Daily Apple: Magic Keyboard, Giving Spirit, U.K. Tease

Unlocked iPhone 3G Briefly On Sale in U.K. – It was only live for a second, but U.K. site Pixmania advertised today an iPhone for sale, unlocked and SIM-free for £499, which is pretty pricey. But that price buys you freedom to bring the phone to any carrier. The iPhone was pulled minutes later, and it’s not clear whether it’ll ever be back.

Apple Keyboard + iPhone Match Made in Heaven – Gizmodo posted this concept today that makes so much sense it’ll never ever get made. If, and this is asking for way too much, you could also use the keyboard as an input device for the docked iPhone, I would never ask for anything again.

App Store Over the Hill? No, Says One Blog – The more pessimistic folks in the crowd have been saying since Apple reached the 500 million apps downloaded milestone that the App store’s success has peaked. Apple 2.0 provides a nice counterpoint as to why that probably isn’t the case with this article.

The Cost of Exclusivity = $80 Million – Did Apple leave $80 million on the table when they wrote up the contract between themselves and AT&T that prevented them from selling the iPhone to gift-givers over the holidays? That’s the argument over at Ad Age, though they don’t really say Apple made the wrong move overall.

Apple Earnings Call Wednesday – Those who invest more than just time, effort, and emotion into Apple Inc. will want to pay close attention in two days when Apple holds their quarterly earnings conference call for Q1 2009. That’s 5 EST, 2 PST, for those setting their alarms.

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