tOfficial iPhone news and discussion thread

[Ozymandias]

Originally Posted by Tui

She wanted, errrrr.........EXPECTED one. Let's see how much of a ******* Heir Barne is.

Oh God...seriously, that's just redic.

[Trevor Barnes]

The IMAP push email from Yahoo sounds like it works very well. Mail is delivered within 5-20 seconds after it is received by Yahoo even if the iPhone is in standby. A small ring+vibration notifies you. Basically you could set up your Gmail to automatically copy/forward each received email to your Yahoo IMAP account and any email sent to Gmail would pop up instantly on your iPhone within seconds similiar to a Blackberry. Wonder if Gmail will ever incorporate IMAP.

[spartaspartan]

Originally Posted by Tui

are some of the biggest idiots on the planet.

That Is All.

try shipping them on saturday with LP all over your back

[bulldogg]

Originally Posted by Top Dog

Every time someone brings up price they cannot spec a similar WHOLE PC machine for cheaper than a Mac. Sure, the build it yourself types can piece together something from the bargain bins and get lucky with some special parts deals, but for a whole machine, that works together...give me a break.

Wrong again.

http://www.spartantailgate.com/forum...ml#post3161264
http://www.spartantailgate.com/forum...ml#post3322633
http://www.spartantailgate.com/forum...ml#post3349944
http://www.spartantailgate.com/forum...ml#post3584265

[bulldogg]

Originally Posted by Trevor Barnes

The IMAP push email from Yahoo sounds like it works very well. Mail is delivered within 5-20 seconds after it is received by Yahoo even if the iPhone is in standby. A small ring+vibration notifies you. Basically you could set up your Gmail to automatically copy/forward each received email to your Yahoo IMAP account and any email sent to Gmail would pop up instantly on your iPhone within seconds similiar to a Blackberry. Wonder if Gmail will ever incorporate IMAP.

Gmail uses "labels" and not folders. I guess it may be possible for gmail to advertise the labels as folder, but maybe not since the email really resides in the root folder.

ryan kennedy’s blog / Labels and IMAP are incompatible (right?)

[PortlandSpartan]

Originally Posted by Tui

It's paying 6 hundy just to brag. About what,.... I dunno.....but this thing is not all THAT advanced.

I laugh in the face of people who just got one.

And I'd say people who spend a bunch of hours watching cars drive around in a circle are dumb too. Different strokes.

[Trevor Barnes]

» 500,000 iPhones Sold This Weekend

“The bottom line: some analysts claimed that the iPhone launch would be a failure if Apple failed to sell 100,000 iPhones during the first weekend. Based upon the limited data we have, we believe that number was exceeded in just the first two to three hours. Blackfriars’ prediction is that Apple will sell 500,000 iPhones this weekend, and based upon limited sales rates reported, that number now looks quite achievable. The only question is whether the demand and iPhone supply is great enough that they might push past the million unit mark this weekend.”

[PortlandSpartan]

Originally Posted by Trevor Barnes

» 500,000 iPhones Sold This Weekend

Mother****er I wish I had a bunch of cash to blow on Apple stock back in 97...

[Trevor Barnes]

So much for people predicting doom and gloom for the iPhone's launch...

Blackfriars' Marketing

iPhone first weekend sales now represent the largest consumer electronics product launch in history as measured by dollar value

Estimate puts iPhone sales at 500,000 in opening weekend - Jul. 2, 2007

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Opening weekend sales of iPhones may have reached 500,000, according to an analyst's estimate, as Apple's much anticipated product saw sales that lived up to and even exceeded its hype.

Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster released a report Sunday night estimating that the iPhone sales would reach that mark through the close of business Sunday. He had previously forecast first weekend sales of 200,000 of the device, which sells for either $499 or $599.

"Overall, Apple met strong demand over the weekend with adequate supply," he wrote in the report. "We were surprised by the rate at which Apple was able to sell the handsets, with 50 cashiers processing up to 1,000 iPhones an hour in some stores."

[kgbmsu]

Originally Posted by Trevor Barnes

So much for people predicting doom and gloom for the iPhone's launch...

Blackfriars' Marketing



Estimate puts iPhone sales at 500,000 in opening weekend - Jul. 2, 2007

Half of those 500,000 are for sale right now on Ebay.

[Tommykincz]

Does anyone here actually own one yet and could they fill us in on how it actually works? I am skeptical bout the battery life becase iPods struggle after a year or two and seeing how the iPhone has a built in iPod plus a bunch of oher things, it seems like they would really half to work on it.

[hexydes]

If you missed the iPhone in the store, don't worry, eBay has you covered!

eBay - iphone items on eBay.com

You can pick up a 4GB iPhone from eBay for only $630 (+shipping)! Now, granted, you can buy an iPhone from AT&T or Apple today for $499 since they are plentifully available, but then you would miss the whole "eBay frenzy" experience!

Order yours today, operators are standing by!

[PortlandSpartan]

Originally Posted by hexydes

If you missed the iPhone in the store, don't worry, eBay has you covered!

eBay - iphone items on eBay.com

You can pick up a 4GB iPhone from eBay for only $630 (+shipping)! Now, granted, you can buy an iPhone from AT&T or Apple today for $499 since they are plentifully available, but then you would miss the whole "eBay frenzy" experience!

Order yours today, operators are standing by!

One possible explanation for those eBay auctions are that the people bidding them up are in an area without an Apple store. I've read that ATT stores are sold out, but retail Apple stores have stock. The online Apple store is showing 2-4 weeks for shipping.

