Analyst group Pacific Crest is claiming that Apple has slashed the number of iPhones it plans to build before the end of the year. According to their sources, Apple is ordering only 14 to 15 million units of the 3G. You can be guaranteed that the units will still fly off the shelves however… So…
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Apple rolls out online iPhone 3G ordering
In the final stretch leading up to the holiday shopping season, Apple is making it even easier for multi-touch fans to get their hands on the iconic iPhone 3G. Rather than having eager iPhone 3G hopefuls waiting in lines to get their own iPhone 3G or buy one (or a handful) for friends and loved…
Apple on track to move 5 million iPhones in Q4 2008
The latest estimates are in, and they have Apple shipping something like 5 million iPhone 3G units for fiscal Q4 which ends on September 30. Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster has raised his previous iPhone 3G sales estimates from 4.1 million by the end of September to a more optimistic 5 million units by the end…
iPhone App Dev Aint Easy: Apple Rejects App for ‘Duplicating Functionality’
I have a few iPhone app developer friends that have told me some interesting stories. Sometimes it is a tough struggle to get an App into the App Store… and even if they succeed, it could be removed at any time. Tracking of sales and other vital statistics have been slowly getting better and better…
Apple prepping 32GB iPhone 3G?
First, grab the salt. Second, take the salt. Good, now that you’re fully prepared to hear some seriously rumor-licious speculation on the iPhone 3G’s model refresh, here’s what we’ve been hearing: Given reports that Apple’s 8GB iPhone 3G stock is drying up, we’re hearing that there’s a distinct possibility of Apple introducing a new 32GB…
Apple recalls iPhone 3G power adapter cube
Apple’s tiny little cube-shaped AC power adapter that comes bundled with all new iPhone 3G’s apparently has a bit of design flaw. The metal prongs extending from the iPhone 3G wall-charger cube are reportedly an electrical hazard. Apple cites rare and scattered reports of some “Ultra Compact USB Power Adapter” metal prongs breaking off and…
Apple ‘Let’s Rock’ Event Unveils iPhone Firmware 2.1
The much anticipated ‘Let’s Rock’ event went down yesterday, and if you are a big fan of the iPod line, you should be mighty happy. New Shuffle colors, new iPod Classics, new Nanos and even a new iPod Touch was announced. Most of them with new form factors, a new OS, and new colors. I…
Apple rejects fart-joke iPhone application
Talk about a lame excuse. Apple, long known as the tech-company that does whatever it feels like doing, has rejected an up-and-coming iPhone application on grounds that it provides “limited utility.” Granted, the iPhone application, Pull My Finger, does little more than generate a “fart” sound, Apple’s rejection of the application is a disturbing move.…
Apple’s iPhone 3G sales numbers blow by original iPhone
Just over a month into the iPhone 3G’s global sales push, it seems that Apple is about to see their iPhone 3G fleet surpass the number of original iPhones out in the wild. Basically, it comes down to Apple selling more iPhone 3G units, in less than two months, than the number of iPhones sold…
Alabama woman files iPhone 3G lawsuit against Apple – class action possible
By now it’s evident that there is a good sampling of the iPhone 3G fleet that is experiencing 3G-network woes. From slow data connections to signal-strength flakiness, the iPhone 3G isn’t performing as promised for those affected by the 3G reception issues. The problem has gotten so bad that Apple released their iPhone 2.0.2 OS…