Comments on: Opening Pandora

By: Brent Breon

Brent Breon — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:46:07 +0000

Got one of the 3G on the lauch day, a 8Gig and so far for an iPhone rookie, it is great!! Anyone try a 3G in the R56 ipod connector?

By: twistybitz

twistybitz — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 22:36:03 +0000

Hey, “Mobile Me” is now up and running. So nearly 3 days of downtime.

By: twistybitz

twistybitz — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 17:59:57 +0000

I guess it will all get worked out. A very savvy Apple user and programer I know suggested to me that since Apples rise in computer sales there might be these glitches in the future. I guess he’s right.

By: RB

RB — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 17:20:27 +0000

I’m still waiting for .mac… Oops, I mean… .Me, “UGH!”, to be online.

I have been an Apple user, supporter since 1990. Why no voice recognition? Why no GPS voice guidance? Why no real internet radio? Why no multiple photo choice for emails? Why no cut and paste, crappier phones have this stuff? They [crappier phones] may not have a better screen or web or looks but I’ve always been proud of how far ahead Apple always seemed to be, seems they have slipped. But, as with my ’04 MCS I will stick with all the ups and downs as I do love them both.

By: Todd

Todd — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:59:24 +0000

Tried to get my hands on a 16 Gig this morning and now in addition to AT&T stores,all Apple stores (both) in KC are sold out of both 8 and 16 gig phones. Crazy since there were two tractor trailer loads of them in front of one of the stores yesterday – I saw them with my own eyes.

So even with the initial activation issues it looks like this launch was even more successful than the last one because I don’t recall at any time since the original launch at which you could not walk into an Apple store and pick up an iPhone. An informal poll of people in line (three lines over two days) revealed that 3 out of four people were there to get their first iPhone most of them switching from another carrier. Unbelievable.

By: GBMINI

GBMINI — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 02:38:55 +0000

I’ll wait for Josh to get his 3G iPhone next week, and see if it has any better reception at the office … also check out the GPS and supposedly improved sound.
Make a decision after that (although saving $10/month is a + for the original iPhone!)

By: Todd

Todd — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:38:14 +0000

I must be extremely lucky or something because at 8:10 AM this morning I downloaded and installed 2.0 to my 1st gen iPhone and added half a dozen apps that all worked fine. I did stand in line for a 3G today for longer than I’d like to admit before I bailed upon learning about the sketchy activation issues. I’m fine to wait a day or two until it’s all ironed out (seemed to be normal by late afternoon) but with all the features added to my current iPhone the only reason to upgrade is for 3G speeds when away from WiFi. I

‘m still going to get a 16 Gig 3G iPhone but that’s just me. ; )

By: Ian C.

Ian C. — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:16:27 +0000

Beware of updating tonight, if the activation servers are still having trouble – the iPhone must be re-activated after loading 2.0, and it activation fails, you have a “brick”

By: DanC

DanC — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:56:07 +0000

Looks like many people upgraded last night too. I’ll probably wait till late tonight to update mine.
http://www.macrumors.com/2008/07/11/upgrading-from-unofficial-iphone-2-0-firmware-to-official-2-0-firmware/

By: GBMINI

GBMINI — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:29:06 +0000

You’re right, Robert … PR nightmare for Apple today! I’m so glad I risked updating my iPhone last night – apparently much safer to do it the un-official way!