Rumor: iPhone "wristbands" to be distributed
If you're in line with Greg - or any other iPhone line, for that matter - this may be of interest to you. According to the modmyiPhone forums, Apple Store employees will be distributing color-coded wristbands to iPhone customers. Shoppers will be let into the stores 50 at a time until the supply of iPhones ends. Forum poster Poetic Folly claims to know that his local store is getting 500 units.Other details as reported by modmyiPhone:
- The line will form at the entrance of the mall closest to the outside of the Apple store.
- Wristbands will be distributed in the line at 5pm on Friday.
- The first 50 customers will be let into the Apple Store at 5:50pm and then more groups of 50 following that until the store closes that night.
[Via ifoAppleStore]
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Eric M said 2:32PM on 6-27-2007
that appears to be mall specific (the line formation part). My mall is doing it indoors
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rich said 3:17PM on 6-27-2007
Oooo... *cross fingers hoping the N. Michigan Ave. store in Chicago gets 500 iPhones*
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xGenius said 3:53PM on 6-27-2007
the fact that the iphone will not be able to send MMS messages was enough to kill the deal for me. i was all set to switch, get rid of my Moto Q and jump on in, but no MMS? how else am i supposed to get naked pictures of my girlfriend on my phone? isn't that the only reason i'm so attached to my phone anyway?
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Justin said 4:32PM on 6-27-2007
@ xGenius,
Well presumably email. If the plans have unlimited data and a limited number of SMS messages, I would think I would find myself using email more.
The catch of that is of course, if you're messing to other people on phones, you'd have to SMS. Unless they have an iPhone where could email them as part of your unlimited data.
I guess you could be old-fashioned and just call them on the phone ...
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Michael Hodges said 4:37PM on 6-27-2007
xGenius - go buy your girlfriend an iPhone too, and she can just email the pics.
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harsh said 5:07PM on 6-27-2007
I would hope that MMS will be available later in a firmware update. Unless Apple/AT&T have some business reason not to include it? I can't think of any reason for them to purposely withhold that feature. My guess is not enough time to develop and push out the iPhones by June 29.
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punkassjim said 6:45PM on 6-27-2007
Just about every cell carrier provides their subscribers with an email address to which you can send your intended "text message," or picture. Works just fine, at least with my verizon phone.
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artifex said 8:14PM on 6-27-2007
The city of Southlake, in Texas, won't allow camping in the city, so people can't camp out waiting at that Apple store. They also can't form long lines outside.
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shubopshadangalang said 11:06AM on 6-28-2007
OH. MY. GOSH. WHO. CARES. seriously, i'm on the verge of taking TUAW off my feed list.
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