The setup asks whether you already have an AT&T account and you'd just like to add your iPhone to it, or if you're creating a brand new account. Users can also activate two or more phones all from the comforts of their pajamas and iTunes.
Transferring one's mobile number also looks like it's a snap. The process "may take up to 6 hours," and apparently your current service will be disconnected simply by following through with this iTunes activation (at least that's what the description text says). Transferring a home number, however, is apparently another process entirely, and a link is offered to take you elsewhere for more information.
For those who can't live by 200 monthly SMS messages alone, the plan selection screen offers two upgrade options that might appeal only to the heaviest of texters. The next step up from 200 is a whopping 1500 total messages for $10, with unlimited costing $20.
For those who can't live by 200 monthly SMS messages alone, the plan selection screen offers two upgrade options that might appeal only to the heaviest of texters. The next step up from 200 is a whopping 1500 total messages for $10, with unlimited costing $20.
We've known for a while that Yahoo! Address Book would be an option for synching, and it appears that Apple has made it about as easy as possible to do this. It looks like all you'll have to do is click this button and enter your Yahoo! credentials to get up and running.
This 'Put new events in...' option is, in a way, a little disappointing to me, because I was hoping calendars would sync perfectly between iPhone and iCal. Looks like this won't be the case, though I can, in theory, kind of understand. I've tried categorizing events into separate calendars when entering them on other mobile phones, and it was admittedly a bit of a pain.
Now this last one is the bizarre detail that has both us and commenters puzzled: notice anything weird? How about that 74.40 GB capacity? The end of the video zooms in and out of the iTunes window, clearly showing the iPhone in the left sources list and a 7.2 GB capacity in the Summary tab, but this capacity rating at the bottom of the window has us scratching our heads. Are they performing some trickery here, using an 80GB 5G iPod to demonstrate some of this synching stuff? Or did they use a pre-production 80GB iPhone to hint that in just a few months, all the early adopters are going to experience iPhone envy all over again? Your guess is as good as ours here.
That's about everything we noticed from the video - but did we miss something? You know what to do.
This 'Put new events in...' option is, in a way, a little disappointing to me, because I was hoping calendars would sync perfectly between iPhone and iCal. Looks like this won't be the case, though I can, in theory, kind of understand. I've tried categorizing events into separate calendars when entering them on other mobile phones, and it was admittedly a bit of a pain.
Now this last one is the bizarre detail that has both us and commenters puzzled: notice anything weird? How about that 74.40 GB capacity? The end of the video zooms in and out of the iTunes window, clearly showing the iPhone in the left sources list and a 7.2 GB capacity in the Summary tab, but this capacity rating at the bottom of the window has us scratching our heads. Are they performing some trickery here, using an 80GB 5G iPod to demonstrate some of this synching stuff? Or did they use a pre-production 80GB iPhone to hint that in just a few months, all the early adopters are going to experience iPhone envy all over again? Your guess is as good as ours here.
That's about everything we noticed from the video - but did we miss something? You know what to do.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
6-26-2007 @ 10:15AM
artifex said...
Awesome, David, I just asked if the activation process would work for current AT&T subscribers, and you paste that image showing that yes, it should. Thanks.
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6-26-2007 @ 10:22AM
geezer said...
who knows, maybe we will see an 80GB touch-screen iPod without the Phone?
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6-26-2007 @ 10:24AM
Matthew Sandoval said...
the video also shows a 2-year contract during the activation process. i didn't see any other option. i thought the idea was that 2-years would not be required (based on the text being removed from the commercials). what happened?
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6-26-2007 @ 10:25AM
Matt said...
It looks like there will be no way to sync or use the features of the phone *without* an AT&T plan - this very tightly integrates the two. Disappointing for those of us with excellent GSM network but no AT&T service.
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6-26-2007 @ 10:26AM
Marco F. said...
The 80gig iPhone is being prepared for the european launch :-)
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6-26-2007 @ 10:32AM
Gene Cowan said...
Another interesting thing: the "Ringtones" tab seen during the keynote is now gone. No way to put custom ringtones on the device?
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6-26-2007 @ 10:32AM
Konstantino said...
Here's something interesting: the iTunes interface looks a bit different (note the side bar's BLUE select bars as oppose to black).
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6-26-2007 @ 10:35AM
Seth Burnett said...
One thing I noticed, during the Macworld keynote in January, Steve showed a slide of iTunes with the iPhone connected and it had a "Ringtones" tab. But now in the activation video that tab is gone. Kinda disappoints me. Though not enough to be there on Friday to get my iPhone.
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6-26-2007 @ 10:35AM
ciprian said...
80GB is probably the disk capacity of the computer they sync their iphone to.
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6-26-2007 @ 10:38AM
tallmojo said...
Do you understand the early adopter backlash if they went from 8GB to 80GB in a few months?! I certainly hope Apple understands!
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6-26-2007 @ 10:39AM
Bala said...
Does anyone know if those 200 SMS messages include International Text messages?
(I know I'm being overly optimistic in asking this question)
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6-26-2007 @ 10:40AM
sevenmatthew said...
Hey guys, wow interesting, i wonder what carrier we are getting in the uk and the details??
Thanx
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6-26-2007 @ 10:43AM
Xof said...
This is what happens when the designer in charge of making the video uses a previous existing template from the iPod 80Gb :D
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6-26-2007 @ 11:01AM
David McLeod said...
It is just a mistake. Check out the video at 4:15 minutes in and you will see everything is as it should be.
Clearly someone messed up when doing the UI animation. (these are large screen comps that they most likely animated in Flash as an example).
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6-26-2007 @ 11:01AM
procrastinatr said...
What's wrong, Chartier? Can't take a joke? For somebody who posts those great "tickle me" entries like procrastinatr and kernel panic screen savers, you sure to have a fragile sense of humor and quite the tin ear.
mike garpenfargle
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6-26-2007 @ 11:04AM
David McLeod said...
Oh and as a side-note, you can see at 6:17 minutes in that the film 'Wedding Crashers' is featured. This is odd because none of New Line Cinemas feature films are available via the iTunes Store....perhaps that is a mistake as well or they are coming soon?
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6-26-2007 @ 11:18AM
Cycomachead said...
yup newer Blue interface (my guess is Leopard) and no ringtones tab.
Interesting about Wedding Crashers. Hmmm. I thought the status bar at the bottom looked weird watching it, but I wasn't sure. 80GB would make the phone considerably fatter, and I REALLY like the slimness . I think its a video mixup.
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6-26-2007 @ 11:25AM
Wolvereen said...
I guarantee that the 80GB is a 5.5 gen ipod, NOT an iPhone. The 6G iPod and 2G iPhone will both use solid state drives. The biggest solid state (Samsung) is 64GB.
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6-26-2007 @ 11:39AM
pmd said...
Has anyone heard from any source or wonder about Apple Care for the iPhone? Whether it will be avaialbe from the Apple Store and AT&T stores or will it only be the cellular provider's monthly insurance.
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6-26-2007 @ 11:53AM
Rob said...
It's a shame that you can't manually manage your music on the iPhone. Another playlist to create.
Currently those 64 gig drives are $1,000. In a year they will be affordable, I hope.
My wife is on AT&T and I will join with my new iPhone. I wonder if it will be difficult to create a family plan with a current user (sans iPhone) and a new user with an iPhone? Only if I could convice her to buy an iPhone also. Oh wait we can barely afford one.
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