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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 [...]

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 playmates.

The New York Times reports [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

AT&T whimpers text only reply to Verizon’s visual 3G ads

Ronald O Carlson — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:26:30 +0000

Desperate times call for desperate measures, and Ma Bell sure looks desperate now. Their belated response to Verizon’s “there’s a map for that” advertising campaign is wimpy in the extreme as it delivers statistics in textual form only about how complete its 3G + EDGE, which can charitably be referred [...]

FaceBook iPhone app developer quits over ‘Apple’s policies’

Ronald O Carlson — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:00:28 +0000

Fresh news from the alternate universe inhabited by the mothership’s App Store grannies and developers: the guy behind the most popular app on the platform is quitting in disgust. It seems that the app review process and the people behind it are tools of the devil, or maybe just tools, a [...]

Radio Shack to sell iPhones

Michael W. Jones — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:29:01 +0000

In what could be seen as at least a minor surprise, it was announced earlier this week that some Radio Shack stores will soon begin selling the iPhone, both the 3G and 3GS models.

Radio Shack will soon join a very small group [...]

Updated iPod touch in December? Probably not…

Ronald O Carlson — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:34:53 +0000

When Apple announced the third generation iPod touch in September, many were disappointed that the device didn’t include a camera. A little of that sentiment is perhaps evident in a fresh rumor that the mothership plans (despite the fact that Phil Schiller has publicly announced that the company’s holiday line up [...]

Verizon sold 100K Droids in first weekend

Ronald O Carlson — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:42:29 +0000

Motorola purportedly supplied Verizon with 200,000 units and an analyst estimates the carrier sold – its huge network and all – only half of those. This compares quite poorly with the 1 million iPhone 3GS’ Apple sold over the first weekend back in June, months before anyone was willing to say [...]