Since going on sale, analysts have expected a healthy shipment of iPhone 3GS’ but it seems supply problems may soon plague Apple.

A short while after the iPhone 3GS went on sale, Apple brought back its availability tracker which showed how many units a store had in each color and capacity. According to Macrumors, iPhone 3GS availability is dwindling even further than expected with Apple stores in Alabama, Oregon and Utah being completely sold out of all models. It is unknown when new shipments will arrive but if you’re thinking of purchasing an iPhone 3GS, you better hurry!

Via: iPhones Talk

Some iPhone users are reporting that after upgrading to Firmware 3.0, references to MobileMe change back to the now defunct .Mac moniker.

The bug only appears after users upgraded to Firmware 3.0 and have MobileMe accounts saved on their iPhones. Similar to an issue where icons for various Apps became mismatched, FIrmware 3.0 will often change any references to “MobileMe” back to “.Mac” which includes any URLs and usernames. However, the bug only seems to affect mail, contact and calendar syncing. A fix has been proposed which requires users to delete their MobileMe account information on their iPhones and enter it in again. Hopefully an official fix from Apple arrives soon. If you have this issue, leave us a comment and let others know.

Via: The iPhone Blog

One of the most exciting and anticipated new features of iPhone 3.0 is push notifications. These enable your applications to alert you even when they are not running.

Today we saw updates to AIM and BeeJive to take advantage of push notifications.

But it raises the question: Will this impact on SMSing?

Why pay to SMS a friend when you can send them an IM (instant message) for free?

Obviously this is limited to those in your IM client’s address book. But that is also likely to be the same people you SMS the most, such as your family and friends.

Here in Australia, on our carrier Telstra, we’re lucky, on some deals, to have 1 cent text messages (to others on Telstra), and that is very popular, especially with kids.

But to other carriers it’s 25 cents. And MMSes cost 50 cents.

On other plans and/or carriers some SMSes are included free.

However I know it’s not like that in all parts of the world.

So if you’re on a plan where SMSes and MMSes are expensive, using an IM client would be quite appealing.

Which could then have a nice flow on effect… more...

June 19th marked the release of Apple’s 3rd generation iPhone, the iPhone 3GS which not only brought a speedier hardware package but an improved 3.2 Megapixel camera with video recording capabilities. To show how well the 3GS’ camera is, a CBS reporter was tasked with using it in the field which made its way to TVs everywhere.

Lining up at 5:30 AM that Friday, Gio Benitez documented the huge buzz surrounding Apple’s newest iPhone and to pick up the newest device himself. After enduring a few hour wait, Gio decided to use the iPhone instead of a traditional camcorder for his segment. The video turned out so well, it was aired on WFOR’s 5 p.m. evening newscast.

The quality of the video and sound was impressive on the phone, but I figured it would be less appealing when put on TV. Again, I was wrong. I plugged the phone into my computer and iPhoto popped up with all of my videos. I “dragged and dropped” the videos into Final Cut Pro and I was ready to edit. No advanced techniques needed to extract the video.

Via: CBS

One thing I have been anxiously awaiting is Push notification. Unfortunately, not many of the apps I was expecting to have it, came released with the update, however, I may now why.

According to the developer of Notify Me via AppAdvice, Apple sent him a message apologizing for for the delay of his new update ready to be released for 3.0 goodness.

“Apparently Apple just hasn’t worked out all of the push notification bugs quite yet.  Balogh stated that according to their records, Apple hasn’t even started using NotifyMe yet, which would indicate that the problems have nothing to do with any of the apps in review.  Balogh also stated that in their testing conditions, all push messages with NotifyMe were working “extremely well and right on time,” which creates a bit of confusion as to what the real problem is.  The un-reviewed push-capable apps must be piling up as we speak.”

After several years, you would think the bugs would be worked out. I can also understand that the true bugs don’t come out until actually released, so hopefully they get those worked out soon so we won’t have to wait any longer on Push Notification.… more...

Just like AT&T in the states, Rogers in Canada is experiencing the same activation overload.

Reports are coming in from Rogers customers that while trying to activate their newly purchased iPhone 3GS at their local Apple Stores, it fails to show up in Roger’s system which of course delays the activation process. There is no word on how long it will take for Rogers customers to finally get their iPhone 3GS fully activated but an estimate pegs it around 6 hours. If you’re in Canada and experiencing the same activation delay, leave us a comment.

Via: The iPhone Blog

Mimicking the activation woes that plagued some original iPhone and even 3G customers, the iPhone 3GS seems to be giving some users activation problems.

It appears Apple may have an inadequate amount of servers to deal with new and existing customers looking to activate their iPhone 3GS. While trying to initiate the activation process, iTunes spits out a somewhat vague error indicating users that it will take up to 48 hours for their device to be fully functional. In the mean time, Apple advises users who are facing activation issues to use features of the device that do not require an active cellular connection until AT&T is able to connect users to its network.

Via: iPhones Talk

Geek legend and all around Apple enthusiast was one of the first people to purchase an iPhone 3GS at the Valley Fair Apple Store.

An eye witness reports:

I just got my iPhone this morning at the Apple Store in Valley Fair (San Jose, CA) and Steve Wozniak was there.

I arrived at 3:50am and Mr. Woz was chopping it up with the manager at Apple. Then around 4:30am he politely asked everyone in line if he could be the 1st to get his iPhone at the store and everyone said yes.

Any famous (or semi-famous) celebrities cut you in line for the iPhone 3GS?

Via: Gizmodo