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by Steven Schwankert, IDG News Service
Cottage industry of 'line-waiters' and advance sales is springing up prior to the iPhone's Friday launch.
by Marty Graham, Wired
On the eve of the iPhone's June 29 arrival, wireless-industry insiders are scrambling to understand their customers before Apple takes them away. The trouble is, they can't seem to agree on the problem, let alone the solution.
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
A new report from In-Stat says that IEEE 1394, known to Mac users as FireWire, is heading for a slow decline in the face of major challenges from other interfaces and a stagnating market share.
by Scott McNulty, The Unofficial Apple Weblog
The main thrust of the video seems to be 'trust the keyboard.'
by Katie Hafner, New York Times
by Catherine Holahan, BusinessWeek
The picture quality is super and it's a snap to use, but this built-in webcam has lag and zoom issues that may disappoint frequent video bloggers.
by Stephen Shankland, CNET News.com
Adobe plans to release Photoshop Lightroom 1.1 on Tuesday, but bigger changes will come later when the company starts letting outside programmers add their own plug-ins to the software.
by Glenn Fleishman, Wi-Fi Networking News
Because seamless connections to hotspots require custom software—software that a third party can't install on an iPhone yet—iPhone owners who want to use hotspots will have to connect, use the browser, and login, too.
by Chaterine Elsworth, Telegraph
So it turns out I'm not the only journalist struggling to get my hands on an iPhone ahead of Friday's launch.
by Stephanie N. Mehta, Fortune
Stanley Sigman, CEO of AT&T Mobility, has been getting his team ready for iPhone mania for months. Sigman, a wireless industry veteran who is credited with turning around Cingular (as AT&T's wireless unit was previously known) five years ago, recently spoke about his company's hot new device, AT&T's partnership with Apple — and why the iPhone could be bigger than Caller ID.
by Walter S. Mossberg and Katherine Boehret, Wall Street Journal
Our verdict is that, despite some flaws and feature omissions, the iPhone is, on balance, a beautiful and breakthorugh handheld computer. Its software, especially, sets a new bar for the smart-phone industry, and its clever finger-touch interface, which dispenses with a stylus and most buttons, works well, though it sometimes add steps to common functions.
by Associated Press
"The whole idea of on-the-go instant gratification isn't there."
I wonder if one can download MP3s from iPhone's Safari browser?
by Edward Baig, USA Today
by Steven Levy, Newsweek
Certainly all those people lining up to buy iPhones will find their investment worthwhile, if only for the delight they get from dazzling their friends. They will surely appreciate the iPhone's features and the way they are intertwined to present a unified experience. But in the future—when the iPhone has more applications and offers more performance, with a lower price—buyers will find even more value.
by Heng-Cheong Leong, MyAppleMenu
Microsoft Exchange is much more than an e-mail server. Just turning on IMAP and letting iPhone access the e-mail portion is to ignore the other goodies that Exchange brings to the table. To access all the other stuff — calendaring, for example, Apple will need to pay Microsoft some money for a license.
And the rumor today is that Apple has done that already. Expect some announcement soon?
by David Pogue, New York Times
Even in version 1.0, the iPhone is still the most sophisticated, outlook-changing piece of electronics to come along in years. It does so many things so well, and so pleasurably, that you tend to forgive its foibles.
by Peter Cohen and Philip Michaels, Macworld
Just glancing at the names on that list, it's clear that whatever analysts think of the iPhone, Apple sees it squarely in the middle of smartphone territory.
by Sascha Segan, PC Magazine
by Elizabeth Montalbano, IDG News Service
Early adopters equpped with food, water, and other supplies as they await arrival of Apple's first cell phone.
by Gary Adcock, Macworld
by Erica Sadun, The Unofficial Apple Weblog
Apple has just announced that its retail stores will be closed on Friday, June 29th between 2 and 6pm to prepare for the iLaunch. Many retail AT&T stores have announced they will also close between 4 and 6pm for similar reasons.
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