iPhone 3G officially launches in RP
via Inquirer.net
MAKATI CITY – Putting much hype into it down to the last minute, Globe officially launched the iPhone 3G Friday midnight. Hundreds — joined by Globe officials and a number of local celebrities — flocked to Ayala Stock Exchange at the heart of the Makati business district Thursday night awaiting the official launch. Read the rest of this entry »
Globe Telecom to Bring iPhone 3G to the Philippines on August 22
MANILA – August 6, 2008 – Globe Telecom today announced that it will bring iPhone 3G to the Philippines on August 22. iPhone 3G combines all the revolutionary features of iPhone plus 3G networking that is twice as fast*, built-in GPS for expanded location-based mobile services, and iPhone 2.0 software which includes support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync and runs hundreds of third party applications available through the new App Store. Read the rest of this entry »
Apple’s Culture of Secrecy
By JOE NOCERA
“No one wants to die,” said Apple’s chief executive, Steven P. Jobs. “And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it.”
Steven P. Jobs in September 2003, before he had surgery to remove a tumor on his pancreas, and in June of this year, right. Recently rumors surfaced that Mr. Jobs was sick again.
It was a little over three years ago that Mr. Jobs spoke those existential words, in a commencement address at Stanford. His thoughts about death came during a portion of his speech in which he publicly discussed — for the one and only time, so far as I can tell — his brush with pancreatic cancer. Read the rest of this entry »
Apple Sells One Million iPhone 3Gs in First Weekend
CUPERTINO, California—July 14, 2008—Apple® today announced it sold its one millionth iPhone™ 3G on Sunday, just three days after its launch on Friday, July 11. iPhone 3G is now available in 21 countries—Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and the US—and will go on sale in France on July 17. Read the rest of this entry »
New iPhone hits shelves
TOKYO/WELLINGTON - Apple’s new iPhone made a glitzy debut on Friday as frenetic buyers in New Zealand and Japan, some of whom had camped in line for days, stormed outlets to get their hands on the gadget.
The new iPhone — a music and video player, cell phone and Web terminal in one — is an updated version of the original that sold to 270,000 people within days of its June 2007 launch. Read the rest of this entry »
.Mac to shut down Wednesday in advance of MobileMe launch
The curtain is about to fall on .Mac, Apple’s collection of Web-based services, as the company prepares to make the final switch to its rebranded MobileMe offering. .Mac will go dark on Wednesday evening, as Apple makes its final preparations to launch MobileMe. According to a .Mac support page, the .Mac service will be taken offline at 6 p.m. PT on Wednesday, July 9. Read the rest of this entry »
Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.5.4
What’s included?
The 10.5.4 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Leopard and includes general operating system improvements that enhance the stability, compatibility and security of your Mac. Read the rest of this entry »
iTunes Store Tops Over Five Billion Songs Sold
Apple Renting & Selling Over 50,000 Movies Per Day
CUPERTINO, California—June 19, 2008—Apple® today announced that music fans have purchased and downloaded over five billion songs from the iTunes® Store (www.itunes.com). iTunes is the number one music retailer in the US* and features the largest music catalog with over eight million songs. Also, iTunes customers are now renting and purchasing over 50,000 movies every day, making iTunes the world’s most popular online movie store. Read the rest of this entry »
Introducing the iPhone 3G.
So here it is finally, the 3G iPhone! Even thinner, black plastic back, solid metal buttons, same gorgeous display, camera, flush headphone jack, and dramatically improved audio. For consumers, the shift to 3G will be akin to going “from dial-up to broadband,” says Gene Munster, an analyst at Piper Jaffray. Consumers and reviewers alike have gushed about the iPhone’s compact, futuristic design and sensitive touch-screen, released last year. But even its biggest fans have had one persistent chief complaint: The iPhone’s Internet network from partner AT&T was too slow. Read the rest of this entry »
iPhone is turning Japanese
Steve Jobs’s world map/dartboard has another feather protruding from it this morning. I’m happy to announce that if you had “Japan” in the office iPhone country pool then you’re a winner: please collect your complementary kewpie doll. Blast, I knew I shouldn’t have picked New Caledonia—I thought it would be the dark horse!
SoftBank Mobile has announced that they have made a deal with Apple to bring the iPhone to Japan—you guessed it—”later this year.” There’s nothing more to it than that, unless you consider that Japan has probably the largest 3G wireless saturation in the world, having been the first country to sport a commercial 3G network. Just in case you were still in denial about a 3G iPhone showing up. Read the rest of this entry »
