Apple has posted the information and form necessary for iPhone owners to get the $100 credit as detailed by Steve Jobs last week.
Of note:
- You must have bought your phone before August 22, 2007
- You must submit your request for the credit before November 30, 2007
- Your phone must be activated before you submit your claim (no rebate for you, hackers!)
Once you submit the form, you will receive a SMS message on your phone with a code that you enter in to the form, which will then complete the rebate process.
I’ve already spent mine. A copy of Aperture is heading my way!
Category: Apple,iPhone
So, iPhone can handle .DOC, .PDF, and .XLS files for viewing, but it can’t view a measley .RTF file? Are you kidding me? Can you say “oversight”? If this omission was intentional, it must have something to with needing to save space. I guess if you are aiming to hit the bigger audience, and you could only choose one – .DOC or .RTF, the Marketing guys would probably push for .DOC.
Still, it left me speechless that my $600 $400 smartphone couldn’t handle a simple .RTF file for viewing.
Category: iPhone
We knew it was coming, but yesterday it happened. From the press release:
Apple Sells One Millionth iPhone
CUPERTINO, Calif., Sept. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Apple(R) today announced it sold its one millionth iPhone(TM) yesterday, just 74 days after its introduction on June 29. iPhone combines three devices into one-a mobile phone, a widescreen iPod(R), and the best mobile Internet device ever-all based on Apple’s revolutionary multi-touch interface and pioneering software that allows users to control iPhone with just a tap, flick or pinch of their fingers.
“One million iPhones in 74 days-it took almost two years to achieve this milestone with iPod,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “We can’t wait to get this revolutionary product into the hands of even more customers this holiday season.”
Category: News,iPhone
Steve has taken the bull by the horns and issued a statement to all iPhone customers. Bottom line, if you bought iPhone before the price break, you’re getting a $100 Apple Retail/Online credit.
Steve rocks.
Category: iPhone
Apple just went and killed the 4GB iPhone, and dropped the price of the 8GB model to $399. Two and a half months, and a $200 price drop. Wow.
Thanks Steve. By the way, the wife says I no longer can buy new Apple products the day they come out. I’ll have to wait 2-3 months first. Sorry.
UPDATE: Double ouch. Even the refurbs have dropped. For $349, you can now get a refurbished 8GB iPhone.
Category: iPhone
It seems that the iPhone is facing a somewhat hostile AT&T retail sales force. According to MacDailyNews and iPhone Topic stories, several AT&T retail outlets have removed the iPhones from their displays, and are refusing to show them to interested customers unless they buy them first.
If this is true, and prevalent, it could prove troublesome for Apple. Although Apple clearly has the upper hand in the iPhone selling experience, the success of the iPhone does depend upon distribution. And as any Mac user from the 90′s will tell you, letting a hostile retail outlet control your customers buying experience can have devastating results.
Nobody outside of AT&T and Apple knows how long the AT&T exclusive sales deal is slated to last. If low paid AT&T employees are truly anti-iPhone, then the exclusive arrangement cant end soon enough for Apple. Many will argue that the iPod success was largely based upon broad distribution from stores like Best Buy, Circuit City, and other electronics store chains. The sooner Apple can expand iPhone sales to a wider chain, the faster they will hit their sales mark.
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So the first iPhone update has hit the wire. It is available through iTunes, and should present itself immediately upon connecting your iPhone. So far, it looks like it is mostly bug fixes related to Safari. There are a few reports of minor interface tweaks, but for the most part, the update covers bug fixes mainly for Mobile Safari.
I didn’t have any trouble updating my iPhone. The update did seem like it stalled mid-way through, but it finally finished without any problems.
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