One of Apple's regional websites is listing the final Friday of the month as the opening day for the company's mobile App Store, which promises "hundreds" of applications at launch.
"Shop for hundreds of applications made for iPod touch," reads a
small section at the bottom of the Apple Australia iPod touch website. "Available June 27." Nowhere else on the website is the date reiterated.
The one-off mention conflicts with official statements out of the Cupertino-based company during its annual developers conference this week. Specifically, it said iPhone 2.0, which is required to access the App Store, would be available
in early July for first-generation iPhone and iPod touch owners.
One explanation for the conflict is that Apple Australia webmasters constructed the portion of the local website with slightly dated information. There's
some speculation amongst industry watchers and analysts that Apple may have delayed the iPhone 3G roll out by two weeks from June 27th to July 11th in the weeks leading up to its launch. As such, the App Store may have also been delayed.
Time will tell whether the company changes the text on its Australian site.
Update: As hinted above, it appears that the June 27th date was published in error by Apple Australia and has since been removed. As such, we've moved this post to our
Backpage Blogs.
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