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http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07 ... ne_29.htmlClosing out his keynote address at Apple's annual developers conference on Monday, chief executive Steve Jobs announced that iPhone will not go on sale until the early evening of June 29th.
Jobs told a crowd of developers in San Francisco that the inaugural Apple handset would be available beginning at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, June 29th, but did not specify whether that time was pacific time, eastern time, or local regional time.
Representatives for Apple did not respond to inquiries seeking clarification.
It was previously assumed that the device would be made available through Apple and AT&T retail stores in the early morning hours.
The later timeframe appears to have been selected as part of a broader bid by the Cupertino-based Apple to entice a media frenzy with large crowds, in which those with day jobs are not at a disadvantage when it comes to snagging an iPhone on day one.
Reports as to how many iPhones will actually be available on June 29th have ranged from less than 40 per AT&T store to 3 million in total. The device is due to go on sale at approximately 1800 AT&T locations in addition to over 170 Apple retail stores.
http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors ... /index.phpApple even revealed some details about how third-party software makers can create applications for the phone.
Q1) could you be more specific about the previous announcement that
the iPhone will be available in Europe in the 'fourth quarter'?
A: "We still don't know, the [release] period will be toward the end
of the year"
Q2) Have you chosen a carrier for Europe?
A: About the carrier, we still don't have any news to provide you. I
can say that for Italy, those of you very accustomed to pre-paid,
there will be issues with the iPhone.
Q3) then a more pointed question is asked: "...does this mean Apple
will pursue the same subscription only strategy in Europe & Italy (as
it is doing the US)?"
A: Yes, I can confirm that it has been decided that it will only be
offered by subscription"
iPhone to support YouTube
Meanwhile, there's sure to be some dashed hopes if iPhone arrives later this month without support for Adobe's Flash media format. Right now, Flash is looking more like a "maybe" than a guarantee.
Apple chief executive Steve Jobs told the New York Times that "you might see" Flash support come to iPhone, but YouTube support would be present regardless.
"Yeah, YouTube -- of course," he said. "But you don’t need to have Flash to show YouTube. All you need to do is deal with YouTube. And plus, we could get ‘em to up their video resolution at the same time, by using h.264 instead of the old codec."
Jobs also confirmed that iPhone won't support Java. "[It's] not worth building in," he said. "Nobody uses Java anymore. It’s this big heavyweight ball and chain."
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07 ... ening.html
Well, in a report that I’m still having a hard time believing, TUAW says that they have official confirmation that there is no Flash support on the iPhone…yet. The announcement was made during the State of Media Address yesterday. “There will be no Flash support at the moment on the iPhone.”
Now, if that’s true…then why on Earth did Steve Jobs tell all of us that you can use Safari to develop your iPhone applications until you get an actual iPhone? He said they are the exact same browser. If you can run flash in one, but not the other, then they are not the exact same browser.
If we’re supposed to have THE REAL Internet on the phone, then why in the hell aren’t we getting ALL of the REAL Internet? I mean seriously, this is means, at this point, that Steve Jobs has stood up on that stage at Macworld and at WWDC and flat out lied to us.
It ain’t the REAL Internet if you can’t actually do all the stuff you can do on the REAL Internet. So calling it that is a lie.
Tell developers at the Keynote that they can use Safari to develop their applications because Safari on the Mac and Safari on the iPhone are the same thing…is a lie. No flash support…NOT THE SAME DAMN BROWSER.
Can you tell I’m getting a little frustrated?
http://www.applegazette.com/iphone/no-f ... -thing-up/
Earlier today I posted some Thoughts on the Keynote, but I didn’t address the iPhone “Web 2.0″ development issue on purpose. I think it’s worth a post by itself. After watching the Keynote, then watching it again - this time looking at it a bit differently - I couldn’t help but notice the utter silence that washed over the crowd when it was announced that all 3rd Party iPhone applications would have to be developed through “Web 2.0 and Ajax”.
It wasn’t a stunned silence - the crowd wasn’t amazed with the idea. It was the sound of 5,000 developers being disappointed.
What I find phenomenally insulting is the constant mention of keeping the iPhone safe and secure. The way that it keeps being said makes it sound like developers have the plague or something. It seems , to me anyway, to be disrespectful to the developers that make the Mac so great.
http://www.applegazette.com/iphone/ipho ... a-cop-out/
http://www.applegazette.com/iphone/appl ... -stick-it/Apple issued a press release today announcing significant upgrades to the iPhone.
The first, and most significant upgrade is in the form of battery life. iPhone now will feature up to 8 hours of talk time, 6 hours of Internet use, 7 hours of video playback or 24 hours of audio playback. In addition, iPhone will feature up to 250 hours—more than 10 days—of standby time. The original announcement at Macworld earlier this year announced only 5 hours of video battery life, and 16 hours of audio playback.
“With 8 hours of talk time, and 24 hours of audio playback, iPhone’s battery life is longer than any other ‘Smartphone’ and even longer than most MP3 players,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “We’ve also upgraded iPhone’s entire top surface from plastic to optical-quality glass for superior scratch resistance and clarity. There has never been a phone like iPhone, and we can’t wait to get this truly magical product into the hands of customers starting just 11 days from today.”
This should put a cork in at least SOME of the nay-sayers about the device that found the battery life unacceptable. Now, there will still be some that argue about the fact that you can’t remove the battery…and while I can understand that arguement, and I really have no rebuttal for it, I’ve never had a problem with my iPod battery not working, so I can’t really get upset about the lack of removable battery.
So, what do you think about these upgrades? Do they change your opinion on the device in anyway? Come on trolls…let’s hear some of your doomsaying….
Apple is set to release the much-hyped iPhone Friday, June 29. Here are some of its most highly anticipated features:
* Nanotechnology enables it to reassemble itself when thrown against wall
* Exclusive link to Google Street View so you can watch yourself using your iPhone at all times
* Takes Polaroids
* When moved from hand to ear, makes Lightsaber sound effects
* Prominent Apple logo
* Reproduces through asexual budding
* Has way, way more PRAM than the last thingy
* Comes with an iPhone hat, so people know you own an iPhone during the brief periods you're not using it