Speaking to Bloomberg on Tuesday, Apple retail chief Ron Johnson offered some clarity on how his retail staffers will service droves of queued iPhone 3G hopefuls this Friday, how long each activation will take, and what kind of supply stores will hav...

Apple has issued emails and updated its iPhone pages with new information regarding iPhone 3G launch day procedures. Meanwhile, the first sets of unboxing photos are appearing on the Web now that demo units have started to arrive at retail stores aro...

Apple, disgusted with Rogers Wireless for dumping egregious service plans on would-be iPhone 3G buyers, has decided that its Canadian retail stores will have no part in helping the carrier market the new handset to customers, AppleInsider has learned...

The poor reception of Windows Vista, along with a strong Mac OS X, will help Apple continue to ship Macs at three times the industry average by the end of the spring, according to BMO Capital Markets.
While most observers are focusing on iPhone 3...

Due to their geographical location, New Zealanders will be the first in the world to have the opportunity to purchase an iPhone 3G on Friday (Thursday morning Eastern time), and Vodafone has just announced plans for the region starting at $60 per mon...

Apple on Monday night gave word that it would launch MobileMe just ahead of iPhone 3G, turning on the lights during a six-hour window on Wednesday evening.
A notification sent out to .Mac users warns them that most of the online service's function...

US-based Apple retail stores will join those of AT&T by opening at 8:00 a.m. local time on Friday, July 11th, to usher in the new iPhone 3G, the company said Monday.
Although a formal press release has not yet been issued, a statement on the offic...

Apple plans to rely heavily on its portable checkout devices to speed up the iPhone 3G checkout and activation process at its retail stores beginning this Friday, according to information coming out of the company's retail meetings. Other notes from ...

Vodafone has announced that its monthly rate plans for iPhone 3G will start at $47 (29.90 euro) in Portugal and $93 (59 euro) in Italy. Separately, Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM) has also announced its own monthly rate plans for Italians that start at j...

Yes, you heard right, the Cheif Technology officer at Segway, Doug Field, has left the company to become a VP of product design at Apple.
What does this mean? Actually it means nothing but it isn't hard for the mind to wonder on this one. Remember Steve Jobs was one of the people who said the Segway (known as the Ginger project back then) was as big a deal as the PC. (As a side note, here is an interesting little jaunt through the first Jobs meeting with the Segway team)
So who is Doug Field and why is Apple interested in him?
Doug Field is a guy who has dealt with electronics that go into motors and wheels and balancing his whole career. When you look at Apple's product roadmap, there is nothing currently there that fits into his expertise.
Here is Doug’s bio from Segway LLC’s web site:

As the Vice President of Design and Engineering and Chief Technology Officer for Segway LLC, Doug leads some of the most talented engineers and designers in the world in the conception, development, and delivery of radically new forms of transportation. Doug’s team is wholly responsible for the development of the Segway Human Transporter (HT) as well as all the research and development of future Segway products.

Doug’s career of managing and developing new products and manufacturing processes for the automotive and medical industries led him to DEKA Research & Development in 1996. He worked at DEKA for several years leading the prototype design and overall technical leadership for the INDEPENDENCE™ IBOT™ Mobility System. Prior to that he was the Manager of Process Development for Johnson & Johnson Medical, Inc. where he led the introduction of advanced manufacturing processes for high-volume medical device production. Earlier in his career, Doug was a vehicle development engineer and team leader at Ford Motor Company, focusing on the development of ride, handling, and noise and vibration characteristics on several car platforms.

Doug was a fellow in the dual degree Leaders for Manufacturing Program, a partnership between the MIT School of Engineering, the MIT Sloan School of Management, and major U.S. manufacturing firms, where he earned a masters degree in mechanical engineering and an MBA. He attended Purdue University for his undergraduate education, where he received a BS in mechanical engineering with highest distinction.

Some of the forum members even go on to postulate that Apple could end up buying Segway. While more than slightly premature, the possiblity certainly is interesting..
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Although it's not the first release and ample supply is expected, a queue has reportedly begun outside of Apple's Fifth Avenue retail store to buy iPhone 3G a full week before its release.
As of mid-afternoon on Friday, a ten-person line has been ...

"Actor Justin Long, best-known for his starring role in a series of Macintosh computer commercials, has purchased an apartment at the high-rise Blue luxury complex at 105 Norfolk St., on the Lower East Side.
The two-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment, listed by the Corcoran Group, was purchased for $2.4 million, according to the real estate Web site StreetEasy.com..."
New York Sun

Windows usage could fall beneath 90 per cent by the end of 2008, while Apple's Mac OS X claims double-digit market share, Net Application's latest internet figures suggest.
Aggregating data collected from approximately 160 million website visitors every month, the company charts things like browser usage online, as well as operating system statistics.
June's figures reveal Mac OS X use to have climbed 0.11 points last month, ending with 7.94 per cent share - a new high for the platform. (And you can add the 0.16 per cent share currently enjoyed by the also OS X-driven iPhone to that, giving Apple a share of 8.1 per cent).
While Microsoft continues to be the dominant player, retaining the huge marketshare the pursuit of which led the company to fall foul of anti-trust bodies worldwide, that lead continues to atrophy.
Microsoft' various breeds of Windows ended June with a 90.89 per cent share, down from 91.13 per cent the month before. It's a pattern of loss that has been a constant for the last two years, and if users continue to abandon the platform - and given the lacklustre feeling for Vista, there's no reason for them to fall back in love with the Microsoft OS - then there's a chance Windows usage could drop before 90 per cent this year.
While Microsoft is declining, Apple's clearly ascendant. It held a 6.18 per cent market share (by OS) in August 2007. That the company's Macs continue to fly out the door at growth rates that exceed industry averages has now begun to attract enterprise users to the platform. Any dents Apple makes in the enterprise will significantly erode Microsoft's stranglehold on operating systems, as the enterprise is where so much of the bedrock of Microsoft's OS dominance is based.

Apple Expo Paris has a 25 year history as Apple's number one expo outside of the US. It is actually older than the Macintosh and started in 1983. September 17-20th 2008 will be the 25th year in a row that it has been a meeting place for Apple technologies and the people who love them.
Unfortunately, this year, Apple won't be attending.
That doesn't mean they are closing up shop. Apple Expo this year has a huge list of attendees including Adobe, Microsoft, etc. and quite an interesting programme.
We hope to be on the floor again this year scouting out the new kit available.

Yes, you heard right! Ma Bell is slanging iPhones without plan obligations in the US for $400 extra without a contract. The unlocked devices will not allow users to switch SIMs however when they travel overseas which would negate most of the benefit of buying without a contract.
As it stands, it is hard to see why someone would buy without a plan because you can opt out of your AT&T plan right after signing up for much less money. This isn't a prepaid contract either, AT&T is still working on that...
BTW, if you want to see how to get ready for AT&T #G iPhone goodness check this video if you are a new customer and here if you already roll with AT&T.
The AP goes on to say:

Without a contract, users can cancel service without incurring an early termination fee. But both contract and contract-free phones will be "locked" to work only on AT&T's network, and the monthly service plans available will be the same, said AT&T spokesman Michael Coe. The plans add a $30 monthly charge for data like e-mail and Web surfing on top of a calling plan.
As previously announced, the cheapest monthly calling plan for the iPhone will cost $70 per month, before taxes and fees that can add $10 per month. That plan includes 450 minutes of calls and unlimited e-mail and Web browsing.
AT&T is working on providing a prepaid plan, Coe said. A prepaid option was available to buyers of the first iPhone who failed a credit check.