Apple and AT&T Announce iTunes Activation and Sync for iPhone

Apple and AT&T
Inc. announced that iPhone users will be able to activate their new
iPhones using Apple’s popular iTunes software running on a PC or Mac
computer in the comfort and privacy of their own home or office,
without having to wait in a store while their phone is activated.
Activating iPhone takes only minutes as iTunes guides the user through
simple steps to choose their service plan, authorize their credit and
activate their iPhone. Once iPhone is activated, users can then easily
sync all of their phone numbers and other contact information,
calendars, email accounts, web browser bookmarks, music, photos,
podcasts, TV shows and movies just like they do when they sync their
iPods with iTunes.

“Users will be able to activate their new iPhone in the comfort and privacy of their own home or office, without having to wait in a store while their phone is activated,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “There are tens of millions of people in the

US who already know how to sync their iPods with iTunes, and syncing their new iPhone with iTunes works the same way.”

“iPhone’s user-driven activation is another example of how AT&T and Apple have partnered to bring innovative new features to our customers,” said Randall Stephenson, chairman and CEO, AT&T. “iPhone’s innovative activation and sync is just one example of how this is going to be a real industry game-changer.”

iPhone introduces an entirely new user interface based on a revolutionary multi-touch display and pioneering new software that allows users to control iPhone with just a tap, flick or pinch of their fingers. iPhone combines three products into one small and lightweight handheld device-a revolutionary mobile phone, a widescreen iPod, and the Internet in your pocket with best-ever applications on a mobile phone for email, web browsing and maps. iPhone ushers in an era of software power and sophistication never before seen in a mobile device, which completely redefines what users can do on their mobile phones.