NewsFactor - Apple's new App Store turned on its virtual lights Thursday, featuring third-party applications for the iPhone and the iPod. The store is intended to support developers who are creating applications for the iPhone. The store is also reportedly helping developers get their products into final shape. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Facing an outcry from potential customers, Rogers adds a cheaper data plan for Apple's touchscreen smartphone. -- read full article
CNET - If you're planning on waiting in line for an iPhone, be sure to do your homework and bring all the necessary items with you. -- read full article
AP - Apple Inc.'s iPhone has had a remarkable run over the past year, shaking up the stodgy design of cell phones and securing Apple a lucrative slice of the wireless business.
Reuters - Seeking to be one of the
world's first to grab the new-generation iPhone, fanatical
Apple fans around Asia are queuing up two days before
its launch, undiscouraged by rain or freezing temperatures.
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Wireless carrier O2 said it received 13,000 pre-orders per second on its Web site, and warns of shortages. -- read full article
Reuters - The new iPhone is expected to attract
hordes of buyers when it goes on sale on Friday in more than 20
countries, helping Apple Inc handily beat its target
to sell 10 million of them by the end of 2008.
PC World - Apple's iPhone faces its first test in the fickle Japan market when it launches on Friday and many are keenly watching how it... -- read full article
Reuters - The new iPhone looks set to be
a huge hit in Asia countries where it goes on sale on Friday,
but the sleek smartphone is already in high demand in black
markets from Shanghai to Bangkok. -- read full article
AFP - The iPhone 3G makes its international debut Friday in an eagerly-awaited launch expected to boost Apple's fortunes along with its share of the booming "smart phone" market.
AP - Japan will stop pushing for legislation to charge royalties on the sales of iPods and other portable digital music players, giving in to opposition from electronics makers, officials said Thursday.
