Today is iPhone 3G day and Wow! has Apple has really screwed it up! Everyone is trying to download the new iTunes 7.7 software, iPhone 2.0 update, the new applications and games in the App store and set up new iPhone 3G activations all on the same day! Apple's servers are down, phones can't be activated and 1st gen iPhones are being bricked upgrading to the new software. I'm a HUGE Apple supporter but this is really unacceptable and could have been avoided by doing the following:1) iTunes 7.7 should have been released last week to get everyone ready.
2) 1st gen iPhone users should have been able to download the new 2.0 software on Monday as a thank you gift from Apple and been able to play with the new apps and games before everyone else. This would have made the early adopters happy and given Apple more free publicity that the new 3G iPhone was coming Friday.
3) With all this traffic out of the way, the servers would be open to handle all the new 3G activations on Friday making a great worldwide launch!
It makes no sense to expect your servers to handle all of this traffic on one day and after having launch issues with the original iPhone, I would have expected Apple to be more prepared this time around. Apple FTL
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