It's party time as Australia greets iPhone (photos)
by ZDNet Author | July 30, 2010 8:24am PDT | Image 1 of 12
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It was party time in Australia with confetti, concerts, clubs, and caterers to help those pass the time instead of just waiting in long lines for their chance to get one of the first iPhone 4s. In Sydney more than 600 people braved the winter wind and rain, and warnings of 10 hour waits, to be among the first to get their hands on a new iPhone 4. Fans were apparently unfazed by 'Antennagate.'
ZDNet Australia bloggers Ty Pendlebury and Joseph Hanlon reported from one of the bigger stores.
Credit: ZDNet Australia
Talkback Most Recent of 14 Talkback(s)
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RE: It's party time as Australia greets iPhone 4
It's just a freakin phone people!
psquared00730th Jul 2010 -
RE: It's party time as Australia greets iPhone 4
are you serious? a party for the defective iPhone 4?
Loverock Davidson30th Jul 2010 -
RE: It's party time as Australia greets iPhone 4
@Loverock Davidson - Sorry if MS products don't generate GOOD parties when they sell their products (yeah, we all remember that silly 'how to throw a MS Vista Party c.r.a.p.)!
The Danger is Microsoft30th Jul 2010 -
RE: It's party time as Australia greets iPhone 4
@The Danger is Microsoft You forgot the Mojave Experiment! That was a big Vista party... they had a HUGE spread for the actors to nosh on after the cameras stopped rolling - that was their pay BTW... sort of "Hey, say something nice about Vista and we'll feed you" thing.
Pete "athynz" Athens30th Jul 2010 -
RE: It's party time as Australia greets iPhone 4
@Loverock Davidson
DUMBEST POST OF THE DAY AWARD GOES TO LOVEROCK DAVIDSON:
"iPod was successful. iPhone failed right out the door, antenna issues, bluetooth issues, AT&T issues. iPad failed, no one is talking about them anymore except the small community who actually purchased one. Microsoft Vista was the #1 selling OS in its day. Zune also had a good following and apparently worked as it was supposed to. "
The ONLY thing you got right was "iPod was successful"...
iPhone failed??? LOL what dream world are you living in...it's been the biggest success as a smart phone aside from Blackberry, even its problems have kept it selling steadily...
iPad fail??? 3 million sales in 90 days, 15-25 million projected for FY2011, and that's not counting iPad 2 slated for March-April of 2011? Fortune 500 companies adopting it? Universities adopting it?
The only thing that Microsoft has is vaporware to offer for any competition for the iPad or iPhone...haven't seen it and I bet I won't before Thanksgiving unless they release something fast just to show they have something to offer.
Vista was #1 because it was the ONLY OS available and people knew it stunk and sued Microsoft for releasing an OS with "Vista capable" stickers on systems that wouldn't even run Vista starter.
Zune? Don't even try to compare Zune success to iPod..it hasn't happened...I haven't seen one Zune in the wild..I've seen plenty of iPods, plenty of Sandisks, plenty of Sony players, but not ONE Zune.
Oh wait, there was the Zune touch I got my kid, but it was defective so I returned it and got an iPod touch for her. So I guess I have seen one Zune.
Thanks for the laugh, you have proven once again how truly blind and clueless you are, and a colossal waste of time.
You know ZERO about IT.
cyberslammer30th Jul 2010 -
RE: It's party time as Australia greets iPhone 4
@Loverock Davidson
The problem is AT&T and nothing to do with the iPhones 4.
It only happened in the US and you don't hear the rest of the world complaining about the antenna. The flaw is AT&T and the whining tech bloggers and goog fanboys.
AdanC30th Jul 2010 -
RE: It's party time as Australia greets iPhone 4
@Loverock Davidson - there was no defect, check the news before you post. you're just jealous of people who have the best.
Pederson30th Jul 2010 -
RE: It's party time as Australia greets iPhone 4
A party to feed the greed !
TxM2xTx30th Jul 2010 -
God must love idiots...
he made so many of them.
SonofaSailor30th Jul 2010 -
RE: It's party time as Australia greets iPhone 4
@SonofaSailor Yeah, they are waiting on Windows Phone 7 and the Windows tablet.cyberslammer30th Jul 2010 -
ROTFLMFAO!!!!!!!!
@cyberslammer Well said!Pete "athynz" Athens30th Jul 2010 -
This Is Awesome
I think it's hliarious, ZDNet and Gizmodo are just driving up the sales of iPhone and iPad with their FUD spreading around the globe..no one believes you anymore ZDNet, you just serve to bash Apple at every turn and no matter what Microsoft does you can't bash them because you're too busy getting kick backs from them.
Apple FTW.cyberslammer30th Jul 2010 -
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Steve Ballmer standing over an entire buffet line screaming "MINE!! MINE!!! MINE!!!"cyberslammer30th Jul 2010 -
RE: It's party time as Australia greets iPhone 4
Yes, here in Australia we have iSheep as well, unfortunately...
dcfan11st Aug 2010
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