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I guess you still remember how AT&T held exclusivity for iPhone sales in the US for many years - up until the Verizon iPhone 4 was finally launched last year. Well, the same thing has been going on in China.
When the iPhone first arrived over there, the exclusive carrier has been China Unicom. That's the second biggest carrier, as China Mobile (who's No.1) uses TD-SCDMA for 3G, a Chinese tech which hasn't so far been used anywhere else in the world and which Apple has been reluctant to include into its iPhones. So that left Apple with the choice of selling an EDGE device to China Mobile customers or going with China Unicom, which uses the WCDMA 3G that's also found pretty much everywhere across the globe.
But the Verizon (and then Sprint) iPhone launches meant that Apple now gonna make a CDMA iPhone. And China Telecom has a CDMA mobile network in China. So, Guys, starting today, for the first time there's some competition in China for the iPhone. China Telecom has started selling the iPhone 4S today, almost two months after China Unicom did the same thing. Although it's the smallest of the ‘big three' Chinese carriers, China Telecom will surely benefit immensely from the new partnership with Apple.
Mo Cheng
Editor-In-Chief
YouMobile
As you probably know it already, Nokia sued Apple in 2009, saying the iPhone violated 10 patents. It later added claims when the iPad was introduced. Apple countersued after which Nokia added to its criticism, saying that the Cupertino company violated its patents "in just about all of its products." Nokia's claims in opposition to Apple grew to include 46 patents.
The technology covered by the patents included such features as touch scrolling and display illumination.
But today, Apple Inc. has agreed to make a one-time licensing cost and persevering with royalties to Nokia Corp. to settle a long-running patent dispute. While the specifics of the agreement have not been revealed, it's reasonable to assume that Apple will pay a hefty sum to Nokia, and the timing could not be better for the Finnish giant, which is struggling to restructure its smartphone business and regain its waning market share.
source: businessnew
Bubble Ball showed up in the app store on Dec. 29 and had one million downloads in the first two weeks. Last Thursday, it topped the App Store free chart and had greater than 400,000 downloads on that day alone.
Bubble Ball was written by a 14 year old kid name Robert Nay, he is from Spanish Fork, Utah. The game challenges players to use objects and gravity to guide a ball to its destination.
This will definitely make Apple investors nervious, as Steve going to take another medical leave, we are all starting to wonder what has happened to his health this time?
Steve Jobs is a great invisionary, doesn't matter if you like or dislike him, there's no doubt in anyone's mind that he has changed the whole electronics industry. Here's a copy of his letter to employees, thanks to boy genius report.
Team,
At my request, the board of directors has granted me a medical leave of absence so I can focus on my health. I will continue as CEO and be involved in major strategic decisions for the company.
I have asked Tim Cook to be responsible for all of Apple's day to day operations. I have great confidence that Tim and the rest of the executive management team will do a terrific job executing the exciting plans we have in place for 2011.
I love Apple so much and hope to be back as soon as I can. In the meantime, my family and I would deeply appreciate respect for our privacy.
Steve
Skype at the moment announced the new version of its iPhone software that brings video calling to millions of mobile customers around the globe over each 3G and WiFi networks. Accessible to obtain from the Apple App Store at the moment, the brand new Skype for iPhone App permits iPhone, iPad and iPod touch owners to make and/or receive free Skype video calls for the first time.
Customers can now see their household, pals and colleagues around the globe whereas talking to them. With roughly 25 million concurrent users logged into Skype at any given time, the brand new Skype for iPhone makes it simpler than ever to share moments wherever you are.
Video calling considerably enhances the consumer experience of Skype for iPhone, which is one of the high five free iPhone apps in 2010 based on Apple. Now, customers could make and receive free Skype-to-Skype calls, name mobiles and landlines world wide at very low charges, and now share more moments along with video on Skype for iPhone.
"With video calling representing roughly 40% of all Skype-to-Skype minutes for the first six months of 2010, our users have been wanting to get Skype video calling on their cellphones," stated Neil Stevens, common supervisor of Skype's client business.
