AFP - Britons queuing to possess the latest iPhone faced delays in getting hold of the must-have gadget Friday after a technical glitch at manufacturer Apple's flagship London store.
Macworld.com - Nova Media has updated its Fone2Phone migration utility to help users move information from their existing cell phone to the iPhone 3G. -- read full article
Macworld.com - I'm a crossword puzzle fanatic. I even dropped my New York Times subscription recently in favor of nytimes.com's annual puzzle subscription, and solve (or try to solve) most of the puzzles on my Mac. So finding Stand Alone's $9.99 Crosswords app among the first batch of iPhone software on the App Store makes me happy. -- read full article
Reuters - Apple Inc's new iPhone made
its hotly awaited debut on Friday, with buyers storming stores
in Asia and queues forming in Europe and the United States.
AFP - Gadget lovers around the world on Friday crammed into stores to buy the latest super-fast iPhone G3, swooning over its Internet, GPS and iPod features, despite occasional sticker shock.
Reuters - Neither rain nor controversy
discouraged a hardy band of gadget lovers who lined up for up
to 16 hours on a downtown street to become among the first in
Canada to buy Apple Inc's iPhone 3G on Friday. -- read full article
Reuters - Apple Inc.'s new iPhone
3G and accompanying App Store is set to put the company known
for technology innovation into another lucrative space --
gaming. -- read full article
Reuters - Many eager U.S. buyers of Apple Inc's
new iPhone left stores on Friday frustrated because their new
gadgets did not work due to problems activating service.
AP - The launch of Apple Inc.'s much-anticipated new iPhone turned into an information-technology meltdown on Friday, as customers were unable to get their phones working.
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The App Store opened its virtual doors with about 500 applications for Apple's iPhone, ranging from games to business tools. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The company has created an ad platform for the iPhone that will let software developers offer rich media ads that are built into their applications. -- read full article
NewsFactor - The Apple iPhone will account for 6.3 million of the 18.1 million touchscreen phones sold in the U.S. this year, for an impressive 35 percent market share, according to Strategy Analytics. -- read full article
AFP - New Zealanders were the first in the world to get the chance to buy the much hyped iPhone 3G Friday when three stores opened just after midnight.
