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In the iPhone App Store, Developers’ Playground With Apple as Referee
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TOKYO - Throngs of eager iPhone fans queued up outside stores in 21 countries around the world on Friday to get their hands on Apple Inc.'s new iPhone 3G, but activation problems dampened the fervor. (article 3)
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 7)
A glitch with the online registration system run by the O2 network meant that many people could not activate their devices at Apple stores. (article 6)
TOKYO - The new iPhone went on sale at a Tokyo store Friday, making its debut in Japan, amid swirling smoke after a 30-second countdown chanted by hundreds of people lined up, some for days, snaking around the block. (article 2)
The store in downtown Tokyo of Japanese carrier Softbank Corp.'s store, started selling Apple Inc.'s much awaited cell phone five hours ahead of the other stores in the nationwide chain. (article 2)
Gadget lovers worldwide are already camped out ahead of Friday's global rollout of the new model of Apple Inc.'s iPhone, which is also the first iPhone to go on sale in many countries. (article 1)
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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 3)
TOKYO - Throngs of eager iPhone fans queued up outside stores in 21 countries around the world on Friday to get their hands on Apple Inc.'s new iPhone 3G, but activation problems dampened the fervor. (article 2)
By JONATHAN BLUM and DAN EVANS July 11, 2008 - Newsflash from the strange new world of electronics: Blistering-high gas prices are now officially a bigger story than the iPhone. (article 10)
Gadget lovers worldwide are already camped out ahead of Friday's global rollout of the new model of Apple Inc.'s iPhone, which is also the first iPhone to go on sale in many countries. (article 1)
Carrier Softbank Corp., which beat market leader NTT DoCoMo for the right to sell the iPhone in Japan, is planning a countdown ceremony at its flagship downtown store. (article 1)
" It's basically redefining what a phone is said Raven Zachary, open source software analyst for industry research firm The 451 Group and founder of iPhone Dev Camp (article 9)
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Source articles
- ABC News: iPhone to Drop in Japan, U.S. Next (ABCNews, 07/10/2008, 346 words)
- Apple iPhone goes on sale in Japan amid swirling smoke and crowds (cbc.ca, 07/10/2008, 842 words)
- FOXNEWS.COM HOME > SCITECH (FOX News, 07/11/2008, 1185 words)
- Personal Tech (technology.timesonline.co.uk, 07/13/2008, 466 words)
- iPhone Users Plagued by Software Problems (nytimes.com, 07/12/2008, 719 words)
- Software glitch hits iPhone fans (BBC News, 07/11/2008, 839 words)
- iPocalypse? Snag Turns iPhones to 'Bricks' (ABCNews, 07/11/2008, 1596 words)
- New Apple iPhones come loaded with expectations (cbc.ca, 07/10/2008, 576 words)
- New iPhone faster, but lacks vital features (sfgate.com, 07/12/2008, 843 words)
- Canada getting iPhone (cbc.ca, 07/11/2008, 740 words)
- FOXNEWS.COM HOME > SCITECH (FOX News, 07/11/2008, 667 words)
- Lining up for your iPhone? :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Technology (suntimes.com, 07/11/2008, 201 words)
- In the iPhone App Store, Developers’ Playground With Apple as Referee (nytimes.com, 07/10/2008, 1037 words)
- iPhone killer-app is letting users choose software (Washington Post, 07/10/2008, 830 words)
- Slick sensors spur touch-screen boom (cbc.ca, 07/11/2008, 794 words)
- Touch mobile's revolutionary rise (BBC News, 07/11/2008, 974 words)
- Gadget Shop Selling Underwater Pogo Stick (ABCNews, 07/11/2008, 815 words)
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Source articles
- ABC News: iPhone to Drop in Japan, U.S. Next (ABCNews, 07/10/2008, 346 words)
- FOXNEWS.COM HOME > SCITECH (FOX News, 07/11/2008, 1185 words)
- iPhone Users Plagued by Software Problems (nytimes.com, 07/12/2008, 719 words)
- iPocalypse? Snag Turns iPhones to 'Bricks' (ABCNews, 07/11/2008, 1596 words)
- New iPhone faster, but lacks vital features (sfgate.com, 07/12/2008, 843 words)
- FOXNEWS.COM HOME > SCITECH (FOX News, 07/11/2008, 667 words)
- Lining up for your iPhone? :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Technology (suntimes.com, 07/11/2008, 201 words)
- In the iPhone App Store, Developers’ Playground With Apple as Referee (nytimes.com, 07/10/2008, 1037 words)
- iPhone killer-app is letting users choose software (Washington Post, 07/10/2008, 830 words)
- Gadget Shop Selling Underwater Pogo Stick (ABCNews, 07/11/2008, 815 words)
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Story keywords
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IPhone, Apple, phones, store, SOFTWARE |
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