Fred’s Notes

In case you forgot, July 27th was the 8th Annual System Administrator Appreciation Day. And a good day to pay a tribute to BOFH.

Anda nas colunas, Bonde do Rolê com o seu Funk da Favela. Para quem não saiba, são estes meninos que se ouvem pelo último spot da TMN (e da Nokia por toda a Europa). Solta o Frango e vem com a gentxi! E vão estar por cá no Sudoeste.

Parece que neste último fim de semana foram vendidos mais de 500.000 (sim, leram bem) iPhone’s. Aliás, foi também o primeiro fim de semana. Era tudo hype não era?

Apple sold around half a million iPhones the first weekend the device went on sale, one analyst firm has estimated.

Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster released a report Sunday night estimating that Apple sold about 500,000 units from 6 p.m. Friday through the close of business Sunday. Going into the weekend Munster thought Apple would sell 200,000 on Friday and Saturday.

Despite low supply at AT&T stores and activation issues, it appears that the iPhone era at Apple got off to a good start. Piper Jaffray said Apple had iPhones available in each one of its stores on Saturday, and in 84 percent of its stores Sunday.

Ninety-five percent of iPhone buyers in San Francisco, New York and Minneapolis (home to Piper Jaffray’s offices) purchased the 8GB model, according to a survey conducted by the firm. About half were new customers for AT&T, at least among the 253 people surveyed for the report.