gizmodo.com — Uh Oh... "Apparently Apple completely underestimated the load on their servers for activation and ALL COMPUTERS in the Boston Apple store are stuck" "I was in the first group of 30 to get an iPhone 3g at the biggest AT&T Experience store in Houston, Texas. The staff couldn't get anyone's phones to activate"
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jeffinfremontJul 11, 2008
Well at least I'm comforted to know I'm not the only one. Nice work Apple, you guys really f**ked this one up.
iplayyouandmeJul 12, 2008
Only one problem it's AT&T servers that failed. AT&T uses Windows. Go figure.
iplayyouandmeJul 12, 2008
Only one problem it's AT&T servers that failed. AT&T uses Windows. Go figure.
xthrawnxJul 12, 2008
"So one day of poorly executed initial release of a product..."Well, one could say they should have anticipated this and had a backup plan, etc. Don't get me wrong, I actually like Apple products, but their arrogance in marketing kinda makes me not care about their long-term success with this product. The intent was honorable, but execution out of the gate was sloppy and disappointing. A seasoned company would slowly release devices into the wild, stress test their activation environment, create redundancy for all critical components, and most importantly have a backup plan. It looks like none of that happened. Is that the same company you want being responsible for your cell phone's well-being? Not me!"I think for a relatively new player in the mobile industry you have to give apple some credit for innovating the industry and holding mobile platforms to a new standard."What standard are you talking about? The nuts and bolts of it have been around for a long time now, they've just got a pretty wrapper on it all. Maybe they've taken a step forward, but not a running leap."RIM, while still king of the corporate infrastructure has a arduous task ahead of themselves to compete with someone like Apple."Eh, they'll be fine. If anything it'll keep RIM honest, but I don't believe iPhone poses a threat just yet. Especially after this particular event. A lot of business users (well...any user, actually) who were affected by this are going to question every single update that comes out from Apple from now on. I would.
netsliderxJul 12, 2008
I agree with most of what you've said about this being a marketing ploy. I just don't understand why anyone would get in line at 9am when they went on sale at 8... I showed up at my local at&t store at 6am where the line was already wrapped around the building.. I got in the store at 9am and was out by 9:30 because we bought and activated two iPhones. I don't understand why it went so smoothly here in Indiana and hardly anywhere else.
sp1r1tJul 15, 2008
@slinky317Do you know what a corporation is?