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iPhone UK launch: Liveblogging the Apple press conference
So, here we go again. It’s a cold September morning, and yet again, we’re all here, poised, ready and waiting for an Apple announcement. Except this one is slightly different.
We know what the product is. We don’t know who’s going to tell us about it (there are rumours that we’ll get an Actual Steve Sighting) and we’re not entirely sure what the details are going to be (although the smart money is on O2). It’s also UK specific, lending further weight to the iPhone-report stuff. If Steve does turn up, I’m three rows from the front. If the phone does go to O2, I have an O2 contract. And if it’s not an iPhone announcement? Well, we’re all screwed.
iPhone UK launch: O2 and Apple online stores both down
Ooh, it’s getting exciting now: O2’s online store isn’t working, with a message saying simply: “We’re sorry you’re unable to access the Online Shop at the moment. We are currently making improvements to the site to provide customers with an even better shopping experience.”
3G iPhone with GPS on the way… next year
Just half an hour to go until Apple’s press conference to launch the UK iPhone kicks off, but it seems 3G won’t be on the menu. TheStreet is reporting that a 3G iPhone is being developed, but won’t go on sale until the first quarter of 2008.
However, the silver lining is that the handset is set to include GPS for beefed-up mapping and navigation services. To be specific, Broadcom’s Global Locate is apparently supplying assisted GPS chips for the second-generation iPhone, which should make it quicker to get a signal than pure GPS.
Opinion: iPhone UK launch will be £250, O2 exclusive, but not 3G
After nearly three frustrating months of waiting, Apple is finally set to launch iPhone in the UK tomorrow, revealing the handset’s price on this side of the Atlantic, as well as which mobile operator has bagged the exclusive rights.
Kat’s summarised the latest rumours about Apple’s press launch tomorrow in London, for which invites have been sent out with the tagline ‘Mum is no longer the word’.
Apple iPhone announcement in London tomorrow: will O2 be confirmed as network provider?
I think we all know by now, don’t we. Since UK journalists were invited last week to the top secret press conference at Apple’s Regent Street store, rumours have been circulating over just what they’ll be announcing, and everyone’s finger keeps on being pointed in one direction – the iPhone.
The Guardian is reporting today that after months of wrangling, O2 has been chosen as the exclusive network carrier for the iPhone in the UK, a deal which one operator told the newspaper was “madly money-losing”. T-Mobile, Vodafone and Orange were all being courted by Apple as well, and reportedly pulled out when the stakes got too high and the figures being mentioned meant they wouldn’t actually earn any money from the deal whatsoever.
Infact, 40% of revenue gained will be returned to Apple, it’s being rumoured, leaving not much for the actual carrier to play with. Sources who spoke to the Guardian are claiming that all four networks were played off against one another by Apple, all believing they had an exclusive, confirmed deal for the iPhone…
Somebody's already cloned the new iPod Nano
Don’t ask me who, mind. It’s a Chinese manufacturer which has been quickest off the mark with a new Nano clone. It’s got the same controls and the same widescreen, although I’m betting it won’t work super-seamlessly with iTunes.
Opinion: Why it's now COOL to be a GEEK
Jonathan Weinberg writes…
This is possibly the most important techno story I’ve seen all week, it’s officially ok to be geeky. A new list of the UK’s most coolest brands has been released and the top 10 contains SEVEN firms related to gadgets, gaming and the internet. So if that’s not a reason to embrace your virtual friends and give thanks I don’t know what is.
The iPod was only pipped into second place in the CoolBrands 2007 by James Bond’s favourite car, the Aston Martin, and you could argue there’s something geeky about being a fan of that motor. No longer is it nerdy to be geeky – because both are different…
Shiny Video Review: Logitech Pure-Fi Dream
My second video from the Logitech product-launch last week, this Pure-Fi Dream alarm clock not only docks your iPod, but contains two sensors on top, so with a simple wave of a hand over the device, the snooze function is enabled…
iPhone sales triple after price cut, says analyst
Apple has been selling 27,000 iPhones a day since cutting the price by $200 last week, reckons retail analyst Gene Munster from Piper Jaffray, who says that’s triple the 9,000 daily sales before the cut.
Shiny Video: Alex plays with the Apple iPod Touch
Taken at last week’s Apple event for the launch of the new iPod Touch, Alex got the chance to smear her fingers all over the glossy finish of the latest must-have iPod. I better explain the ‘hand model’ before you watch it, basically…
