Manhattan iPhone Watch: T minus 4 days
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I'm guessing that if people showed up this early, desperate to be the first people in the States to get their hands on the iPhone, they'd be shooed away. From Crave, CNET's gadgets blog.
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Friday is the big day -- the iPhone cometh. Our interest in the device is primarily to see how people will use it in ways Apple never intended. Tell us what you think will be hacked on the iPhone.
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Users eager to get their hands on an iPhone may have June 29 circled on their calendars to mark the mobile device&#8217;s announced ship date.
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Plus: Amazon margins a concern...AT&T profit rises...Samsung SDI swings to loss...Outstanding earnings for Apple.
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What will be the subject of the San Francisco event? If the promotional tag -- "The Beat Goes On" -- is any indication, El Jobso will release his latest round of iPods. The fun starts at 10 a.m. PDT.
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Tycho: But if you haven't seen it yet, you should - Street View in Google Maps. Holy F-ing S.(CW)TB
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Also: iPhone lawsuit on hold. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.
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Does anyone have the young nympho's number? Comments The iPhone continues to dominate this week, with many comments telling us or fellow readers to shut up. Nobody seems to have any intention of doing so, which is as it should be.â¦
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Check in with us Wednesday for live updates from San Francisco as Apple shows off new products.
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InfoWorld - New Yorkers have a reputation for being a hearty lot, and those who want to be among the first to buy an iPhone Friday seem to be made of a particularly tough constitution. Despite temperatures that soared above 90 degrees Fahrenheit Tuesday, several were already lined up outside the Apple Store on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.
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By Barbara Grady  MATT MORGAN of Alameda said he plans to borrow an iPhone from a friend to check it out before he plunks down $500 for his own.
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With the iPhone, Apple offers a glimpse of what's to come.
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Blog: Meet the two guys who have showed up nearly four days in advance to be the first to get Apple's hot new handset.
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Enough already! Comments It's been a particularly iPhone-strewn week, now that the Yanks have got their hands on the precious device, and the lovers and haters have come right out of the woodwork.â¦
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'What a bunch of f***ing morons' FoTW Well, it's been quite a week. The release of Apple's long-awaited, eagerly-anticipated and much-hyped iPhone saw a level of fanboy hysteria matched only by the 1632 demonic possession of the Ursuline convent in Loudun - a sorry affair later attributed to a nasty case of mass hysteria.â¦
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Not that much more, though Reporters for the Wall Street Journal and The New York Times have had their iPhones for two weeks now, and their first reviews cast a cautious optimism on Apple's new baby.â¦
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(InfoWorld) - Apple said today that when its iPhone ships June 29, its battery will deliver eight hours of talk time, up from the five hours Apple said it would have in a preliminary report that came out in January. The increase to eight hours would bring the iPhone "closer to other cell phones," said Jeff Kagan, an Atlanta-based independent analyst. "Battery power is one of many key items customers look for. Nobody wants a dead phone, even if it is the coolest new item on the market." Apple also announced that the entire top surface of the device, including the 3.5-in. display, has been upgraded from plastic to optical-quality glass to resist scratches and to improve clarity. The durability of the touch display has been a concern among some potential iPhone users as the device is controlled with a "tap, flick, or pinch of the fingers," as Apple puts it. According to Apple research, four other recently released multifunction devices all have plastic screens: Nokia's N95, Samsung's BlackJack, Research In Motion's BlackBerry Curve 8300, and the Palm Treo 750. Apple also said the iPhone's battery will support six hours of Internet use, up from five hours in the January estimate; seven hours of video playback time, up from five hours; and 24 hours of audio playback time, up from 16 hours. Standby time will be 250 hours, Apple said. "With eight hours of talk time and 24 hours of audio playback, iPhone's battery life is longer than any other smart phone and even longer than most MP3 players," Apple CEO Steve Jobs said in a release. Apple didn't describe what enabled the increase in battery performance in its official statement, but a company spokeswoman said the January numbers were "preliminary estimates." When asked if Apple had re-engineered its power management software to save power, she said, "Certainly," but declined further comment. Kagan added a caveat, noting that people who buy iPhones will be using them more than other people use traditional cell phones. "The screen is cool to look at and begs you to touch it and play with it," Kagan said. "All that time sucks the battery dry. We have to see if this extended battery [time] is enough."