Applelinks iPhone News Reader - Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Vodafone to Offer Apple's iPhone in Ten Markets
Vodafone Will Sell Apple's iPhone in 10 Countries
Colliding worlds: RIM and Apple
Apple To Introduce Handwriting Recognition With iPhone 2.0?
Next iPhone May Be Locked After All
Vodafone to Offer Apple's iPhone in Ten Markets
Vodafone yesterday announced it has signed an agreement with Apple to sell the iPhone in ten of its markets around the globe. Later this year, Vodafone customers in Australia, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Italy, India, Portugal, New Zealand, South Africa and Turkey will be able to purchase the iPhone for use on the Vodafone network.
For further information:
http://www.vodafone.com/
Vodafone Will Sell Apple's iPhone in 10 Countries
NewsFactor's Barry Levine reports:
The march of Apple's iPhone around the world is picking up steam. Vodafone announced Tuesday that it has signed an agreement with the Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple to sell the device in 10 markets.
The markets are Australia, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Italy, India, Portugal, New Zealand, South Africa, and Turkey. Customers in those countries will be able to purchase the iPhone by the end of this year.
For the full report visit here:
http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=59624
Colliding worlds: RIM and Apple
News.com's Charles Cooper says:
I once asked Steve Jobs why Apple was so indifferent toward corporate customers. At the time, big companies were in the beginning stages of one of their periodic PC upgrade cycles, leaving Dell virtually alone to clean up.
So, didn't it make sense to more aggressively pursue that business? Jobs froze me with one of those looks.
That's not an interesting market, he said. Next question.
Silly me....
Now we're witnessing a interesting confluence of events. Apple's plying its consumer expertise to take the iPhone into the corporate marketplace. At the same time, Research in Motion is adopting the opposite tack with its product line. (RIM is reportedly working on an iPhone killer although details are still sketchy.
For the full commentary visit here:
http://www.news.com/8301-10787_3-9937502-60.html
Apple To Introduce Handwriting Recognition With iPhone 2.0?
Tom's Guide's Christian Zibreg says:
A new Apple rumor is making the rounds on the Internet: The company could be working on the rebirth of the Newton handheld, possibly in the shape of an ultra mobile PC. Why? Handwriting recognition capabilities for the simple Chinese character set have been discovered within the iPhone 2.0 SDK firmware files. Handwriting recognition may be a generally nice feature for the iPhone, but the idea of a new Newton is certainly worth talking about.
It seems that Apple's upcoming iPhone 2.0 software update will spoil the party for Chinese developer Hanwang Technology, which still hopes to be be able to offer the first handwriting recognition software for the iPhone.....
For the full report visit here:
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/apple-iphone-3g,news-1249.html
Next iPhone May Be Locked After All
ITWire's Stephen Withers says:
Various snippets of information and rumour have led to an expectation that the 3G iPhone won't be network locked. But today's announcement from Vodafone calls that into question.
Vodafone's terse statement, as reported by iTWire's Adam Turner, stated "Later this year, Vodafone customers in Australia, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Italy, India, Portugal, New Zealand, South Africa and Turkey will be able to purchase the iPhone for use on the Vodafone network."
Let's examine those chicken entrails....
You can check it out at:
http://www.itwire.com/content/view/18068/1151/
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