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iPhone vs. Nokia 95
Monitor Home Energy Usage from Your iPhone
iPhone at 6th place in 2007 US phone sales
Apple's AT&T Deal Is Costly
Third party developer lets Apple iPhone SDK secrets slip
Apple iPhones exported from China, smuggled back
iPhone vs. Nokia 95
Brian Cubbison reports:
The first big culture shift for many newsrooms was posting constantly throughout the day. The next big shift might be reporting live from the scene. Let's look at two notable ways for mobile journalists to get their mojo working: The iPhone vs. the Nokia N95.
For the full report, visit:
http://blog.syracuse.com/newstracker/2008/02/iphone_vs_nokia_95.html
Monitor Home Energy Usage from Your iPhone
electronichouse.com says:
You might not see this on one of those hip Apple commercials for the iPhone: using that nifty little device to check in on how much electricity your home is using and how much it is costing.
Current State software, a concept developed as part of The Greener Grass, taps into your home as a real-time energy use monitoring system and timer for powered devices.
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iPhone at 6th place in 2007 US phone sales
Electronista reports:
US phone sales over the course of 2007 grew substantially and saw the iPhone register a significant percentage all by itself, according to new data from The NPD Group. With roughly 146 million phones trading hands over the period, Apple's shipment of about 3.7 million iPhones during the year equates to approximately 2.5 percent of the entire market, or sixth place....
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http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/02/19/npd.us.phone.sales.2007/
Apple's AT&T Deal Is Costly
SeekinfAlpha says:
The latest estimates have "unlocked" iPhones costing Apple over $1 billion in lost revenue the next 3 years. Apple's AT&T tie-up in the US is for another 4 years, meaning the company will continue to not realize monthly revenue, estimated at $120 annually per subscriber from phones "unlocked" for use on other carriers.
Aside from the lost revenue aspect, one can only guess at the numbers of phone that have not been sold to people not willing to switch cell phone carriers to AT&T. Apple has stood by its "10 million phones sold by the end of 2008" goal, but recent news that they have dramatically cut back on component orders can only mean sales growth has slowed.
For the full report, visit:
http://seekingalpha.com/article/65084-apple-s-at-t-deal-is-costly?source=yahoo
Third party developer lets Apple iPhone SDK secrets slip
Macworld UK's Jonny Evans reports:
Apple is working with other companies to test and develop the software development kit for the creation of third-party applications for the iPhone.
The iPhone SDK is now expected to ship alongside new iPhone software, firmware version 1.1.4, at least that's what leaked information on the web implies.
For the full report, visit:
http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=20472
Apple iPhones exported from China, smuggled back
MarketWatch reports:
Thousands of Apple iPhones are being produced in and exported from China, and then are smuggled back in to the country and sold to consumers for well above U.S. retail prices, The New York Times reported.
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