iPhone 3GS Challenges BlackBerry

June 19th, 2009

The new iPhone 3GS went on sale Friday morning with new and improved features that may draw more business users as Apple moves to challenge the dominance of BlackBerry .The lines are not as long and the frenzy not as strong as Apple saw with previous iPhone launches, but the demand on the street seems healthy. Advance orders may have helped reduce the long waits in lines at retail stores across the country.

“We understand that customers are eager to get their hands on this great new device,” said Ralph de la Vega, president and CEO, AT&T Mobility & Consumer Markets. “So we’ve worked hard to make the experience as easy as possible.”

Despite the preparation on AT&T’s part, reports of Apple’s servers lagging under the strain of new iPhone 3GS activations are widespread. Complicating matters is older iPhone owners trying to download the iPhone OS 3.0 software to their devices. But it’s the new operating system that may help draw business users to the new iPhone.

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