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skunk.jpgWorried about long lines to buy an iPhone on Friday? A San Francisco man said he and his band of pranksters will create a diversion to distract everybody else in line and allow you to slide right up to the front.

The company — called “Over Here, Jerks!” — will go to Apple or AT&T stores and release a wild animal, let loose a bad smell, or do something else disgusting, shocking, or scary. The plan: Everybody in line runs away, except for the company’s client, who’ll be first up for service.

“You might even have time to grab a few lawn chairs, sleeping bags, and sandwiches amid the mayhem!” according to the group’s Craigslist ad.

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Jun

28

iphone_safari.jpgWe have been tracking a rumor that the iPhone will be limited to one per customer on the 29th. We’re made numerous calls to our AT&T contact’s as well as AT&T and Apple company stores, and have confirmed this.

Even if you want two iPhone’s for a family plan, you will need to take a buddy along for the ride. We expect this policy will stay in effect at least trough the weekend, and maybe into the first week or two.

Update Apple Store will allow each customer to purchase up to two iPhone’s. This will help cover those who want or have a family plan.

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Jun

28

iphonechecker.jpgApple has posted a way to check with your local Apple Store for iPhone availability. The site will be updated at the end of each business day.

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Jun

28

Picture 2.pngTUAW is reporting that Apple is readying iPhone for a web based RSS app. If you go to reader.mac.com you will see this splash page. I hope this is a sign of things to come to iPhone for .mac members.

Speaking of .mac features, how about some .mac push email for the iPhone. It’s your service Apple, software and hardware. We are paying over $100 a year and you are telling us to use Yahoo.

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Jun

26

The Apple phone combines intelligent voice calling, and a full-blown iPod, with a beautiful new interface for music and video playback. It offers the best Web browser we have seen on a smart phone, and robust email software. And it synchronizes easily and well with both Windows and Macintosh computers using Apple’s iTunes software.

It has the largest and highest-resolution screen of any smart phone we’ve seen, and the most internal memory by far. Yet it is one of the thinnest smart phones available and offers impressive battery life, better than its key competitors claim.

It feels solid and comfortable in the hand and the way it displays photos, videos and Web pages on its gorgeous screen makes other smart phones look primitive.

The iPhone’s most controversial feature, the omission of a physical keyboard in favor of a virtual keyboard on the screen, turned out in our tests to be a nonissue, despite our deep initial skepticism. After five days of use, Walt — who did most of the testing for this review — was able to type on it as quickly and accurately as he could on the Palm Treo he has used for years. This was partly because of smart software that corrects typing errors on the fly.

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Jun

26

As it turns out, much of the hype and some of the criticisms are justified. The iPhone is revolutionary; it’s flawed. It’s substance; it’s style. It does things no phone has ever done before; it lacks features found even on the most basic phones.

Unless you’ve been in a sensory-deprivation tank for six months, you already know what the iPhone is: a tiny, gorgeous hand-held computer whose screen is a slab of touch-sensitive glass.

The $500 and $600 models have 4 and 8 gigabytes of storage, respectively — room for about 825 or 1,825 songs. (In each case, 700 megabytes is occupied by the phone’s software.) That’s a lot of money; then again, the price includes a cellphone, video iPod, e-mail terminal, Web browser, camera, alarm clock, Palm-type organizer and one heck of a status symbol.

The phone is so sleek and thin, it makes Treos and BlackBerrys look obese. The glass gets smudgy—a sleeve wipes it clean—but it doesn’t scratch easily. I’ve walked around with an iPhone in my pocket for two weeks, naked and unprotected (the iPhone, that is, not me), and there’s not a mark on it.

But the bigger achievement is the software. It’s fast, beautiful, menu-free, and dead simple to operate. You can’t get lost, because the solitary physical button below the screen always opens the Home page, arrayed with icons for the iPhone’s 16 functions.

You’ve probably seen Apple’s ads, showing how things on the screen have a physics all their own. Lists scroll with a flick of your finger, CD covers flip over as you flick them, e-mail messages collapse down into a trash can. Sure, it’s eye candy. But it makes the phone fun to use, which is not something you can say about most cellphones.

Apple has chosen AT&T (formerly Cingular) to be the iPhone’s exclusive carrier for the next few years, in part because the company gave Apple carte blanche to revise everything people hate about cellphones.

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Jun

26

activation_hero20070626.pngWhen they purchase an iPhone, customers can use iTunes on a Mac or PC to activate their new phones in the comfort and privacy of their homes or offices instead of waiting for activation in a store. With iTunes guiding them through the simple steps of choosing a service plan, authorizing their credit, and activating their iPhone, they can complete the activation process in minutes. Following activation, new iPhone customers can again use iTunes to easily sync their phone numbers and other contact information, calendars, email accounts, web browser bookmarks, music, photos, podcasts, TV shows, and movies with iPhone.

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Jun

26

att-logo-new.pngiPhone customers will be able to choose from three simple, affordable service plans when iPhone goes on sale on Friday, June 29. All three plans include unlimited data, Visual Voicemail, 200 SMS text messages, roll-over minutes, and unlimited mobile-to-mobile calling. In addition to a one-time activation fee of $36.00, customers can sign up for a new two-year service plan with AT&T for a monthly fee of $59.99 (for 450 minutes), $79.99 (for 900 minutes), or $99.99 (for 1,350 minutes). Family plans are also available.

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Jun

25

smelly.jpgWell it was bound to happen. Some pathetic loser is already in line at the Apple Store on 5th Ave. in NYC for the iPhone. The iPhone doesn’t go on sale until June 29th at 6PM so can you imagine what this guy is going to smell like when he walks into the beautiful elegant Apple Store 4 days from now.

see more “smelly pics at MacDailyNews

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