Here's a look at the week that was:
NEWS
Activation delays at iPhone launch in UK
3G iPhone out of stock in most outlets in the US
iPhone well received in Canada, in spite of Rogers outlandish pricing
Sales reveal that the Japanese like iPhones
Multiple iPhone carriers for Poland
1million 3G iPhones sold in 3 days
Apple outdoes sales predictions made by analyst Gene Munster
Pandora, the digital radio station releases native iPhone app
App Store announces that more than 10 milllion applications have been downloaded by iPhone and iPod users
Cut and Paste, iPhone Office Suites and GPS Coming Soon
REVIEWS
MPG app enables you to track mileage
A sneak peek at Read More...
A favorite game among analysts in the tech world is to try and predict the sales of the iPhone for a specific period, or in general make any iPhone related predictions. Stocks, profits, revenue, market share—anything you can think of has already been predicted.
In this column, we’ll file all such predictions as they come in, and you’ll be able to find them by date or by analyst, and also see for yourself how the predictions actually panned out.
One of the foremost “predictors” is Gene Munster, analyst at Piper Jaffray. Let’s begin with his latest--a quick summary of all his earlier Read More...
The future couldn’t possibly be brighter for Apple.
Antone Gonsalves of Information Week figures that the iPhone launch will set the cash registers ringing at Apple:
Apple could take in as much as $1 billion in the initial launch of the 3G iPhone, which is scheduled to go on sale in 22 countries on Friday.
At the same time, it appears that the business community is also keen to welcome Apple’s new offering: support for Active Sync, Microsoft Exchange, and remote wipe and more. Dave Greenfield at ZDnet reports that 17 % of IT executives were wiling to deploy the iPhone. Read More...
