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EU Directive Could Change iPhone Battery Design
New EU directive pushes toward replaceable iPhone batteries
Replacement 3G iPhone Adapters Arriving
IBM Extends iPhone Development to Windows/Linux Programmers
RIM Launches BlackBerry Storm Amid Stock Rout
BlackBerry's Storm Aims to Blow the iPhone Away
Analysis: How will Android compare to the iPhone?
MailChimp First to Offer iPhone and Yahoo! Mobile Access for Email Marketing
EU Directive Could Change iPhone Battery Design
CNET's Tom Krazit reports:
The EU is thinking about enacting a new directive on batteries similar to its RoHS (Reduction of Hazardous Substances) directives from a few years back that forced the computer industry to eliminate harmful chemicals and/or materials from its manufacturing processes.
The "New Batteries Directive" would require manufacturers to make sure their batteries can be easily replaced, either by sliding off the cover or removing a couple of screws. The iPhone and iPod, of course, don't fit that mold; Apple requires owners to send their iPhones and iPods into the company to replace the battery, which is buried under the main circuit board.
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New EU directive pushes toward replaceable iPhone batteries
Appleinsider's Prince McLean reports:
The European Union is preparing new directives that could have an impact on Apple's future products, including "the New Batteries Directive," which proposes to mandate that batteries in electronic appliances be "readily removed" for replacement or disposal.
The EU has taken the lead in pushing for industry regulations that impact all companies that sell their products in Europe. For example, the Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive, known as RoHS....
Introduced with RoHS, the EU's 2006 Battery Directive updated existing regulation from 1991. It primarily sought to prevent the unnecessary use of toxic metals in batteries and attempts to make it easier to properly dispose of and recycle old batteries. The directive required EU member states to implement national laws and rules on batteries by September 2008.
While the Battery Directive now in force states that it must be easy for consumers to remove batteries from electronic products, the "New Batteries Directive" now being drafted over the next year goes even further to state that electrical equipment must be designed to allow that batteries be 'readily removed' for replacement or removal at the end of product's life.....
Such a regulation would seem to impact Apple's integrated battery design of its iPods and the iPhone, which are somewhat unique in that their batteries are not designed to be user replaceable and typically require special tools or professional assistance to remove them.
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Replacement 3G iPhone Adapters Arriving
TheAppleBlog's Nick Santilli reports:
About three weeks ago, we reported that Apple had issued a recall on the small form-factor USB wall charger that was included with the iPhone 3G. Apparently there was a slim chance that the prongs could break off in the outlet, and Apple didn't want to be liable for you sticking a fork into the outlet to fish those little metal bits out. Probably not a bad idea…
...Well it turns out Apple's running ahead of schedule by a few days, and my new adapter is keeping me safe from myself and charging my iPhone all at the same time....
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http://theappleblog.com/2008/10/07/replacement-3g-iphone-adapters-arriving/
IBM Extends iPhone Development to Windows/Linux Programmers
The AppleBlog's Bob Rudis reports:
The now non-existent iPhone developer NDA seems to have been holding back a flood of useful and diverse information. IBM has contributed to this information deluge with their release of a tutorial (registration required to view HTML-version, non-reg PDF download), authored by PJ Cabrera, on how to use the Eclipse C Development Toolkit (CDT) to program native applications for the Apple iPhone with open source tools.
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http://theappleblog.com/2008/10/07/replacement-3g-iphone-adapters-arriving/
RIM Launches BlackBerry Storm Amid Stock Rout
The Globe and Mail's Matt Hartley reports:
As Research In Motion Ltd. prepares to launch its first touch-screen device Wednesday, co-chief executive officer Jim Balsillie is shrugging off concerns about his company's ability to survive the worst financial meltdown to hit the United States since the Great Depression.
RIM will unveil the Storm, the first BlackBerry to do away with the physical typing pad that helped make the BlackBerry an international phenomenon and created the market for e-mail-equipped smart phones. The keyboard will be replaced by a larger display screen.
