Join Philip Michaels, Jason Snell, Jonathan Seff, and Dan Moren for a panel discussion of the iPhone 3G, iPhone 2.0, and the App Store after a long, busy weekend of reviewing.
Even though the dust ought to have settled three and a half days later, people all over the country (and world?) are still spending hours in line for an iPhone 3G. It's a tall order for a phone, but clearly people are ravenous -- so here's all the news you need to catch yourself up on the goings on of the past few days.
P.S. -Sick of the iPhone news? Don't sweat it, we'll be live from the Sony and Nintendo E3 keynotes tomorrow!
Review!
iPhone 3G review
Hands-on coverage
iPhone 3G first look, what do you want to know?
Video: iPhone 3G unboxing and first look
Black iPhone 3G vs. white iPhone 3G... fight!
Activation fiasco
iPhone activation servers back online; stock updates from around the world
iTunes activation servers go down, iPhone 3G customers being sent home unactivated, first-gen iPhone customers stuck with dead iPhones
News and roundups
Are you having problems with iPhone 2.0?
iPhone 3G and firmware 2.0: the day after
iPhone 3G: guts, plants, and free SMS
iPhone 3G at one million sold and counting, App Store hits 10 million downloads
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