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Research firm iSuppli’s checks with iPhone component makers suggest that the iPhone may be experiencing software problems, as evidenced by Apple’s redistribution of resources last week from the now-delayed Leopard OS to the iPhone.
“We’re hearing it’s mostly an issue with the complexity of the device,” said iSuppli analyst Jagdish Rebello. Rebello said Apple is dealing with problems discovered late in the testing phase.
Apple recently filed for a patent that would turn a mobile phone into a “universal remote control [that] needs no special knowledge about the appliance,” according to the patent filing.
Basic concept drawings (shown right – click the image for a larger view) show a device shaped much like Apple’s iPhone.
That means you might be able to use your iPhone to control your TV and computer, to navigate through PowerPoint slide show presentations, and even to maneuver through Apple’s iTunes store.
“The mobile phone can be used to control popular programs such as iTunes,” Apple wrote in the patent filing.
The question is will this feature be available on the iPhone in June or will we have to wait for iPhone 2.0?
Contrary to the speculations of many around the blogosphere, Apple will not release the iPhone on June 11, as evidenced by Apple’s statement yesterday announcing the Leopard OS delay.
“iPhone has already passed several of its required certification tests and is on schedule to ship in late June as planned,” said the press release (emphasis mine).
When CNET reported that a Cingular customer service rep. said iPhone would be released June 11, I called 25 Cingular stores to see what they had to say, and none knew of the June 11 release date.
Unless June 11 is “late June,” it seems my suspicions have been confirmed: the iPhone will not come out June 11.
Dear Canadian iPhone enthusiasts,
I know I’ve been juggling your emotions around with this whole Rogers Wireless deal.
First I said Rogers would be the exclusive iPhone carrier in Canada.
Then I announced that the wireless company had changed its mind and denied that they would be Canada’s iPhone provider.
Now, O’Grady’s PowerPage is reporting that a customer service rep. at Rogers Wireless said the company “will be carrying the iPhone and will actually function as the exclusive Apple iPhone carrier.”
After announcing in January that it had iPhone plans in Canada, Rogers Wireless told CBS News today, “We haven’t announced whether we will carry the iPhone… Everything in the media has been speculations to this point.”
Rogers Wireless said in a January e-mail to its customers that it was working closely with Apple to launch the iPhone in Canada “as soon as possible.”
“Costs and considerations for adding a new phone to its lineup, including business and technical factors, may have offered compelling reasons for [Rogers Wireless] not to carry the device,” Ronald Gruia, an analyst with market research firm Frost & Sullivan in Toronto, told Apple Insider.
iPhone service up for grabs in Canada. Any takers?
EDIT: Ok, now Rogers is saying it WILL be Canada’s iPhone provider. Here’s the link. You decide.
It’s amazing how one phone call to Cingular could spark such a craze among iPhone fans. Search “iphone” on Google News today and you’ll see a ton of websites claiming the June 11 iPhone release date.
Just because a Cingular customer service person says iPhone will be released June 11 doesn’t necessarily mean it’s true. I called twenty five Cingular stores nationwide asking about iPhone’s release date, and not a single one told me June 11. In fact, some sales representatives told me May, July, and even “next month.”
The point is, although the iPhone may be coming out June 11, I wouldn’t take it as solid fact yet.