48 Only Insanity Would Lead Apple To Make A Mobile Chip Play
Apple Coming To Terms With iPhone 'Unlocking,' Says Analyst
Analyst: Apple's iPhone a 'bandwidth hog' ___ Only Insanity Would Lead Apple To Make A Mobile Chip Play The Register's Ashlee Vance says:

So, here's the deal. If Steve Jobs can actually turn the acquisition of chip start-up PA Semi into a fruitful mobile endeavor, then he's an even more fantastic genius than the world has guessed to date. Because this deal seems to make almost no sense at first blush if you swallow the souped-up iPhone line. The conventional wisdom cropping up as a result of the Forbes story which broke word of the acquisition is that Apple will use PA Semi's low-power processor designs in future iPhones and other mobile devices. Using that as the base logic, most reports covering this tie-up then chalked the deal up to a blow against Intel, which figured to get its Atom chips into the iPhone one day.

For the full commentary visit here: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/23/apple_pasemi/ Apple Coming To Terms With iPhone 'Unlocking,' Says Analyst Computerworld's Gregg Keizer reports:

Apple Inc.'s attitude about unlocked iPhones hints that the company will abandon its business model of grabbing a piece of mobile carriers' revenues in order to make its goal of selling 10 million smart phones this year, an analyst said today. "They seemed absolutely blithe about making the 10 million number," said Ezra Gottheil, an analyst at Technology Business Research Inc., referring to comments made by Apple executives during yesterday's earnings conference call. "And I get the funny sense that ultimately the whole idea of locked iPhones and the revenue almost doesn't interest them."

For the full report click here. Analyst: Apple's iPhone a 'bandwidth hog' Apple 2.0's Philip Elmer-DeWitt says:

By midday Thursday the market seemed to have shaken off lingering concerns from Apple's second-quarter earnings report and conference call.... But morning-after analysis by American Technology Research's Shaw Wu found several points of concern going forward, one of which was new to us. iPhone users, it seems, are "bandwidth hogs" to an extent that could affect Apple's dealings with cellular carriers and sales to new users.

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