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3G is shipping on the 23
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Nope...because it's nonsense.
I could just as easily say "Hey! I just got off the phone with an Apple rep. and they said the 3Gs will be shipping April 23rd!"
Unless you can show it in writing from a reliable source, I'm not buying it.
Only false If it didn't happen. As i said macmall said, which if you would take two seconds and look at the website you can only order over the phone, that it would ship on the 23. It is kinda hard to link a phone conversation. Also i said take it as it is, for it could be bs or it could change. Whatever i have seen much more bs threads and i was just trying to pass info that i had for those who were waiting on 3g's.
Of course the Apple Stores will get them but it will be first come first server, no reservations.
Nothing has been said about Best Buy and the 3G yet. Keep in mind that AT&T is providing the 3G so they'll surely have them in their own stores.
Do we even know that, since there's no contract and you don't need to do anything 'AT&T' to use it, now or ever.
Well, no, we don't even "know" that BestBuy is selling the 3G because there has been no official announcement. If AT&T is the data provider I'm sure they entered into an agreement with Apple to sell a device which is running on their own system. That just makes sense. They want in on the profit from the hardware too. The only thing AT&T isn't actually selling that is running on their system is the Nexus One.
I talked to this guy who knows someone who has a brother that went to school with the son of a manager at a store that is best friends with Steve Job's cousins boyfriend ... and he says that its a rumor.
Oh and the guy at Gamestop said Duke Nukem Forever is shipping next month
Do you even know what you're talking about?
Funny you brought up the Nexus One-Cuz i think the iPad 3G is in the exact same camp as it. It'll run on ATT, but ATT won't sell them. Why? Because it's not a cell phone. People won't think "oh! ATT!" if theyre thinking of buying a tablet. Also, most people going into ATT stores arent going to be as interested as people going into Best Buys.
Also, I doubt Apple would want ATT to sell them. The fact that they were able to get a contract-less internet thing from them just shows you that they know how much people hate ATT and hate dealing with them. Also, there's few enough iPads at is is. sending them to ATT stores would spread them out even thinner. (There's like...6 ATT stores just in 15 mile radies in my town.)
Apparently you're the one who doesn't have any idea what you're talking about. Trying to prove your point you verified it. You can't use the Nexus as an example because only Google sells the Nexus. You can't buy it from T-mobile or AT&T directly. Google is the sole vendor of the phone.
Oh, I will. Don't worry. In fact, the day the 3G shipping date and retail availibility is announced, I'll make a thread. If ATT is selling them, I will grovel at your feet. I will call you wise and much bigger than I in so many ways.
But if it turns out that, nope. Only Apple and Best Buy. And no plans at all of selling them in AT&T stores...Well. I doubt you'll acknowledge my thread anyway.
Oh, I will. Don't worry. In fact, the day the 3G shipping date and retail availibility is announced, I'll make a thread. If ATT is selling them, I will grovel at your feet. I will call you wise and much bigger than I in so many ways.
But if it turns out that, nope. Only Apple and Best Buy. And no plans at all of selling them in AT&T stores...Well. I doubt you'll acknowledge my thread anyway.
In either case, feel free to bring it back up because I want to see you grovel. Funny how you decided to remove all the info from the post where you were wrong. hmmm.
By the way, from Boy Genius Report...
I see you changed your inital comment. Hmm..
Anyway.
My point as using the Nexus as an example was that-No, you cannot buy it from a carrier. You can only buy them from a supplier and from specific retailers (Amazon sells it) just like the iPad. And even though carriers don't sell it, they are still the ones who provide the service. Just like the iPad.
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That article is from February 15. You'd think that after two months, if AT&T had any plans of selling the 3G, it would've been leaked for sure by now.
Just started in another thread. iPad shown in a new AT&T video. Do you want to start groveling now?
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/898779/
Earlier would be better. Flying out on Thursday for a weekend wedding and I wish I could bring my iPad on the flight instead of lugging my 17" MBP.
...and because I have this sneaking suspicion that it will be delivered while I'm gone.
Yeah, it's shown because they are the data supplier.
Nothing is proven until i hear "ATT selling iPad 3G" officially.
Guys started a new pissing match thread please...
Back on topic...i would like it if the 23rd were true; however, the hard evidence just isn't there. I don't know why Apple just can't release the date. The whole secrecy thing gets annoying.
Back on topic...i would like it if the 23rd were true; however, the hard evidence just isn't there. I don't know why Apple just can't release the date. The whole secrecy thing gets annoying.
This guy, just a member of a big forum, posts what he says some phone rep at a 3rd party reseller tells him, and acknowledges that it's no sure thing... and other forum members get all upset. What the heck?!
People speculate on this forum all the time. I mean, jeez, this MacRumors. The statements made in these threads aren't the epitome of integrity. Nobody is vetting the veracity. That's not what this forum is about. Not this part of the forum, anyway.
Are you guys upset that someone might be toying with your emotions over an electronic gadget? Lighten up! "But this stranger on a public forum said..."
People speculate on this forum all the time. I mean, jeez, this MacRumors. The statements made in these threads aren't the epitome of integrity. Nobody is vetting the veracity. That's not what this forum is about. Not this part of the forum, anyway.
Are you guys upset that someone might be toying with your emotions over an electronic gadget? Lighten up! "But this stranger on a public forum said..."
The quibble really is the subject title. The OP could have said "will likely ship" or "rumored to ship" The pissing match is well... it's just that.
Ok, I see. I didn't even pay attention to the title. I figure when a date really is known, it'll propagate to all the prominent gadget sites (posted by the site owners or writers) -- and not be limited to one thread on MacRumors.