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TSMC tapped for CDMA iPhone chips

Ronald O Carlson — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:08:50 +0000

The world number one wireless chip vendor and number one smartphone vendors together at last in a tryst to produce a worldmode handset? If not, this is one of the more convincingly detailed falsehoods about Apple concocted so far.

CENS (Taiwan) reports that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) is expected to make manufacture [...]

Apps for iPhone not the only game in town

Michael W. Jones — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:37:12 +0000

There has been a lot of noise lately from iPhone app developers, some of whom are saying they will no longer write iPhone apps because of App Store policies, though smart business sense is likely the actual reason.

Developers [...]

How to: Remove duplicate iPhone Address Book entries

Ronald O Carlson — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:58:58 +0000

I’m not a real iPhone doctor, but I play one on the Internet even though I don’t actually own one. Troubleshooting them for my friends and relatives isn’t particularly glamorous but it’s another way to vicariously enjoy the iPhone, furtive trips to the shops aside, in this AT&T provincial 3G backwater.

A [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Palm gives up [for now] on Pre + iTunes direct syncing

Ronald O Carlson — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:45:56 +0000

For awhile there, it seemed like Palm and Apple would go back and forth, enabling and then disabling direct Pre + iTunes syncing for a good long time. Now, with Palm licking its wounds and PsyStar likely down for the count, Cupertino seems to be running out of playmates.

The New [...]

Judge refuses AT&T injunction request for Verizon ads

Ronald O Carlson — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:02:02 +0000

Ma Bell has been getting spanked by Verizon’s highly effective TV advertising campaign and now the courts have, at least for the time being, refused to give the carrier any relief either. But now AT&T has hit back with a TV spot of their own.

David Balser told U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Batten [...]

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 10 best iPhone apps for the N1H1 virus

Ronald O Carlson — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:59:52 +0000

Swine Flue worries gotcha feeling blue? Then you shouldn’t leave the house again until you’ve armed yourself with at least one of these powerful and/or funny (think gallows humor) apps for your iPhone or iPod touch, some free and some not so much.

When it comes to the N1H1 virus, or Swine [...]