They should retire that weird name, and rechristen the thing the…

GASLESS GREEN SCOOTER!

Run a series of commercials with a hip looking guy, zipping by some guys in burnooses and kiffya’s scowling at the trendy machine and rider who is flipping the bird at them with a HUGE smile on his face!

Another commercial with him zipping by the gas station with a huge sign outfront with prices at $5.25, the narrator then intones “Saving YOU enough in a few years to get your own GGS for FREE!”

So thats what MobileMe is all about!

You’ve been quoted in Fortune

Looks like more mediocre reviews for the Instinct ..

http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/17767/

I would opine that Sprint is just helping Apple by whetting the appetites of it’s customers who are longing for a iPhone.  They’ll settle for that piece of crap and when they finally compare it with a real iPhone it won’t take long for them to decide what to “Upgrade” to . 

When will people realize it’s the entire package ... hardware and OS that make a device usable. 

So thats what MobileMe is all about!

You’ve been quoted in Fortune

And we wondered if Tommo’s EPS numbers were being used. It looks like he just commented on some of the things others wrote about here. 

[quote author=“roontoon”]Just found this on the IV site… GREAT STUFF !!!

They are marketing wizards aren’t they.

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It’s telling how many times the Japanese presenter says “kantan” which is the Japanese word for “easy”!

VERY easy to understand the video as well… he also makes the key point (for Japanese consumers) that the typing set-up is same as standard telephone (not smart phone) keypads they are already familiar with…

Having seen Japanese people speed through typing e-mails on the go with just their one thumb - and seeing how the iPhone allows this same process -  but with better graphics - is just tremendous.  I expect the Japanese consumer to really “get” the iPhone from the get-go!

Story on BlackBerry Thunder:

The Apple store is down.

They’re probably just buffing the floor or somthin’.

Apple online store close

Apple online stores are close all over the world for updating, with the famous ?We will be back soon? sticky note.
What?s in the pipe this time?  

[quote author=“granny smith”]The Apple store is down.

They’re probably just buffing the floor or somthin’.

No, that would be the iPod touch tablet that also runs the new iTunes remote control software for iPhone, and does iChat AV, as does iPhone 3G of course - see impending press release.

(Tommo’s coming round in a few minutes to strap me down and give me my sedatives - then he’ll be deleting this post)

Probably something to do with buying Mobile Me online, actually.

[quote author=“granny smith”]The Apple store is down.
They’re probably just buffing the floor or somthin’.

Wow - and its down very early too - usually it doesn’t go down until later on. Maybe we get iTunes 7.7 and iPhone OS 2.0 and the App Store a couple of days before the launch after all? 

Millions of iPhones and iPod touches.. all suddenly able to download thousands of Apps - I predict Apple will immediately become the largest on-line software vendor on the planet within hours - if not days - of going live with this.

The Apple Store is up again, and I can’t see any new feature/product.

[quote author=“sleepygeek”][quote author=“granny smith”]The Apple store is down.
They’re probably just buffing the floor or somthin’.

No, that would be the iPod touch tablet that also runs the new iTunes remote control software for iPhone, and does iChat AV, as does iPhone 3G of course - see impending press release.
(Tommo’s coming round in a few minutes to strap me down and give me my sedatives - then he’ll be deleting this post)
Probably something to do with buying Mobile Me online, actually.

Hark - there’s a lunatic loose in the asylum! 

[quote author=“Tommo_UK”][quote author=“granny smith”]The Apple store is down.
They’re probably just buffing the floor or somthin’.

Wow - and its down very early too - usually it doesn’t go down until later on. Maybe we get iTunes 7.7 and iPhone OS 2.0 and the App Store a couple of days before the launch after all? 

Millions of iPhones and iPod touches.. all suddenly able to download thousands of Apps - I predict Apple will immediately become the largest on-line software vendor on the planet within hours - if not days - of going live with this.

The store is back online, but I can’t tell if there is anything new. 3G iPhone fore sale (online)? Juniper Visa card? Back to school discounts?

[quote author=“gatesofhell”]The Apple Store is up again, and I can’t see any new feature/product.

UK store still down, but I guess false hopes are dashed again. But we have mobileme, the new iTunes, and iPhone OS 2.0 all due in the next couple of days without question - because the iPhone launches in New Zealand on Thursday our time, so all that infrastructure has to be in place by then. Lots and lots of goodies to come

Oh, and then there’s that 3G iPhone launch thing on Friday and in 25 countries over the coming weeks, and 75 over the coming months

Seems like it’s MobileMe pre-order plus a half-rearrangement of the iPhone store for iPhone 3G. (No bluetooth headset until it sports a new dock?).

OT: handset trends