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A quiet buzz is going around this morning after word of iPhone shortages are cropping up in NYC Apple stores.  Some sites are questioning if this is the sell-down prior to intro of the iPhone 2.0, as this method is right out of the Apple play book.  We see it with just about every iPod introduction.

The buzz builds with Digg founder Kevin Rose predicting iPhone 2.0 will have GPS and dual cameras.  Hmmm, his predictions have not always come to fruition.  Could a surprise introduction be happening next Tuesday?

I don’t buy it.  Apple isn’t dumb.  While AT&T stores still have inventory, Apple wouldn’t give the outward appearance that the iPhone 2 is imminent, threating sales of current products.  It is only March, June is a couple of months away.  No way is what we are seeing anything but an inventory glitch.  Someone is sitting in a cubical somewhere saying, “so I fixed the glitch”.

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Apple has conned over a million people to watch its video on last weeks SDK announcement.Ok, maybe “cons” is a bit harsh.  Apples video was up after most of us had already written about it and spilled the beans on what the video held.  But that didn’t stop the 1 million plus see Steve and Co. talk about the SDK for themselves.  Judging from the numbers, the iPhone is still gaining fans.  Check out this graph of what Apple is holding up as excitement for the SDK:

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Can anyone duplicate the enthusiasm Apple has built here?  Like me, I am sure you’ve read all about yesterday’s Apple event.  Perusing the forums this morning and it feels a bit like Christmas, doesn’t it?

Apple over delivered on a promise they under sold.  Originally an SDK was a no go.  Then, Steve gave it some thought and built something amazing and amazingly simple at the same time: a way to get applications through them to the public all while maintaining control.  How excited are the developers?  I think the SKD download server crashes says it all.

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