iPhone and iPod touch firmware 2.0 available now

Both iPhone 2.0 and iPod touch 2.0 are fully available through iTunes, one problem however: DO NOT UPGRADE YOUR PHONE! The reason: iTunes servers are completely crashing right now, so if you download the update and start updating, iTunes servers won’t be able to confirm its the correct firmware and will leave your device unusable. [...]

iPhone 3G activations break iTunes servers (UPDATE - Servers are up-and-running)

The heavy use of iTunes to activate iPhone 3G’s today has completely killed the iTunes servers. After getting in line at 5:30 am to be the 11th, 12th, and 13th, the blargKABOOM team didn’t get out of the AT&T store until 9:30 since activation took a near 30-40 minutes. AT&T eventually decided to semi-activate the [...]