Applelinks iPhone News Reader - Thursday, June 5, 2008
How To Screw Up The iPhone
The great British iPhone mystery
The iPhone 'Secret' - How Apple Has Kept A Lid On The Latest Version.
Softbank Clinches iPhone launch in Japan
BlackBerry Widens Lead On iPhone In Business
Google's Android Preview Mind-Blowing
How To Screw Up The iPhone
Forbes' Brian Caulfield says:
If you think Steve Jobs & Co. can't design an ugly product, think again.
Take the iBook, circa 1997. Coming in blue, orange and green, it was bulgy and shaped like a clam. It didn't inspire people to feel cool and sophisticated - it had the lumpy appeal of a chew toy.
With Apple on the cusp of introducing a fresh take on its already iconic iPhone, it's a reminder that the company is capable of screwing up.
For the full commentary visit here:
http://www.forbes.com/technology/2008/06/04/fixing-iphone-design-tech-wire-cx_bc_0604bc.html
[Editor's note: Harumph! While the clamshell iBook's styling was nothing if not controversial when was first released almost nine years ago, it was arguably Apple's most striking laptop computer design ever, although MacBook Air fans might take issue with that assertion. With its bright, two-tone color schemes and radically rounded contours, the clamshell might not have been everyone's cup of tea aesthetically, but it certainly attracted attention and made a statement, and I think it's worn rather well, still looking fresh and interesting in the vast ocean of laptop sameness. I'm personally especially partial to the Key Lime model, introduced at Macworld Expo Paris in September, 2000, and which was sold only through the online Apple Store, which also makes it one of the rarest of the clamshell line.
Incidentally laptop luggage maker MacCase thinks so much of the clamshell iBook's looks that the company is offering an updated version of its original 1999 clamshell case design with the launch of the 2008 Classic Case. for MacBook.
You can check it out at:
http://mac-case.com/Products/MacCase%20Classic.html
The great British iPhone mystery
The Register's Andrew Orlowski says:
Believe it or not, the iPhone has become a stealth hit over on this Soggy and Septic Isle. But this should come as no surprise to anyone familiar with the psychology of the British punter.
When the iPhone arrived it here it was greeted with studied indifference. You'll recall that Carphone Warehouse and O2 stores stayed open late for a stampede that never came.
The splashy launch - and the glee at O2's discomfort that followed - only seemed to confirm the view that British punters congratulate themselves for being immune to imported hypes.
But this has been overtaken by another aspect of consumer psychology here. More than anything else, British punters love boasting about a bargain. Like tea, it's something that unites all classes. Even if one must lie about the "bargain" that isn't a bargain at all - and has just been bought on an already over-extended credit card.
For the full commentary visit here:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/04/apple_iphone_mystery/
The iPhone 'Secret' - How Apple Has Kept A Lid On The Latest Version.
Forbes.com's Brian Caulfield reports:
The launch of the next-generation iPhone promises to be Steve Jobs' greatest stunt yet. Apple, Jobs' secretive computer and gadget company, has been quietly positioning millions of units of a mysterious new product - almost certainly the new iPhone - in key markets since March. And yet, incredibly, not one credible image of Apple's new product has yet been published.
If the new phone is a flop, it's going to be a doozy. Apple is promising to sell 10 million of the gizmos this year; many investors are betting the Cupertino, Calif., company will sell many more than that. Yet Jobs has managed to keep the look, the feel and a complete list of the phone's features under wraps.
For the full commentary visit here:
http://www.newsweek.com/id/139979
Softbank Clinches iPhone launch in Japan
The Times' Leo Lewis reports:
Softbank, the aggressively-run mobile telecoms and internet conglomerate, will become the first Japanese carrier to offer the Apple iPhone.
The deal will, for the first time, take the iPhone into the world's most sophisticated market for mobile phone handsets. The design, the feel and the multi-media functions of the Apple may have wowed consumers in the US and Europe, but Softbank faces a huge challenge taking the device to the Japanese.
For the full report visit here:
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/telecoms/article4065568.ece
BlackBerry Widens Lead On iPhone In Business
Electronists reports:
Regardless of Apple's plans to add business features to the iPhone, Research in Motion is and will continue to extend its lead in business phones, according to a new ChangeWave study. An examination of more than 2,000 corporate IT spenders has about 76 percent of all businesses opting for BlackBerries in May, up three percent from the last time the study took place in February; Palm was second place at 17 percent with other competitors filing in the remaining seven percent.
For the full report visit here:
http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/06/04/biz.phone.study.may.2008/
Google's Android Preview Mind-Blowing
The Street's Gary Krakow says:
Gphone? Android phones? Is there a difference?
When I asked Google GOOG whether we'd see a Gphone this year, the response was that we would see "Android-based "phones in 2008. Splitting hairs? Maybe. But, in the end, it really doesn't matter, because the recent Android preview was pretty mind boggling.
Late last week, Google held its Google I/O developer's conference, where the Android phone was demonstrated....
For the full report visit here:
http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/newsanalysis/technology-update/10419606.html
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