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Okay. (And it worked re: me and the EVO. I did not purchase an EVO when it first came out because the leaks on the iPhone were intriguing enough to make me curious. However, the actual announcement wasn't exciting enough to make me skip the EVO…
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Quote: Originally Posted by trumptman I have 24 hour Walmart near me. If I understand right, these phones were not preordered nor presold so if I suddenly became very weak at say, midnight tonight, I could go pick one up and activate it with an A…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Bageljoey This isn't even close to true. You only have to go back to the major announcement before the iPhone 4--the iPad. It had PLENTY of hype and interest, but we knew essentially squat. We didn't even know what ope…
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Nice try, but I won't take your bait. Well, maybe I'll nibble at it a bit. I like both Apple and Android phones. I currently own four iPhones, and it will be five by Thursday afternoon. Oddly, for the raving Android fanboi you paint me out t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by DJinTX This is good news, although I guess for me it is a moot point. Now that I think about it, I have the 3Gs, and will be upgrading. So I am assuming they will have to deactivate the old phone and activate the new…
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Quote: Originally Posted by veblen The 3GS appears to be a different story though because they allowed at home shipment and home activation. My call to apple support confirms this will be the case with 4G if you buy from the apple store. So the…
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Quote: Originally Posted by veblen My apologies. I had my 3GS delivered to my house after buying the original in the store using the process I linked to. Should have done this before replying. http://lmgtfy.com/?q=iphone+3GS+activation+ …
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Quote: Originally Posted by jragosta I'd stay away from that Apple store. Their employees obviously don't know the process. You should have asked for a manager. There was never any requirement to activate your phone in the store. Every iPhone …
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Quote: Originally Posted by veblen Your obviously here to try and confuse people. Of course you'll be able to activate your store bought phones at home. They'll just have to verify your AT&T contract information at time of purchase to verif…
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Quote: Originally Posted by DJinTX So does anyone know the activation process for iPhone 4? I loved being able to purchase my original iPhone at the store and then take it home to activate via iTunes. Seems like Apple forced activation at the s…
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Quote: Originally Posted by iancass79 Actually laughed out loud. What is the big deal with a photo of an iPhone box at Wal-Mart. It isn't like it was a leak. The phone comes out in 1 day (mine delivers tomorrow). It isn't a big secret any…
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OMG! OMG! Look at the box behind the iPhone box, it says CDMA. Wow, that must mean Walmart's got the Verizon CDMA iPhone in stock and are going to announce it's release in a big surprise on Thursday!!!!!!!! Sheesh. Just kidding, but I am su…
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Quote: Originally Posted by AppDev Lol yup. They days of apple's super secrecy might just be over. Clearly they are. There isn't a soul on the planet, at least in the tech-saavy crowd, that didn't know just about every detail of the last few…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Damn_Its_Hot I think this had more to do with him having this news almost 8 months ago -- not that he was the first to post a comment today. Just not Daring Fireball style. It's slightly amusing in that light if it …
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Quote: Originally Posted by anonymouse Someone already said that in post #19. Yes, I meant in response to me directly. That wasn't my real point anyways. I don't think the hype machine and secrecy works to Apple's benefit any more. Or may…
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Quote: Originally Posted by JeffDM I guess if it's real, I'd like to hear their use case. I always figured that the trackpad idea was the best that could be done with the constraints of a notebook computer. But once you can have a detached devi…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jasenj1 Are there any utilities out there to make a Touch or iPhone a trackpad? That would seem like a very useful utility - add in some way for apps to put buttons on the display and I think you'd have something prett…
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Quote: Originally Posted by shubidua Am I the only one feeling sorry for Steve here? It's like when he had to introduce the unibody MacBooks and everybody knew about them already. The guy likes to make a show out of these keynotes, but with all t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by johngruber first! Welcome to my ignore list. FIRST person ever to earn that honor on this forum. Guess you actually really were first at something. LOL. Re: the actual device: I WANT THIS. I prefer the MBP t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by nkhm Probably because wi-fi is more freely available in the rest of the world than in the US - my entire city centre is a wi-fi zone, my train to London is wi-fi enabled, my home, my office, my clients offices, my favo…