Weekend blog entries are fairly rare for me, but I wanted to write up some thoughts about my first day with the iPhone while they're fairly fresh in my mind. Now that I have both an Ocean and an iPhone in my hands, I'm well equipped to start thinking about how they stack up side-by-side.
Posted on June 30, 2007 2:01 PM
By around 5:00 pm, with the AT&T store doors shuttered, and everyone waiting expectantly in line, people started to notice that the entire shopping center we were in had lost power. After lots of murmuring in the crowd, the rumor was that a nearby car had struck a light pole and knocked out power around us. After several nervous visits from AT&T store employees out to the line, the store manager came out and informed us that Georgia Power was working on the problem, and they expected it to be fixed at 7 pm. He was very apologetic and appreciative of the time we'd all been waiting. And we all hunkered down to wait again.
Posted on June 29, 2007 8:06 PM
Just wolfed down a Publix sub, charged up the laptop batteries, and am hitting the internets for a quick update. Here's a wider shot as well: I just saw on Twitter that there are 185+ people at the Lenox Mall...
Posted on June 29, 2007 1:43 PM
So if you want a good shot at it here in Metro Atlanta, I'd come on down here to the AT & T corporate store on Cascade Road as soon as you can:
Posted on June 29, 2007 11:46 AM
iPhones one through four will be bought by Brandon and his family. Brandon drew waiting duty in the family, and he and his sisters will all be on the family plan. The AT&T store folks said they'd honor the family...
Posted on June 29, 2007 9:59 AM
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Posted on June 29, 2007 9:40 AM
The potential problem for consumers isn't the huge market share in and of itself; after all, that's what many companies eventually want in their respective industry and they shouldn't be denigrated just for finding a way to create a large customer base. I'm not an industry analyst, but let's say good for them on that. And in the business of selling access and internet services, there are certainly ways a huge company can operate so as to provide choices for the consumer and still make lots of money. No, the risk for consumers is that BellSouth/AT&T might be tempted to change the face of the product they are selling by infringing on the current neutrality of the internet. And with such a huge market share, their ability to reduce choice is just amplified all the more.
Posted on March 15, 2006 10:05 AM
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