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In a move destined to royally annoy countless iPhone fans, and give un-needed ammunition to the already-smug “told you so” group of doubters, Apple have knocked a whopping $200 off the price of the iPhone in the US.

For people who’ve yet to buy one, this is, of course, great news, but it’s not exactly a great way of rewarding the thousands who spent days queueing in all weathers to get their hands on one when it launched.

OK, more iPhone news, but I promise to keep it short! Gizmodo have produced what must be the world’s longest iPhone review, compiling thousands of words from hundreds of posts and throwing in their own opinion after using the phone exhaustively for the past week or so.

So if you want to know all about the iPhone (and I do mean all about it – even the name of the companies that make all the semiconductors that power the thing!), go check out their iPhone review now.

At last, the iPhone hype is starting to down, and other news is starting to emerge! Having sold a rumoured 700,000 iPhones in the past 5 days, Apple are clearly pleased with themselves over the iPhone’s launch. Not only was it the fastest selling mobile phone ever, it was also the fastest selling consumer electronics device ever. Now that’s some going!

Looks like the hype machine really worked for Apple.

Before we leave the iPhone (at last!), though, a final word on which network operator will get it in the UK. After reports a few days ago suggesting it was going to be Vodafone, it now transpires that O2 has beaten the other UK mobile operators to it.

Whereas the other rumours were based on speculation from various files that were found hidden deep within the iPhone, this new report comes from none other than The Times, which is arguably a little more authoritative!

Remember two days ago when I published the BlogPulse Trends chart showing how many people were blogging about the iPhone? That was before the iPhone was released, but showed the trend just about to jump into the stratosphere.

Fast-forward two days, and look at it now (above) – well and truly in the stratosphere! All other mobile phone companies have been left for dust.

I also talked about how Motorola were nuts in releasing their Motorola Z8 at the same time as the iPhone, and this graph proves it. You can see how high the iPhone trend line is (blue) – and the Motorola trend line (green)? Flat. Completely and utterly dead. If Motorola wanted any column inches on their Z8, they reallty should have picked a better day…come to think of it, they really should have picked any other day!

[Source: BlogPulse]

Couldn’t resist this – I won’t be seeing an iPhone for a few months, and neither will anyone else in the UK, so for those of you wondering what all the fuss is about, here are the iPhone technical specifications.

(Actually, all the fuss is about the iPhone’s stunning user interface, but the specs aren’t bad either – apart from the lack of 3G)!

Full iPhone technical specs after the jump.

Today is the day that the iPhone is released, and the world has gone mad over Apple’s new device. Not only is everyone in the US seemingly queueing to buy one at this very minute, but blanket coverage of the new phone is dominating the blogosphere and even the TV news alike.

With this much hype, the iPhone sure has some living up to do. We UK users won’t get our hands on on one for another few months, but at least that’ll give Apple time to iron out any flaws (and also add 3G, with any luck!)

If there was one thing the iPhone didn’t need it was yet more hype – so here it is! If the thought of Nintendo games on the iPhone wasn’t enough for you, now Playboy has jumped aboard the bandwagon and announced iPlayboy – a free set of twelve sexy non-nude Playmate wallpapers, a photo album with twelve additional Playmate photos, a one-hour episode of Playboy Radio’s The Playmate Hour and a Playboy Cyber Girl video, all customised for the Apple iPhone.

Explaining Playboy’s shameless leap onto the iPhone bandwagon, John D. Thomas, Playboy.com’s editor, said:

“We have always tried to stay ahead of the curve by delivering the fun, sophistication and sexiness of Playboy to our fans on the newest and hottest media platforms. And with so much buzz surrounding the all-in-one Apple iPhone, we knew we had to develop something specifically designed just for this device.”

As if fanboys weren’t excited enough!

[Source: MobileEntertainment]

iPhone hype is reaching explosive levels, so what else there to do but stoke it some more? Lucky New York Times columnist has had an iPhone for a few weeks now, and he’s created an amusing video showing it off.

He does list some of the drawbacks of Apple’s new wonder-phone: the fact that it’s tied to AT&T, the battery is sealed and can only be replaced by sending it back to Apple, and there’s no external memory; but he also gives a neat demonstration of the iPhone in action.

That said, looking at the iPhone in action, you have to pinch yourself that the device is real, and not just a mock-up of some “future product” concept phone. Everything seems to work so seamlessly, and the user interface is simply glorious.

Speculation surrounds which mobile network operator will be carrying the iPhone in the UK, as they’ve all been keeping rather quiet. Whichever operator it is, you’d think they’d want to make a grand announcement themselves in order to jump onto the fast moving iPhone bandwagon in the hope that some of the hype rubs off on them.

Well it seems that UK phone retailer Phones2UDirect might have let the cat out of the bag, as they’re currently displaying an Apple iPhone page listing Vodafone as the carrier, and the iPhone’s UK price as being just £35 – £40 per month depending on tariff.

Something’s happening tomorrow…what was it again? Oh yes, the launch of the iPhone!

Apple’s new wonder-machine is being released tomorrow (June 29th) at 6pm amidst the biggest load of hype since the launch of the Motorola ROKR (the ill-fated and much criticised “iTunes phone”). Indeed, so much coverage is being give to the iPhone at the moment, that other manufacturers are running for cover and hiding their new releases until the hype blows over.