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You bought the iPhone, you paid for it, but now Apple is telling you how you have to use it, and if you don’t do things they way they say, they’re going to lock it. Turn it into a useless “brick.” Is this any way to treat a customer? Apparently, it’s the Steve Jobs way. [...]

Unfortunately, it appears that some activations of Apple’s new iPhone have gone badly. After waiting in line 36 hours some customers are still unable to activate their phone. One customer says he is “documenting the AT&T circus call by call on my blog.”
He has had his hold calls dropped, been patched into other users [...]

iPhone ‘Surfing’ On AT&T Network Isn’t Fast, Jobs Concedes
Apple and AT&T CEOs Say Wi-Fi Gives Boost; Seeing Parallels to Mac
I love Apple products as much as much as the next guy. But, if you are considering an iPhone now, consider this. AT&T’s “Edge” data network is slow. And the iPhone uses this data network at [...]

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The first round of iPhone reviews are in, and they’re generally good. The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Newsweek all like Apple’s sleek new device, particularly the touch-screen. However, the biggest gripe, which again was almost unanimous, came down to AT&T’s wireless network, described as “pokey” (meaning slow). That’s right, 2G just doesn’t [...]

Tens of thousands of people are expected to line up this Friday for the most hyped gadget of the decade - the iPhone.
Don’t be one of them.
Oh, it’s a technological marvel. But Apple’s all-in-one handheld isn’t the best cellphone - or even the best iPhone - that will be sold in the next year.
The iPhone [...]

The iPhone doesn’t go on sale until Friday, but Steven P. Jobs, the chief executive of Apple, is already changing the perception of the mobile phone, from a quick way to call a friend to a hip, media-friendly device. In doing so, he has forced mobile phone and Hollywood executives to react by chasing hungrily [...]

How many consumers will visit AT&T and Apple stores this Friday for the long-awaited launch of Apple’s iPhone? No one can say. Some analysts are speculating that the turnout could be disappointing, at least in relation to the expectations created by the massive hype around the product that combines the functionalities of a cell phone, [...]

Excerpt of Steve Jobs’ iPhone demo at MacWorld. It will be available soon. Looks amazing.

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Apple reported fiscal second quarter earnings of $770 million, or 87 cents a share, on revenue of $5.26 billion. Wall Street was expecting earnings of 64 cents a share on sales of $5.17 billion, according to Thomson Financial.
In the same period a year ago, Apple reported earnings of 47 cents a share on revenue of [...]