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Singtel: 30,000 pre-orders for iPhone launch in Singapore

techstock2000 @ June 30, 2008 # 5 Comments

On June 30, 2008, jnaina shared information received in a meeting with some people from Singtel regarding the excitement for the upcoming iPhone launch in October.

Singtel’s 30,000 iPhone 3G pre-launch order
Met with some Singtel folks today, and the talk was how Singtel has received a tremendous response to the iPhone ahead of the launch [...]

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Store Report: West Hartford, CT

techstock2000 @ June 28, 2008 # No Comment Yet

On June 28, 2008, nontekkie visited the Apple Store in West Hartford, CT and posted this report:

 
Apple Store recon
Getting cabin fever, I needed gas anyway so I took a ride for a recon at the Apple store in West Hartford. I wanna know how they can afford all the employees! I have to assume [...]

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AT&T Wireless Store Recon

techstock2000 @ June 28, 2008 # No Comment Yet

On June 28, 2008, pingdave posted the following report of his trip to the local AT&T Wireless Store:

 
AT&T recon
I talked to my buddy Zeke, the former Windows mobile enthusiast AT&T store sales person. He said he gets asked about it a lot, and when I walked up he said “Hey, it’s Mr. iPhone. 8 [...]

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RIMM vs AAPL — No Free Pass

techstock2000 @ June 26, 2008 # One Comment

On June 25, 2008, Centex posted the following:

RIMM closed on June 25 at 142.336  At that price, RIMM had a:
P/E of 52.5 
EPS of $2.26 (trailing 12 months)
with  564 million shares outstanding. 
Rimm closed down in AfterHours trading because of “disappointing earnings.”

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iPhone 3G FCC filing discovered

techstock2000 @ June 25, 2008 # 2 Comments

Apple’s FCC filing for the iPhone 3G has been discovered.  Included among the documents filed by Apple are the following:

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Forecast for the 2nd half of 2008

techstock2000 @ June 24, 2008 # No Comment Yet

On June 23, 2008, TechStock2000 posted the following:

Pingdave wrote:
I posted about a year or so ago about the iPhone / RAZR similarities.  Gene Munster coincidently carried the same theme, and did much more work on it soon after.

It is not at all unlikely that AAPL could sell 45 million in 2009. His target. Go look [...]

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What’s to come in the next months?

techstock2000 @ June 23, 2008 # No Comment Yet

On June 23, 2008, TechStock2000 posted the following:

There are a couple of Apple events that we know are coming up soon.

1.  iPhone 2 hits the first tranche of countries on July 11.  Lines, lines and more lines.  Lots of press, both positive and FUDdy.

2.  The AppStore opens on July 11, bringing a whole new wealth of capabilities [...]

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Frustrated by AAPL’s price?

techstock2000 @ June 12, 2008 # One Comment

On June 12, 2008, sp97330 posted the following:

Are you frustrated that a company of Apple’s accomplishments and bright prospects seems to be treated badly by the public stock markets? 
Get used to it!!!

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iPhone Country Count to 78

techstock2000 @ June 12, 2008 # One Comment

On June 12, 2008, Cotten999 (editor of AAPLinvestors.net) posted the following update to his iPhone countries chart:

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iPhone’s possible impact on China

techstock2000 @ June 12, 2008 # One Comment

On June 12, 2008, obxfun asked the board their opinion of what might happen in China once ubiquitous internet access become possible with a device like an iPhone. X_trapnel posted the following in answer to that question: Here are a few thoughts from my own perspective, for what they’re worth. From [...]

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