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Shtatovskie retailer Apple reduced the price of makbuki

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Several retailer in the U.S. reduced the price of makbuki.  Naturally, this is possible only with the consent of Apple: price dropped from $ 1100 to … $ 800 – at $ 300, just unbelievable! History reminds the situation with the iPhone, when in September 2007, the retail price of the 8 GB model has plummeted from 600 to 400 dollars.

Changing riteylerovskoy policy could serve as a signal to expand the price range makbukov before launching a new model, which is expected on 14 October.

MobileMe Users Get 60 Free Days

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Apple is trying to make friends and influence people who have been disappointed over the latest issues with the iPhone 3G. Apple is offering MobileMe users 60 days of service for free.

The company’s wireless syncing service was supposed to replace its .Mac service and provide nearly instant data syncing between a user’s home computer and an iPhone 3G. But MobileMe has been beset with difficulties since its launch in July.

“The transition from .Mac to MobileMe was rockier than we had hoped,� read a note on Apple’s support site. “While we are making a lot of improvements, the MobileMe service is still not up to our standards. We are extending subscriptions 60-days free of charge to express appreciation for our members’ patience as we continue to improve the service. �

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iPhone praise, concerns: WSJ, NYT, USA Today

The iPhone 3G’s official launch on June 11th is just over two days away, and several industry heavyweights have already offered their opinions on Apple’s next generation device, offering mostly praise, peppered with a few criticisms. Among the acclaimed technologists were Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal, David Pogue of the New York Times, and USA Today‘s Edward Baig. The three writers noted that the different pricing structure and 3G battery life were two small strikes against the new device, but ultimately considered the upgrade to be a boon. Mossberg felt that the 3G incarnation is “a more capable version of an already excellent device”, citing that the 3G browsing speed was between three to five times as fast as the 2.5G iPhone. He also observes that the phone has the same overall appearance, save for its curved, plastic backing, but weighs a tiny bit less. Mossberg notes that, while the phone can be synchronized with either individual computers or Microsoft Exchange networks, but cannot maintain both accounts without wiping out the personal account’s information.

In addition, he feels that despite the interface improvements to the OS (multiple email deletion, parental controls, et al), some features are still missing, such as copy-paste, MMS photo support, or instant messaging, among a few others.
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iPhone 3G sales hampered by Windows Mobile

By Prince McLean

Sources within Apple’s retail stores report that sales of the iPhone 3G are being slowed down by handhelds running Microsoft Windows Mobile/WinCE. That’s because the stores have been selling new iPhones to customers using the old EasyPay, a problematic Pocket PC handheld computer that’s causing employees lots of grief.

Apple began using the EasyPay devices in its retail stores in 2005. Ever since, management has been pushing to expand the use of the handheld systems, in part to deliver more personal service in stores commonly designed without a prominent check out area, as well as to provide flexibility in handling transactions for customers without requiring them to stand in checkout lines.

An initial report by Peter Burrows in BusinessWeek detailed Apple’s optimism for the devices back in 2005, explaining, “Steve Jobs believes that many people who are comfortable buying on-line — and that’s a rapidly growing percentage of the total — will not only accept but will actually prefer getting their receipts electronically. Also, the wireless, paperless checkout gives Apple an opportunity to improve in-store service, as well.”
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Apple iPhone ad banned in UK due to “misleading” claims

By Sam Oliver

Advertising regulators in the UK have ruled that one of Apple’s iPhone television commercials mislead customers and ordered it banned from further broadcast.

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said it received complaints from two local viewers who took issue with a claim in the 30-second spot which stated that “all the parts of the internet are on the iPhone.”

That assertion was misleading, they said, because the iPhone does not support Flash or Java, two proprietary technologies that sometimes prove integral in the display of certain web pages.

When contacted by the ASA, Apple said it built the Safari web browser on the iPhone using open standards, and that it could not reasonably assure compatibility with every third party plug-in or technology on the market.

The Cupertino-based company also argued that the reference in the ad to “all parts of the internet” was simply aimed at highlighting Internet site availability, not to every aspect of functionality available on every website.

The ASA noted Apple’s argument that the ad was about site availability rather than technical detail, but considered in its deliberation that the claims “Youll never know which part of the internet youll need” and “all parts of the internet are on the iPhone” implied users would be able to access all websites and see them in their entirety. Click to continue »