Top Items:
Wall Street Journal:
The iPhone Is Breakthrough Handheld Computer — One of the most important trends in personal technology over the past few years has been the evolution of the humble cellphone into a true handheld computer, a device able to replicate many of the key functions of a laptop.
Discussion:
CNET News.com, IP Democracy, paidContent.org, IP Telephony, VoIP, Broadband, MacRumors, Gizmodo and Paul Kedrosky's …
RELATED:
David Pogue / New York Times:
The iPhone Matches Most of Its Hype — Talk about hype. In the last six months, Apple's iPhone has been the subject of 11,000 print articles, and it turns up about 69 million hits on Google. Cultists are camping out in front of Apple stores; bloggers call it the "Jesus phone."
Discussion:
Apple 2.0, TechCrunch, CrunchGear, Gizmodo, Laughing Squid, MacRumors and Between the Lines
Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:
The iPhone will be compatible with Microsoft Exchange, after all — Apple's iPhone is going to be compatible with Microsoft Exchange Server, after all. — Earlier this month, a number of articles and analyst reports claimed that Apple's iPhone would not be compatible with Exchange Server …
Discussion:
Ars Technica, Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog, CNET News.com, Engadget, Josh Bancroft's …, jkOnTheRun, Bink.nu and TechBlog
Glenn Fleishman / New York Post:
DON'T GET 'HUNG UP' ON BUYING AN IPHONE — TENS of thousands of people are expected to line up this Friday for themost hyped gadget of the decade - the iPhone. — Don't be one of them. — Oh, it's a technological marvel. But Apple's all-in-one handheld isn't the best cellphone …
Discussion:
Reiter's Camera Phone Report, Epicenter, Inquirer, The iPhone Blog, The Unofficial Apple Weblog and SMS Text News
USA Today:
Apple's iPhone isn't perfect, but it's worthy of the hype — The mania over Apple's iPhone launch has created stratospheric expectations that are near impossible to live up to. Yet with a few exceptions, this expensive, glitzy wunderkind is indeed worth lusting after. — That's saying a lot.
Discussion:
Digital Daily
Dan Farber / Between the Lines:iPhone reviews: Not perfect, but worthy of the hype
Discussion:
Computerworld
Steve Dowling / Apple:
AT&T and Apple Announce Simple, Affordable Service Plans for iPhone — All Plans Include Unlimited Data & Visual Voicemail — AT&T Inc. and Apple® today announced three simple, affordable service plans for iPhone™ which start at just $59.99 per month.
Discussion:
GigaOM, Good Morning Silicon Valley, The Unofficial Apple Weblog, WebProNews, SiliconValley.com, Consumerist, Tom Raftery's Social Media, Digital Media Wire, dslreports.com, jkOnTheRun, michael parekh on IT, Gear Live, Jeremy Toeman's LIVEdigitally, Hardware 2.0, mocoNews.net, TechSpot News, Gadgetell, The Technology Chronicles, CyberNet Technology News, Tech Trader Daily, Digital Daily, Channel 9, Todd Watson, Engadget, IP Democracy, Christopher Null, Gizmodo, Venture Chronicles, Podcasting News, The Apple Core, MacUser, Digital Trends, Fast Company Now, Phone Scoop, O'Grady's PowerPage, Paul Thurrott's Internet Nexus, house of warwick, Zatz Not Funny!, Apple Gazette, ParisLemon and Slashdot
RELATED:
Steve Dowling / Apple:
Apple and AT&T Announce iTunes Activation and Sync for iPhone — Already Familiar to Tens of Millions of iPod Users — Apple® and AT&T Inc. today announced that iPhone™ users will be able to activate their new iPhones using Apple's popular iTunes® software running on a PC …
John Dvorak / PC Magazine:
Shut Up About the iPhone, Already! — This is the last week of Apple iPhone hype, hyperbole, and hand-wringing. Oh wait, I mean the last week of pre-iPhone hype, hyperbole, and hand-wringing—we have a few more post-iPhone months left on the calendar. I am sick of it. It's all anyone talks about.
RELATED:
Ryan Kim / The Technology Chronicles:iPhone keeping survey-takers busy
Discussion:
Digital Media Wire
Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:
Internet Radio "Day of Silence" hushes thousands of stations — Today is June 26, and that means that it's the Internet radio Day of Silence. The Day of Silence was organized by Radio Internet Newsletter publisher Kurt Hanson in order to protest against retroactive royalty rate increases …
RELATED:
Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:
Apple Stores to temporarily close at 2pm on Friday — We already know that AT&T retail stores plan on closing early on Friday—around 4 or 4:30pm—and then re-opening at 6pm for the iPhone launch. This is so that they can prepare for what they have ever-so-creatively dubbed the "iDay."
RELATED:
Loren Baker / Search Engine Journal:
Flickr Photos Integrated into Yahoo Image Search — Yahoo Image Search has added Flickr images into its image index. Now, Yahoo Image Search is serving over 300 million Flickr photos in its query results via a live feed from Flickr; so once an image is uploaded to a Flickr account, it's available via Yahoo Image Search too.
Discussion:
Mashable!, Search Engine Land, Scobleizer, WebProNews, Deep Jive Interests, Compiler and UNEASYsilence
RELATED:
Thomas Hawk / Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection:Flickr Photos Integrated into Yahoo Image Search
Discussion:
Conversion Rater
Eric Auchard / Reuters:
LinkedIn marks progress to IPO, hires ex-Tivo CFO — Armed with a bevy of new managers from top Silicon Valley firms and explosively growing revenues, business networking site LinkedIn Corp. is gearing up to become one of the first big post-dotcom Internet IPOs.
Inside AdSense:
We go round and round — As you'll recall, we recently introduced new formats for AdSense ads. This week, we've added a new dimension for publishers in customizing these ad formats. You've long been able to customize the size and colors of your ad units; now, you can also customize …
Eric Bangeman / Ars Technica:
Modder faces jail time after raid turns up counterfeit games, mod chips — A San Diego-area man has been arrested and charged with 10 felonies relating to selling pirated games and modding consoles. Frederick Brown was taken into custody earlier this month after his home was raided …
Tom Ivan / Next Generation:
'Vista-Only' Titles Cracked — Hacking group warez has released a patch allowing gamers to run Halo 2 and Shadowrun, both released by Microsoft as Windows Vista-only titles, on the firm's older Windows XP operating system. — It had been claimed that neither title would be able …
