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Apple Stuck Apologizing For AT&T Yet Again With A $30 iTunes Credit
techcrunch.com - 6/22/2009
Apple Stuck Apologizing For AT&T Yet Again With A $30 iTunes Credit
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We’ve received a few tips of people saying they’ve gotten an email from Apple offering them a $30 iTunes Store credit due to the problems activating the new iPhone 3G S. Apple claims it is still working with AT&T to resolve the issue that has caused some new iPhones to still ...
gizmodo.com - 6/21/2009
Apple Issuing $30 iTunes Store Credit For iPhone 3GS/AT&T Activation Snafu [Apple]
— gizmodo.com — Following iPhone 3GS /AT&T; activation delays that were in some cases 48 hours long, Apple has allegedly... responded with a $30 "We're sorry" gift that will be good at the iTunes Store on Monday. Notification came by way of an email, which we've seen ... (more) Apple Issuing $30 iTunes Store Credit For iPhone ...

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How Apple, AT&T Are Closing the Mobile Web
wired.com - 6/22/2009
How Apple, AT&T Are Closing the Mobile Web
— wired.com — A growing chorus claims that Apple’s questionable approval policy for its iPhone application store raises issues with... net neutrality. Free Press, a group that advocates the idea of an open internet — that is, one in which consumers have ... (more) How Apple, AT&T Are Closing the Mobile Web

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Apple Offers $30 iTunes Store Credit for Activation Delays
macrumors.com - 6/22/2009
Apple Offers $30 iTunes Store Credit for Activation Delays
— macrumors.com — In an effort to compensate individuals affected by the delays in iPhone activation over the weekend, Apple... has been sending out emails to affected customers indicating that they will be getting a $30 iTunes Store credit. Dear Apple Cu... (more) Apple Offers $30 iTunes Store Credit for Activation Delays

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Apple apologizing to AT&T with $30 iTunes credit
Newlaunches.com — ... time to see what it was getting into. Another hilarious fact is that MMS is not activated in the United States when it is so in 20+ countries and it is just the same story for tethering too. Both are hopefully expected to hit the streets by this summer. The other fact I want to enlighten you all about is that the 3G S is much faster than the 3G, up to 7.2Mbps now but hold on, don’t get excited, AT ’s network can’t do the same yet and may not be in place for a couple of years more. [ Techcrunch ] ...

AT&T Screws Up iPhone Launch, Apple Cleans Up Mess with $30 iTunes Credit
Wired: Gadget Lab — ... Apple Stuck Apologizing For AT&T Yet Again With A $30 iTunes Credit [Tech Crunch] ...

Apple offers $30 iTunes Store credit to iPhone 3G S customers
Macworld — ... for the inconvenience this delay has caused. Thank you for choosing Apple. Sincerely, Apple Online Store Team If you were one of the first buyers of the iPhone 3G S and have suffered activation issues over the past weekend, you should be receiving a similar e-mail shortly (if you haven’t already). Try not to spend those entire thirty bucks exclusively on fart applications, huh? And while you’re at it, take a moment to marvel at just how good the customer service at Apple is. [via  TechCrunch ]

AT&T Drops The Ball on Activations, Apple Offers Some Compensation
Just Another iPhone Blog — Copyright © 2009 PatrickJ. Visit the original article at http://justanotheriphoneblog.com/wordpress/iphone-3gs/att-drops-the-ball-on-activations-apple-offers-some-compensation/ . Image Source: kattbox.livejournal.com As a few of you have commented about on here over the last few days, AT&T has dropped the ball on activations for the iPhone 3GS, big time – with some people being made to wait for up to 48 hours with an iPhone that was not yet a phone.  There are reports about this all over the web – TechCrunch has a good one HERE for example. Apple has been offering at least some of those affected a bit of compensation ...

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