Comments on: AT&T iPhone launch deets: crowd control

By: paul

paul — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 15:31:39 +0000

to sigma i don’t blame u for being ignorant, you seem to be an american. when i say asia, i meant asia, not just japan and singapore, you need to revisit earth. so-call political and social issues that you are referring to must be the lowdown you get from cnn (yet another arrogant and ignorant source of supply, yeah its american), open your eyes, see the world. you obviously are clueless like a door knob. again i dont blame you, its understood.

By: Mykle

Mykle — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 12:47:05 +0000

[Sigma] Totally agree with you on this one!! Too funny

“To Paul, most Americans realize that Asia’s phones are of better quality, though to be fair that’s really Japan and Singapore for the most part, and hardly a significant chunk of Asia, at least in terms of production. And really, who cares? It’s a damn phone. I could care less if the thing summons leer jets and has a 28 megapixel camera. IMHO many areas of Asia need to focus on fixing some of their ass-backwards socio-political and socio-economical practices instead of focusing on owning cell phones that double over as giant fighting robots.”

By: Phil Merickson

Phil Merickson — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 22:13:03 +0000

Does anyone know if Comvu has ported PocketCaster to the iPhone? That would be a real winning combination.

When I spoke to one of their staff at a recent trade show, they claimed to have Linux builds of there mobile broadcasting software working on other Linux phones.

Phil Merickson

By: sigma

sigma — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 06:53:03 +0000

Yeahhh, they’re going to need crowd control after word spreads that you can’t get one without an obscene deposit (we’re talking approximately 400 dollars here) and about as much for the phone itself.

On the topic of less-than-helpful AT&T staff, they’re already pissed off about the iphone. Corporate’s told ‘em that if they’ve got an iphone before/on/around release and can’t produce a receipt on the spot they’re fired. No questions asked. So yeah, they’re already a bit frustrated, but it’s probably not a huge deal considering you’ll have to practically take out a loan to afford the damn thing anyway.

To Paul, most Americans realize that Asia’s phones are of better quality, though to be fair that’s really Japan and Singapore for the most part, and hardly a significant chunk of Asia, at least in terms of production. And really, who cares? It’s a damn phone. I could care less if the thing summons leer jets and has a 28 megapixel camera. IMHO many areas of Asia need to focus on fixing some of their ass-backwards socio-political and socio-economical practices instead of focusing on owning cell phones that double over as giant fighting robots.

By: JSAX

JSAX — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 23:12:15 +0000

AT&T employees are getting concerned because they work on commissions and they still have no idea how they’re getting paid. If no commission is being paid to the at&t sales reps don’t expect great service!

By: Elaine

Elaine — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 19:19:16 +0000

Will I be able to make a song stored on my iPhone a ring tone for a specific contact? I just watched the intro video and it didn’t mention it. Any one know??

By: paul

paul — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 07:43:08 +0000

i think only americans are so blind to see that the iphone is just a low-tech phone device (but considerably hi-tech for the americans) integrated into an ipod. for us in asia, the iphone is already considered obselete on paper… no 3G (hello 2007!), no mobile tv, no gps… the list goes on. it’s got this hype in the usa like iphone is god, wake up guys, mobile phone technology in the usa is behind asia by at least 10 years.

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 21:45:18 +0000

Did anyone else notice that on the example dialog PDF that ATT is extremely Sexist in the first sentence? “Good morning Mr. Landlord”…. I only say this because my mother is a landlord at several locations (residential though)…

otherwise i am totally PSYCHED about the release!!! aaaaa… i have the countdown widget..

By: eager 1

eager 1 — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 20:34:51 +0000

I went to an Apple Store near my house in ATL, GA and they said that they have worked it out with ATT to set up activation in store so that you will not have to buy the phone and activate at a later date. you should be able to activate it in store!!! At the time of purchase!

By: Eager 1

Eager 1 — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 18:53:35 +0000

I went into an apple store on Saturday in atlanta, ga and they said that Apple has worked it out with ATT so that they can activate phones in store. I had the same concern… They said that they took an hour long process and turned it into a 10 minute proces…how that is possible, I’m not sure. But I honestly got that info from an Apple Employee!

By: Tristan

Tristan — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 17:10:27 +0000

The question is, will Apple Stores be getting more or less units than AT&T stores? I have a choice of going to either and don’t know which one to go to!

