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• Sorry about the problems, but in general, it's probably not a good idea to install a huge operating system update the day of a massive product launch or more importantly the day before you leave on a trip.
  
  Not saying Apple & AT&T aren't responsible, but you as a user have some responsibility as well.
  
  Apple shutting off the updates or sending them out in a tiered or progressive rollout, as you suggested, would have been a good idea. Hopefully they consider that next time. I'm sure they're just as overwhelmed and upset at about today's event as everyone else is.
  
  I know the promise of apps is too exciting and there was massive pent up demand from current iPhone users who were likely waiting to go 3G til they played with 2.0 software first (I myself installed 2.0 software yesterday via leaked firmware)
  
  The situation today really isn't all that different from last year's launch, except for you have all these people with 1G iPhone's
  
  Everything just seems worse today because people are looking back to last year through the reality distortion field we were all under at just having the phones. I think that combined with the echochamber of twitter make it SEEM worse. Check this out for a little reminder that people were still not activated a day later (and some were stuck for a couple days) http://xrl.us/kkozq fo
  
  Your phone's aren't dead people, they'll come back to life as soon as Apple gets servers back up from MASSIVE worldwide demand.
  
  I think it's also important to remember that Apple hasn't ever done this large of a international product launch that involved activation. Last year the iPhone was launched only in the US and supplies were relatively limited. Today we have stores in Tokyo with 1,500 handsets selling out and people just continuing to wait in-line until tomorrow in hopes of getting a handset.
  
  Namaste. In reply to: "iPhone launch-o-mess-o-rama"

  July 11, 2008

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