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Survey: 39 percent of iPhone 3G buyers own PCs

Survey: 39 percent of iPhone 3G buyers own PCsLooking at the data another way,there were fewer Mac owners getting iPhone 3G's than the original iPhones. Not just %, but raw number. Wonder what conclusions could be drawn from that?Good luck with the corporate TrojanYeah I don't see this being any...

Tags: Cellular phones, Desktops, Apple iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3G buyer, 3G, survey, Apple Inc., PC

Discussion threads 2008-07-14

Analyst: 35% of iPhone 3G buyers will get it for $199

Analyst: 35% of iPhone 3G buyers will get it for $199BummerLooks like Apple went up against the Cell Phone carriers and lost. iPhone pricing is turning out to be as much of a mess as it is everywhere else in the cellphone industry.Too bad they couldn't pull off simple pricing...

Tags: Cellular phones, Telecom & Utilities, iPhone pricing, ATT, Apple iPhone, iPhone 3G buyer, iPhone 3G, 3G

Discussion threads 2008-07-10

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iPhone hits another security speedbump

Apple's ongoing struggles with poor security-related design choices have extended to the iPhone.  According to security researcher Aviv Raff, everyone's favorite mobile device is vulnerable to two separate security weaknesses that expose millions of users to phishing and spamming attacks. [...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Image, Spamming, Spam, Security, Spam And Phishing, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-10-06

iPhone sales: 10 million yet?

When it comes to product inventory, there's a clear distinction between what's been manufactured and what's been sold. And sales figures also need to take into consideration other factors, such as returns, exchanges and retail inventory. That's why I'm raising an eyebrow at headlines today that suggest Apple has sold...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Smart Phones, Sales, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-06

iPhone 2.2 features trickle out

iPhone 2.2 firmware beta 1 seeded to developers on 25 September 2008 contains some hints at more new features coming to the mobile OS, despite a changelog that lists only "compatibility testing." Ability to disable iPhone's auto-correction see screen shot Support for Japanese emoji icons ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Firmware, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-10-06

30% of iPhone 3G buyers switched to AT&T from other carriers

30% of US consumers who purchased Apple iPhone 3G in the summer of 2008 switched from other mobile carriers to join AT&T, the exclusive mobile carrier for the iPhone in the US. 23% of consumers, on average, switched carriers between June and August 2008. 47% of new AT&T iPhone customers...

Tags: Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp., Apple iPhone 3G, Carrier, 3G, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, AM

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Eight ways to track your portfolio on the iPhone

In case you haven't been paying attention, U.S. financial markets are in a tailspin (Dow and AAPL both down 4 6+% today). Securities continue on their relentless roller coaster ride that could make veteran stock brokers lose their lunch. If you'd like to stay more in touch...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Stock, Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, Analysis, Google Finance, Investment, Digital Music, Digital Media, Finance, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Blackberry Storm, 'Application Center' info leaked

Wow, a whole lot of Blackberry-related news surfaced this weekend. First, the user's guide to the highly-anticipated Blackberry Storm was leaked by the ever-intrepid BoyGeniusReport, who posted exclusive images on their website. Second, and more importantly, news of the Blackberry Application Center has emerged....

Tags: Application, Research In Motion Ltd., RIM BlackBerry, Carrier, App Center, Handhelds, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Apple manufactures 10M iPhones

About a month ago creative individuals determined that Apple has sold 8 million iPhones based on collected International Mobile Equipment Identity IMEI numbers. A joint project of AFB and Investor Village's AAPL Sanity board have been collecting iPhone IMEI numbers and recording them on a big Google speadsheet. Based on...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, 3G, Sales, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-10-06

News to know: Green PCs, IT; IBM; Nokia; Apple

 Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: IBM launches beta of 'Bluehouse,' eyes Cisco's WebEx Matthew Miller: First impressions of the Nokia N96. Gallery right. Mary Jo...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Larry Dignan, Nokia Corp., PC, Information Technology, Yahoo! Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, IBM Corp., Podcasts, Linux, Internet, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Dropping the iPhone NDA is good for security

Last week Apple lifted their NDA on iPhone developers, freeing them to discuss amongst themselves how to properly build applications. This decision is a "good thing" for not just applications but also application security on the iPhone. The iPhone NDA was antithetical to how developers work....

