Posts Tagged ‘AT&T’

It looks like the outrage is dying down and the support group that was the SUPER THREAD has wound up. It hit 1115 pages before being locked by moderators and a new page was started that has barely hit 17 pages in a little over a week.

As with any new launch, failure to meet demand results in outcry and dismay. In the whole scheme of things people had to wait two weeks to get their new gadgets and there was some gnashing of teeth.

What can we learn from this? Well for one, the iPhone 3G launch and apparent shortages kept it and Apple in the news, which probably helped to move more units. Even with the much publicized delays, folks rushed AT&T stores to get their Direct Fulfillment order in or lined up for hours outside Apple stores in the hope that new shipments would bring enough iPhones for them to get one.

I haven’t seen the figures yet, but it seems that despite some issues with a small number (percentage wise) of handsets, most folks are very happy with their new iPhones. Mine seems to be just great and although I’m I"ll find several more apps for it, the ones I have so far seem to work as advertised.

The wait to get your hands on a new iPhone 3G through Direct Fulfillment now seems to be under a week. If you are lucky enough to have an Apple store handy, you can more than likely just walk in and buy one now.

We’ll have to wait for the next BIG release to see the same sort of reactions as were seen online about this latest release. Most likely something  along the lines of a TMX for christmas or the next iPhone in about a years time.

Shane

Today makes 10 since I ordered my iPhone 3G. In an amazing turn of events, the world hasn’t stopped since I don’t have the latest gadget. Life has continued pretty much as normal and I have been able to function. Sure I’ve had periods where I have been obsessed with refreshing forum threads and queue sites to see where my order is in the order of things.

Overall I’m still looking forward to getting it and don’t regret that I have it on Direct Fulfillment, while around the country people can walk into an apple store and buy it ahead of me. For one thing I live no where near an Apple store and for another I have a phone right now. Sure it’s a crappy Wal-Mart prepaid Go Phone, but it does the job of a phone quite well.

The thread over at the AT&T site is rapidly approaching 9000 posts, but I can see that it’s slowing up. Folks are getting their phones and while there are new people joining and complaining about not having their iPhone 3G after only a couple of days (Newbies!!!!) for the most part things are rolling along.

I have ordered a couple of gadgets for my new gadget and will post reviews as I get to use them. Mainly a Bluetooth

headset and the Invisible Shield.

Cheers,

Shane

Well I broke down last week and ordered an iPhone 3G black 16G. The bad part of that is that it seems most of the country ordered my phone as well. Demand has far outstripped supply and it’s going to be 2 to 4 weeks before phones started arriving. There are some who are being lucky and getting theirs early. I think that living in the ozarks will do 1 of 2 things. See that I get it early because the store I ordered from has fewer orders than those in bigger cities, or 2 get starved of supply due to being smaller. We’ll see.

There’s a thread HERE that as of this morning had 421 pages and 4205 posts about folks still waiting on their phones. One of the links from there is a way to track where you are in the queue and when you “possibly” could expect your iPhone 3G to ship.

http://www.wheresmydamniphone.com/

Att itself has a site where you can track your order, but it doesn’t compete with the masochism of seeing just how far away you are from getting that iPhone 3G you just had to have, but couldn’t be bothered waiting in line for 7/11. That being said, there are folks who ordered on the 7/11 who haven’t got there iPhones yet.

The site for att is HERE, you’ll need your receipt details, specifically the Order ID: (last 5 digits), the postcode of the store you ordered from and the iPhone 3G you ordered.

While it looks like it may take a month for me to get my new phone, it should prove entertaining to keep an eye on that thread to see just how big it gets, and how irate people get. Unless Apple and get supply moving and quickly, there will be a LOT of irate customers getting impatient.

Cheers,

Shane

This little tidbit I picked up from iphonenews.com and now I have a new site I have to check out.

WillItBlend.com is a site devoted to the age old question: will it blend? Who hasn’t wondered if something would go well in a blender?

Definitely worth your time to watch, and I’ll be sure to  swing over and see what else they’ve stuck in a blender.

Cheers,

Shane