Apple Web service falters on eve of iPhone launch

July 11th, 2008 in Technology / Other
Apple Web service falters on eve of iPhone launch (AP)

Bruno Afonso reacts as he is handed two iPhones to choose the color after Apples new phone went on sale for the first time in Portugal in the first minutes of Friday, July 11 2008, at a shop of carrier Vodafone in Lisbon. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

(AP) -- Apple Inc.'s new data synching service got off to a rocky start Thursday, as some users were denied access to their accounts just hours before the next-generation iPhone is slated to go on sale.

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