Just over a year ago, when Steve Jobs announced that Apple estimated 10 million iPhone sales, a lot of people were skeptical. After all, Apple was not even in the phone business. The 10 million figure As great a success as the original iPhone was, the iPhone 3G looks to be even more successful. In just 3 days, Apple has sold 1 million iPhone 3G units. The original iPhone took 74 days to reach the same goal.
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What a day it’s been so far, and it’s not over yet. The Internet is full of chatter about the new iPhone 3G and related services which are being launched today. Not only is Apple releasing the iPhone 3G is 20 countries, it is also:
- releasing the iPhone 2.0 firmware update for previous model iPhones
- launching MobileMe
- launching the App Store (in many more countries)
So how are things going so far?
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There are many things to look forward to today : new iPhone 3G, new iPhone 2.0 firmware update .mac replacement “Exchange for the rest of us” MobileMe and the Apple App Store. Even more exciting is the fact that the iTunes Store is now available in more countries : including Malaysia! If you have downloaded iTunes 7.7, you can choose Malaysia as your iTunes Store country.
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One undeniably positive thing that the iPhone has done for the smartphone industry, is to raise the bar in terms of feature integration, ease of use, and now price. As a result, we now have a choice of better, lower cost phones which are frequently compared to the iPhone. Since Apple has not produced a CDMA/EVDO version of the iPhone, many other phone makers are rushing to fill up the void. One of the most talked about “iPhone killer” for EVDO is the Samsung Instinct.
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