Saturday, July 12, 2008

Glitches delay sales of the Apple iPhone 3G - Los Angeles Times


Activation glitches, an overhwelmed iTunes don't slow iPhone purchases
MLive.com, MI - 1 hour ago
Press Photo/Adam BirdMichael McDermott takes the payment pad to sign for his new iPhone late Friday morning at the Apple Store in Woodland Mall. ...

Crush of traffic stymies Apple iPhone 3G debut
Detroit Free Press, United States - 1 hour ago
BY MIKE WENDLAND • FREE PRESS COLUMNIST • July 12, 2008 What should have been a spectacular day for Apple had a pretty shaky start Friday. ...

iPhone wrong number
Edmonton Sun,  Canada - 1 hour ago
By IAN MCDOUGALL, SPECIAL TO SUN MEDIA The launch of Apple's eagerly awaited iPhone had Edmontonians lining up outside Rogers Wireless stores early ...

Long lines, network problems mar debut of Apple's enhanced iPhone
San Diego Union Tribune, United States - 1 hour ago
By Jonathan Sidener An iTunes network meltdown took the shine off Apple's much-anticipated worldwide release of its upgraded iPhone yesterday. ...

Overnight iPhone wait 'worth it'
Vancouver Sun,  Canada - 1 hour ago
A cheer went up at 8 am Friday outside the first store in Vancouver to sell the hotly awaited Apple G3 iPhone as more than 100 people started to flood ...

iFiasco: Phone launch flawed
Chicago Sun-Times, United States - 2 hours ago
BY KEVIN ALLEN kjallen@suntimes.com Excitement gave way to frustration Friday morning when hundreds of people who waited in line at the Michigan Avenue ...

'Worth the wait'
San Jose Mercury News,  USA - 2 hours ago
By John Boudreau Lines for what the faithful call the "Jesus phone" started forming early Friday outside Apple Stores from Silicon Valley to Hong Kong, ...

Crush of new iPhone owners puts iTunes store on mute
Ottawa Citizen,  Canada - 2 hours ago
Howls of frustration drowned out whoops of joy yesterday when the global launch of the new 3G iPhone descended into chaos. What should have been a day of ...

For Apple, a taste of humble pie
Boston Globe, United States - 3 hours ago
About 50 people were outside the Apple store on Boylston at 6 am yesterday awaiting the 8 am opening to purchase the new iPhone. (George Rizer/Globe Staff) ...

Widespread iPhone hangups at 3G launch
Seattle Times, United States - 4 hours ago
Customers who lined up early Friday for a new iPhone 3G were expecting to walk away making calls and surfing the Web on the hot new mobile. ...

Brier Dudley Really cool advances of iPhone 3G are subtle
Seattle Times, United States - 4 hours ago
Excerpts from the blog After spending Friday morning playing with an iPhone 3G, I can see why Apple enthusiasts lined up again for Steve. ...

New iPhone?
Hartford Courant, United States - 4 hours ago
As at other stores, Apple technicians at Westfarms ran into problems trying to activate phones using the company's iTunes software. ...

LIers flock to stores to buy latest Apple iPhone
Newsday, NY - 4 hours ago
Hundreds of Long Islanders lined up to purchase Apple's latest iPhone released Friday, as overburdened servers prevented some buyers from using the phones ...

AN IPHONE FLURRY
Chicago Tribune, United States - 4 hours ago
A day intended to celebrate a second coming-out party for the world's most-talked-about phone turned into a frustrating snarl of glitches and shortages for ...

Apple bruised by rotten start for iPhone 3G
Indianapolis Star, United States - 4 hours ago
I'm no Apple fanboy (or fangirl, as it were). I don't expect perfection. But I certainly didn't expect the kind of chaos and seeming lack of preparation ...

Apple iPhone 3G is a hit here, at least
Indianapolis Star, United States - 4 hours ago
By Erika D. Smith Computer servers slowed and tempers flared around the world, but customers in Central Indiana escaped many of the problems that ...

Rough start for the 3G iPhone
Financial Times, UK - 4 hours ago
Some Apple fans were finding it hard to make use of their new 3G iPhones on Friday as a flood of shoppers trying to activate their new handsets overwhelmed ...

AT&T server hangs up on newest iPhones
Salt Lake Tribune, United States - 5 hours ago
By Dawn House An AT&T sales consultant, left, transfers information from Buz Richmond's old cell phone onto his new iPhone 3G just after 8 am Friday. ...

Apple Bumbles its iPhone 3G Launch
TIME - 5 hours ago
A customer looks at a new Apple iPhone 3G at the Apple retail store in Regent Street, London. Sang Tang / AP Anticipation quickly turned to frustration on ...

Hang-ups mar iPhone 3G debut
Houston Chronicle, United States - 5 hours ago
By BRAD HEM Technical glitches with activating Apple's iPhone 3G dampened spirits for some of the hundreds of eager buyers who waited hours in line before ...

Busy signal for new iPhone launch
Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN - 6 hours ago
Although Apple didn’t release the new iPhone until 8 am Friday, people were lined up at Ridgedale Mall at 4:45 am As for the glitches? ...
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