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That Phone That Apple Made

Apparently Apple made some kind of Mobile Phone.

Anyway, I heard that it was equally loved and hated by the early adopters.

For example, my friend didn’t like the way the iPhone syncs with iTunes. The iTunes won’t let you drag any song to the iPhone, as it requires playlists.

From what I heard, the iPhone Activation was a breeze for existing Cingular/AT&T customers. As for switchers, they might have slight resistance from their current providers (Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon, …….). Honestly it is somewhat expected, they don’t want their customers to switch.
If I’m not lazy, I’d write more here. I’ll update this entry later.

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Hurricane iPhone™ Watch: iPhone Activation and Monthly Plan Details

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007.

In less than four days, the Hurricane iPhone™ will hit the United States. Apple and AT&T have released more details regarding the approaching Hurricane iPhone™.

Pricing & Availability
iPhone goes on sale at 6:00 p.m. (local time) on Friday, June 29 and will be sold in the US through Apple’s retail and online stores and AT&T retail stores. iPhone will be available in a 4GB model for $499 (US) and an 8GB model for $599 (US), and will work with either a PC or Mac®. All iPhone monthly service plans are available for individuals and families and are based on a new two-year service agreement with AT&T. Individual plans are priced at $59.99 for 450 minutes, $79.99 for 900 minutes and $99.99 for 1,350 minutes. All plans include unlimited data (email and web), Visual Voicemail, 200 SMS text messages, roll over minutes and unlimited mobile-to-mobile and a one-time activation fee of $36. Family plans are also available.

Activation & Sync
iPhone™ users will be able to activate their new iPhones using Apple’s popular iTunes® software running on a PC or Mac® computer in the comfort and privacy of their own home or office, without having to wait in a store while their phone is activated. Activating iPhone takes only minutes as iTunes guides the user through simple steps to choose their service plan, authorize their credit and activate their iPhone. Once iPhone is activated, users can then easily sync all of their phone numbers and other contact information, calendars, email accounts, web browser bookmarks, music, photos, podcasts, TV shows and movies just like they do when they sync their iPods with iTunes.

iPhone Rate Plan:

Individual Plan per month with 2 year contract includes:

  • Unlimited Data (Email/Web)
  • Visual Voicemail
  • 200 SMS Text Messages
  • Rollover® Minutes
  • Unlimited Mobile to Mobile

$59.99 plan includes 450 Anytime Minutes and 5000 Night & Weekends Minutes.
$79.99 plan includes 900 Anytime Minutes and Unlimited Night & Weekends Minutes.
$99.99 plan includes 1350 Anytime Minutes and Unlimited Night & Weekends Minutes.

iPhone Plan - Individual

Family Plan per month with 2 year contract includes:

  • Unlimited Data (Email/Web)
  • Visual Voicemail
  • 200 SMS Text Messages
  • Rollover® Minutes
  • Unlimited Mobile to Mobile
  • Unlimited Nights & Weekend Minutes

$80.00 plan includes 700 Shared Anytime Minutes.
$100.00 plan includes 1400 Shared Anytime Minutes.
$120.00 plan includes 2100 Shared Anytime Minutes.

iPhone Plan - Family

Existing AT&T Wireless (formerly Cingular Wireless) customers can add the following data plan to their existing voice plan:

$20.00 plan includes 200 SMS Text Messages, Unlimited Data (Email/Web), and Visual Voicemail.
$30.00 plan includes 1500 SMS Text Messages, Unlimited Data (Email/Web), and Visual Voicemail.
$40.00 plan includes Unlimited SMS Text Messages, Unlimited Data (Email/Web), and Visual Voicemail.

iPhone Plan - Existing Customer

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The Calm Before The iPhone Storm

Just a few days before Apple iPhone is going on sale, people just can’t stop talking about it. Many tech podcasts talk about, bash, drool at, etc. the iPhone.

Let’s see what’s happening this Friday, June the 29th, 2007.

Ratatouille
The latest movie from Pixar and Disney. Featuring the voice of Patton Oswalt. Oswalt is no stranger to animated movies and TV show. As a matter of fact, Oswalt is a regular on Reno 911!, both the TV series and the Movie.

