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Let the craziness begin. The Apple website was up and down all day June 16, 2010 when pre ordering iPhone 4 began. The Title line read"Have It June 24, 2010" and with in hours it changed to July 2, 2010. Wow thats insane sold out before pre ordering officially began. That's right they started a day early to avoid site issue of the past. It didn't work. The Apple website and the ATT site both had problems because of heavy traffic.
It would appear that those who had the time to constantly refresh the page did place there orders for iPhone 4 with delivery date on June 24, 2010. On the other hand if you waited or didn't get through early you where shut out until July 24, 2010. And forget about getting white.
The delays also trickle down to AT&T Stores as they use their own website to set up accounts and register iPhone serial numbers.

Every year since 2007 Apple has had issues with launching iPhones. The sites crash and inventory drops. It could be clever marketing or any number reasons, but our money is on a purposeful methodical slow release of inventory by Apple. If we think about it Apple has had 3 years to get launch days right. The company also just sold 2 million iPads within months of launch. This would tell us they are fully aware of whats going on and are trying to drive hype. The best marketing in the world is creating a feel of urgency in consumers.

The New iPhone Is absolutly incredible. We are getting more images by the minute. The iPhone 4 will have more than 100 new features.

In our previous post we where in a bit of a hurry and may have mis informed some readers. The Newest Apple iPhone is the "iPhone 4" and it will arrive June 17, 2010.
We have also learned that the new phone is seamless, has glass on both sides and also has a front facing cell phone camera.
Up to 32GB of storage; Quad-band HSPDPA/HSUPA. 7.2Mbps down; 5.8 Mbps up. "That's theoretical because the carriers don't support it yet…" Dual mic for noise suppression; 802.11n; GPS + Bluetooth.

Well we finally know what and where about the New iPhone. The iPhone will be called "iPhone 3.0" featuring Apple OS4 and will ship worldwide June 17, 2010.
We have only preliminary reports from WWDC as Steve Jobs is yet to deliver his keynote.
Tethering, Voice Control and some other fascinating features have been announced.

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DRC will continue to roll out services for the remaining prominent mobile devices. “DRC is partnering with a client to complete delivery of a branded iPhone application that the client will make available to its customers through the iTunes store,” said Stephen Korow, DRC’s Vice President of Technology. “DRC will also be releasing a version for the Android before the end of the year.”
Source: HONOLULU--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DRC (Decision Research Corporation)