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venturebeat.com - 6/21/2009

iFail 3G: Inside the iPhone launch failure with videos

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Regular readers may know my proclivity towards Apple products. Hell, some might call me a “fanboy.” That makes what I’m about to tell you very troublesome. Ladies and gentleman, today Apple (possibly by way of AT&T) failed. Badly. The launch of the iPhone 3G is well underway — except if you ...

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