As per usual following an Apple product launch some of the more far reaching headlines start to percolate around the web with bloggers, analysts, journalists and other members of the industry trying to ride the press coat tails and get some attention
Despite what most analysts regard as record sales, The iPod Observer points to a story in “The Street” that:
“The “whisper number” sales goal for the iPhone on opening weekend was one million phones. The fact that Apple seems to have missed that goal has competitors breathing a little easier, according to Scott Moritz of The Street on Tuesday.”
Yes, Im sure that the competitors actually read “The Street” and based on this guy’s seemingly magical insight have all suddenly decided to stop worrieng about the iPhone. Come one, seriously. Apple is locked up tighter than fort knox when it comes to financial information and you just happen to come across it. Give me a break. I love how these stories are presented with almost a sense of glee when there is the potential that Apple did something wrong.
Next is all the bru ha ha over ho is going to be the European carrier for the iPhone. Over the past week just about every major carrier was touted as “about” to announce that they had won the contract. Earlier in the week it was Vodafone. Then it was T-Mobile and now supposedly O2 has one the contract in the UK. So basically, no one actually knows, but everyone is picking up on this story, particularly the last one and reporting it as a done deal. If anything the most believable carriers would be Vodafone and T-mobile, mainly because their network icons have already been found in the iPhone’s software. Hardmac.com has even reached the nefarious conclusion that Apple is only going to bring the iPhone to market in Uk, Germany and France, which again makes no sense, as while they may be the largest countries, demographically both Ireland and Norway have significantly higher percentages of cellphone use so why would you exclude a country that could offer potentially higher sales and have the same networks operating in those countries. Again it is just people letting their imagination get the best of them and then reporting it as news. Even better, O2 have now come out and stated that they do not have the contract. Anyone want to amend their stories? Anyone?
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