Apple's iPhone will be released on June 11???

[ambandla]

From cnet.com (*news.com.com/2061-10801_3-6171953.html?part=rss&tag=2327-10784-0&subj=news&tag=cnetfd.blog)

Ever since Steve Jobs' keynote at the Macworld Expo in January, we've known that the iPhone is being released sometime in June. But we haven't known exactly when.

Now Cingular is confirming that the release date will be June 11. A customer service manager at Cingular (we called 800-947-5096 and were transferred to sales) gave us that date late Thursday, but, alas, said he didn't have any additional information beyond that.

That date is no coincidence. It's the first day of Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference, scheduled to be held in San Francisco from June 11 through June 15. (Incidentally, the agenda includes a focus on Leopard, the next generation of OS X that's supposed to be released sometime in the second quarter of 2007.)

Rumors have been swirling about the iPhone release date. One blog pointed to a release date of June 15 based on alleged documents filed with the Federal Communications Commission, but those have been shown to be a hoax.

Here's some information from our sister site, CNET.com, about the iPhone.

I hope this one is true

 

[aryayush]

Well, we certainly know it is coming in June so whether it be eleven or fifteen, hardly makes a difference.

What does matter is that it will come to Asia only in 2008.

 

[ambandla]

don't worry. hacks to unlock this phone should be available soon after launch

 

[aryayush]

I will only buy it legally from Apple and with full warranty.

 

[ambandla]

okay. me too. I am cursing myself for not being a resident of US Just kidding.

 

[goobimama]

Asia in 2008? Sorry Apple, but I'm gonna get import it from Lala land. Just hope that there's a version without that *%#&% contract

 

[ambandla]

In India, I don't think the phone will be locked to certain carrier.

But the contract thing is really good (not specific to iphone). Just now checked cingular site and they are giving W810i for US $80 on contract basis. isn't this cool?

 

[Pathik]

wat abt the freedom of choosing ur operator?? Btw the thing u mentioned above is some installment kinda stuff

 

[aryayush]

It is a trade-off, basically. You have freedom of choice in India and ridiculously low prices in the US of A.

 

[ambandla]

Not exactly a trade off. There are 100+ phones in cingular and yes, they are available for ridiculously low price.

Since some carriers are providing unlocks for the phones, it doesn't worry me.

 

[goobimama]

But the contract is a contract. A legal document which states that you have to use their service for the said amount of time (iPhone = 2 years). Whether you unlock the phone or not, the contract has to be settled (the minimum montly rent has to be paid for 2 years). That's how they offer the phones at such low prices...

 

[nepcker]

A letter dated October 12, 2006 has surfaced, sent to the FCC by Apple regarding the iPhone. In the letter, Apple asks the FCC for "indefinite public disclosure" in regards to the schematic diagrams, block diagrams, theory of operation, and antenna information of the iPhone. All pretty normal stuff in regards to things you don't want your competitors to know about your new product.

It does get somewhat strange in the segment of the letter where Apple requests that external photos, internal setup, test setup photos, and the user manual be withheld from the public until June 15, 2007, which has led some to speculate the 15th might be the official launch date for the iPhone. It seems more likely that this may just be a conservative, safe date, guesstimated at a convenient point halfway through the month.


One can only assume that Apple was granted both requests, as we haven't seen any photos from the FCC nor have we seen any schematics. What remains to be seen is whether or not the 15th of June will hold true as a launch date.



Check out this Apple's letter to FCC:

 

[aryayush]

That is fake. A result of fifteen minutes of Photoshopping.

It is actually the letter sent to FCC by Apple seeking approval for the Apple TV. The original date was something else, it has been changed to June 15.

 

[nepcker]

After some googling, I found out that the letter was for Apple's AirPort Extreme, neither for iPhone, not for Apple TV.

My Mac Pro already supports the 802.11n Wi-Fi Wireless Networking, so I don't need to buy the AirPort.

 

[aryayush]

Yeah, whatever. I did not remember the exact product but I had read the news about the fake letter.

 

[tarey_g]

Ok here is some news i read on inquirer , just don't start fight over it , its just a news and may be useful to ppl who consider buying the product.


iPhone batteries "die in 40 minutes"

Apple fanboys kill the messenger

By Nick Farrell: Friday 06 April 2007, 07:14


APPLE FANBOYS have really been going for hack John C Dvorak after one of his sources in Cingular told him the iPhone's batteries lasted just 40 minutes.
During Episode 93 of the spodcast this Week in Tech (TWiT)Dvorak said he received information from "a guy at Cingular who’s testing the product." The unnamed, male Cingular employee told Dvorak "there’s lots of issues" with the iPhone.

Dvorak said that the iPhone was blighted with not having a removable battery, so "you run 20 minutes and you’re using up half the battery power. You get 40 minutes total talk time. And the interface fouls up constantly."

The Cingular geezer or geezerette asked Dvorak not to tell anyone. OK it is a "man in the pub told me" style story, but it does not mean that there is no truth behind it. Certainly it is an odd thing to make up.

But the fan boys are up in arms about the comment and every where the story appears on the interweb there is a diatribe from at least three fanboys about how unreliable Dvorak is as a reporter.

One post said that Dvorak had a background in news and was therefore not qualified to write about technical stuff. Others sited a 1991 prediction he made that didn't come true.

One poster said that if Steve Jobs said that 40 minutes on the phone was long enough to speak to someone that must be OK and he would curtail his usage immediately. Another added that if people used their phones longer than 40 minutes there must be something wrong with them.

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