Apple: App Store still coming July 11
The App Store won't be arriving in June, despite reports to the contrary based on Apple's Australian Web site.
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Apple has moved to squash rumors that the iPhone's App Store could be coming sooner rather than later.
Earlier Wednesday, Apple's Australian Web site had a little note at the bottom of its page about the iPod Touch that said "Shop for hundreds of applications made for iPod Touch. Available June 27." On Monday, Apple announced that the App Store, which is part of the iPhone 2.0 software release, would arrive on July 11.
An Apple representative confirmed that July is still the plan, and the Aussies have since updated their page to point to a link to the iPhone's SDK page. It's not clear where the June 27 date came from, but there seems to have been some confusion this month about the App Store: a source told us last week that applications would be "launching" on Monday, and in this context, "launching" appears to have meant "showing off quick snippets of the application's capability."
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The published price being advertised all over for the new apple iphone 3G is $199?what they are not telling you is that price is only for new ATT customers and those current ATT customers who happen to be eligible for an equipment upgrade (according to ATT, upgrade eligibility is ?generally? determined by the amount of time remaining on a current contract). For all those current ATT customers who do not happen to be at the end of their contract, the actual price for you is $399 plus an $18 upgrade fee along with a new 2-year contract. ATT is penalizing their long-time, account in good standing, customers a whopping $200. Why is the actual price of the new iphone not being advertised for what it is?$399? It?s the same price as the old iphone with an increase in the data plan.
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- by tpn14 July 8, 2008 3:14 PM PDT
- kmont1234- i dont believe you, but even if they did, sice im really looking forward to the app store, then i'd jailbreak the hell out of my ipod touch.
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