Applelinks iPhone News Reader - Monday, March 31, 2008
The iPhone Pain Train Keeps Coming
Countdown to iPhone 2.0
Report: Taiwan Company In Talks To Make New iPhone
Apple Picks Trusted Supplier To Assemble 3G iPhone
5 Things iPhone 2.0 Must Have
The Great Canadian iPhone Petition
The iPhone Pain Train Keeps Coming
Forbes' Brian Caulfield says:
Don't think Apple can hit its goal of selling 10 million iPhones this year? Think again. Chief Executive Steve Jobs is about to open a fresh crate of pain for the rest of the mobile-phone industry.
Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry, also known as Foxconn, has secured an exclusive contract to build the next-generation iPhone, Dow Jones reported Friday. The report, which cited an unnamed source, is in line with Apple's (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ) usual practice of outsourcing the gritty business of building its products to big contract manufacturers in Asia. Apple declined to comment on the report.
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Countdown to iPhone 2.0
Fortune's Scott Moritz reports:
Apple is gearing up for a big bump in sales of the next generation iPhone, if new production plans are any guide.
The plans show the faster iPhone will be rolling off the assembly line this summer. The initial order calls for 11 million iPhones to be built this year, with that total split between the existing 2.5G phone and the upgraded 3G phone, according to people familiar with the plan.
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Report: Taiwan Company In Talks To Make New iPhone
IDG News Service's Dan Nystedt reports:
Hon Hai Precision Industry, the world's largest contract electronics manufacturer, is in talks with Apple to make the next generation iPhone, Dow Jones Newswires reported Friday, citing an unidentified Hon Hai official.
For the full report click here.
Apple Picks Trusted Supplier To Assemble 3G iPhone
Apple 2.0's Philip Elmer-DeWitt says:
It should be no surprise that Apple has turned to Foxconn, the trade name for Hon Hai Precision Industries, to build the next generation iPhone.
China’s Commercial Times reported early Friday that Foxconn was competing for the business, and the Dow Jones newswire, citing “a person familiar with the situation,” now reports that Apple has awarded the Taiwan-based firm the exclusive contract.
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5 Things iPhone 2.0 Must Have
PC World's Dan Tynan says:
Don't get us wrong: The iPhone is great. But users still have to put up with a lot. This open letter to Steve Jobs lists the top things to fix in the next version.
I realize we've had our differences over the years. I warned you about shipping iPods with nonreplaceable batteries, we bickered over releasing Leopard with so many bugs, and I've never been a fan of the black turtleneck. (Here's a tip: Head & Shoulders - use it.)
Now I'd like to talk to you about the iPhone. Yes, I know, you just released the software development kit unto the world, and the praise is flowing like champagne in the back of a stretch limo. But some things software can't fix. And your developer fanboys might be able to address certain other flaws, but those tweaks should really be part of the OS.
Here are five things you need to improve in iPhone 2.0, whenever you get around to releasing it. (In my humble opinion, of course.),,,,
You can check it out at:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,143938/article.html
The Great Canadian iPhone Petition
iphoneworld.ca says:
It’s been a long while since the iPhone was announced, launched in the USA, launched in Europe, and underwent so many different changes (including the 16GB version launch and iPhone SDK launch) that it’s not even the same device we’ve seen in January 2007, when iPhoneWorld.ca itself was launched.
One thing never changed: Canadians still don’t know when they will even get their hands on Time Magazine’s Invention of the Year 2007. All requests for additional information through official channels don’t yield any results, or rather, produce highly conflicting reports. In the meantime, one can see more and more iPhones on the streets of Canada and wonder how they got here.
That’s why iPhoneWorld.ca and our friends from iPhoneInCanada.ca, the two largest Canadian iPhone news and information portals with a combined monthly audience of over 100,000 unique Canadian readers a month, teamed up to bring you The Great Canadian iPhone Petition.
For more information, visit:
http://www.iphoneworld.ca/news/2008/03/28/the-great-canadian-iphone-petition/
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