MacRumors iPhone and iPad Blog: Apps, News, and Rumors

Despite citing 2-4 week delays in iPhone shipments made from the online Apple Store, Apple has notified some customers that their iPhones will ship by July 6th (Friday): Good news! We're happy to let you know your iPhone will ship by July 6th, 2007. Visit Order Status for the most current information on your order. iPhone orders will ship in the order they were placed. We're working hard to ...

Businessweek reports on an iPhone tear down by Portelligent which estimates the component cost of the iPhone at $220. Portelligent estimates that the cost of the materials used in the iPhone add up to about $200 for the 4-gigabyte version, which sells for $499 and about $220 for the 8-gigabyte version, which sells for $599. Their estimate doesn't include costs of final assembly, but it does give...

JohnMuch.com posted some Javascript benchmarks of the 8GB iPhone compared to his 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 4GB of RAM. He ran a number of different online benchmarks including JSSpeed: iPhone Try/Catch with errors 378 Layer movement 3078 Random number engine (Did not compute) Math engine 3474 DOM speed Testing (998/1000) Array functions 1739 String functions 535 Ajax declaration 1089 ...

Apple has posted an iPhone Battery Replacement FAQ and policy. The replacement program costs $79 plus $6.95 in shipping and takes three business days for service. All daya will be cleared from your phone so it is important to sync your iPhone with iTunes prior to...

It's been well publicized that the iPhone requires a 2 year contract for activation, and that the other iPhone functions (iPod, Internet) are unusable without proper activation. That hasn't stopped people from trying to activate the iPhone otherwise, or to get an off-contract plan. No Contract Earlier reports from AT&T documentation revealed that iPhone would be offered with "Pick Your ...

As noted by TUAW, Apple has launched (iPhone Link) movie trailers for the iPhone that was previously spotted. The iPhone specific page offers links to iPhone-formatted movies, which launch their own video player in Safari. The videos stream over the internet and can be watched in both landscape...

iPodHacks posted a Gallery of images taken with the iPhone. Meanwhile our own forum members are posting photos taken with their iPhones. Click on thumbnails for full size...

As it turns out David Cann's iChat for iPhone (iPhone Link) is the only instant messaging application that can be used on the iPhone, though its not without its bugs. I'm not sure if David made changes to his iPhoneChat site since Friday, but it was not working on the iPhone when I first tried it. Keeping focus on the IM text field and scrolling back to see what has been said is a bit...

Apple has posted a Day One Gallery with images from New York, San Diego, Miami Beach, and Chicago. A lot of people who seem very happy to be spending...

Inventive users can download the iPhone 1A543a restore image (93MB) from Apple. The link was discovered through iTunes 7.3, which offers users the capability to restore their iPhone to factory default settings. The resultant .zip file provides a Firmware Folder and two DMG (one password protected). There have been some ongoing efforts to unlock the Apple iPhone, but no documented success. ...

I took some iPhone size comparison pictures today for y'all. Let's start in the kitchen.... The iPhone as compared to a slice of delicious cake. Comparing it to a standard-sized can of soda. This Microwave is .6 cubic feet. The size of a sandwich and some pringles. Looks like if you trim the bread a little bit you could have your own starchy, non-functioning iPhone made of...

It appears that Apple has taken ownership of iPhone.com. Apple has owned iPhone.org for years, but the .com name has been owned by a 3rd party company. The whois information reveals that the domain points to Apple's nameservers, and correctly redirects to http://www.apple.com/iphone. The Whois owner information remains hidden under ownership by " Domains by Proxy, Inc." Domain Name:...

Engadget has posted their "definitive" iPhone user interface gallery. So if you wanted to see the interface pages in detail, here they are. They've also posted high definition video of the iPhone and its various user interface transitions and...

Gizmodo has posted photos of the iPhone compared to various other electronic devices, including the iPod, Zune and more. More photos at at Gizmodo....

Appleinsider's Kasper Jade posts an interesting walkthrough with his experience trying to port an 8 year old Verizon mobile number over to the iPhone. After multiple attempts and several calls through Verizon and AT&T customer support, he was able to find a solution that did...

One common area of confusion appears to be the ability to access Password Protected WiFi networks. Part of the problem is that the iPhone will gladly accept any password for the Wifi network without any particular error message if its wrong. Instead, you simply are unable to access Wifi, and the iPhone will keep defaulting back to EGDE. Note the "lock" icon next to 021J8 Many routers...

One day after the iPhone release, and the reviews and impressions are rolling in. Reader reviews are being posted to this thread with other areas for iPhone Accessory, iPhone Application, and iPhone Help/Troubleshoothing discussion. We've also had regional discussion about buying an iPhone at the Apple Store, with our own Katie's buying experience. Despite with what appears to be a high...

June 29: iPhone Night. This morning, I had to get to work at 11 am. I work at a toy store and although a somewhat steady stream of customers came in, it felt like an eternity before my coworker arrived to cover for me. She walked in the door at 3:45 and I bolted! I was out of my Learning Express apron, had my purse in hand and in the car by 3:46. I wanted to wear something other than...