This page is a semi-automated link dump from all the stuff I tracked while the 3G version of the device wasn’t made public, and then some. It doesn’t try to be complete or unbiased – it’s just a link dump.
Graphics & Generic Development Resources
| Date | Link | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 1 | A touch of Cocoa: inside the iPhone SDK | With the extinction of the NDA, things became a lot more interesting. |
| Sep 5 | Ultimate iPhone Stencil | an OmniGraffle stencil for UI mockups |
| Aug 19 | iPhone GUI PSD | A Photoshop file with UI assets |
| Jun 3 | Yahoo Stencil Kits | Also includes some iPhone UI elements |
News Coverage
| Date | Link | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 28 | Linux on the iPhone! | Jailbreaking wasn’t enough, apparently, so the next step is to spend years trying to deliver an alternate sub-par user experience to 0.01% of people. |
| Nov 12 | Analysts: Apple and iPhone partners blowing it in India | More evidence of analysts who simply don’t know what they’re talking about – in a market as deeply segmented ias India and where phones and tariff plans are fundamentally different, the iPhone (or any other smartphone) simply can’t be sold in droves. |
| Nov 10 | iPhone 3G Tops RAZR, Ending Moto’s Three-Year U.S. Reign | Again, this isn’t really news, considering the average suckiness of US phones. |
| iPhone Best-Selling Phone in the U.S. for Q3 2008 | ||
| iPhone 3G (temporarily?) trounces RAZR as top consumer phone | ||
| Oct 30 | Analysts: Apple ‘Top 10’ Cell Phone Vendor As iPhone Grabs 2% Of Market | Somewhat hyped – I’d have liked a better definition of what they consider to be the market. |
| Oct 24 | Revised iPhone SDK NDA better late than never | The new NDA is not that different from the old one, but will help smooth ruffled feathers. |
| Oct 21 | So iPhone reached 11.6 million unit sales in past 12 months | Somewhat opinionated and clueless (esp. regarding profitability), but worth reading. |
| Apple Reports Fourth Quarter Results | Impressive. | |
| Oct 13 | iPhone 3G becomes second best-selling handset in the US | Not at all surprising, considering the average US phone is crap. |
| Oct 8 | The Relevance of 10 M – awaiting the final numbers for the iPhone | The percentages are mostly right, but there is an understimation of how much the industry is being driven at the high end (and in carriers) to react to the iPhone. |
| Oct 8 | iPhone wins heart and mind of British public, takes 4 awards | Funny thing about those British technology awards – they’re a public vote, and therefore largely a matter of perception, not experience. |
| Oct 1 | Apple Drops Part of iPhone Developer NDA | Making a whole lot of people sigh in relief |
| Sep 17 | Mixed data on smartphones sales makes iPhone a wildcard | Rather pointless, really. With all the different definitions of smartphone right now, nobody will ever be able to do any sort of precise stats, and everyone can claim a win. |
| Sep 10 | Apple Gains Smartphone Market Share | A minute gain overall, but measurable (depending, of course, on what you define as a smartphone). Here’s a local copy of the AdMob and Wireless Week stats graphs:
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| Sep 1 | Apple iPhone: 8 million and counting | Although I think that counting the 2G ones is cheating a bit. Still, it’s nothing compared to what Nokia sells (and is still much less than what they sell in new S60 models alone) |
| Aug 24 | iPhone 3G antenna test | Which shows that there is no problem whatsoever |
| Aug 17 | Apple trims push notification out of newest iPhone firmware beta | Makes sense – best to remove something that needs tweaking than to push out an update with problems |
| Aug 14 | iPhone 3G Issues: The Plot Thickens | I wouldn’t call it so much of a plot – more a sort of unsubstantiated hysteria. |
| What’s Behind the iPhone 3G Glitches | Speculation reaches the mainstream, sustained by little more than anecdotal evidence. | |
| Aug 11 | Analyst: 3 million iPhones sold in first month | Hmm. Nice. |
| Is iPhone’s 3G Connection a Disappointment? | Sometimes I wonder why it’s taking the US four years to catch up with Europe in 3G. | |
| Jul 17 | Apple’s iPhone Configuration Utility Disappoints | An interesting take on the enterprise tools. |
