Despite the massive popularity of Apple’s iPhone, AT&T, the iPhone’s exclusive carrier, posted a 1.2 percent drop in profits as revenue from traditional landlines fell faster than the company’s cost-cutting measures could go into effect. However, AT&T added a record number of iPhones into its network during this quarter.
In all, AT&T’s wireless subscriber base grew by 2 million during the third quarter to 81.6 million, including 3.2 million new activations of the Apple iPhone. This figure benefited from a price cut of the older versions of the iPhone and the June release of the upgraded iPhone 3G S, which boasts …read more

On Monday, Apple announced that they have already sold more than one million iPhone 3GS models. If you are scoring at home, that’s more than 333,333 iPhone 3GS models per day in the first three days after the launch.
Perhaps even more impressive, Apple says that approximately six million people have downloaded new software for the iPhone 3.0. Considering that has been on the market for only five days, that’s more than one million downloads per day.
Apple claims that this version of the iPhone is the most powerful and the fastest iPhone to date. Included in the improvements are a 3 …read more