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Friday, June 01, 2007, 04:10 pm
CORRECTED: Jobs talks iPhone at "D" conference
Speaking to reporters at the Wall Street Journal D: All Things Digital conference this week, Apple chief executive Steve Jobs confirmed once again that his firm remains on track to begin shipping the first iPhone handsets in late June .Apple, along with wireless partner AT&T, will begin selling the $499 and $599 devices through their brick-and-mortar retail stores later this month. iPhone will be available only from Apple and AT&T/Cingular wireless stores and will not be sold through AT&T affiliate stores such as Best Buy electronics retailers.
During a graduation speech last month at the West Texas A&M University, AT&T chief executive Stan Sigman billed the impending Apple handset roll-out as "the largest commercial product launch in the history of electronics."
Apple has yet to make an official announcement regarding a specific release date for iPhone, but Jobs reiterated during a D conference interview with the Journal's Walt Mossberg that his firm remains on track for a "late June" launch.
"Like the last day of June?," quipped Mossberg.
"Yeah, probably," Jobs said with a chuckle.
Editor's Note: A well-placed source has informed AppleInsider that Mr. Jobs was misquoted in a Huffington Post article referenced in an earlier version of this report. AppleInsider regrets syndicating the error.
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People will be going nuts come "i-Day"... It'll be like a movie premiere... 
The HUGE day for Apple this month is obviously on iPhone day. But look for Steve Jobs to announce the release date on Monday the 11th at his WWDC keynote speech. The Famous "One more thing..."
He'll say one of two things:
1. He will announce a release date of the iPhone release as "The iPhone goes on sale THIS WEEKEND!"
or
2. "The iPhone is going on sale right now!"
Either statement would be one heck of a way to end a Keynote...
Nah, I reckon he'll get the iPhone release date out of the way at the begining and leave something like a new iMac or maybe Mac Book Pro Mini for the "one more thing"...
Everyone expects a release date for the iPhone by then, so I don't think it'll surprise anyone.
Quote:
Originally Posted by ajhill 
The HUGE day for Apple this month is obviously on iPhone day. But look for Steve Jobs to announce the release date on Monday the 11th at his WWDC keynote speech. The Famous "One more thing..."
He'll say one of two things:
1. He will announce a release date of the iPhone release as "The iPhone goes on sale THIS WEEKEND!"
or
2. "The iPhone is going on sale right now!"
Either statement would be one heck of a way to end a Keynote...
The HUGE day for Apple this month is obviously on iPhone day. But look for Steve Jobs to announce the release date on Monday the 11th at his WWDC keynote speech. The Famous "One more thing..."
He'll say one of two things:
1. He will announce a release date of the iPhone release as "The iPhone goes on sale THIS WEEKEND!"
or
2. "The iPhone is going on sale right now!"
Either statement would be one heck of a way to end a Keynote...
Maybe they'll sell them right there and then like bags of peanuts at a baseball game.
Quote:
Originally Posted by ajhill
The HUGE day for Apple this month is obviously on iPhone day. But look for Steve Jobs to announce the release date on Monday the 11th at his WWDC keynote speech. The Famous "One more thing..."
He'll say one of two things:
1. He will announce a release date of the iPhone release as "The iPhone goes on sale THIS WEEKEND!"
or
2. "The iPhone is going on sale right now!"
Either statement would be one heck of a way to end a Keynote...
The HUGE day for Apple this month is obviously on iPhone day. But look for Steve Jobs to announce the release date on Monday the 11th at his WWDC keynote speech. The Famous "One more thing..."
He'll say one of two things:
1. He will announce a release date of the iPhone release as "The iPhone goes on sale THIS WEEKEND!"
or
2. "The iPhone is going on sale right now!"
Either statement would be one heck of a way to end a Keynote...
I doubt this will happen. AT&T won't finish training its employees until the 20th. So any prior date would seem suspect. Also, until Apple opens the iPhone to third party development, there is little reason for any such mention of the device at a once-annual Mac developers conference. From what I've heard, Jobs is pretty gung-ho about Leopard. He's gonna focus on the Mac and let iPhone have its day a bit later in the month.
Best,
K
Quote:
Originally Posted by SpamSandwich
People will be going nuts come "i-Day"... It'll be like a movie premiere...
People will be going nuts come "i-Day"... It'll be like a movie premiere...
No sir. Movie premiers will hereafter be like the iPhone premier.
Quote:
Originally Posted by ajhill
The HUGE day for Apple this month is obviously on iPhone day. But look for Steve Jobs to announce the release date on Monday the 11th at his WWDC keynote speech. The Famous "One more thing..."
He'll say one of two things:
1. He will announce a release date of the iPhone release as "The iPhone goes on sale THIS WEEKEND!"
or
2. "The iPhone is going on sale right now!"
Either statement would be one heck of a way to end a Keynote...
The HUGE day for Apple this month is obviously on iPhone day. But look for Steve Jobs to announce the release date on Monday the 11th at his WWDC keynote speech. The Famous "One more thing..."
He'll say one of two things:
1. He will announce a release date of the iPhone release as "The iPhone goes on sale THIS WEEKEND!"
or
2. "The iPhone is going on sale right now!"
Either statement would be one heck of a way to end a Keynote...
I'm not smelling a OMT man. He hasn't really used that in a while, has he? Definitely hasn't used the OMT EVENT for a long time. I think I remember someone saying that OMT only comes at Macworld, and I don't THINK he did it at all this year. hmmmm.....
Quote:
Originally Posted by ajhill
The HUGE day for Apple this month is obviously on iPhone day. But look for Steve Jobs to announce the release date on Monday the 11th at his WWDC keynote speech. The Famous "One more thing..."
He'll say one of two things:
1. He will announce a release date of the iPhone release as "The iPhone goes on sale THIS WEEKEND!"
or
2. "The iPhone is going on sale right now!"
Either statement would be one heck of a way to end a Keynote...
The HUGE day for Apple this month is obviously on iPhone day. But look for Steve Jobs to announce the release date on Monday the 11th at his WWDC keynote speech. The Famous "One more thing..."
He'll say one of two things:
1. He will announce a release date of the iPhone release as "The iPhone goes on sale THIS WEEKEND!"
or
2. "The iPhone is going on sale right now!"
Either statement would be one heck of a way to end a Keynote...
No way will he put it on sale right at the end of the Keynote because that would be extremely rude to all of the conference attendees who paid to attend the workshops, etc and then would not be able to get in line for the iPhone.
I think the launch will be a separate event between Apple and "Cingular is now AT&T" on a different day, but I do think he may announce the date at WWDC.
I would buy it online if I was going to get one. Even then, you may not be able to get it right away. It seems like this will be similar to a Christmas PlayStation release.
I think we will have warning about the iPhone release. Apple may a pretty good hold on their retail employees but there is no way that a shipment of iPhones to AT&T Mobility stores will not hit the web without fervent intensity.
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First! (I just love this little inside joke)
Good luck getting an iPhone on the first day, I bet they will make the announcement the same day it will begin selling, not before as people expects, in an effort to avoid the bad experience of people camping out an waiting forever in line....
I can't wait to try one myself...