Applelinks iPhone News Reader - Friday, May 9, 2008
Why One Mac User Chose BlackBerry over iPhone
AT&T Halts Holidays During 3G iPhone Launch Window
Getting On The iPhone
Unlocked and pricey, iPhone is coveted in Israel
Apple Out To Recruit 3G-savvy iPhone Field Testers
iPhones in Switzerland, Spain, Poland and beyond
NBC Appears To Be Courting Apple Once Again
Why One Mac User Chose BlackBerry over iPhone
Low End Mac's Andrew Fishkin says:
Mac users have always touted the Mac OS as one of the main reasons they use an Apple computer. There have always been and remain other reasons, such as elegant design, build quality, and even price-performance ratio, but it's the Mac OS that really makes a Mac a Mac. Since 2006, the OS has become even more prominent as a reason to use an Apple, as modern Macs use the exact same Intel processors as many generic PCs, and Intel Macs can even be used to run Windows (very well), natively and in emulation.
If it is the OS that makes Mac users choose Apple computers, shouldn't that same OS X, in a more compact version, make Mac users choose the iPhone instead of other smartphone models and systems? The iPhone even shares some of the Mac applications you already know and love (Safari and Mail) in very near to full-featured versions. Things promise to get even better with announced enterprise support including Microsoft ActiveSync to enable iPhone users to synchronize with a Microsoft Exchange server.
Why would any Mac user choose anything else?
Why do I have a BlackBerry 8800 clipped to my belt instead of Cupertino's finest?
You can check it out at:
http://lowendmac.com/fishkin/08af/blackberry-or-iphone.html
AT&T Halts Holidays During 3G iPhone Launch Window
The Register's Tony Smith reports:
AT&T staffers have once again been told they can't take any time off work next month because of an anticipated "heavy selling period" resulting from "an exciting Summer Promotional Launch", a leaked memo reveals.
No prizes for guessing that the carrier is referring to the 3G iPhone and to its plan to offer the handset with a $200 discount, as forecast last month.
For the full report visit here:
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/05/07/atat_bans_iphone_launch_holidays/
Getting On The iPhone
Forbes' Brian Caulfield says:
It sucks to be in the print business right now.
If it wasn't bad enough that newspapers are dying as cheap Web-based rivals thrive, now media companies will have to get by notoriously fickle Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs if they hope to secure a prime spot on the screen of the gizmo that could give them the best shot at digital relevance.
The Associated Press, however, is giving it a shot. On Apple's iPhone, "there was a button for stocks, there was a button for weather, but there was no button for news," says Jeffrey Litvack, director of global product development with the AP.
The AP wants to be that button on the iPhone. ...
For the full report visit here:
http://www.forbes.com/2008/05/07/iphone-print-media-tech-intel-cx_bc_0507iphone.html
Unlocked and pricey, iPhone is coveted in Israel
CNN's Dana Rosenblatt reports:
In Tel Aviv's wholesale fashion headquarters, where textile merchants follow in the legacy of fathers and grandfathers, many Israelis are looking for the latest in tech fashion: the iPhone.
Mobile phone store Z-Tov Ltd. in Tel Aviv carries iPhones among other cell phones and products,,,
The store clerk says the store pays a 50 percent tax to import iPhones from outside the country.
But the price doesn't hinder iPhone's popularity here, appealing mostly to young men quick to upgrade their 8GB to a 16GB model as if memory size is a barometer of male bravado.....
For the full report visit here:
http://us.cnn.com/2008/TECH/ptech/05/07/iphone.israel/index.html
Apple Out To Recruit 3G-savvy iPhone Field Testers
The Register's Tony Smith reports:
There's now no doubt that Apple's bringing the iPhone to Australia: it's looking for an iPhone Field Validation Engineer there with "technical understanding and experience with GSM/GPRS, Edge, CDMA and UMTS".
So reveals a job ad posted on the company's website, though it's unclear how long the job description has been up. The position is based in Sydney, and the successful candidate will work with carriers to gain their approval for the iPhone to be used on their networks.
For the full report visit here:
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/05/08/apple_3g_iphone_testers/
iPhones in Switzerland, Spain, Poland and beyond
Apple 2.0's Philip Elmer-DeWitt says:
News and rumors about the iPhone's global expansion keep rolling in.
Citing a source at Swisscom, Lausanne-based Le Matin Online reported on Thursday that Apple had concluded an agreement to bring the 3G iPhone to Switzerland this summer (link, in French). Swisscom, with 5.1 million subscribers, is the country's largest mobile carrier.
Meanwhile, France Telecom CFO Gervais Pellissier said on Wednesday that his company was in talks with Apple to extend their partnership beyond France...
Also on Wednesday, America Movil confirmed that it had signed a deal to bring the iPhone to 16 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean...'
Earlier this week, Vodafone announced that it had signed an agreement to carry the iPhone in 10 countries, Australia, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Italy, India, Portugal, New Zealand, South Africa and Turkey. ....
For the full report visit here:
http://apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/05/08/iphones-in-switzerland-spain-poland-and-beyond/
NBC Appears To Be Courting Apple Once Again
BetaNews's Ed Oswald reports:
With Apple now streaming NBC shows to iPhones through its dedicated portal, and the network's properties appearing on the iTunes UK store, are the two sides ready to settle their differences?
Several shows are now available for download through the NBC iPhone portal, including Heroes, Eureka, The Incredible Hulk, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, and House, shown in America on Fox.
For the full report visit here:
http://www.betanews.com/article/NBC_appears_to_be_courting_Apple_once_again/1210268178
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