Apple Phone Show Episode 1
Welcome to the Apple Phone Show!
Run Time: 14:07

Host:
Scott Bourne: Podcastgearguy.com, Podcastingtricks.com, iLifeZone.com

Special Guest:
Chris Breen: MacWorld Magazine and Playlist Magazine

Welcome to the very first episode of the Apple Phone Show! We're here to keep you informed of all the latest notes, news, and rumors about Apple's much-anticipated iPhone! We're going to have Chris Breen joining us from MacWorld for each show, an editorial from Scott, and lots of tips, tricks, etc. You're not going to want to miss a single episode! You can e-mail us at info@applephoneshow.com with any questions, suggestions, or tips you may have.

The iPhone is a few weeks away, and already we have accessories hitting the market for it. There are cases and other goodies trickling out and no one even has the phone in their hand yet!

Where we are today:

1. It looks like the phone will be on time at some point in June. Dates look to be the 11th (WWDC), the 15th (an email rumor), and the 29th (an AT&T Shareholder rumor).
2. It's going to most likely be in short supply!
3. Get on any lists you can now! If you think you're on it and you haven't gotten an e-mail, get back on it.
4. Every single survey indicates that the iPhone is going to sell tons. (Scott points out that today's nay-sayers sound like iPod nay-sayers).
5. Will Apple open up to third party apps? Not sure. Not really important yet but it will be eventually.
6. Will it sync with PCs and Macs well? Hopefully, and if it does, it'll be a success.
7. Apple is hiring iPhone support reps in Austin Texas. Check it out at Apple.com
8. Will AT&T Subsidize the iPhone? Looks like no as of now, but we shall see...

There is a series of small snips of previous podcasts featuring Leo Laporte, John C. Dvorak, Merlin Mann, Alex Lindsay and others discussing the iPhone with Scott.

And now the iPhone News from Chris Breen:

On April 3, Apple sent out an announcement to people that the iPhone really is coming out in June!! No exact date was given, but we'll take it! Like we said earlier, go sign up so you can get the e-mails!

Piper Jaffray says that 1 in 4 teenagers would be willing to buy the iPhone at $500. Chris thinks we should survey the parents instead. As he says, that's a lot of lawns to mow! In Scott's 'hood, the kids can loan the parents $500. Good to know!

Leopard will be delayed until October because Apple needed to pull resources over to the iPhone team so that they could hit their target date. Just goes to show how much the iPhone means to them.

That's going to do it for now... If you have any questions, comments, concerns, tips, etc., let us know at info@applephoneshow.com. On the next episode we should have Andy Ihnatko from the Chicago Sun Times who's writing one of the first books on the iPhone so don't miss it!

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Thanks to Apple Phone Show producer Vincent Ferrari for the shownotes!

Show theme by Steve (derx_2004@mac.com).