"By bringing video to mainstream customers at their home or work through their desktops, on the go along with their mobiles, or into their lounge via their TV, Skype has made it potential for tens of millions of people to share video moments wherever they are."
via: lightreading
Great news for Apple Fans, Apple has officially announced the release of iOS 4.2.1 update today for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. You should already see an update notifications if you have your device plug in, if not simply do an update on iTunes.
See press release below:
CUPERTINO, California-November 22, 2010-Apple today announced that iOS 4.2, the latest version of the world's most advanced mobile operating system, is available today for download for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. iOS 4.2 brings over 100 new features from iOS 4.0, 4.1 and 4.2 to iPad including Multitasking, Folders, Unified Inbox, Game Center, AirPlay and AirPrint.
"iOS 4.2 makes the iPad a completely new product, just in time for the holiday season," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "Once again, the iPad with iOS 4.2 will define the target that other tablets will aspire to, but very few, if any, will ever be able to hit."
iPad users can now run their favorite apps and switch between them instantly, while preserving iPad's legendary battery life. Users can organize their apps with drag-and-drop simplicity using Folders, and Mail now features a Unified Inbox, fast inbox switching and a threaded message view.
Game Center allows iPad, iPhone and iPod touch users to challenge and play friends or be matched automatically with new opponents, showcase their scores and achievements, and discover new games their friends are playing.
AirPlay is a new feature for streaming music, video and photos wirelessly from iPad, iPhone and iPod touch to Apple TV®, transforming Apple TV into a great accessory for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. iOS users also will be able to use AirPort Express® and AirPlay to stream wirelessly to any stereo or powered speakers, or directly to AirPlay-enabled speakers coming to market in the months ahead.
AirPrint is a next-generation Wi-Fi print architecture that dramatically simplifies printing by completely eliminating printer drivers. A selection of AirPrint enabled printers including the HP Photosmart, HP LaserJet Pro and HP Officejet will be the first to support printing direct from iOS devices. iPad, iPhone and iPod touch users can simply tap to print their documents or photos wirelessly to any printer that supports AirPrint.
The Find My iPhone (or iPad or iPod touch) feature is now free to use without a MobileMe℠ subscription and helps you locate your missing device.* The Find My iPhone app is a free download on the App Store℠ and lets users easily locate a missing device on a map and have it display a message or play a sound. Users can even remotely lock or wipe data from a lost device to protect privacy.
Other new features that iOS 4.2 brings to the iPad include: the ability to rent TV episodes directly to iPad using the iTunes® App with a 30 day viewing window and a 48 hour session window once playback is started; the ability to easily find and highlight specific words and phrases on web pages in Safari®; enhanced enterprise support so businesses can take advantage of stronger security features, new device management capabilities and improved enterprise integration; industry-leading accessibility enhancements; and support for 25 additional languages, including Korean, Portuguese and Traditional Chinese.
The revolutionary iPad allows users to connect with their apps and content in a more intimate, intuitive and fun way than ever before. You can browse the web, read and send email, enjoy and share photos, watch HD videos, listen to music, play games, read ebooks and much more, using the innovative Multi-TouchTM user interface. iPad weighs just 1.5 pounds, making it easy to carry and use anywhere.
Today, customers have downloaded more than seven billion apps from the groundbreaking App Store and more than 300,000 apps are available to consumers in 90 countries, with more than 40,000 native iPad apps. Over 125 million iOS users around the world can choose from an incredible range of apps in 20 categories, including games, business, news, sports, health, reference and travel.
Availability
The iOS 4.2 update is available today to download to iPad, iPhone and iPod touch by syncing the device with iTunes 10.1. iOS 4.2 is compatible with iPad, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, second and third generation iPod touch (late 2009 models with 32GB or 64GB) and new iPod touch. Some features may not be available on all products. For example, Multitasking requires iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, third generation iPod touch (late 2009 models with 32GB or 64GB) or later.
source: BGR
Radmondpie has posted full instructions on how to install Android OS on iPhone 2G/3G, check it out folks.
