Hasta La Gadget!

The Apple Store has just gone into maintenance mode globally in preparation for the launch of iPhone 4 pre-orders, and our readers seem intent on bringing down our tip inbox as well. Steady yourselves, chaps (and ladies), the fun starts when the Store goes back up so let’s pace ourselves with all the excitement. We’ll alert you as soon as that happens, but for now, let’s go easy on the old tip jar, eh? It’s not made of Gorilla Glass, you know.

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Update: AT&T’s online portal is showing an iPhone 4 pre-order front end, but is yet to offer users the actual option to order the phone up. See a screenshot of it after the break.

Continue reading Apple Store goes down as iPhone 4 pre-order prep enters final stages

Apple Store goes down as iPhone 4 pre-order prep enters final stages originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 15 Jun 2010 01:06:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The popular rumor going around right now at the eleventh hour is that AT&T will only be offering the black iPhone 4 models for pre-order tomorrow and at launch, with their white counterparts coming “later this Summer.” Considering the fact that the white version of the 4 is quite a bit more distinctive than the 3G / 3GS, that’s a bummer if true — but what we don’t know is whether this is strictly limited to AT&T. It’s entirely possible that Apple and third-party retailers will be offering the white models, and AT&T’s own distribution channel might just be suffering from some sort of buffoonery (that’s our hope, anyhow). Lending credence to the rumor is the fact that Japan’s SoftBank has already officially announced that it’ll only be offering the black models initially — and when we pressed AT&T on the matter, we got “no comment” in return. It’s not looking good, folks.

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White iPhone 4 likely not available at launch originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:58:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We don’t know what shenanigans are going on over in Vodafone HQ, but the UK carrier gave the world a quick glimpse of its iPhone 4 pricing today, before promptly removing the data sheets from the ether. Thankfully, a fast-witted reader by the name of Liam Gladdy captured the incriminating data for us, and we can now sit and ruminate on what Voda has in store. As you might surmise from above, the vast majority of users won’t be getting the handset for free, though that doesn’t necessarily preclude the contracts from representing good value. We note with glee that Vodafone keeps its data limit at a robust 1GB, unlike a certain other network, and the £30 ($44) a month two-year contract is looking decent from where we’re sitting. Prices over 18 months just jump by £5 in monthly outlay with handset costs remaining the same. Click past the break for the full breakdown, including details for the 32GB variety.

Continue reading Vodafone UK details iPhone 4 plans a little early, we keep the screenshots

Vodafone UK details iPhone 4 plans a little early, we keep the screenshots originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:13:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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For this week’s Photoshop Contest, I asked you to come up with some highly unlikely potential features of the iPhone 3. And, unsurprisingly, not a single one of your ideas actually made it into the phone. Probably for the best! More »

Steve Jobs didn’t seem too upset over the story of the lost / stolen iPhone 4 last night at D8, so we’re sure he won’t mind that yet more parts for his next-gen phone have leaked out — this time PowerBookMedic.com has scored the white version of the casing. As usual, the Engadget staff is now in a fierce and somewhat disturbingly violent debate over the relative style merits of black and white iPhones, so don’t look for us to get much done for the rest of the day. Many more pics at the source link.

White iPhone 4 casing shows up in yet more photos originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:32:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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