I can't wait for the iPhone 4 to ship, have it's tear down (part infinity), review, user comments....

then maybe Apple can focus on actual computers like the iMac and Mac Pro, which look like the proverbial evolutionary dead end.

What happened to you Apple? You used to be someone I could trust.

huh? there's nothing that sucks in the latest i5/i7 imac. Best desktop / screen available. Not getting this comment at all.

But that's off topic.

I'm hoping they don't cancel my reserved phone! lol.

I'm lamenting the loss of Apple's focus solely on computers. And I'm selfishly taking it out on a thread relating to the iPhone, the newest 20-something blonde on the block.

Make new friends, but keep the old; one is silver and the other gold.

Interesting that Apple is tracking individual iPhones (and other products) all the way from China. I guess it must be faster, cheaper, and maybe also more secure to initiate the tracking process there instead of shipping bulk freight and then FedEx-ing from warehouses in the U.S.

Of course, items to be sold in the brick and mortar Apple Stores are probably still shipped in bulk, possibly by sea instead of air. Slower but much cheaper, I'm guessing.

The one from Apple has shipped and is stating a Thursday delivery whilst the one from AT&T still shows 'In Progress". Both have had the funds withdrawn from my account.

You're lamenting that evolution and technical progress of technology? \ Apple sells as many Macs in a quarter than it did in a year just 4 years ago, the current Mac line up is the best they've ever produced.

Companies do what you are doing which is often why they end failing. You think of Apple as a computer company not as a consumer electronics or electronics company. They tried being a "computer company" and they almost went under. Most 'oil companies' do this, too. They should see themselves as energy companies and use their untold billions in profit to secure their future with the next generation of supplying energy to the world.



I would think by now they can scan an item once for a crate which then gets scanned in for a shipping container or whatever and have all the items auto populate from the single larger scan. if not, they should do it.

I also have an idea for delivery system which already sends the delivered data to their servers and very quickly make that available to users on web to recompile the delivery time window every time the driver makes a delivery so you can better judge the time for the delivery. To me, this seems like it wouldn't be prohibitively expensive and if users knew right when their package was to be delivered the driver would be able to save time on a few stops per day saving time in the long run, especially with all of us waiting anxiously for our iPhones.

You're forgetting the Mac Pro.. you work for Apple?


This is all 100% true. I recognize and understand Apple's business model.

I was lamenting, romanticizing the past. Guess that doesn't translate into text very well.

All excellent points solipsism. Now let me fantasize about BD, Final Cut, and Mr Jobs leading the industry by introducing Light Peak in January 2011... lol

Lamenting the loss of focus on Pro Macs and software I'll give you.

i got an email from Apple that mines has shipped and will be delivered by FedEx on the 23.

I can't wait!

Im praying that my AT&T pre-order is updated tomorrow to shipped status.... I also got one reserved at the apple store on release day.