Good news and bad news on the imminent
3G iPhone front. O2 apparently got another batch of 16 giggers in stock, since it's currently accepting orders, while the 8GB remains out of stock, and both phones
remain unavailable on the US and UK Apple Stores. More encouraging, however, is the new listing of an "iPhone Black" model on AT&T's account management site. There's nothing else on the site to hint at specs or release or whether this is indeed the upcoming 3G iPhone, but it does fall in line with
the word we have on a glossy black back for the much anticipated phone. Whether all this means we have weeks or months to wait is anyone's guess, but there are plenty of encouraging signs out there for the true believers to cling onto.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
Update: Telecom Italia Mobile's Executive VP Luigi Licciardi claims
they'll be selling the iPhone 3G next month. How's that for clarity? [Thanks, Giovanni]
posted May 12th 2008 11:03AM
Good news guys, I just got off the phone with Steve Jobs and he said that the 3G iPhone will come free with the PowerBook G5 next Tuesday, and they'll make you breakfast in bed and do your laundry!
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Ok here's the thing for everyone flailing their arms in hectic panic about Engadget's frequency of iPhone rumors. This is the same thing as the Vista hater/lover fight. There's a silent majority that Engadget clearly knows about and is speaking to with these stories.
Just because 15 of you are taking the time to complain in these comments doesn't mean that there arent 1,500 others haven't already read and enjoyed the article in question.
As said before, if you're not interested in the article, scroll beyond it and move on with your life. Don't take up all this comment space moaning about something Engadget isn't interested in changing. They get web traffic from it. Done deal.
Maybe its like the RAZR or other brands. Its possible that it just may be a new case made out of plastic to keep costs down, like the aluminum RAZRs & plastic ones. Same internals, but new look. Could be the 3G model will retain the metal & white scheme as the original, and both will be available. The original will be just another has-been cell phone, like the RAZR, and available in black.
I also frequent autoblog and the same thing sort of happens with the Dodge Charger....but nowhere NEAR the repetitiveness that happens here.
I would think this is in response to the clicks that iphone stories get,
so it's our fault?
I'm going to try clicking on nothing but Openmoko stories for a week and see what happens.