The great iPhone hunt of 2007
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A survey of Apple and AT&T stores finds they're not all the same when it comes to stocking and reserving the much-hyped gadget.
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Thinking about buying an iPhone? Check out this rundown of what to expect.
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The cellphone industry went to Barcelona to âshow off the latest and greatest phonesâ and, once again, hardware took center stage. But, Victoria Shannon (New York Times) points out, âsoftware is growing in importance as smartphones, capable of accessing the Web, become more popular.â So, Shannon continues, âit was no surprise that many of the phones were iPhone clones â with touch screens, sleek flat shapes and spare software interfaces. Apple was able to make a phone that paid equal attention to the software and the hardware. And the rest of the industry was following suit here.â
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After taking stock of the hottest Internet and technology stories of the year, Michael Krey (Yahoo) puts the release of iPhone at the top of the list.  âThe iPhone marked Appleâs first smart phone, and the cell phone industry will never be the same. Appleâs product doubles as an iPod digital music and video player.â iPhone, Krey concludes, ushers in âan era of more user-friendly handheld gadgets.â
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Blog: After some false starts, unlocking an iPhone now seems to be a reality.
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While most iPhone owners couldn't wait to try out their pricey new gadgets, a few raced to break them apart.
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As with everything, the novelty of the iPhone fades. Its calendar can track how soon.
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American gadget lovers are already lining up for the tech event of the year: Friday's release of Apple's much-ballyhooed iPhone. By all accounts, it's a spectacularly cool gizmo -- a single, sleek device that, at the poke of a finger, lets you surf the Web, watch a movie, take a picture, listen to a...
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Given the iPhone hype, it's easy to forget other phones can play music and browse the Web. Here are three iPhone competitors that offer a lot of features for less money.
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Love it or hate it, the frenzy around Apple's iPhone is forcing consumers to think about what they want from a mobile device.
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Saying that iPhone âchanged the way we think about how mobile media devices should look, feel and perform,â Time Magazine put iPhone at the top of its list of âTop 10 Gadgets.â iPhoneâs design, Time says, âis exceptional inside and out: Itâs got a slick glass-and-stainless steel case and an elegant touch screen loaded with eye candy. Itâs an iPod and a 2-megapixel camera. Images and video clips display vertically or horizontallyâthey reorient themselves depending on how you hold the thing. When the phone detects a wireless network within rangeâyour own home wi-fi set up or somebody elseâsâit lets you tap once to connect, and then proceed with your Web surfing, Google mapping, emailing and other activities.â
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The iPhone makes me mad. Not, mind you, at the iPhone itself, but mad at cell-phone manufacturers who have saddled us for years with interfaces that lure us into labyrinths of menus.
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By Brier Dudley, Seattle Times  Jun. 25--I don't know if they realize it, but those people lining up to buy Apple iPhones on Friday are guinea pigs.   They may be after a nice phone or the newest version of the iPod.
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There's more to gain than lose from the upcoming iPhone.
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Which hot gadget do you hope to find under the tree this year? An iPod Photo? Motorola RAZR V3 cell phone?
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On the Seeking Alpha blog, Paul Carton (ChangeWave Alliance) waxes bullish about the forthcoming iPhone. âItâs not often that we say âit rocksâ when analyzing a consumer device trend. But the findings of our latest ChangeWave cell phone survey invite extremes to describe the startling impact the Apple iPhone is having on the cellular industry.â One reason for the excitement: in a recent member survey, ânearly one-in-10 respondents (9%) say they are likely to buy the new iPhone once it becomes available in June.â
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Legal tussles, format wars, and (of course) the iPhone dominated technology news in 2007. Here are the biggest tech headlines of the year--including some we'd like to forget.