Apple claims 1M iPhone 3Gs sold, some may be vouchers
Today, Apple announced the iPhone's opening weekend figures, claiming it had passed the one million sales mark on Sunday, and that 10 million apps were downloaded in the same three-day period.
One by one on Friday, not individual AT&T stores, but entire cities, reported selling out of the device. By mid-morning, Chicago AT&T stores reported total liquidation. By noon, all of New York City's had sold out.
Apple iPhone 2.0 software goes live one day early, App Store launches
Despite Apple's official Web page continuing to state its iPhone 2.0 firmware is "coming soon," iPhone users everywhere have already discovered its existence, thanks in large part to MacRumors.com. Build 5A347 is directly available from this link, as an unofficial release.
With Apple's new iPhone App Store launching today, users need the iPhone 2.0 firmware to be able to take advantage of it. And how can they do that unless it's available? -- thus, the unofficial release of the firmware.
It's official: iPhone goes 3G for $199
Confirming months of speculation, Apple has announced that it will begin shipping two 3G versions of the iPhone. A 16 GB version will feature your choice of black or white backing, and will sell for $299 through AT&T.
To raucous applause, Apple CEO Steve Jobs debuted the 3G model of the iPhone, which he said is thinner than the previous version while sporting all metal buttons and a black plastic backing, much like the rumored specs had shown.
AT&T CFO says no pricing set yet for 3G iPhone
Despite the rumors, AT&T's CFO said Thursday that no pricing has been set for the upcoming 3G iPhone, which is expected to be announced next month at Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference. Rick Lindner, speaking at the Reuters Global Technology, Media and Telecoms Summit in New York, said that no decisions had been made on pricing or availability.
Lindner's comments follow a Gizmodo report on Tuesday that claimed the launch date for the 3G iPhone as June 9. Previous rumors also speculated that pricing of the device would fall from $299 to $199. AT&T has only said that it expects the new model to arrive in the coming months, but Lindner noted it's entirely up to Apple.
Apple files patent for instant messaging on the iPhone
Apple has filed for a patent which brings instant messaging to the iPhone and other touchscreen devices it produces.
The patent's abstract describes the application as follows: "One aspect of the invention involves a graphical user interface (GUI) on a portable electronic device with a touch screen display. The GUI has a set of messages exchanged between a user of the device and another person."
iPhone now available in Austria, Ireland
Apple is using its pre-existing partnerships to expand the reach of the phone to other markets.
T-Mobile will be the device's carrier in Austria, where the German telecommunications company also has a network and provides service. Phones will be sold for 399 euros for the 8 GB model, and 499 euros for the 16 GB.
Apple looks set to introduce iPhone SDK next week
Invitations have been sent out for an event next week that superficially appears to be the launch of third-party application support for the iPhone.
The invitation shows a folded map with the text "iPhone Software Roadmap." On the map are three different road signs, the first with the text "Enterprise," the next saying "SDK," and the last "Software Update."
Orange sells 30,000 French iPhones in 5 days, but is it a success?
The first official numbers are coming in from the iPhone launch in Europe, with France Telecom's wireless arm Orange announcing it sold 30,000 phones in five days.
Although the number pales in comparison to the 270,000 iPhones sold in the United States in the two days after launch, it meets expectations. Orange said it hoped to sell 100,000 iPhones by the end of the year, and it could still hit that milestone at the current sales rate.
Apple Says it Sold 1 Million iPhones
Apple said it sold its one millionth iPhone on Sunday, some 74 days after its debut. The sales numbers for the device make it the best selling phone model debut ever, and ranks near the top debuts of any electronic device in history. In comparison, it took the iPod two years to reach the same milestone. Brisk sales of the phone are likely to continue: last week the company reduced the price of the 8GB model to $399, while discontinuing the 4GB version.
"We can't wait to get this revolutionary product into the hands of even more customers this holiday season," CEO Steve Jobs said. Not everybody is in agreement about the numbers, however. iSuppli estimated about 500,000 units were sold as of the end of July. In order for Apple to reach that one million number, it would have had to sell 500,000 phones in the past six weeks.
T-Mobile, Orange, O2 Get iPhone in Europe
Apple has secured revenue sharing deals to bring its iPhone to Europe, the Financial Times reported late Tuesday.
Three operators have signed deals with Apple that will be officially announced later this month at an industry trade show, the paper reported. They are T-Mobile in Germany, Orange in France, and O2 in the UK.
146,000 iPhones Activated in First Two Days
Although Apple won't announce its quarterly earnings that will include the first two days of iPhone sales until Wednesday, AT&T said Tuesday that it had activated 146,000 iPhones on the 29th and 30th of June, far below analyst expectations.
Initial figures estimated weekend iPhone sales to range from 300,000 to upwards of 700,000 - with the majority falling around 500,000. Unless most activations came Sunday July 1 or Monday July 2, which is unlikely, those lofty expectations were not met. Apple's stock fell 5% in early trading Tuesday due to the news.
Apple iPhone to Go on Sale June 29
Apple confirmed the launch date of its highly-anticipated foray into the mobile handset market in a Sunday night television ad: the iPhone is coming Friday, June 29. That doesn't mean the device will be easy to obtain, however, as Cingular customers are expected to line up in droves for the $599 USD phone.
While Apple has yet to prove itself in the mobile space and the iPhone lacks now-key smartphone features like a QWERTY keyboard and 3G capability, the company has built an innovative touch screen user interface that has iPod and Mac fans clamoring to be early adopters. Cingular has a multi-year exclusive deal with Apple, which means customers from other wireless carriers are out of luck for the time being.
Apple Goes for the Trifecta with iPhone
AT MACWORLD In his keynote address at Macworld in San Francisco Tuesday, Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the oft-rumored and much-anticipated iPhone, although the device is somewhat different than what had been expected.
Instead of launching a separate widescreen ipod and iPhone, Apple has combined three different devices into a single one. The iPhone is a widescreen iPod, cellular phone, and Internet communicator in one device, and would be a true smartphone according to Jobs.
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