By: Law

Law — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:45:13 +0000

this site is so ghetto. he converts a pdf into a rasterized jpeg to put his logo on it to convert it back to a pdf.. just keep it a jpeg or a png or keep your freaking brands off it.

By: victor

victor — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:41:25 +0000

@Ted sorry but I just s@@@ on my self I reread what you wrote you were making a joke. I had missed the i infront of life so. Sorry, good one though.

By: victor

victor — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:36:49 +0000

@Ted I do but I enjoy reading blogs and all the iPhone hoopla is now getting annoying. And as a test of my life, I train 3/4 days a week for what you might ask. Triathlons so a life I have just that the patience with this has run out.

By: James

James — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:21:52 +0000

The word is that today is the day Apple employees get the training specific to the iPhone’s release…. I guess we’ll wait and see, right?

Me, I am watching the opensource knock-off, the Moko. Check it out at http://www.openmoko.org.

By: Ted

Ted — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:11:45 +0000

Victor, Sounds like you need iLife.

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 12:08:15 +0000

Now you can even use your face to win an iPhone! nice contest… check it out
http://www.useyourface.com

By: sean76

sean76 — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 07:56:20 +0000

As far the number of units a store gets, it’s all speculation right now! I’ve heard 40 units for most stores on the 29th, but it’s been said that stores could also receive up to 100-150 units to satisfy initial first day demands. We’ll all just have to wait and see as usual! I think stores getting 5 or 6 units is a little extreme and probably won’t happen. But it should definitely be interesting to see how the stores handle the crowds, I’ll be there for sure on the 29th picking one up to play with over the weekend!

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 01:02:00 +0000

I went to the AT&T store in a mall near my house and they said there will be wristbands handed out before they close at 4:30 to whoever says they want to purchase one.

By: Mac Spec

Mac Spec — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 23:49:06 +0000

Apple store employees have not yet received training or info on activating the iPhone. We have an AT&T store in our mall, not far from our Apple Store. Will be interesting to see if the crowds clash or overlap.

By: JJLO

JJLO — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 23:15:53 +0000

I am so ready for this launch to come and go.

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 19:37:27 +0000

BG, do you think employees at Apple stores will be trained to activate/credit check/port phone numbers for ATT on the spot June 29? Or will you have to purchase the iPhone, and activate it later with ATT?

By: eJay

eJay — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 19:33:09 +0000

By: eJay

eJay — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 19:32:36 +0000

Hmm J I dont remember you posting here before. –/>MAYBE IF BOY GENIUS PUT THE COMMENTATOR LEADER BOARD BACK

By: J

Wed, 20 Jun 2007 19:08:44 +0000

Amen. I am also sick of the
“iphone is teh suxorz!1!1!!1!@!”
“DIAF WINDOZ fanboy”
“omg I am just saying that the keyboard is way lame”

conversations that every message board turns into

By: victor

victor — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 18:21:33 +0000

I just want this to be done with so much iPhone is driving me nuts. I already know too much about a phone I don’t want.

By: doyouflip

doyouflip — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 17:46:42 +0000

I’m an admitted Apple enthusiast (call me a fanboy if you’re into that kind of thing) but I honestly don’t think every store is going to be swarmed with hundreds of people trying to buy this thing. My (uninformed) guess is that 2/3 of traffic will be people who just want to see and play with it and maybe 1/20 will be people hoping to resell them on ebay.

However, I guess it’s best that they plan for a best-case scenario versus being less prepared like some of the recent video game console launches.

By: The Boy Genius

The Boy Genius — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 17:46:08 +0000

They will be. This document specifically talks about AT&T stores. While Apple stores should be selling the iPhone at 6:00PM as well, their launch plans might differ.

By: Fa

Fa — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 17:44:31 +0000

What about Apple stores? I thought Apple stores are going to be selling the iPhone too.

By: Jokii

Jokii — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 17:26:08 +0000

Lmao this is fuunny I looove cingular…uh I don’t know about at&t, unless 24 hour customer service is back. But this is ridiculous lol, it sounds kinda scary good thing that job didn’t work out as a summer rep. Guess we’ll have to wait and see how crazy its gonna get I’m off that day so I’ll be across the street at a T-mo store with my popcorn lol.