The smartphone appeared to be sold out for trip-in purchases at the vast majority of Apple outlets in the United States a day after it launched, the latest sign Apple was having a urgently time meeting demand.
"The demand for the iPhone 4 is off the charts. We're working hard to get them to everyone as quickly as admissible," Apple spokeswoman Natalie Kerris said.
But there were a handful of stores where, to the surprise of some shoppers, the iPhone was indeed convenient.
Seattle had four stores with supply on Friday morning, while another city in the Pacific Northwest, Portland, Oregon, had two stores with iPhones in appraise.
Even a store in Los Angeles had some on hand, an outlet at The Grove -- one of the city's busiest and best-known malls.
A spoil red panda was born at the National Zoo in Washington, DC on June 16. The newborn is the first red panda to be born at the zoo in 15 years.
The proud parents, two-year-old Shama and three-year-old Tate, first met in February 2009, and got detailed immediately. But because red pandas mate only once a year, and “because the two were inexperienced,” it took them a few tries to get Shama enceinte, the National Zoo said in a press release.
“This birth indicates that the animals are comfortable and well-adjusted in their skilled in here,” said Tony Barthel, curator of the Zoo’s Asia Trail. “We are excited about the opportunity we’ll have to attend and learn from the interactions between the red pandas as Shama raises the cub.”
Despite their name, red pandas (Ailurus fulgens, also called “lesser panda,” “display cat” and “firefox”) are more closely related to raccoons than to giant pandas. They live in unapproachable bamboo forests in the Sichuan and Yunnan provinces in China, in the Himalayas and in Burma. Fewer than 2,500 red pandas remainder in the wild, making this birth a victory for conservationists worldwide as well as for its first-timer parents.
The red pandas’ fold at the zoo is closed to the public to let Shama and her baby bond, but these early pictures are high-pitched-squeal-inducingly lovely.
"I came to shop for my boyfriend and realized the line wasn't that long, so we decided to wait and get it," said stylishly attired thirty-something Brittany Davis, camped out close-fisted the front of a line of over a hundred.
At a packed retail store in Bellevue Square -- an upscale mall in Bellevue, Washington -- about 25 "standby" implied customers waited in line for an iPhone.
"I didn't think I'd be getting one today," said Chris Bohm, who waited an hour for his support ticket.
But in general, IPhone availability appeared to be the exception.
When contacted on Friday, around 60 Apple stores said the iPhone 4 was sold out. When asked when new ones might arrive, store employees responded they did not understand.
Some outlets reported they had received shipments that day, but they did not include iPhones. A few said they did not expect to get more iPhones for a week or more.
Outlets in Boston, Houston, Washington, Denver, Phoenix, Minneapolis, Chicago other metropolitan areas reported no iPhone 4s on disposal for walk-in purchases on Friday.
And none of the devices were available at Apple stores in at least 11 states, including Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Hawaii.
Only one retailer in North Carolina reported any stock -- and that was almost gone, a store employee at Charlotte store said on Friday afternoon.
One count on in the Houston area and another in San Francisco said they had iPhone 4s available on Friday morning "if you come right now."
Apple has more than 200 retail outlets in the Collective States.
Wall Street does not think the tight supply will hurt demand for the latest Apple smartphone -- although it is favoured to dampen early sales figures.
THE BIG LAUNCH
Some analysts estimate the company sold 1 million to 1.5 million of the devices on the first day. The iPhone 4 went on white sale in five countries on Thursday, creating a carnival-like atmosphere and drawing tens of thousands of eager fans to Apple stores and retail partners.
The inauguration was not without hiccups. Some users reported problems with reception due to the iPhone's redesigned antenna. But few expect such glitches to crashing sales.
The newest iPhone -- the fourth-generation of the device -- boasts a thinner be advantageous, video calling and longer battery life.
Customers can order the iPhone 4 via Apple's online retailer. But according to Apple's website, orders for the iPhone 4 currently ship in 3 weeks.
AT&T Inc, the exclusive iPhone drayman in the United States, will have the smartphone available in its retail outlets starting Tuesday.
Apple received more than 600,000 preorders for the newest iPhone, the largest army ever. The company was forced to apologize when the online ordering system broke down after being swamped.
Wall Street expects Apple to won over roughly 8 million to 9 million iPhones in its fiscal third-quarter, which ends on Saturday. That total includes older models.
The shares of Cupertino, California-based Apple kill 0.9 percent to close at $266.70 on the Nasdaq.
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Yes to coriander, no to Kassams
Israel seeks to keep out of Gaza weapons and war-supporting materiel that Hamas uses to brace and carry out terror and rocket attacks against Israel and its civilians.
