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AT&T Suspends Online Sales of iPhone in New York City

Posted on 28. Dec, 2009 by admin.

Customers are reporting that the is no longer available for NYC zip codes

Although there have been reports of high dropped call rates for the Apple iPhone, a spokesperson for the company has contacted DailyTech on multiple occasions insisting that these reports are patently false and its partners at Apple are wrong.  Unfortunately, to date, our contact at the company has been unable to provide any sort of information on their metrics on dropped call rates in the NYC or New York state to help us verify these claims.  That said, it seems relatively obvious that the nation’s second largest carrier has struggled of late as it has cut its 2009 capital spending, limiting vital infrastructure upgrades.

Now Apple and partner AT&T may be resorting to a unique tactic to solve their NYC woes – at least to those that are looking to purchase the phones online.  Customers made the unpleasant discovery over the weekend.  Looking for a bit of iPhone Christmas cheer, they instead got a lump of coal in their stocking from AT&T.  Going online to purchase the phone, they discovered that when they typed their zip code –11231 — in the order form, they received an error message saying the iPhone was unavailable.  Similar searches for zip codes in midtown, Staten Island, the Bronx returned the same error.  Next turning to famous zip codes in other cities — like 90210 — they quickly verified the ban appears to be for New York City only.

Calling AT&T’s service line, The Consumerist chatted with a customer service rep named Daphne.  The rep reportedly commented, “I am happy to be helping you today . Yes, this is correct the phone is not offered to you because New York is not ready for the iPhone.  You don’t have enough towers to handle the phone.”

The reporter inquired, “Thank you for your help. So the phone is not available to people anywhere in the city?”

The AT&T service rep. responded, “Yes this is correct Laura.”

AT&T released a cryptic public relations-speak statement that seems to confirm that the phone has been pulled indefinitely.  Writes AT&T spokesperson Fletcher Cook company in the statement, “We periodically modify our promotions and distribution channels.”

Another possible explanation for the surprise blockade on iPhone sales to NYC is that it’s a crude attempt by AT&T to block credit card fraud.  Some early reports indicated that AT&T was adopting the measure to try to counteract high fraud rates in the city.

Whatever the reason for the online sales ban, we predict there will be a rush on iPhones at the Apple store in NYC.  After all, the ban doesn’t effect customers with existing iPhones — it just prevents customers in the Big Apple from buying new ones online.

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Wyse Technology Releases Enterprise Class iPhone App for Desktop Virtualization

Posted on 29. Aug, 2009 by admin.

Wyse Technology, the global leader in thin computing and client virtualization, today announced the availability of its Wyse PocketCloud(TM) App. PocketCloud is a brand-new app that allows IT administrators and end users to access their PC and virtual desktops remotely through the convenience of their iPhone or iPod touch.

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Yulong Launches Coolpad N900 in China to Combat iPhone

Posted on 21. Aug, 2009 by admin.

Yulong, a mainland Chinese supplier of high-end smartphones, announced the launch of its 3G mobile phone, the Coolpad N900. Just as Apple is about to reach an agreement on entering the China market through cooperation with China Unicom, the new Coolpad N900 looms over the sales prospects of the iPhone 3G by winning itself the title “iPhone Killer”.

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Travel Assistant Pro App by nodconcept(TM) Adds TripIt Pro and iPhone OS 3.0 Support

Posted on 12. Aug, 2009 by admin.

nodconcept(TM) today announced a major new version of its flagship travel itinerary application, Travel Assistant Pro for iPhone and iPod touch. The new version adds full support for TripIt’s new TripIt Pro service and implements a variety of new features available in iPhone OS 3.0.

Travel Assistant Pro 3.0 builds on its extensive list of features by fully integrating support for TripIt Pro, TripIt’s itinerary monitoring and travel alerts service. Travel Assistant Pro is the first and only app to implement support for TripIt Pro. Using TripIt in Travel Assistant Pro is as easy as emailing (plans@tripit.com) your travel itineraries and launching Travel Assistant Pro. The app will automatically download your itinerary, so it is with you everywhere you go.

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Apple’s App Store Downloads Top 1.5 Billion in First Year

Posted on 15. Jul, 2009 by admin.

Apple® today announced that customers have downloaded more than 1.5 billion applications in just one year from its revolutionary App Store, the largest applications store in the world. The App Store is also growing at an incredible pace with more than 65,000 apps and more than 100,000 developers in the iPhone™ Developer Program.

“The App Store is like nothing the industry has ever seen before in both scale and quality,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “With 1.5 billion apps downloaded, it is going to be very hard for others to catch up.”
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