Kellex from Droid-Life is a pretty reliable source when it comes down to insider Verizon information, and this morning he’s reporting that the iPhone 4 is destined to land on Verizon’s network later this year. What’s interesting is the inside glimpse at how Apple approaches carriers – there’s a very high cost of entry for those willing to play ball with Apple’s lust worthy handset, and potential carrier T-Mobile backed out of the deal in fear of going bankrupt.
Apple May Still have iPhone on Verizon Later this Year, T-Mobile a No Go
600,000 iPhone 4 Pre-Orders
Despite all of AT&T’s problems, Apple and crew have managed to sell 600,000 iPhone 4 handsets. In an official PR statement, Apple reports, “It was the largest number of pre-orders Apple has ever taken in a single day and was far higher than we anticipated, resulting in many order and approval system malfunctions.”
[via Gizmodo]
iPhone 4 Bumpers Also a Hit
While I admit it’s somewhat of a silly product, Apple’s hip Bumpers for the iPhone 4 are apparently a big sell. TUAW reports that the cotton candy colors are almost selling as fast as the iPhone, four of the six colors – pink, white, orange, and blue – now have delayed shipping for July 2nd. We don’t know how many have actually sold, but the fact that shipping dates are being pushed back means that people are genuinely interested in protected their stainless steel investment.
Apple, these Bumpers should glow in the dark. I’d buy one of each color.
Macworld: Safari 5 Secrets
While they aren’t necessarily secrets, they are rather hidden features of the browsers that casual users might not even discover or need to explore. Though once revealed, they can be incredibly helpful. Macworld has posted four Safari 5 secrets that you might be interested in if you’re wanting the most out of Apple’s new web browser.
iPad Knockoff Runs Android - Doesn’t Look Half Bad
In the land of China, KIRF (keeping it real fake) products are quite common – some of the most notorious being attempts at mimicking Apple’s iPhone. Today, we have our first glimpse at an iPad KIRF… running Android.
AT&T Investigating iPhone 4 Pre-order Security Issues
The iPhone 4 pre-orders were plagued with an incredible mess of mis-payments, wrong account information, and overall bad juju. Yesterday Gizmodo readers sent the infamous blog details (rather, complaints) of the day’s events. It became an incredible security issue, as people ended up logging into others accounts - which allowed customers to purchase, change, or update information in their name. What’s worse is that of the customer’s who were successful, some were overcharged for their orders, or others had completely screwed up order information ranging from the wrong phone to weird plans.
As Charles who wrote in to Gizmodo puts it, “AT&T Sucks.”
iPhone 4 Demand Reported to be 10x Bigger than 3GS
Don’t get too excited just yet – we seriously doubt Apple really had ten million successful iPhone 4 pre-orderes amongst the problems AT&T had yesterday. Despite our wishful thinking, 9 to 5 Mac reports that Geman Telekom (who had problems similar to AT&T) revealed to NTV that demand for the iPhone 4 is ten times higher than that of the iPhone 3GS. Needless to say, 9 to 5 Mac is just as skeptical as we are, and even NTV doesn’t recognize that amount in a recent report this morning. It’s suggested that Apple has probably hit the the million mark, and we’ll be sure to keep you updated with more official numbers once the tally is counted.
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iHub to Bring Wireless Local Network Syncing to OS X and iOS
There’s two problems I ultimately have with iOS and the devices that support it. The first is push notifications, and the second is the stupid cable. Focusing on the cable, why hasn’t Apple implemented a wireless solution yet? While they dilly-dally with a much wanted feature, Macworld reports that Nova Media has announced their own solution for wireless syncing called iHub.
Is This Felt & Leather iPad Case Worth it?
Appearing on Gizmodo a couple days ago, this Felt & Leather iPad Case – The Tilt from Hand Graft – has been making rounds on the Internet as a rather unique combination of case and stand. Though I find it to be functionally flawed.