Around 12PM-1PM Eastern allegedly. Hang on in there.

Lol.. Same here pal.. Same here..

The OS will arrive sometime today. My guess is 3PM eastern time.

8:45 AM east coast time.  Where is the update.  It’s June 17 in Cupertino!

Guys, Engadget.com is reporting that the update is coming June 17th, at 12:00 P.M.  EASTERN TIME.  3:00 P.M. Pacific.  Looks like some countries won’t be getting it till June 18th.  Everyone will be getting it at the same time though.  Check out the engadget article.  Do you think it’ll be here noon eastern time??  Comments?

Suppose that they released this at Midnight and some people had problems that required them to call tech support. Probably best to have them call during business hours when there is more staff to help with the calls.

Otherwise the the blogosphere would be headlining stories that there is so many problems with OS3 that Apple tech support is overwhelmed. Never the mind that there only 6 people calling the one person the graveyard shift at tech support.

Damn…how is 12PM June 17th? its the 17th at 12AM isnt it…gah. I woke up with such excitement….i was like: Today the iPhone features will be up to par with every other phone in the market…and even more. Bah.

It’s after 6:00 am in Cupertino, which means it is already June 18 in New Zealand. Apple has missed its release date.

No update here either. What gives all this hype and it has not landed!!!!!!!

CHECK OUT AUSTRALIAN WEBSITE- BUT I STILL CANT UPDATE!?! WTF?

go to:
http://www.apple.com/au/iphone/
then scroll down to bottom, it says its availiable but isnt downloading!

They haven’t missed it in NZ - if you go to the apple website for NZ it says available now…

guess it’s making it’s way across the world… no joy here in UK local time 2.15pm

The update lands at 6pm GMT for people in the UK.  So Apple will most likely release it to US customers at the same time, which means 1pm EST.

That means I’ll still be stuck at work, Apple!!!!!

The press notice said it would come out at 10 am Pacific Time.

You losers need to all get a life. It’s just a phone.

A N T I C I P A T I O N!  IS MAKING ME CRAZY!

spoken like a JR without an iphone….bahahaha

im just wondering how apple thought it’d be a good idea not to let us in on their schedule? if they were planning a rolling release throughout the world they could’ve just let us know so we wouldnt be doing crazy things like staying up all night or missing work/school or whatever… freakin apple. not EVERYTHING has to be a secret guys, seriously.

If you had just done this, you could have had it over a week ago:

any browser > scrape torrent
type “iPhone 3.0”
download torrent > open w/ torrent app
download file
open iTunes > press Shift + click restore button

There is usually a benign way to circumvent the process.

you losers need to get laid….

You people are just silly.  They said it would be released on 6/17.  They did not specify the time.  This is the same as it has been for just about every iPhone release since 1.1.

When the Californians wake up, get their Starbucks on, and make it to the office the “release” button will get clicked.

Believe it or not. In the past 9 months, I lost my iphone(s) twice!!!! I was one of those who waited until apple have their iphone 3G last summer. My first one was stolen while I locked it in my locker at bally total fitness, and of course, ATT did not provide any insurance to cover it. My second one was stolen in my office just two weeks before they introduced the iphone 3GS.
I was very upset so that I bought a blackberry bold 9000 with INSURANCE!! BBerry was a great PDA, but compare to iphone, they are in difference categories. I tried to love it, but not even close. I return it after 10 days and not with my very old 2003 phone. Why? because I am waiting to buy iphone 3Gs. I am so used to it and love it, and just cannot help it. For me, iphone is much more user friendly even though they still have a lot to improve. However, the capabilities of development is the most important and attractive part of iphone, isn’t it?
I understand that many phones today has some better functions than iphone, and many users do not want it just because they do not want to have something “EVERYONE” has. As a matter of fact, I was one of them. Today, after using it, I can only say no matter what, we are either use a real iphone, or a smartphone which is meant to be as good as iphone. It is a “be” and “wanna be” situation, isn’t it.
THe only thing I really don’t like and hate is the fact that ATT still doesn’t provide insurance coverage on iphone. Why it that? Can million users sue them?

