From Apple’ email: “We’re happy to let you know your iPhone will ship by July 6th, 2007. Visit Order Status for the most current information on your order. iPhone orders will ship in the order they were placed. We’re working hard to ship your iPhone as soon as possible. Thank you again for shopping on […]

For marketers and companies that sell to consumers, there are some takeaways from this weekend to learn from, to genuflect upon or to go into a corner and weep uncontrollably. LAUNCH DAY Of course, it’s not easy to create a product that will cause people to stand in line for days on end – those […]

Guess those eBayers were probably a little too quick – time to repost 🙂 or 🙁 California is a virtual SELL OUT. They must’ve re-stocked the two SF stores as they are reporting stock now but the rest of the state is ALL RED and ALL GONE. Apple has around 160 retail stores and a […]

A quick sweep of the Apple iPhone stock inventory check page shows that about 50% of the California stores are out-of-stock and sold out. The rest of the country including all of New York is reporting ALL GREEN/ALL IN STOCK. The toughest is the SF Bay Area, out of the 9 stores, only the Pleasanton […]

Stores open at 9 AM so if you missed it – every Apple store is still reporting that they are stocked. According to Apple’s iPhone in-store inventory page, a quick check to every state shows ALL IN STOCK – ALL GREEN for tomorrow June 30, 2007 so while you missed a chance to mingle with […]

Just placed my order. Took me only 5 seconds to place the order. Took 8 minutes to get a confirmation back. If you have an Apple/iTunes account, they’ll take your credit card info from there. You can also try the 1-800-MY-APPLE number. They are listing ship times as 2-4 weeks. I’ve ordered other items online […]

What’s the difference between buying it at an AT&T store and at an Apple store? AT&T STORES The AT&T stores will only sell you one and they will run a credit check before selling you the phone – mainly because that way they can track who gets commission on the sale – especially if they […]

Here is a summary of an avalanche of info from the last few days: COSTS: Surprise, the monthly plans are either pretty much what most people are paying for talk + advanced services with other carriers or in some cases even slightly less. This are the basic rate plan choices: If you need more minutes […]

So, you wanna juice up dat phat new iphone?  She’s gonna hoover yer wallet for at least $60 bones per month people. The plan includes voice, unlimited ‘data’ (I’d like to know what they classify as ‘data’), and some new feature which allows users to scroll through their email just like ye olde regular inbox […]

When did the I.T. Department of most America corporations become the DMV of Technology? If you really think about, the DMV is supposed to be at our service – much like most government agencies (WE pay their salary) – instead, not only they do not “serve” us, they loathe our very existence – that if […]