For the Waterloo, Ont., company, the arrival of the Storm represents a rare ray of sunshine in a dark and dreary month.
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BlackBerry's Storm Aims to Blow the iPhone Away
Time's Anita Hamilton reports:
You just can't keep a secret in the tech industry these days. Early pictures of T-Mobile's Google phone leaked onto the Web the week before its Sept. 23 launch, and now images are surfacing online of another eagerly awaited device: a new handheld from Research in Motion (RIM), the BlackBerry Storm. RIM hasn't officially launched the new device yet - and it declined to comment on the leak - but the Storm is clearly a direct assault on Apple's iPhone 3G and T-Mobile's G1. It's also an attempt to wow consumers with both a jazzy new design and an App Center filled with games and other add-on programs.
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http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1847791,00.html
Analysis: How will Android compare to the iPhone?
Macworld's Tim Haddock reports:
Google's Android is as an open-source operating system meant to give smart phone manufacturers a powerful platform on which to base their phones. It's even been touted as a challenger to Apple's iPhone OS.
But iPhone users have grown accustomed to thinking about phone hardware and software as part of a unified whole. So the first Android-running smart phone bears the burden of representing Android to the world. The Google-backed G1's user experience will be a function of the HTC hardware, the Google Android platform, and service provider (T-Mobile) combined. How will the G1 (introduced last month and scheduled for release later this month) stack up next to the Apple gold standard?
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http://www.macworld.com/article/135931/2008/10/android_iphone.html
MailChimp First to Offer iPhone and Yahoo! Mobile Access for Email Marketing
[Press Release]
Email provider MailChimp today announced the launch of a mobile version of its powerful email marketing application for the iPhone and other mobile devices, becoming the first email marketing service to offer this feature. The mobile application enables MailChimp users to access their accounts from anywhere, allowing them to check stats and performance of existing campaigns, read their "ChimpChatter" to get real-time updates about their email marketing, and easily subscribe people they meet to their email lists.
Using Yahoo's recently launched Blueprint development platform, MailChimp's mobile application works on a wide variety of phones, including iPhone, RIM Blackberry, Nokia, Palm Treo and Windows Mobile devices. iPhone and Windows Mobile users can simply go to m.mailchimp.com on their phones and sign in to be automatically redirected to the appropriate version. Users of other mobile devices can download the application from the Yahoo widget gallery (search "mailchimp"). After logging into the application, the main menu links to the dashboard, reporting and subscribe functions.
"We like to think of it as 'MailChimp Lite,'" said Ben Chestnut, CEO of MailChimp. "It's a way for our users to easily check in on their campaigns from wherever they are, to be aware of any issues and to track performance. The foundation of every product and service we develop is to make the email marketing experience easier for the user, and these mobile applications are yet another way to facilitate the process."
Ecommerce company FoxyCart has been using MailChimp to facilitate a dialogue with their customers, to keep them up to date on new releases and other service information. "Everyone is so mobile these days; I might deploy or schedule an email campaign and then have to travel for a week, but that doesn't mean I don't want to stay on top of how that campaign is running," said Brett Florio, co-founder of FoxyCart. "This mobile application makes me feel secure that no matter where I am, I can be aware of any potential problems and resolve them immediately, and when they're doing well, I want to know that too! I appreciate not having to be chained to my computer to monitor my email investment."
MailChimp is a leading self-service email provider that is improving the user experience by providing seamless, yet powerful email marketing features that are easy and affordable enough for a small business to get started, but powerful enough for a large company looking for an enterprise level solution. With headquarters in Atlanta, MailChimp has been delivering effective campaigns for such companies as American Airlines, Cloudmark, Harvard, and Mozilla Firefox. MailChimp has over 15,000 customers, manages over 65,000 opt-in lists containing over 75 million subscribers, and delivers millions of emails daily. Find out what MailChimp can do for you at:
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