We’re ready for the new week. We’re ready for the run up to WWDC.

What news will move AAPL as we await the release of iPhone 2.0 and announcements about the rollout of the 3G iPhone?

Edited to archive.

AT&T Rolling out 3G Upgrades, iPhone 2 Soon
Posted by Zach Epstein on May 30, 2008 BoyGeniusReport

Remember last year just before the initial iPhone launch? EDGE dropped off for a while and then came back with a vengeance. Prior to the iPhone waterfall that clogged up all of AT&T’s shiny new pipes, we were seeing data speeds of up to 200 - 250 kbps on AT&T’s EDGE network in the New York area. Then the iPhone dropped. Here we are again, getting close to the inevitable iPhone 2 release and oddly enough, AT&T’s 3G services started getting spotty yesterday afternoon in the New York area. Outages sometimes lasted several hours at a time. This morning however, 3G seems to be live again in and to the west of New York City. What’s more, it looks like HSDPA speeds have received a nice little boost since coming back up. For the past few months we’ve been seeing average download speeds between 500 - 800 kbps with a spike here and there. This morning’s tests however, are yielding between 1400 - 1500 kbps. Nice. We’re now hearing that AT&T 3G is still down to the north of the city so one can only assume we’re in the midst of some rolling upgrades. Enjoy it while it lasts people; the iPhone 2 will be out soon enough and AT&T’s networks will be hammered just like last year.

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AT&T Rolling out 3G Upgrades, iPhone 2 Soon
Posted by Zach Epstein on May 30, 2008 BoyGeniusReport

Remember last year just before the initial iPhone launch? EDGE dropped off for a while and then came back with a vengeance. Prior to the iPhone waterfall that clogged up all of AT&T’s shiny new pipes, we were seeing data speeds of up to 200 - 250 kbps on AT&T’s EDGE network in the New York area. Then the iPhone dropped. Here we are again, getting close to the inevitable iPhone 2 release and oddly enough, AT&T’s 3G services started getting spotty yesterday afternoon in the New York area. Outages sometimes lasted several hours at a time. This morning however, 3G seems to be live again in and to the west of New York City. What’s more, it looks like HSDPA speeds have received a nice little boost since coming back up. For the past few months we’ve been seeing average download speeds between 500 - 800 kbps with a spike here and there. This morning’s tests however, are yielding between 1400 - 1500 kbps. Nice. We’re now hearing that AT&T 3G is still down to the north of the city so one can only assume we’re in the midst of some rolling upgrades. Enjoy it while it lasts people; the iPhone 2 will be out soon enough and AT&T’s networks will be hammered just like last year.

Talk about someone who can’t put the pieces together.  

Re: AAPL News Updates

[quote author=“DawnTreader”]We’re ready for the new week. We’re ready for the run up to WWDC.

What news will move AAPL as we await the release of iPhone 2.0 and announcements about the rollout of the 3G iPhone?

I’ll have a check with “Sir Paul’s” schedule for the 9th… and i do hear he enjoys the Ciappino at Scoma’s

One other “Jean Dixon” How come no noise has been made regarding Apple’s licensing of the Microsoft’s Active Sync technology. Does anyone here really believe this will not come to the desktop as an update to Mail?  Sure, jobs did promise it on the iPhone, but imagine a world where corporate america can be a full fledged, parity based Exchange client, natively on a Macintosh. The final, and perhaps the most telling blow to Microsoft this millenia.

we shall see…

Here’s yet another photo of the new 3G phone, purportedly taken inside the Apple store where the commercial was being shot last week.

Real or not, the fact that the commercial was only now being shot tends to suggest the actual airtime for the spots will be later rather than sooner. Or can they rush it to preview at WWDC.

And even though we are all speculating about how to trade the release, some of us should be working on a strategy to actually get one in our hands. I’m hoping that ATT isn’t raising the price for service, but it might create a tier for 3G and one that’s only EDGE. So I guess I will need to figure out how to trade the release if I want to have the disposable income to buy and maintain a 3G iphone.

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Real or not, the fact that the commercial was only now being shot tends to suggest the actual airtime for the spots will be later rather than sooner.

Don’t read too much into this. Assuming there isn’t extensive use of visual effects, they could conceivably shoot a spot tomorrow to air next week.

MacGuffin

[quote author=“MacGuffin”][quote author=“willrob”]
Real or not, the fact that the commercial was only now being shot tends to suggest the actual airtime for the spots will be later rather than sooner.

Don’t read too much into this. Assuming there isn’t extensive use of visual effects, they could conceivably shoot a spot tomorrow to air next week.

MacGuffin

I wouldn’t read much into either. Considering they may have used a Mac, it could be shot today, edited tonight and on the air tomorrow. 

I just read on Marketwatch that the Times of London is reporting that the new Iphone could be available in the UK in July for 100 pounds.
What would that be in US dollars?

[quote author=“wildguess”]I just read on Marketwatch that the Times of London is reporting that the new Iphone could be available in the UK in July for 100 pounds.
What would that be in US dollars?

$200 or $179 - but that’s likely through a handset subsidy from the carrier - therefore likely to be different in each country…

iPhone in Spain

Some strange moves today by Telefуnica. They bring an iPhone preregister page online only to take it off almost immediately - and then have it online and take it off again. For the moment the link redirects to the movistar homepage.

Preregister reached close to 25,000 within hours. There was an inactive link to a press release.

According to Macgeneration and Macbidouille

- Apple will not be at the Apple Expo 2008

- An Apple Store is going to be built at the Caroussel du Louvre and will open before the end of this year (Surface : 715m2)

some Political iPhone candy

Some Fruit Co Phone thingy on the Campaign trail….

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/06/01/us/politics/0602-CAMPAIGN_3.html

GPhone delayed till 2009?

Don’t panic! That’s the Google phone NOT the 3G iPhone.

[quote author=“willrob”] GPhone delayed till 2009?

Don’t panic! That’s the Google phone NOT the 3G iPhone.

A dubious source there with a bad rep—quite possibly this is Google FUD. However, if true this is extremely exciting news with terrific consequences for Apple.

[quote author=“lumi”][quote author=“willrob”] GPhone delayed till 2009?

Don’t panic! That’s the Google phone NOT the 3G iPhone.

A dubious source there with a bad rep—quite possibly this is Google FUD. However, if true this is extremely exciting news with terrific consequences for Apple.

In my mind, thestreet.com often is rumor control.

An excerpt from the article of a somewhat long topic:

“It might not be long before you see District of Columbia police officers reaching into their pockets and pulling out iPhones—in the line of duty. The city is field-testing Apple Inc.‘s phone and is considering distributing the devices to as many as 1,000 employees, including police officers.”

  iPhones in the Enterprise

I suppose it will be Macs off to a small start in IT and explode exponentially in my dream of the “perfect storm”.