ITunes 7.7 is Released

Posted July 10th, 2008 by admin

Apple has released iTunes 7.7. This is in preparation for iPhone 2.0 software rollout this Friday the 11th. If your planning on downloading the iPhone 2.0 software you will need this update. The iTunes 7.7 update is available for mac or windows through Software Update or as a stand alone package at Apple.com

iPhone 3G Reviews from Walt Mossberg, Ed Baig and David Pogue

Posted July 9th, 2008 by admin

The boys at gizmodo have put together a summation of 3G iPhone reviews from Walt Mossberg of the WSJ and All Things D, Ed Baig from USA Today and David Pogue from the NYTimes.

The first iPhone 3G reviews have just hit, from Walt Mossberg of the WSJ and All Things D, Ed Baig from USA Today and David Pogue from the NYTimes. No one goes deep into the app store but here’s what they think:

Walt Mossberg of the WSJ has been testing it “for a couple of weeks” and sees that surfing on the faster 3G is between three and five times the speed of the original iPhone. However, Moss found that browsing on the 3G network drained his battery much faster than browsing on the original. Externally, he says the speaker was “much louder” (YES!) for both music and speakerphone, but otherwise pretty much the same as the original. One bug/feature he ran into was that you can only sync your calendar and contacts with either Exchange or your personal accounts, not both.

Read the article in it entirety over at gizmodo

Canadian Apple stores to go without iPhones.

Posted July 8th, 2008 by admin

AppleInsider has a great article about Apples spat with Rogers leaving Canadian Apple stores without iPhones: “Apple, disgusted with Rogers Wireless for dumping egregious service plans on would-be iPhone 3G buyers, has decided that its Canadian retail stores will have no part in helping the carrier market the new handset to customers, AppleInsider has learned.”(Via AppleInsider.)

Apple allegedly sanctioning Rogers for iPhone rates

Posted July 7th, 2008 by admin

AppleInsider has an interesting article.

After raising the ire of its customers with what are believed to be overly expensive iPhone 3G plans, Canadian provider Rogers Wireless is allegedly being punished by Apple with fewer shipments.

Blogger Daniel Smith claims multiple sources, including a senior Rogers representative, claim that Apple has diverted a significant amount of its initial iPhone 3G Canadian deliveries to Europe in retribution for the carrier’s steep rate plans, which at similar prices offer a third fewer minutes and limited data compared to AT&T.

Stores may be getting just 10 to 20 iPhones each and are being told to “exercise caution” not to promise ample stock on launch day, according to the rumors.

At the same time, Rogers is also claimed to be promptly firing the part-time staff that had been hired to handle an expected deluge of customers at some stores.

via [AppleInsider]