| Jul 14 | The Second Coming: Ars goes in-depth with the iPhone 3G | Up to their usual standards, and crammed with detailed shots. |
| First Impressions of the iPhone 3G and iPhone 2.0 | Short but informative. | |
| Apple Sells One Million iPhone 3Gs in First Weekend | Not bad. | |
| iPhone App Store Downloads Top 10 Million in First Weekend | ||
| Apple: iPhone 3G Battery Life Beats the Competition, Apple’s Own Tests | This has got to be a joke – not one Nokia or SonyEricsson in the bunch. | |
| Jul 13 | iPhone 3G: Hands-on reviewer’s notebook | Some decent points here. the full review is also worth a read. |
| Jul 12 | Apple iPhone 3G exposed | More details on chipsets and sourcing |
| Jul 11 | iPhone 3G disassembly | Loads of hi-res PCB shots. |
| Jul 10 | Apple releases iPhone Configuration Utilities for business | First decent mention of what profiles are, too. |
| Jul 9 | For iPhone, the’New’ Is Relative | Pogue weighs in. |
| Jul 8 | Apple’s new iPhone 3G: Still not perfect, but really close | An enthusiastic thumbs up, apparently. |
| Walt Mossberg reviews the iPhone 3G, isn’t that impressed | Neither am I, really. | |
| Newer, Faster, Cheaper iPhone 3G | Back when “cheaper” was still thought of as actual price. | |
| Jul 7 | iPhone 3G prices and plans for 21 countries | Pretty nice summary table. The plans are almost completely outdated by now (Sep’08), but it’s interesting nevertheless. |
| Jul 4 | iPhone Timeline | A great graphical timeline, a copy of which I saved locally: |
| Jul 1 | Apple posts iPhone 3G Guided Tour | Yep. No changes. |
| The Real Price Of The iPhone: $599 | Of course, $199 is with contract only. | |
| Jun 29 | Leaked iPhone prices in Spain, official in Norway and Sweden | Subsidizing seems to be paying off |
| Jun 26 | Orange announces iPhone 3G pricing and plan details for France | To be available Jul 17 |
| Jun 7 | Apple ranked third among smartphone vendors | Discussion of Gartner figures for the quarter, compared to 2007. |
| Jun 4 | The trend for form over function continues | almost a quarter (24%) of respondents upgraded to their iPhone having previously owned a Motorola RAZR Good grief. |
| May 29 | NYTimes Speculates On the Next iPhone | The unwashed masses go wild |
| May 28 | Analysts: Apple won’t sell 10 million iPhones in 2008 | I expect more controversy on this throughout the whole year. |
| The Guessing Game Has Begun on the Next iPhone | Surprisingly contained | |
| May 27 | Even more ‘leaked’ 3G iPhone photos make it out | Blurry shots of a white plastic casing. People eat it up. |
| May 19 | Analyst: Don’t Buy iPhone 2.0 | Hard to believe someone would base an entire piece on a Rob Enderle quote these days, but still, here’s proof. |
| 3G iPhone revealed in third-party case render? | Not really. | |
| May 10 | Newsflash! Firmware 2.0 hints suggest Apple might be working on a 3G iPhone | Shots of a prototype network preference pane. |
| May 9 | Safari YouTube, .Mac push e-mail found in new iPhone SDK beta | Probably the first credible reference to .Mac mobile enhancements (although it could just be IMAP IDLE support). |
| May 8 | O2 to customers: No more iPhone for you! | Purported shortages of 2G devices fuel the hype. |
| iPhone non-exclusivity in Italy – it’s all about prepaid | Not quite true, but an interesting rationalization nonetheless. | |
| May 7 | “More “leaked 3G iPhone shots hit the web | Some of these have nothing to do with the iPhone. |
| Apple and Orange in talks about multi-country iPhone rollout | pure speculation at this point (no press releases yet) | |
| May 6 | 3G iPhone again rumored for summer US/Europe launch, AT&T preps | AT&T schedules their training sessions a month in advance, and the wrong message gets out. |
| Vodafone, Telecom Italia announce massive iPhone rollout | Reactions to the first press releases | |
| May 1 | Case manufacturers getting early 3G iPhone size specs? | People start going nuts and debating whether or not there’s a front facing camera based on the sensor holes |
| Apr 29 | AT&T rumored to be considering subsidies on next-gen iPhone | First mention of $199 that I can find. |
| Apr 18 | Vodafone will reportedly carry iPhone in India in September | First mention of Vodafone deal, during a lull. |
