Apple’s ADs Confirm iPhone Release On June 29th
NEW YORK (AP) - Apple Inc.’s highly anticipated iPhone will be available June 29, according to TV commercials broadcast Sunday night and posted on the company’s Web site.The combination cell phone, media player and wireless Web-surfing device will retail for $499 and $599, depending on configuration. It will be offered exclusively by
AT&T Inc.’s wireless division, formerly known as
Cingular wireless.The iPhone, which sports no keypad but instead a touch-sensitive screen, was unveiled with great fanfare in early January by Apple CEO Steve Jobs. He said it would appear in stores in June but gave no specific date.Sunday night’s ads showed off several of the gadget’s features and ended with the pronouncement that the phone will be available “Only on the new AT&T” and “Coming June 29.” One aired on the CW network before a 7 p.m. broadcast of “7th Heaven.”Apple and AT&T spokespeople did not immediately return phone calls.
Apple ads:
http://www.apple.com/iphone/ads