Briefly: iPhone coming June 29th, new ads posted

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Briefly: iPhone coming June 29th, new ads posted
Sunday, June 3, 2007
Posted by: Charles

Well, it's official folks. The iPhone is coming on June 29th. Apple and AT&T started running a new series of commercials on TV this evening touting the device and its launch date. Apple also posted these same ads on their website. The ads are entitled "Never Been an iPod", "How To" and "Calamari". It should be noted that the ads also mention, "Use requires minimum new 2 year activation plan". So what do you think of the new ads? Will you be an iPhone user come July?



http://www.123macmini.com/news/story/660.html

[Ben Tex]

Calamari is my favorite. The Never Been an iPod one is sort of strange. It almost sends the message that the iPod has been retired.

[dungeon92]

After I get a MacBook I think this will be a good Christmas present since this December is when my parent's Verizon contract expires and out land line is a AT&T and my mom can get a discount through the hospital she works at (Belleville Memorial Hospital ER tech) along with my sister (IS department night shift for now, not bad for a job right out of college though and with full benefits). I'll be needing a cellphone though next year when I get my license so there's an excuse, I mean reason to get one. I just hope they have LOTS of rebates on them.
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"When history is forgotten people don't realize when it repeats."

Going to Missouri S&T!!

[johnodd4]

no no no no no no no no!!!!!

Here is why.

Before cingular became cingular it was originally at&t wireless and what happened to at&t wireless they went backrupt and left 100's of cell phone users without service and dead cellphones did they get punished no did they get to keep the money from peoples contracts yes.

And now cingular gets repurchased by at&t wireless and they will start all over again and go bankrupt and mess over thousands of customers

untill the iphone is realeased to t-mobile or verizon or sprint im not interrested.

[xmen65]

Is it just me, or does the iPhone look smaller? Maybe the hand model just has big hands.

[picaman]

[dungeon92]

The iPhone is supposed to have a 3.5" screen so it'll be the same size of any Pocket PC.
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"You must control your future by taking command of your present, and fixing and learning from your past."

"When history is forgotten people don't realize when it repeats."

Going to Missouri S&T!!

[TyPod]

[g5g5]

It's the coolest looking gadget ever, but the price and AT&T contract are deal breakers for me. I'll probably own one down the line though. I'd also like to hear about one of the major unknowns. Battery life anyone?
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4GB iPod mini / 2G iPod shuffle / 16GB iPhone 3G
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[heavy_nutz]

[devo]

There are way too many unknowns (like battery life g5g5) for me to be a buyer now. The limited about of memory isn't doing much for me either. I would want one with at least 16GB. I'm hoping the 6G iPod has many of these same features minus the phone. If it doesn't, I might be a 2G iPhone buyer. I'm already with AT&T, so that's no biggie.

[dungeon92]

[devo]

[Pleiades]

[CaliforniaMini]

AT&T Wireless Services, Inc., formerly part of AT&T Corp., was a wireless telephone carrier in the United States, based in Redmond, Washington, and traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the stock symbol "AWE".

On October 26, 2004, AT&T Wireless completed a merger with Cingular Wireless to become the largest wireless carrier in the United States. Under the agreement, only the Cingular brand name would remain. On November 16, 2004, AT&T Wireless stores were rechristened under the Cingular banner. The legal entity AT&T Wireless Services, Inc. was renamed New Cingular Wireless Services, Inc.

In late 2005, SBC (the majority partner in Cingular) acquired AT&T Corp., and renamed the combined company AT&T.

AT&T Mobility LLC (usually branded "AT&T" and formerly named Cingular Wireless LLC) is the wholly owned wireless subsidiary of AT&T Inc. AT&T Mobility is the largest mobile phone company in the United States and the second largest in Puerto Rico. AT&T Mobility currently has 62 million subscribers as of 2007, and operates the largest digital voice and data network in the United States.

Formerly a joint venture between SBC Communications and BellSouth, Cingular Wireless soon acquired the old AT&T Wireless; SBC later acquired the original AT&T and rebranded as "the new AT&T". Cingular became wholly-owned by the new AT&T in December 2006 as a result of AT&T's acquisition of BellSouth.

The division is currently in the process of being rebranded to match its new parentage. Renaming on a corporate level occurred immediately, and consumer branding will change to "AT&T," or a variant thereof, by the end of 2007. Until all regulatory filings are approved, however, and public awareness is fostered, the "Cingular" brand will continue to be used in store signage and media advertisements during a dual-branded transition, expected to last several months. This process began January 15, 2007.


All of this is summed up here.