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Articles tagged with: Iphone and Apple
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
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iPhone Killers are Lifesavers for Display Demand
The new generation of so-called "iphone killers" is set to drive demand and increase sales of displays commonly used in smart phones in 2009, despite an expected decline in the overall mobile-phone display market this year, according to iSuppli Corp. more
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Google CEO leaves Apple board as companies compete
Google CEO Eric Schmidt is resigning from Apple's board of directors as the Internet search leader increasingly develops products that compete with Apple's core businesses, including the popular iPhone. more
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Black Hat: SMS bug can disable iPhone usage
One single malicious text message can knock an iPhone offline, a pair of researchers disclosed Thursday. more
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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
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Complaint about Apple iPhone Advert Dismissed
A complaint against a recent television advert for Apple's iphone has been dismissed by the UK's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). The advert had a voice-over stated "If you need to find a cab in a strange city, theres an app for that. Or figure out your share of the bill for a table of five, theres an app for that. Or fix a wobbly bookshelf, theres even an app for that. Yep theres an app for just about anything. Only on the iphone." more
Taiwan's Foxconn agrees on iPhone suicide compensation
The Taiwanese employer of a young Chinese man who killed himself after being interrogated over a missing iPhone prototype has agreed to pay compensation to his family, a company official said Tuesday. more
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
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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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Apples's iPhone 3GS Costs $178.96 to Manufacture
With the new iphone 3G S's Bill of Materials (BOM) and feature set nearly the same as the previous model in the iphone line, you might think the product's component selection would be virtually unchanged. However, a dissection conducted by iSuppli's Teardown Analysis Service reveals some interesting changes in the parts and suppliers. more
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