Filed under: Apple, iPhone, Apple History
Happy Birthday, iPhone
Yes, it is hard to believe, but our pal the iPhone will be 1 year old at 6 pm EST today. The iPhone has undergone many changes over the past year: from generating all the hype and buzz to being the best way to do everything on-the-go. The original iPhone sold at 6 p.m. (in each time zone across the US) at Apple and AT&T corporate stores for a retail price of $599 for the 8GB model and $499 for the now-discontinued 4GB model.With Apple set to release the next generation iPhone on July 11th, we can only stop and look back at all the accomplishments Apple has achieved over the past year. The iPhone has definitely changed the way we look at smartphones.
Thanks to everyone who sent this in!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
andy said 5:23PM on 6-29-2008
my cat died at 6:00 on june 29 2007. i hate the iPhone to a whole new level.
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leonwestbrook said 6:02PM on 6-29-2008
Happy happy birthday!
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reallycrazyguy said 6:09PM on 6-29-2008
The iPhone killed your cat?
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Rowan Pope said 6:48PM on 6-29-2008
Andy had been camping out in the Apple Store line for days, cat had no food. :( Very sad.
cyberguyiphone said 6:42PM on 6-29-2008
happy birthday iphone!!! even though i m getting the new one and don't have you anymore.
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Marco said 7:04PM on 6-29-2008
I read this blog with my iphone. TUAW has created a "mobile version" of the web log which has such small letters that it is near to impossible to read TUAW on the iphone anymore. The option "View the full version of the TUAW" does not work either. That is not a good birthday present!!! TUAW action required!!!
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Alex McKee said 10:03PM on 6-29-2008
Yeah, I'm also quite peeved about this too. Please fix ASAP.
Stu J said 3:27AM on 6-30-2008
couldn't agree more - a very bizarre move from an apple website!!!
Chris said 10:29AM on 6-30-2008
And as an important corollary to keep in mind, which I just noticed when I was doing some filing today (yes my iPhone receipt sat in a pile of papers for a year shut up): if you bought yours on the first day, your warranty expired on Friday! WOO-HOO! Oh wait, that actually sucks.
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p00pers said 7:49PM on 6-29-2008
so, the original went on sale at 6:00 PM, will the 3g iteration go on sale at the same time or when the store opens? I've waited a year for this one!
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Adrian said 12:43PM on 6-30-2008
Maybe you should have got the BlackBerry instead.
slappy said 8:38PM on 6-29-2008
Happy B day. Now how about copy and paste? :-)
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LBDG said 8:44PM on 6-29-2008
EDT actually, not EST :)
Sorry to be picky, but it's a huge pet peeve of mine. Why not just say ET all the time and be universally correct?
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Hobbes said 8:59PM on 6-29-2008
Wish we could be celebrating the same in Canada. Unfortunately Rogers (our carrier) didn't give us many reasons to celebrate.
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Dondi said 12:25AM on 6-30-2008
TOTALLY OFF TOPIC: Sorry to hijack this thread, but my iPhone suddenly stopped showing the Full Version of TUAW. Instead, TUAW is now rendered as a WAP-like list of posts with a link to "view the full version of" TUAW that does not work! Since there is no forum that I can query for a solution I am am reaching out to others who might have experienced this problem. Sorry. Any help on how to resolve is appreciated.
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steve mcKenna said 9:27PM on 6-29-2008
eastern standard time or eastern daylightsavings time?
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steve ballmer said 11:45PM on 6-29-2008
It's only been a year?
http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com
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Jash Sayani said 6:19AM on 6-30-2008
Happy Birthday iPhone !
Thanks for being with me always !!!
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dan workman said 8:46AM on 6-30-2008
My iPhone gave me a birthday present last night: the camera ceased to work. My mild resentment fuels no worries, though,... July 11 looms nigh...
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AwayBBL said 12:37PM on 6-30-2008
Point your iphone to http://www.myhip.com/iphone69.html and post your birthday message there
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