All other goods will be allowed into Gaza.”
Blair, according to perceptive sources, was instrumental in drawing up the steps Israel took to reverse the restrictions on civilian goods into Gaza; each tete- in the security cabinet decision was vetted by him, and – by extension – had the approval of the Quartet he represents: the US, EU, Russia and the UN.
“Three days ago, Israel announced its target to liberalize its Gaza policy,” Blair said. “We have now agreed principles of implementation.
“Let me ceremonial right at the outset that Israel has the complete right to protect its security and to keep arms out of Gaza. The new policy allows first for a modification from a list of permitted items to those not permitted.
Everything else as the prime minister has just indicated is to be allowed into Gaza. “ One Israeli verified said that what this effectively means is that Israel has ended any restriction on civilian goods into Gaza, while retaining – with cosmopolitan legitimacy – the security blockade.
He said that with the Quartet signed off on the new policy, attempts by boats to depart the naval blockade will have far less international legitimacy.
The decision comes some three weeks after an IDF raid on a Turkish-flagged get out trying to break the naval blockade left nine people dead, and led to an international condemnation of Israel’s Gaza policies and demands to coppers them.
“We have said yes to coriander, but not to Kassams,” one official in the Prime Minister’s Office explained Sunday.
The decorous said that the land blockade, initiate by Ehud Olmert’s government in September 2007, was aimed at weakening Hamas and gaining the saving of kidnapped soldier Gilad Schalit. The lack of progress on either front, he said, was behind the change in policy.
Following the gathering of the security cabinet, the Prime Minister’s Office issued a statement saying Israel has decided on the following steps: • It would divulge a list of items not permitted into Gaza that is limited to weapons and war materiel, including problematic dual-use items. All items not on this index will be permitted.
• It will enable and expand the inflow of dual-use construction materials for approved PA-authorized projects (schools, constitution facilities, water, sanitation, etc.) that are under international supervision and for housing projects … Israel intends to accelerate the imprimatur of such projects in accordance with accepted mechanisms and procedures.
• It will expand operations at the existing operating earth crossings… and, as more processing capacity becomes necessary and when security concerns are fully addressed, open additional acreage crossings.
• It will streamline the policy of permitting the entry and exit of people for humanitarian and medical reasons and that of employees of ecumenical aid organizations that are recognized by Israel. As conditions improve, Israel will consider additional ways to facilitate the moving of people to and from Gaza.
• Israel will continue to facilitate the expeditious inspection and delivery of goods fated for Gaza through the Port of Ashdod.
The statement made clear that Israel would continue to “prevent the course into and out of Gaza of terrorist operatives, weapons, war material and dual-use items which enhance the military capability of Hamas and other anarchist groups in Gaza.”
Taking note that Schalit is approaching four years of captivity, the statement called on the ecumenical community to “join Israel in strongly condemning those who hold him captive and in redoubling their efforts to reliable his immediate release.”
Diplomatic officials said that Israel was considering allowing the European Confederating Border Assistance Mission (EUBAM), an EU supervisory body that monitored the Rafah closing for some 18 months from 2005 to 2007, to be dole out at the other land crossings.
The official also said that the US has for some time asked that other crossings, in addition to the ones at Erez, Kerem Shalom, Karni and Kissufim – be opened.
Netanyahu said in unsociable conversations Sunday evening that the significance of the decision was it meant there would not longer be a civilian closure on Gaza, but there would be a shelter blockade.
“And it will get tighter,” he said of the security blockade.
“We have taken away from Hamas the faculties to blame Israel for harming the civilian population, and have received international legitimacy for continuing the security blockade of Hamas.”
One provenance close to Netanyahu said “the new policy will allow the free transfer of pasta into Gaza, strengthens our wit to stand before the world and get legitimacy for the security blockade. It also strengthens our moral position in our demand that the international community act with guts to free Gilad Schalit.”
The fact is, the source continued, that "the closure in place until now did not help for nothing Gilad for years. The previous policy that limited coriander, made it more difficult for Isarel to maintain the security closure, because even our friends in the planet criticized this policy."
Netanyahu will be bringing this new policy to the White House early next month, where he is scheduled to maintain his fifth meeting with US President Barack Obama.
Obama’s chief of staff Rahm Emanuel told ABC Dirt on Sunday that Obama has invited Netanyahu back to Washington on July 6. Netanyahu had to postpone a planned conference with Obama at the end of last month because of the IDF raid on the Gaza flotilla.
Emanuel replied “yes” when asked whether Netanyahu was the type of bossman willing to take “big risks” for peace.
