Apple and AT&T Sued Over iPhone Battery in Cook County Class Action

(CHICAGO) Jose Trujillo, a Melrose Park resident, has filed a class action lawsuit naming Apple and AT&T here in Cook County Circuit Court. Documentation is posted at Gizmodo.

"This care arises out of Defendants' purposeful and fradulent concealment to purchasers of its iPhone cellular telephone that they will be required to incur an annual fee of $85.95 as part of Defendants' battery replacement program."

MyIWN iPhone Timeline

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Apple Targeting One Million iPhones by September 30th

270,000 iPhones were sold in two days at the end of June. According to Apple's leader “iPhone is off to a great start—we hope to sell our one-millionth iPhone by the end of its first full quarter of sales—and our new product pipeline is very strong,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO.

How Many Women Bought iPhone?

In a previous column I estimated women represented two percent of 500,000 first weekend iPhone buyers. Now with real numbers released by Apple yesterday that figure is adjusted to two percent of 270,000.

Factoring women purchased two percent of all units sold during opening weekend, we have 5,400. This is a very conservative number based on survey results from Harris Interactive indicating two percent of women were likely to purchase the device. The actual number could be as high as 13 percent, or 35,100 units.

Applecare Available for iPhone

AppleCare is now available for iPhone for $69. Allow two weeks for delivery from the online Apple store website.

Key Features

Comprehensive service

• Extends hardware coverage to two years from the date of iPhone purchase⁽¹⁾
• Covers iPhone & iPhone Bluetooth hands-free headset and included accessories⁽²⁾

¹iPhone comes with up to two years of technical support during the term of your AT&T wireless contract. AppleCare Protection Plan benefits are in addition to any legal rights provided by consumer protection laws in your jurisdiction.

²This plan extends your service coverage to two years from the date of your iPhone purchase. The plan must be purchased while your iPhone is still under its original one-year warranty. Service coverage may be subject to certain restrictions.

[Source: Apple]

BMW Offers iPhone Integration

The iPhone functions with BMW vehicles equipped with BMW Assist with Bluetooth® handsfree-calling. Drivers can access the iPod function of iPhone on the following cars:

• 3 and 5 Series with 03/07 production
  
• X5 with 04/07 production
  
• 6 Series with 09/07 production date
  

Further details will be available shortly. In the meantime please contact BMW of North America’s Customer Relations Department at 1-800-831-1117 for further details.

Omni Hotels iPhone Giveaway

"Apple A Day Giveaway"

An apple a day could mean your iPhone is on the way. Enter for a chance to win an Apple iPhone from Omni Hotels. Simply, register online by 6:30 CST on July 25, 2007. Winner will be selected at 7:00 p.m. CST on July 25.

Omni Hotels iPhone Sweepstakes Details.

Death Widget Calculates iPhone Battery Life

PC Magazine created a widget that calculates when your iPhone will die. Try it out here.

Independent Security Evaluators Breach iPhone Security

Independent Security Evaluators claims they have breached the Apple iPhone security in a New York Times article linked from their website. ISE's mission is to "provide the outside technical resources companies need to control their technology risk."

Is this a calling card for Apple to hire ISE or a major security risk for iPhone users? Or maybe just a clever way to promote an event, such as the Blackhat convention in Vegas August 2.

See www.exploitingiphone.com, for details. Download whitepaper PDF here.