Moore’s iPhone News Reader - Thursday, November 15, 2007
Testers Give iPhone Virtual Keyboard The Thumbs Down
How I Wrote An iPhone Application
Taiwan's Chunghwa in talks to sell Apple iPhones
iPhone Could Have Two Sellers in China
PC Mag: Apple's iPhone Unlikely to Head to China Soon
Google Phone Systems Seen Complementing, Not Competing Vs iPhone
iPhone virus or spyware "80-90% likely", says security expert
University of Alabama Library: Huntsville, Launches New iPhone Library
eWEEK: Apple Updates iPod Touch and iPhone
Testers Give iPhone Virtual Keyboard The Thumbs Down
The Register's Tony Smith reports:
The virtual Qwerty keyboard on Apple's iPhone allows users to enter text as quickly as they would on another handset's physical keyboard, but they'll make rather more mistakes in the process.
That's the conclusion drawn by a Chicago usability consultancy after watching 60 punters tap away on a variety of handsets. Twenty of them used iPhones, another 20 used full-size BlackBerries, and 20 more were given Samsung E300 numeric pad-only phones to try...
...the BlackBerry users punched out their missives as quickly as the iPhone users did. However, the latter group made, on average, 5.6 text-entry errors per message, to the BlackBerry team's 2.1 errors per message....
For the full report visit here:
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/11/14/iphone_vs_blackberry/
How I Wrote An iPhone Application
The Register's Bill Ray says:
If an El Reg hack can write an iPhone application then anyone can, so we thought we'd have a go and pass on our experience in the hope that others can build something more useful.
In proper Web 2.0 fashion we decided to create an application which would achieve nothing and have no commercial potential. Therefore, our application would load The Register website and parse its contents to remove all references to the ubiquitous iPhone, replacing the term with a string of the user's choice.
For the full report visit here:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/14/iphone_app_explained/
Taiwan's Chunghwa in talks to sell Apple iPhones
Reuters reports:
Chunghwa Telecom said on Wednesday it was in talks to sell Apple's iPhones for its mobile service, the largest in Taiwan, but added that no details had yet been agreed.
"We are in talks, but nothing has been finalised," said Chunghwa Telecom vice president Shih Mu-piao at a media event.
For the full report visit here:
http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNewsAndPR/idUSTP16049120071114
iPhone Could Have Two Sellers in China
IDG News Service's Dan Nystedt reports:
China Unicom may be open to selling Apple's iPhone in China, giving Apple a second option for bringing its device to the world's most populous market.
China Unicom, the second largest mobile telecom network operator in China, has no plans currently to offer the iPhone, but it would consider talking to Apple about a tie-up, an executive said Wednesday.
The comments come a day after the CEO of larger rival China Mobile said his company is in talks with Apple to sell the iPhone......
For the full report visit here:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,139627-pg,1/article.html
PC Mag: Apple's iPhone Unlikely to Head to China Soon
"Apple Inc's iPhone is unlikely to hit Chinese shelves soon because of technical and fee issues, industry executives said on Wednesday, a day after shares in the U.S. company shot up on hopes of a deal with China Mobile.
Shares in Apple rose more than 10 percent on Tuesday-snapping a four-day losing streak-after China Mobile Ltd Chief Executive Wang Jiangzhou said his firm was in talks about a possible tie-up. China Mobile stock also jumped 9 percent on Wednesday.
Wang brushed off suggestions an agreement might come soon when he spoke to reporters on the sidelines of a conference in Macau on Tuesday. And a senior telecoms executive familiar with the situation told Reuters on Wednesday that Wang's comments had been blown out of proportion."
To read more, go to:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,2216826,00.asp
Google Phone Systems Seen Complementing, Not Competing Vs iPhone
Dow Jones's Ben Charny reports:
Google Inc.'s Android cellphone initiative doesn't appear to be quite the rival to Apple Inc.'s trend-setting iPhone as some first speculated.
Rather, as more details emerge about Google's Android system, it is becoming clearer that Google and Apple are targeting different segments of the cellphone market. The one similarity, though, is that both companies - outsiders to the cellphone industry - are trying to disrupt the wireless market.
"We believe Google is working with, not against, Apple in the mobile world," said Piper Jaffray & Co. analyst Gene Munster.
To read more, click here.
iPhone virus or spyware "80-90% likely", says security expert
APCMag's David Flynn reports:
Apple's reputation for bullet-proof security could soon be blown away, with the most high-profile attack targetting its coolest device - the iPhone.
An iPhone virus, spyware or other piece of malicious software is almost inevitable. "It's 80-90% likely that we will see malware targetting the iPhone" predicts Runald, Security Response Manager for F-Secure Security Labs.
For the full report visit here:
http://apcmag.com/7544/iphone_virus_or_spyware_80_90_likely_says_security_expert
University of Alabama Library: Huntsville, Launches New iPhone Library
The University of Alabama Library: Huntsville has posted:
We're pleased to announce the availability of a new version of our site tailored specifically for the Safari browser on the Apple iPhone. You can find the site at lib.uah.edu/iphone. Currently the site features quick access to different features of our site such as searching for different books and journals, as well as quick access to different RSS feeds from things such as our different blogs and the Flickr page. Please check the site in the future, as we hope to add more functionality down the road.
Also, if you would like to visit a mobile version of our site on other mobile devices, we have another version available at lib.uah.edu/mobile
To read more, click here.
eWEEK: Apple Updates iPod Touch and iPhone
Although Apple is closing security holes with the update, hackers have kept opening up the devices.
To read more, visit:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2216488,00.asp?=kcEWKDT111307
Charles W. Moore
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