All other goods will be allowed into Gaza.”
Blair, according to perceptive sources, was instrumental in drawing up the steps Israel took to reverse the restrictions on civilian goods into Gaza; each tete- in the security cabinet decision was vetted by him, and – by extension – had the approval of the Quartet he represents: the US, EU, Russia and the UN.
“Three days ago, Israel announced its target to liberalize its Gaza policy,” Blair said. “We have now agreed principles of implementation.
“Let me ceremonial right at the outset that Israel has the complete right to protect its security and to keep arms out of Gaza. The new policy allows first for a modification from a list of permitted items to those not permitted.
Everything else as the prime minister has just indicated is to be allowed into Gaza. “ One Israeli verified said that what this effectively means is that Israel has ended any restriction on civilian goods into Gaza, while retaining – with cosmopolitan legitimacy – the security blockade.
He said that with the Quartet signed off on the new policy, attempts by boats to depart the naval blockade will have far less international legitimacy.
The decision comes some three weeks after an IDF raid on a Turkish-flagged get out trying to break the naval blockade left nine people dead, and led to an international condemnation of Israel’s Gaza policies and demands to coppers them.
“We have said yes to coriander, but not to Kassams,” one official in the Prime Minister’s Office explained Sunday.
The decorous said that the land blockade, initiate by Ehud Olmert’s government in September 2007, was aimed at weakening Hamas and gaining the saving of kidnapped soldier Gilad Schalit. The lack of progress on either front, he said, was behind the change in policy.
Following the gathering of the security cabinet, the Prime Minister’s Office issued a statement saying Israel has decided on the following steps: • It would divulge a list of items not permitted into Gaza that is limited to weapons and war materiel, including problematic dual-use items. All items not on this index will be permitted.
• It will enable and expand the inflow of dual-use construction materials for approved PA-authorized projects (schools, constitution facilities, water, sanitation, etc.) that are under international supervision and for housing projects … Israel intends to accelerate the imprimatur of such projects in accordance with accepted mechanisms and procedures.
• It will expand operations at the existing operating earth crossings… and, as more processing capacity becomes necessary and when security concerns are fully addressed, open additional acreage crossings.
• It will streamline the policy of permitting the entry and exit of people for humanitarian and medical reasons and that of employees of ecumenical aid organizations that are recognized by Israel. As conditions improve, Israel will consider additional ways to facilitate the moving of people to and from Gaza.
• Israel will continue to facilitate the expeditious inspection and delivery of goods fated for Gaza through the Port of Ashdod.
The statement made clear that Israel would continue to “prevent the course into and out of Gaza of terrorist operatives, weapons, war material and dual-use items which enhance the military capability of Hamas and other anarchist groups in Gaza.”
Taking note that Schalit is approaching four years of captivity, the statement called on the ecumenical community to “join Israel in strongly condemning those who hold him captive and in redoubling their efforts to reliable his immediate release.”
Diplomatic officials said that Israel was considering allowing the European Confederating Border Assistance Mission (EUBAM), an EU supervisory body that monitored the Rafah closing for some 18 months from 2005 to 2007, to be dole out at the other land crossings.
The official also said that the US has for some time asked that other crossings, in addition to the ones at Erez, Kerem Shalom, Karni and Kissufim – be opened.
Netanyahu said in unsociable conversations Sunday evening that the significance of the decision was it meant there would not longer be a civilian closure on Gaza, but there would be a shelter blockade.
“And it will get tighter,” he said of the security blockade.
“We have taken away from Hamas the faculties to blame Israel for harming the civilian population, and have received international legitimacy for continuing the security blockade of Hamas.”
One provenance close to Netanyahu said “the new policy will allow the free transfer of pasta into Gaza, strengthens our wit to stand before the world and get legitimacy for the security blockade. It also strengthens our moral position in our demand that the international community act with guts to free Gilad Schalit.”
The fact is, the source continued, that "the closure in place until now did not help for nothing Gilad for years. The previous policy that limited coriander, made it more difficult for Isarel to maintain the security closure, because even our friends in the planet criticized this policy."
Netanyahu will be bringing this new policy to the White House early next month, where he is scheduled to maintain his fifth meeting with US President Barack Obama.
Obama’s chief of staff Rahm Emanuel told ABC Dirt on Sunday that Obama has invited Netanyahu back to Washington on July 6. Netanyahu had to postpone a planned conference with Obama at the end of last month because of the IDF raid on the Gaza flotilla.
Emanuel replied “yes” when asked whether Netanyahu was the type of bossman willing to take “big risks” for peace.
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