The other explanation is that those people are idiots.

[Trevor Barnes]

AppleInsider | AmTech: iPhone to become fastest selling Apple product in history

"Our sources indicate that iPhone will likely become the fastest selling product in Apple's history and not to mention likely among the fastest (if not the fastest) in consumer electronics," analyst Shaw Wu informed clients in a research report published Monday. "We estimate sales of about 250,000 units (on Thursday and Friday) in two days (up from our previous view of 50,000). The previous fastest seller was iPod nano, which sold about 1 million units in about 17 days meaning, about 59,000 units per day (beating the previous best of about 59,000 iPod nanos per day.)"

[green night]

Originally Posted by Trevor Barnes

So much for people predicting doom and gloom for the iPhone's launch...

Blackfriars' Marketing



Estimate puts iPhone sales at 500,000 in opening weekend - Jul. 2, 2007

Merrill just published a piece and is reporting that at least 200,000 sold as they are less sure of the initial reports of 500,000. They are reiterating a buy and strongly believe this is a huge product.

[Trevor Barnes]

Originally Posted by Trevor Barnes

Verizon turned Apple down. Big mistake.

Originally Posted by rob

Not at all....apple is a pain in the ass.....phone will have a limited market and is too expensive for the average buyer/user.

Getting a half a million new 2-year contracts in one weekend, half of which are new AT&T customers, must really suck for AT&T. For those doing the math, that's about $840,000,000 in service plan revenue for the next two years......all from just one single weekend of sales. That Apple, a billion dollar pain in the ass.

[PortlandSpartan]

Awesome.

Tada! The 6th Gen contract-free WiFi-enabled iPod - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)

[#5]

Originally Posted by Trevor Barnes

Getting a half a million new 2-year contracts in one weekend, half of which are new AT&T customers, must really suck for AT&T. For those doing the math, that's about $840,000,000 in service plan revenue for the next two years......all from just one single weekend of sales. That Apple, a billion dollar pain in the ass.

That is impressive for AT&T but Verizon customers are generally more sophisticated. Verizon is the mercedes benz of the cellphone industry and they offer a higher technological platform across the board.

Verizon customers expect a reliable high performance engine under the hood. Apple was only able to promise a flashy body with low performance engine. In car analogy, it is like Apple put a lamborghini body on a geo storm chasis with a geo metro engine.

Apple will benefit consumers across the board because it will spur a revolution in sophisticated gui's. We will all win because of Apple. But let's not act as though Apple's iphone is anything but an ipod with limited internet and voice capabilities. It's like putting a phone on the PSP and acting as though it is the best phone in the world.

[#5]

Originally Posted by Trevor Barnes

Getting a half a million new 2-year contracts in one weekend, half of which are new AT&T customers, must really suck for AT&T. For those doing the math, that's about $840,000,000 in service plan revenue for the next two years......all from just one single weekend of sales. That Apple, a billion dollar pain in the ass.

Also...congratulations to the people of the United States. One weekend they proved to the world that the US economy is robust and at an all time high. 500,000 consumers going out and spending $600 a unit on a non-essential consumer electronic product is impressive.

We all need to pat ourselves on the back because the people made this happen.

[solsunspartan]

Dammit, i can't find a store that has one....I am unsure what one to get though..Do I really need the 8 gigger?

[Fighting With A Vim]

Originally Posted by PortlandSpartan

One possible explanation for those eBay auctions are that the people bidding them up are in an area without an Apple store. I've read that ATT stores are sold out, but retail Apple stores have stock. The online Apple store is showing 2-4 weeks for shipping.

The other explanation is that those people are idiots.

Yep... completely sold out at AT&T stores, and they are "coming in everyday" at Apple Stores. Best shot at getting one right now is to check availability after 9 PM on Apple's Web site and then get over to an Apple Store when they open the following morning

I will hopefully be doing this tomorrow

[greenballs]

Originally Posted by solsunspartan

Dammit, i can't find a store that has one....I am unsure what one to get though..Do I really need the 8 gigger?

For the extra $100 I would go with the 8gig...at least that's what I'm doing.

[hexydes]

Originally Posted by #5

Verizon customers expect a reliable high performance engine under the hood. Apple was only able to promise a flashy body with low performance engine. In car analogy, it is like Apple put a lamborghini body on a geo storm chasis with a geo metro engine.

I'm gonna have to disagree. The iPhone's specs are pretty damn impressive. I think it has a 624MHz processor, which is really powerful (my smartphone only has a 201MHz CPU).

While I don't think that the iPhone is going to be adopted by the masses, it still is a very nice phone.

[Fighting With A Vim]

Originally Posted by #5

That is impressive for AT&T but Verizon customers are generally more sophisticated. Verizon is the mercedes benz of the cellphone industry and they offer a higher technological platform across the board.

Verizon customers expect a reliable high performance engine under the hood. Apple was only able to promise a flashy body with low performance engine. In car analogy, it is like Apple put a lamborghini body on a geo storm chasis with a geo metro engine.

Apple will benefit consumers across the board because it will spur a revolution in sophisticated gui's. We will all win because of Apple. But let's not act as though Apple's iphone is anything but an ipod with limited internet and voice capabilities. It's like putting a phone on the PSP and acting as though it is the best phone in the world.

That is just about the least accurate thing I have ever seen posted.

[Naggs]

Originally Posted by Fighting With A Vim

That is just about the least accurate thing I have ever seen posted.

Have you met Jim Carty?

http://www.spartantailgate.com/forum...een-giant.html