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Activation Problems in iPhone Paradise
Thomas Hawk writes "Unfortunately it appears that some activations of Apple's new iPhone have gone badly. After waiting in line 36 hours I'm still unable to activate my phone. I'm documenting the AT&T circus call by call on my blog. I've had my hold calls dropped, been patched into other users unable to activate their phone instead of AT&T customer service reps, been told that my wife must get a new phone and that the family plan can't work for me. I've been told that the problem is that I'm not putting a new chip into my iPhone in the slot on the left side of my phone when no slot there exists. PR Blogger Steve Rubel has also been documenting his problems on his Twitterstream. According to an unscientific poll being conducted by Engadget about half of the people who bought iPhones have had activation trouble with about 38% of problems still unresolved." Even the folks at MacWorld weren't immune to these issues.
What did you expect from the first geneartion??
Thats right you early adopting Faggots.
The iPhone is the AIDS of gay sex.
You are just another Apple basher, just because you have a grudge against Steve Jobs. STEVE JOBS IS AWESOME!!! Apple is perfect, this is all AT&T's fault! You must be new here...
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I don't get it. What's so damned special about the iPhone? Any other company puts out a device like this and I guarantee you there'd be very few people taking it up, and they'd be labelled suckers by the rest of us. However Apple does it and suddenly its cool. Honestly I have had crap luck with Apple products - even my Ipod and my fiancee's - the only personal Apple gear I've bought in 2 decades have been trouble. Her's had a scratched screen, mine has a temperamental click wheel. Without those flaws they'd be good but not spectacular for what they are.
/. I don't expect much.
I set up an eMac for work a few years back and in a month it was off back to the Apple shop because the mother board had just suddenly died cold. This was a rarely used but usually left on and idle developers test machine. I saw enough to tell you I hate the interface and sadly my new Vista laptop looks just like a damned Mac.
I've come to the conclusion that Apple is good at one thing: Hype that creates a fanatical following.
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I would be wary of its results-- there are many people who are "haters" of the Apple products, of the iPhone, etc
Are you seriously trying to shift blame to a vast PC-user conspiracy?
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just keep making excuses for your gay lover, apple.
The iPhone has really fallen off the radar for everyone but Apple fans. Not really surprising despite the massive amount of hype Apple tried to generate that such an overpriced and poorly featured phone would only appeal to the niche hardcore Apple fanbase.
It sounds like Apple is already starting to pawn off the marketplace thud of the iPhone on AT&T. Damage control this early is not a good sign for Apple.
I didn't realize you cared so deeply for Apple and were persecuted so horribly for it. I'll try to be more sensitive in the future.
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Enough
I honestly dont give a fuck about the fucking iPhone anymore.
This endless blathering on has gone on quite long enough.
I dont care what some douche has to say on his twitchstream.
I dont care what an engadget unscientific poll has to say about it.
I dont care what MacWorld has to say about it.
I just fucking dont care anymore.
I'm sorry to troll, i really am, but this fucking circus is worse than any other hypefest we've had recently here.
Fucking knock it off.
Come read my stupid blagablog. Rants and Giggles
You're just utterly petrified of the possibility that anything related to Apple might not have gone utterly smoothly, and desperate for a scapegoat.
Wow. Fantastic. "Amazing UI! I just can't get or make calls INSIDE MY HOME!" You might want to explore your priorities when it comes to a phone's feature set as it pertains to you.
I completely agree. This morning I opened my usual morning batch of sites, among them CNet, and what do I see? 50% of the articles are about this freaking iPhone. :-/
Never underestimate the relief of true separation of Religion and State.
I am certain that there is a distinct FUD campaign going on. Some seems to be from the media...especially NBC....hmmm MSNBC anyone? And some seems to stem from people who would catagorize as apple haters. What kills me is every apple hater i have ever met has NEVER USED A MAC or anything APPLE. What they hate falls into a couple of catagories. #1 Too expensive....they cant afford it or wont pay the price so they have to slam it....sorta like the camero's rock Ferrari suck attitude. #2 is the MS fan boy who seems to have no clue what OS X is or why it kicks the crap outta MS. Heck most linux heads agree that OS X is the nicest version around...it does limit some of what you can do (customizable) but by far is the polished diamond of *nix's. Everybody ive shown it too and let use it has been amazed at how functional and easy to use it is. Let the dust and hype settle and antihype settle. Apple has their small % of cell market they said they would get.. (people forget that Jobs said he only wanted what 1% of the cell phone market was it?) Anyways let time be the test. We will see...my money is clearly on Apple. And for those not paying attention they have returned excellent payouts on the money bet on them.
. I love the sound of burning women and screaming rubber....