CORRECTED: Jobs talks iPhone at "D" conference
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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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...
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.
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.