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Apple's MobileMe hits snag as iPhone hits store shelves
Summary from multiple countries, from articles in English
Apple suffered extensive network gridlock Friday morning, as many of the six million users of the original iPhone tried to upgrade to new software while the first buyers of the new iPhone 3G were trying to activate their purchases. (article 13) Lining up for your iPhone? Retailers are planning to make the wait for Apple's much hyped iPhone 3G, which goes on sale at 8 a.m. today at Chicago Apple and AT&T store, as painless as possible. (article 14) O2 customers determined to get their hands on Apple's new 3G iPhone caused the network's website to crash this morning as they rushed to pre-order the new device. (article 5) Apple Inc.'s new data synching service MobileMe was still not up and running on Friday as the second generation of its iPhone hit store shelves. (article 18) The problem caused huge delays at Apple stores and other iPhone service providers worldwide, as store personnel wrestled with the issue and word of the problem spread on the Web. (article 10) PALO ALTO, Calif. - When Apple opens its online App Store for iPhone software on Thursday, Steven P. Jobs will be making an attempt to dominate the next generation of computing as it moves toward Internet-connected mobile devices. (article 6)

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  • Story keywords
    IPhone, Apple, Phone, software, store

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    1. Gadget Shop Selling Underwater Pogo Stick (ABCNews, 07/11/2008, 815 words)
    2. Why the new iPhone will squash BlackBerry (travel.timesonline.co.uk, 07/10/2008, 278 words)
    3. For iPhone, the ‘New’ Is Relative (nytimes.com, 07/09/2008, 230 words)
    4. FOXNEWS.COM HOME > SCITECH (FOX News, 07/10/2008, 899 words)
    5. O2 website crashes under 3G iPhone demand (technology.timesonline.co.uk, 07/11/2008, 491 words)
    6. In the iPhone App Store, Developers’ Playground With Apple as Referee (nytimes.com, 07/10/2008, 1037 words)
    7. The Boston Globe (boston.com, 07/11/2008, 762 words)
    8. Here's what the new iPhone can do (sfgate.com, 07/11/2008, 247 words)
    9. Software problems bug Apple's launch of new iPhone - (baltimoresun.com, 07/11/2008, 643 words)
    10. iPocalypse? Snag Turns iPhones to 'Bricks' (ABCNews, 07/11/2008, 1596 words)
    11. Software glitch hits iPhone fans (BBC News, 07/11/2008, 839 words)
    12. Canada getting iPhone (cbc.ca, 07/11/2008, 740 words)
    13. iPhone Users Plagued by Software Problems (nytimes.com, 07/12/2008, 719 words)
    14. Lining up for your iPhone? :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Technology (suntimes.com, 07/11/2008, 201 words)
    15. ZDNet: Tech News, Blogs and White Papers for IT Professionals (zdnet.com, 07/11/2008, 1311 words)
    16. FOXNEWS.COM HOME > SCITECH (FOX News, 07/11/2008, 657 words)
    17. FOXNEWS.COM HOME > SCITECH (FOX News, 07/10/2008, 354 words)
    18. Apple's MobileMe hits snag as iPhone hits store shelves (cbc.ca, 07/11/2008, 396 words)
    19. FOXNEWS.COM HOME > SCITECH (FOX News, 07/11/2008, 448 words)
    20. Slick sensors spur touch-screen boom (cbc.ca, 07/11/2008, 794 words)




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