Articles tagged with: Apple and Apple Iphone
Rhapsody streaming app approved for iPhones
RealNetworks's subscription music service Rhapsody has been approved for use on iPhones and iPod Touches, the first time Apple has allowed an on-demand music streaming program on its devices in the United States. more
Related Tags: realnetworks, itune, app-store, USA
France questions Apple about imploding iPhones
France's top trade official is meeting Friday with the financial director of Apple France to discuss several recent claims by iPhone users that their phone screens cracked or exploded. more
Apple denies 'rejecting' Google Voice for iPhone
Apple told federal regulators Friday that it blocked the Google Voice program from running on the iPhone because it alters important functions on the device - yet Apple denied that it has rejected Google's application outright. more
Related Tags: app-store, google, voip, USA
Apple Reported to be Surrendering iPhone Revenue Share for Chinese Market
apple is reported to be edging closer to signing an iPhone distribution deal with China Unicom and would be willing to give up its lucrative revenue-sharing model when the phones go on sale. Citing unnamed sources, the South China Morning Post said that the iPhones would go on sale from September. However, unlike many of apple's partnerships, Unicom will not share a percentage of iPhone's user phone service revenue more
Related Tags: iphone, china-unicom, China
Chinese worker commits suicide over missing iPhone
An employee at a factory that makes iPhones in China killed himself after a prototype went missing. Apple offered its condolences Wednesday as the company waits for the results of an investigation. more
Related Tags: iphone, foxconn, China
iPhone "Wake Up Call" for Phone Manufacturers to Focus on User Experience
A report from Strategy Analytics shows that while some cell phone manufacturers professed to always having a user-focused approach, others admitted that the apple iPhone was "a wake up call" to increase their focus on the user experience. more
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New iPhone goes on sale with less drama
Apple's iPhone Bright Light for Taiwan's Handset Manufacturers
The overall performance of the Taiwanese smart cellular device (including Smartphones and PDA phones) industry in the first quarter of 2009 was not strong, reports the Taipei-based Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute (MIC). Shipment volume of the Taiwanese smart cellular device industry in the first quarter of 2009 reached 6.72 million units. more
Related Tags: mic, iphone, oem, asus, acer, htc, android, smart, Taiwan
Android Smartphone Shipments to Grow Faster than Apple's iPhone
According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global Android smartphone shipments will grow 900 percent in 2009. Healthy support from operators, vendors and developers is driving adoption. apple iPhone OS will be the next fastest-growing smartphone operating system in 2009, with a 79 percent growth rate. more
Related Tags: android, iphone, strategy-analytics, operating-system
Palm Pre Aims at the iPhone, Preliminary Cost Analysis Reveals
Palm is aiming high with its new Pre, a smart phone that rival's apple's iPhone in terms of slickness - and in terms of hardware features - according to a virtual teardown conducted by iSuppli. more
Related Tags: isuppli, palm-pre, palm, iphone, blackberry, cdma, cdma-evdo, sprint, memory, smart, operating-system, nand, flash
