Just about every iphone

site I’ve hit today talks about the iPhone shortage currently being experienced.  To wit:

… Employee malfeasance and underwear gnome schemes cannot account for the nationwide shortage of retail iPhone availability. As many TUAW readers discovered to their delight, AT&T has been clearing out their refurb iPhone stock and Apple stores are short on the shelves. As Apple’s supply chain is almost certainly unimpaired, pundits can only conclude that we’re about ready to hit an iPhone refresh.

The question about the refresh isn’t whether it will happen or not but rather when. We were guessing June/WWDC for a 3G iPhone announcement and September for a delivery — after all, new cell equipment has to go through rigorous approval. Stock shortages indicate that at least a memory-based refresh might arrive sooner than later ….MORE….

But don’t take just that article for it - also look at:

• Where did all the iPhones go?
• iPhone Shortage Points to New Model?
• IPhone Shortage: A Sign of Impending 3-G Release or Simply High Demand?
• There *Really* Is a Coast-to-Coast iPhone Shortage
• Apple iPhone Shortage! 20 Stores Sold Out. 3G Coming Soon?

If this is indeed true, this is a brilliant move by Steve Jobs - after all, this week is the CTIA Wireless 2008 show, and what better way to stop talk about the competition than to cause everyone to wonder about the next gen iPhone?

Smart marketing there, Steve. 

ThankYouVeryMuch!

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