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France: Sales double with multi-carrier distribution

Ronald O Carlson — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:27:51 +0000

Here’s prima facia evidence that broadening availability results in greater sales. But, should this news be viewed as a source of hope for long-suffereing iPhone users here in the good ol’ USA? Probably not, at least in the short term.

MarketWatch reports that increasing the number of distributors in Europe has resulted in [...]

China expects iPhone to grab 10% share

Michael W. Jones — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:01:44 +0000

The company designated as Apple’s only (so far) retailer and service provider in China says that they expect that the iPhone will attract a 10 percent market share of China’s 3G users.

A senior executive with China Unicom, the iPhone distributor [...]

Seoul gets the iPhone

Michael W. Jones — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:47:47 +0000

After years of obstacles being placed in the way by local lawmakers at the behest of South Korean handset manufacturers, Apple is finally going to be allowed to sell the iPhone there.

A number of authoritative reports are saying that South Korean cellular regulators [...]

Qualcomm confirms it’s talking chips with Apple

Ronald O Carlson — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:15:24 +0000

Recent rumors have pointed to a “worldmode” iPhone sometime next year, which would mean Verizon network compatibility. Today, we get independent, if off-handed, confirmation that the mothership is at least talking with the chipset maker at the center of this tantalizing possibility.

Bloomberg is reporting comments by Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs in Hong [...]

Top 40, best games for the iPhone 3GS, 3G iPod touch

Ronald O Carlson — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:12:27 +0000

Apple’s serious about mobile gaming — the company’s newest iPhone and iPod touch models include best of class ARM processors, a good bit o’ RAM and richly detailed OpenGL graphics. Moreover, Cupertino’s been kitting out its in-house iPhone game development team with Graeme Devine of Halo Wars fame already on board.

No [...]

Apple planning UMTS/CDMA ‘worldmode’ iPhone

Ronald O Carlson — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:10:21 +0000

The long rumored iPhone nano could be on the verge becoming a reality, according to a rumor out of Taiwan. Moreover, reportedly smaller version of Apple’s world changing smartphone will pack quite a wallop as it’s expected to bridge incompatible CDMA and UMTS wireless systems, raising hopes once again of the [...]

Smartphones, iPhone still growing

Michael W. Jones — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:41:07 +0000

It seems that nothing, not even a tenacious worldwide recession, can keep the smartphone market from growing and the Apple portion of it from growing even faster than the overall niche.

The latest quarter’s smartphone results are in from IDC and the news is [...]

Chinese fail to flock to iPhone

Michael W. Jones — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:16:46 +0000

Although the reception to the iPhone going on sale in China was warm, the event does not seem to have engendered the sort of sellout reception that a new model iPhone introduction does in most markets.

There were hundreds of people in [...]

Apple pitches tablet to Australian publishers

Ronald O Carlson — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:15:23 +0000

The Mac tablet breadcrumb trail now leads down under with media companies in Oz, off the record of course, reporting that the mothership’s been round to pitch their phantom device. This latest report adds weight to rumors that the Cupertino, California-based Mac, iPod and iPhone maker is preparing to remake the [...]

AT&T caves on VOIP, will tethering follow soon?

Ronald O Carlson — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:01:09 +0000

From a theoretical perspective, today’s announcement is good news and establishes a level of network openness that should have been standard from the beginning. Realistically, however, it’s hard to image that letting Skype and Google Voice run roughshod over Ma Bell’s strained-to-the-point-of-buckling 3G network will improve service or reliability.

Quoting AT&T Mobility [...]