Briefly: Spain, Poland iPhone talk; iPhone SDK beta 5; AT&T memo
Orange may distribute iPhone outside France
France Telecom's Orange, Apple's exclusive iPhone provider and distributor in France, is "in discussions" with the handset maker to sell the next-generation iPhone in other European countries.
The carrier's chief financial officer Gervais Pellissier said the company is in talks with Apple on the subject, in particular with regard to Spain and Poland "among others".
In the past two weeks, carriers worldwide have announced deals (1, 2, 3) that will see the iPhone arrive later this year in Canada, Australia, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Italy, India, Portugal, New Zealand, South Africa and Turkey.
iPhone SDK (build 9M2173a, beta 5)
Apple early Wednesday sent an email to iPhone developers informing them that the fifth beta version of the iPhone SDK is now available for download. The release "fixes bugs and adds support for the latest iPhone OS," according to a brief set of release notes.
In forthcoming releases of the developers kit, Apple promises to support horizontally transitioning the keyboard out on a navigation controller pop , UIViewController support of alternate landscape view, a reduction to the default font size for UITextView, and a limit on UIActionSheet titles to just two lines.
AT&T iPhone memo confirmation
AppleInsider can now definitively confirm an AT&T Mobility memo issued on Tuesday announcing vacation blackout days beginning next month, having received the message in its entirety (below).
The memo asks retail staffers to schedule any upcoming vacation days prior to June 15th or after July 12, so that they may participate in an "exciting Summer Promotional Launch" around that time — presumed to be the launch of Apple's 3G iPhone.
AT&T Mobility made an almost identical request last year, which boosts confidence that Apple plans to launch its next-generation handset almost one year from the date of the original iPhone — June 27th, the final Friday of the month.
eBay Buy-it-Now auction pulled
While Apple has been unusually silent regarding an unauthorized Mac clone on sale from Psystar Corporation, someone or something has caused eBay to take action regarding a pair ofcopycat systems that went up for sale on the auction website on Tuesday.
The listing for the $549 Leopard-based system is now suddenly "unavailable."
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@ ATT Letter:
Yuuuuuuuck, double spaces after sentences. Designer's typography nightmare or, a find and replace heaven.
@ ATT Letter:
Yuuuuuuuck, double spaces after sentences. Designer's typography nightmare or, a find and replace heaven.
It's funny - I've designed typography for 20 years and won loads of awards in the UK and USA for my work, but I always double space after a full stop when I'm writing a document or message.
It's just easier to read.
Just for the fun of it, let's say the new iphone or multiple models of iphone come out on June 27th ,or the 29th like I think , what will be the number on the first 2 days or 4 days of sale ? I say they will sell 3- 4 million phones in the first 2 or 4 days of June. This time u can buy as many iphones as u want and can carry. 3- 4 million in 2 days ordered or carried out. What do you think ?
This otta get some discussion . lol
Just for the fun of it, let's say the new iphone or multiple models of iphone come out on June 27th ,or the 29th like I think , what will be the number on the first 2 days or 4 days of sale ? I say they will sell 3- 4 million phones in the first 2 or 4 days of June. This time u can buy as many iphones as u want and can carry. 3- 4 million in 2 days ordered or carried out. What do you think ?
This otta get some discussion . lol
I think you may have had too much coffee this morning. I really think that the recession in the USA, at least, will make it impossible to reach the 3-4 million mark you are speaking of. Unless the Iphone 3g is released simultaneously around the world, I do not see that mark being reached for a few months at the very least. With people deciding whether to buy groceries or get gasoline, I do not think an extravagant tech purchase is going to take off in those kinds of numbers. *Sips his rooibos tea*
I think you may have had too much coffee this morning. I really think that the recession in the USA, at least, will make it impossible to reach the 3-4 million mark you are speaking of. Unless the Iphone 3g is released simultaneously around the world, I do not see that mark being reached for a few months at the very least. With people deciding whether to buy groceries or get gasoline, I do not think an extravagant tech purchase is going to take off in those kinds of numbers. *Sips his rooibos tea*
I believe in multiple country release ..,, yes .,,.. can't stand coffee, it makes me throw up ,.. and it's only been 1 cup of tea so far today , although it was a double in a pint lol, so that makes 2 cups . AND has to be no restriction on quantity u can buy . Probably not gonna happen on the quantity issue though ,. they will limit that to get more individual users to spread the message .