Well, That's ONE Way to Make AT&T Sound Like They Aren't Complete Screwups...

How's this for a headline (in USA Today)?

AT&T quits taking iPhone 4 orders due to high demand

Uh, no. To quit selling something that is in high demand makes you an idiot. To have to quit selling something because you can't handle the sales traffic, even though you're a technology company... well, that makes you an idiot, too.


Kudos, also, to USA Today for completely misrepresenting the iPhone/AT&T/Apple situation:

AT&T suspended iPhone 4 orders Wednesday after demand overwhelmed inventory.

Wrong. AT&T stopped taking iPhone pre-orders because it already sold its allotted first-day shipment from Apple and because they couldn't be bothered to, you know, just keep track of who ordered what and send them an iPhone when they get more stock.

This move was to stop the bleeding of yesterday's PR nightmare, pure and simple.