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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 [...]

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 [...]

Apple to start writing mobile games?

Michael W. Jones — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:52:09 +0000

There are some clues lurking about that Apple may be thinking about getting into the computer game business, following up on the newfound popularity of the iPhone and Touch as gaming platforms.

During the summer at a major event billed primarily as [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Rumor: $99 iPhone 3GS by Christmas

Ronald O Carlson — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:49:53 +0000

With the world going mad, mad, mad for the Motorola Droid and HTC Android from Verizon, AT&T is purportedly looking for a strategy to counter the hype. Then again, slashing the price of Apple’s flagship phone so early in the product cycle might be more than Steve Jobs is willing to [...]

The latest on the iPhone and Verizon

Michael W. Jones — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:17:21 +0000

It is easy to see the iPhone as a mixed blessing for a wireless provider, with insanely high data rates on one side and insanely high sign-up rates on the other. Do Apple and Verizon want each other?

Ivan Seidenberg, the [...]

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 [...]

Verizon disses iPhone, digs Android

Michael W. Jones — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:29:34 +0000

The prior television ad released by Verizon in the smartphone marketplace was a virtual love-in with the iPhone. Their latest, however, shows love for the new Android while dissing the iPhone.

When last seen, Verizon and its CEO were solidly on board with [...]

Verizon ad spotlights shoddy AT&T iPhone service

Michael W. Jones — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:11:23 +0000

The new ad from Verizon, aimed squarely at highlighting the shoddy service provided by AT&T to iPhone users, could be seen as a public bid to wrest Apple’s business away from AT&T.

The currently running ad, which takes very careful aim [...]