To kick things off, Bootlace 2.1 is only compatible with the following iPhones and iOS':
* iPhone 2G running iOS 3.1.2 and 3.1.3.
* iPhone 3G running iOS 3.1.2, 3.1.3, 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2 and 4.1.
And the jailbreaking tools which are supported by Bootlace 2.1 are:
* PwnageTool
* Redsn0w
* Blackra1n
source: redmondpie
Steve Jobs had a lot to say Monday during his conference call with analysts following Apple's announcement of record earnings and sales. Here's the Apple CEO in his own words.
Hi, everybody. As most of you know, I don't usually participate in Apple earnings calls, since you're all in such capable hands with Peter and Tim. But I just couldn't help dropping by for our first 20-billion-dollar quarter. I'd like to chat about a few things, and then stay for the rest of the Q&A, if that's all right.
First, let me discuss iPhone. We sold 14.1 million iPhones in the quarter, which represents a 91 percent unit growth over the year-ago quarter, and was well ahead of IDC's latest published estimate of 64 percent growth for the global smartphone market in the September quarter. And it handily beats RIM's 12.1 million BlackBerrys sold, in their most recent quarter ending in August.
We've now passed RIM. And I don't see them catching up with us in the foreseeable future. They must move beyond their area of strength and comfort, into the unfamiliar territory of trying to become a software platform company. I think it's going to be a challenge for them to create a competitive platform and to convince developers to create apps for yet a third software platform after iOS and Android. With 300,000 apps on Apple's App Store, RIM has a high mountain ahead of them to climb.
South Korea's telecom big KT Corp. said Wednesday it had acquired greater than a 100,000 reservations for the iPhone four in the first day of preorders for the latest mannequin of Apple Inc.'s smartphone.
KT, the native distributor of Apple's iPhones and the second-largest cellular carrier within the nation, said greater than a 100,000 individuals had positioned a preorder for the smash-hit smartphone. A preorder, nonetheless, is topic to cancellation if a customer chooses to opt out.
The iPhone four is proving rather more fashionable than Apple's earlier model, the iPhone 3GS, which received sixty five,000 preorders in the first 5 days of reservations in the country. It took 5 days for the Galaxy S, Samsung Electronics Co.'s flagship smartphone released in June, to interrupt the 100,000 sales milestone in the domestic market.
Upon opening at 6 a.m. Wednesday, the preorder Web page for the iPhone four skilled a delay for about one hour as the server was overloaded by tens of thousands of customers accessing the site at the similar time, in response to a KT spokesman.
KT started receiving preorders with out stating the exact date it will ship the model. The iPhone 4 will likely be launched someday in September, in line with KT.
South Korea was originally on the list of 18 international locations for the iPhone four's July release, but it was the one country dropped from the list. Apple and KT postponed the launch citing regulatory requirements.
Apple's previous model, the iPhone 3GS, which was released in South Korea on the finish of 2009, topped 850,000 in gross sales in about eight months.
KT is hoping to boost its smartphone gross sales and retain subscribers as its rival SK Telecom Co., South Korea's prime mobile carrier, sold greater than 600,000 models of Samsung's Galaxy S as of last month, amid the delay within the iPhone four's local release.
source: unwiredview
Earlier this month, Apple came out with a statement saying that the anntenna problem on the iPhone 4 was actually a software issue and they will be coming out with a fix soon.
Michael Gikas, senior editor of electronics at Consumer Reports said in a phone interview that the earlier blog post was a "first impression" of the iPhone 4 and the latest report is based on detailed laboratory experiments showing the phones issues are clearly a hardware malfunction.
Quote statement by Michael Gikas:
"We don't believe that consumers should pay extra money to fix the problem," Mr. Gikas said. "We think either Apple should supply free cases for the phone or come up with another solution. That's why we are not recommending the iPhone 4."
Sad news for Apple, I hope they won't be dealing with class-action lawsuits regarding this problem in the future.
source: nytimes
