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Apple’s 600,000 iPhone 4 Preorders Crashed System

June 17th, 2010 | No Comments

Apple became a victim of its own success June 15, when an unexpected 600,000 preorders for its iPhone 4 managed to crash both its and AT&Ts ordering systems. AT&T continues to be the exclusive carrier of the iPhone in the United States. Apple posted an apology on its Website for what it described as "many order and approval system malfunctions," although demand for the iPhone 4 has pushed the ship date for preorders until July 14. The iPhone 4 represents Apples latest attempt to hold back the rising challenge presented by Google Android smartphones. – Apple and AT amp;T found themselves hit by unexpected demand
for the iPhone 4, which promptly sold 600,000 units after going on preorder
June 15. That effectively crashed both companies ordering systems; reports
circulated of AT amp;T employees were forced to jot
customers details on paper afte…


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Apple Site Stumbles Following Onslaught of iPhone 4 Preorders

June 15th, 2010 | No Comments

With its doors flung open to accept iPhone 4 preorders, the Apple site was reportedly so overrun that it had to close things down for a bit. By noon, however, Apple appeared to have the situation in hand unless its a white iPhone 4 youre after. – Apple and several of its retail partners are now accepting preorders for the Apple iPhone 4.

The morning was a harried one, with pre-orders on the Apple site
kicking off around the indecent hour of 4 a.m ET, and a crush of early
visitors soon pushed the site into error-message territory, ac…


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Apple iPad Preorders May Be Falling Off After Strong First Day

March 15th, 2010 | No Comments

Apple may have sold 120,000 iPads on its first day of preorders March 12, according to analyst estimates. Those same analysts are also predicting the perhaps inevitable falloff in preorders. According to their estimates, nearly 70 percent of preorders are for iPads with WiFi, as opposed to the WiFi and 3G-enabled version, and orders were almost evenly split between the 16GB, 32GB and 64GB versions. Apple predicts that some 150,000 apps will be available upon launch for the 9.7-inch tablet PC, and has already begun its marketing push ahead of the iPads April 3 release.
– Daniel Tello, a blogger and analyst,
leveraged data supplied by volunteers to arrive at an estimation of 120,000
iPads sold via Apples Website March 12, the inaugural day that Apple
opened the device to preorders. That number included 50,000 iPads sold within
a single two-hour period. The iPad…


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Apple iPad Coming April 3, Preorders Accepted Sooner

March 5th, 2010 | No Comments

The Apple iPad will arrive in U.S. stores April 3, Apple reveals, after having kept the Apple faithful guessing since the iPad’s late-January introduction. Both WiFi and WiFi-plus-3G models will be available.
– Launch your Calendar application! The Apple iPad
will arrive in the United States on April 3, according to Apple.

Beginning March 12, U.S. customers will be able to preorder WiFi and
WiFi-plus-3G models at www.apple.com, or
reserve a WiFi-only model for pickup at an Apple retail store on Ap…


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