Especially cos my friend and former team lead, Ed Schepis, is not gonna reach his objectives on his fantastic website, OneMillionIphonesWhat If Apple Has Sold Fewer Than 1 Million iPhones
AT&T (T) announced today that it had only activated 146,000 Apple (AAPL) iPhones the first day that they were on sale. And, investment bank CIBC said that sales of the handset have slowed considerably in the last 10 days. CIBC said that AT&T Wireless stores had plenty of supply and little traffic. The research call explains that customers are disappointed with Apple's connection speed. It goes on to speculate that Apple and AT&T may be rushing to get out a 3G device by Christmas. If the information is accurate, it means that the quarter that will be reported about 90 days from now could be a significant disappointment, and that eyes will be on Apple's earnings report this week for info on how the device has sold in July. Douglas A. McIntyre
iPhone to Support Third-Party Web 2.0 Applications WWDC 2007, SAN FRANCISCO—June 11, 2007—Apple® today announced that its revolutionary iPhone™ will run applications created with Web 2.0 Internet standards when it begins shipping on June 29. Developers can create Web 2.0 applications which look and behave just like the applications built into iPhone, and which can seamlessly access iPhone’s services, including making a phone call, sending an email and displaying a location in Google Maps. Third-party applications created using Web 2.0 standards can extend iPhone’s capabilities without compromising its reliability or security.