OK, I got lazy here. I’ll update this post a bit later.

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Leo Laporte’s Radio Show Chat Room New Slogan: “Buy an iPhone”

It was pretty fun today at Leo Laporte’s Radio Show Chat Room. For the last 90 minutes of the show, people in the chat room kept typing “Buy an iPhone” as the solutions to any problems.

  • Windows failed Genuine (dis)Advantage test? Get an iPhone, problem is solved.
  • Having trouble burning CD/DVD? Buy an iPhone, it will burn the discs for you.
  • Apple Mail not sending in Rich Text Format? iPhone will send all your emails in Rich Text Format.

Close to the end of the show, Leo actually repeated what the people in the chat room were saying. “Get an iPhone”.

Anyway, catch it on Show 364 podcast.

http://techguylabs.com/radio/ShowNotes/Show364

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Apple: Leopard is Delayed Until October in Favor of iPhone

Apple today released a statement regarding iPhone and Mac OS X 10.5 codenamed Leopard.

The “Good” News
iPhone will be released in late June this year.

The BAD News
Leopard will be delayed until October.

According to Apple, the iPhone development has taken its toll on Leopard. Apple has been reallocating Mac OS X engineers to the iPhone project thus Leopard will not be released on WWDC 2007. Apple will reveal all the features of Leopard during WWDC and release the “near final version” of Leopard to the developers.

Apple Statement:

iPhone has already passed several of its required certification tests and is on schedule to ship in late June as planned. We can’t wait until customers get their hands (and fingers) on it and experience what a revolutionary and magical product it is. However, iPhone contains the most sophisticated software ever shipped on a mobile device, and finishing it on time has not come without a price — we had to borrow some key software engineering and QA resources from our Mac OS X team, and as a result we will not be able to release Leopard at our Worldwide Developers Conference in early June as planned. While Leopard’s features will be complete by then, we cannot deliver the quality release that we and our customers expect from us. We now plan to show our developers a near final version of Leopard at the conference, give them a beta copy to take home so they can do their final testing, and ship Leopard in October. We think it will be well worth the wait. Life often presents tradeoffs, and in this case we’re sure we’ve made the right ones. [Apr 12, 2007]

Read more:
http://www.apple.com/hotnews/

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Editorial: RANTS! (updated)
It is a bad move for Apple to prioritize the iPhone over Leopard. My initial reaction was totally disappointed at Apple and tought that it was a bad move for Apple to prioritize the iPhone over Leopard. There are numbers of Mac users waiting for Leopard and holding off on the purchase of new Macs. I too am holding off from buying new Macs until Leopard is released. June is not too far away, but now Leopard won’t ship until October. Six months away from today, and I don’t think this will bode well for Apple, at least for the time being. (in response to the comment by Jon below)

Is Leopard the new Vista? I hope not, but its delay is somewhat comparable to Vista.

I know that I will get the iPhone, and I have been waiting since its official announcement at MacWorld. So far, I have gone through 3 old phones just waiting for the arrival of the iPhone. I am stoked that June is not too far away and the iPhone is coming. One thing that somewhat ruined my day is to know that Leopard has been delayed.

In a way I have grown impatience waiting for Leopard. OK, actually I need an excuse to buy a new MacBook Pro. I have the first generation Macbook Pro (15-inch with Core Duo) and it has been great. I do believe that it is better to have a solid product at launch rather than a buggy one. Probably Apple believe that the iPhone project can make or break Apple’s future.

I need to renew my Apple Developer subscription really soon so that I won’t miss the “near finish” Leopard to be distributed starting at WWDC 2007.

Once again, I am not happy with Leopard delay. Many others feel the same way I do. The iPhone cannot edit audio and video. One bad Apple move can ruin the whole damn bunch

Can you spot the spots on the Leopard? NOPE! Not until October.

OK, I should end the rant here. One thing for sure I’ll be getting an iPhone, and it will at least distract me from waiting for Leopard for a while. I’ll be writing a lot as soon as I got the iPhone.