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iPhone to have Product (RED) for Christmas?

Zach Flauaus — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:57:58 +0000

For those of you who want a little pizzaz in your iPhone colors? There could be a possible glimmer of hope in your lineup from Apple, courtesy of the popular Product (RED) line. The photo provided is a bit vibrant for red (to the point of it almost being candy-apple red) but it may do very well as with most iPod colors, you have to see it in person to actually get the feel for it. Plus, people generally get cases for the iPhone, so it may not matter at all at some point. If the rumor is in fact true, it’s pointing for a Christmas-shopping season release which is nothing new to Apple and their product lines.

Via [CrunchGear]

iPhone 3G launch, A little butchered

Zach Flauaus — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:38:56 +0000

Well, today is iDay 3G and not very many people are happy with Apple right now. It seems that they haven’t solved their activation problems from last year as they are sending many folks home with a non-working iPhone, putting to rest the thought that the iPhone must be activated in-store. But it’s not just activation issues that’s plaguing the iPhone.

The much anticipated release of iPhone 2.0 software update was scheduled to be released today and while, yes, it has been out unofficially and it was featured as being up on iTunes, they have taken the upgrade down because their activation servers are not working how they planned, aka, not working at all. This goes for both the iPhone and iPod touch users who are upgrading to 2.0. The current consensus is that if you already have a functioning iPhone or iPod touch, do NOT upgrade to 2.0 until these issues are resolved.

In addition to the butchered iPhone launch is the chopped-into-pieces launch of MobileMe, Apple’s “Exchange for everyone else.” MobileMe was scheduled to launch yesterday but the servers have been constantly up and down, letting some folks in for short periods of time before shutting them out of the system.

There are even more issues arising for our O2-UK users across the pond as their activation system is only accessible through Internet Explorer 7, so the Apple store had to install VMWare Fusion to be able to run Internet Explorer (as it’s only available on Windows, not OS X), but that method of activation isn’t working really. I’ve seen on my Twitter stream an image of an O2 notice saying it could take 2-3 days to activate your new iPhone on O2.

So basically, overall consensus? The launch has been butchered all across for the iPhone 3G, iPhone 2.0 (and iPod touch 2.0), and MobileMe. Apparently they never got around to fixing those issues from last year.

Sources:
Computerworld
MacRumors

Apple not selling iPhone 3G in Apple Canada Retail Stores

Zach Flauaus — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:40:20 +0000

Well… The petitions may have worked, but not in the customer’s favor. According to AppleInsider, Apple has pulled the iPhone 3G from their retail stores in Canada in response to customer’s outrage with how, shall we say, crappy the data plans are on Rogers Wireless.

According to a private conference call Monday evening, Rogers and Fido will have to make a plan for iPhone customers with a minimum of 150 minutes, 75 text messages, and 400MB of data, all for $60/month on a 3-year contract. Compared to the AT&T plans in the US (450 minutes, no texting, unlimited data), that is very unfair, but it’s typically how things go in Canada.

Only Roger and affiliates will be able to sell them, yet Apple will have demo units if you decide you want to play with them. Where this will lead it’s not for sure, but you have to love this quote from Apple:

“We have nothing to do with the service plans. Those are Rogers’ plans.”

Via [TechCrunch]

Read [AppleInsider]