release (paragraph 8): “iPhone 2.0 software will [...]

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Some 3G Questions Answered by Apple Internal FAQ

AppleInsider is reporting that Apple has distributed an internal FAQ to their sales staff in order to prepare them for 3G iPhone launch day.  While there are not a great number of details about the launch in the internal memo, it does have some interesting questions with answers. The first big point the document makes is [...]

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iPhone Activation May Have At-Home Component

We have talked previously about how much of a drag “in-store only” activation would be to new buyers of the 3G iPhone, but there may be a light at the end of the tunnel.  The in-store activation is clearly a move to prevent people from buying large quantities of iPhones and unlocking them for use [...]

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