Tags: Apple iPhone, Developer, Flaw, Programming, Development Tools, Security, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Adam O\'Donnell

Blog posts 2008-10-05

Apple iPhone 3G (Image Gallery: Matthew Miller's mobile device history, 1997-2008)

Apple iPhone 3G (Image Gallery: Matthew Miller's mobile device history, 1997-2008)I had An Ipaq1910It was awesome, I read many books and even played age of empires on it. And it was really reasonably priced...

Tags: Cellular phones, mobile device history, Matthew Miller, Image Gallery, Apple iPhone 3G, 3G, mobile device, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., mobile

Discussion threads 2008-10-04

fring lets you make Skype calls from your iPhone, available for free

Back in April I wrote about the availability of fring on the iPhone, but at that time you needed a jailbroken iPhone to use it and the iPhone 3G wasn't yet available. You may recall that fring is a VoIP application that lets you use Skype, MSN, Google Talk, ICQ,...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Skype Technologies S.A., 3G, Wireless LANs, Microsoft Windows, Wireless, Wi-Fi, Telephony, Instant Messaging, Operating Systems, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Software, Networking, Internet, Online Communications, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-10-04

Velocity 103

We've seen plenty of Windows Mobile devices in our day, and at times they all start to blur together--same story, just different packaging. However, back at CTIA Spring 2008, a new company called Velocity Mobile caught our eye, impressing us with a fresh approach to the user interface. Recognizing that...

Tags: Smart phones, Keyboards, Cellular phones, Monitors & displays, Handhelds, Velocity, Velocity 103, High Tech Computer Corp., HTC Touch

Product reviews 2008-10-03

Videos: Nokia 5800 touchscreen phone

Videos: Nokia 5800 touchscreen phoneI'm no guru...I'm all for alternatives to the iPhone, but the screen on this thing looks like it's made of cheap plastic. I dunno, maybe my eyes are playing tricks on me.That's awesome how the device has handwriting recognition built in. I never had...

Tags: Keyboards, Telecom & Utilities, phone, Nokia 5800, touchscreen phone, touch screen, Nokia Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-10-03

HP to jump into smartphones. Why?

HP to jump into smartphones. Why?Been in the smartphone market for a couple yearsActually, HP has been making Windows Mobile Smartphones for a couple of years now with their iPAQ 6000, 500 and 900 series. The 500 series was actually a device that looked more like a phone than a...

Tags: Smart phones, Handhelds, Compaq iPAQ, smart phone, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Discussion threads 2008-10-03

HP to jump into smartphones. Why?

Hewlett Packard is jumping deeper into the crowded smartphone market, announcing plans for an iPaq smartphone that will be marketed toward consumers to be released first in Europe before the end of the year and later worldwide, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. In...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Smart Phone, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-03

Weekend Gadget Guidance: Find speed traps online

User-generated Google maps of police speed traps are easy to find with Trapster, a site that offers just that: a way to alert other drivers of speed traps in your area. The concept is simple: download the Trapster app for your mobile phone, and use it to...

Tags: Phone, Speed Trap, 3G, Smart Phones, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-10-03

Videos: Nokia 5800 touchscreen phone

Well, not my hands in this hands-on, of course, but here's actual demo footage of Nokia's new iPhone-inspired 5800 XpressMusic touchscreen phone, which Matthew Miller also posted about: And another video demonstrating functions: And another: ...

Tags: Touch Screen, Phone, Nokia Corp., Video, Keyboards, Corporate Communications, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Peripherals, Marketing, Components, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-10-03

Fake Steve Jobs heart attack story pushes stock price below $100

Fake Steve Jobs heart attack story pushes stock price below $100short-sellersanother reason that shorting-selling a stock should be forbidden all together. this financial crisis shows how awful that is. they short a stock, spread false rumors and make a lot of money. a few people win by manipulating the market...

Tags: Investment, Financial accounting, stock, stock price, Fake Steve Jobs heart attack story, heart attack story, Fake Steve Jobs

Discussion threads 2008-10-03