I did this too, exact same. I just woke up and I’m pissed again. I hate Apple right now but i know by time the day is through, ill love them again!

Australia and New Zealand iPhone web sites now show available June 18th

My God! Look at all the trolls. What is this place, the CNET Observer?

Hey george, you can get insurance, you have to call them to get it. I learned to get that after my iPhone was stolen out of my hand. It’s $5 a month.  Hope that you call and get this, as well as i will, when the 3g s comes out.

Dude, relax. It’s June 17th for 24 more hours!

If you’re that fraking impatient, download the damn GM torrent

If you’re that fraking impatient, download the damn GM torrent

I would recommend waiting for the official Apple release, even if it is two long hours from now. Downloading the OS from a torrent site would be like downloading from a box of chocolate, you never what you are going to get. Not that Apple release versions are perfect, but better that than maybe getting a trojan horse.

im just wondering how apple thought it’d be a good idea not to let us in on their schedule?

They did.  They said it would be released on 6/17.  Your expectation of knowing the pico-second it will be released is ridiculous.

I will wait till the eager download and install; and then read the complaints and angst that surely will follow. I have learned NOT to be on the Bleeding Edge.

Tony C, where can you get insurance for the i-phone at 5$ per month?

iPhone OS 3.0 Release Times: 10am PDT / 1pm EST / 3pm GMT / 9pm IST / 12am AEST / 2am NZT.

Have the software updates ever been available at midnight? I don’t think so.

If memory serves correctly, it is usually about 9am (Eastern time) that the software updates become available.

Download here. 

http://www.iphone3g-mods.com/2009/03/iphone-30-firmware-leaked.html

Click shift (windows) restore in itunes.  Pick file.  Presto!!!

Make sure to backup before you do.

Tony C, where can you get insurance for the i-phone at 5$ per month?

i got it through at&t by calling their phone number. Whatever their 800 number is. Basically the customer support sales rep.
Either that or apple has the care plan for 80 bucks but ill go with AT&T’s plan cause it even covers water damage (learned that one too, wasn’t a big issue but my docking connection was a pain in the but and they said it was moisture from my cup holder.

I have done the same thing. I sat here till 3am and now i just keep refreshing my page. Guess what? NOTHING changes.
Who ever said it was at 1pm in my time zone was wrong.
Did anyone get to update yet?

I am not longer waiting! Well I am waiting for it download. I will let you know when it is installed.

Sir Harry Flashman,
I was about to call you wrong then five minutes later im downloading. What a long day! and now its only getting better!

At risk of sounding like a sad hysterical git, it’s 617pm here in London and still no update… what’s the deal here…? I notice too that India has 17 June on the Apple website there, but it is now 1030pm there so they got 90 mins to hit the deadline… it can’t be later than 730pm or it will be officially late…

but then, argh so what? There’s more important things in the world:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8104658.stm

I was about to call you wrong then five minutes later im downloading. What a long day! and now its only getting better!

I am still waiting for the update to download completely and get installed. I suspect that the servers and all are busy.

At risk of sounding like a sad hysterical git, it’s 617pm here in London and still no update… what’s the deal here…?

London? Is that in Hazard County?

I just got an error message and had to restart the download process.

7 secs. remaining to download…. wheeee!

The OS 3.0 upgrade is showing up for me to purchase in iTunes. I’m using the US iTS.

backing up phone!!!!

We can down load in NY & NJ according to the apple website.  There’s a download icon.  I can’t down load from work because I think I am behind a firewall.  I keep getting that the i-phone update server can not be contacted.

AND I AM ON THE O.S. 3.0!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
now im gonna go and check check check it out!!

woohoo dowloading - dunno if my netbarrier was the problem as I just turned it all off and presto! it started… but then the website has also changed too

ta for moral support all

Well I got it, took almost 50 minutes.

Now to learn the new features