• apple,  att,  iphone,  sprint,  verizon

    Apple iPhone 4S Ordering “Adventure” (Updated)

    October 7, 2011 /

    10/7/11 7:25am: Hope springs eternal!  After arguing with my bank and getting them to agree that my credit card was not expired, I was able to pre-order the iPhone 4S 32GB directly from Sprint’s website.  The estimated arrival date of my new iPhone 4S is Friday, October 14, or Saturday, October 15.

    10/7/11 5:40am: It’s time to throw in the towel!  The connection to Sprint’s systems aren’t working and I keep getting pushed into the $109/month service plan.  I’m going to have to wait for Apple and Sprint to iron out the kinks before I can order my iPhone 4S.  I’ve stayed up all night and all I have to show for it are bags under my eyes.  Grrrrr!

    10/7/11 5:20am: The Apple Store/Sprint link appears to be working again, but I still can’t get a clear step of options for my cellular service plans. So far, my efforts to switch to an iPhone have been fruitless.

    10/7/11 5:00am: Sam was able to reserve an iPhone 4S on AT&T.  I’m crashing when the Apple site goes out to check my account status on Sprint with a really annoying “WS.workflowSessionValidationFailed.webUIBody” error message.

    10/7/11 4:48am: Just checked in with my fellow iPhone enthusiast, Sam, who is now getting the same error message as me.  At almost 5:00am, it’s time to throw in the towel on getting an iPhone for Friday, October 14.

    10/7/11 4:42am: The Apple Store is now throwing up a message that they can no longer process any iPhone orders and that you should try back again later.  Double ugh!

    10/7/11 4:12am: I’ve lost track of how many times the ordering process has crashed on me.  Ugh!

    10/7/11 4:12am: Continuing to have trouble with the Apple Store site.  Poor performance, ordering processes crashes, and unable to select the $79.99 Simply Everything plan.

    10/7/11: 3:45am: The Apple Store is taking forever to update and I’m stuck at the “Processing information” page.

    10/7/11: 3:45am: The Apple Store site is getting hammered!  It is so slow to load data from Sprint.

    10/7/11: 3:43am: The Store is online and I’m attempting to purchase my Sprint iPhone4S.

    I’m not so patiently awaiting the Apple.com Store to go back online for I can order my Apple iPhone 4S for Sprint. I’ll be purchasing the 32GB black edition…eventually.

    10/7/11: 3:29am: Pre-orders for the iPhone 4S were suppose to start at 12:01am PDT/3:01am EDT and the store is still down.

    Apple Store…

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  • apple

    Apple CEO Tim Cook Addresses The Loss of Steve Jobs

    October 6, 2011 /

    Team,

    I have some very sad news to share with all of you. Steve passed away earlier today.

    Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being. Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know and work with Steve have lost a dear friend and an inspiring mentor. Steve leaves behind a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple.

    We are planning a celebration of Steve’s extraordinary life for Apple employees that will take place soon. If you would like to share your thoughts, memories and condolences in the interim, you can simply email rememberingsteve@apple.com.

    No words can adequately express our sadness at Steve’s death or our gratitude for the opportunity to work with him. We will honor his memory by dedicating ourselves to continuing the work he loved so much.

    Tim

    [Via Apple PR…]
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    BlackBerry PlayBook Next Up for Deep Discounts?

    September 16, 2011 /

    With today’s revelation that RIM has only sold 200,000 BlackBerry PlayBooks in the last quarter.

    During the conference call to discuss RIM’s performance, co-CEO Jim Balsillie “noted that the company plans to offer price cuts on the not-so-popular BlackBerry PlayBook in the form of rebates, and an incentive program for enterprise sales.”

    Could the BlackBerry PlayBook be the next tablet that will under go a fireside sale like the now discontinued HP TouchPad tablet?

    I won’t buy another tablet for $300, but I will buy a $99 tablet to play with.

    [Via BoyGeniusReport.com…]

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  • hp,  touchpad,  web

    Rumor: Second Wave of TouchPads Due Late October

    September 6, 2011 /

    According to a new article up on PreCentral, HP is planning to produce a second wave of TouchPads with an order for between 100,000 – 200,000 units.

    HP has said that this second run of units is intended to fill unexpected customer demand, but DigiTimes, via PreCentral, suggests that this second run it to use up the spares that have been produced, but not yet assembled into TouchPads.

    “[W]e’ve suspected from the start that there were other forces at play here. True to form, Digitimes claims to have the details, stating that HP’s plan is for the second wave of TouchPads to land in late October (and you thought it was outdated when it launched in July), with somewhere between 100,000 and 200,000 units to be produced. 

    The line about unfulfilled demand is only part of the story – HP also has to deal with parts suppliers who were stuck in a lurch when HP cancelled the TouchPad, not to mention the financial consequences of breaking their order contracts with said suppliers.”

    Are you planning on being one of the up to 200,000 people trying to get in on a TouchPad?  I will be because it will be the perfect bookend to my Palm Foleo.

    Keep checking the HP Online Store to purchase your closeout TouchPad.

    [Via PreCentral.net…]

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    Rumors Suggest iPhone 5 On Schedule for “Fall” Launch

    September 4, 2011 /

    A pair of iPhone 5 launch rumors suggest that the new Apple phone is on track for an October launch.  Both This Is My Next and Boy Genius Report have documents suggesting that iPhone 5 will go live in October.

    BGR has gotten their hands on an Best Buy document that says that the iPhone 5 will become available for pre-order the first week of October.  The same notice indicated that Sprint will be included along side AT&T and Verizon when the phone launches.

    Along the same lines, another Best Buy document indicates that stores will be receiving a new Apple fixture according to This Is My Next.

    “To be clear, this isn’t a run-of-the-mill installation for the big box — our tipster tells us that the request that a manager be on-hand at 6AM is out of the ordinary (they usually show up at 7AM for inventory), and that a similar arrangement was scheduled for the iPhone 4 launch.”

    It looks like things are still on track for a “fall” release of the iPhone 5 this year.  (By the way, “summer” ends on September 21.)  Could we be looking at an end of September reveal, followed a week later of pre-sales, followed two weeks later by a full on AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint retail launch?  Let’s hope so, because my Palm Pre Original is starting to look really old.

    [Via This Is My Next.com, BGR.com…]

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