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POPS3G iPhone: It's Black, It's Got GPS... Engadget gets the deets on the 3G iPhone: *it's black; *it's got GPS (duh); *it's coming soon (double-duh). The most intriguing part of the report? 3G iPhone users ALREADY WALK AMONG US. Engadget's Ryan Block says he's talking to someone who is squiring one around already.
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POPSHackers Discover Evidence For 3G iPhone More evidence for Apple's biggest open secret: that a 3G iPhone is on the way. Take note investors: if this report is correct, It's now clear that Infineon will retain it's place at the heart of Apple's handsets.
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POPSBest Job Title Ever: iPhone Smuggler The NYT has been way out front on the missing iPhone story. Their latest piece looks at the journey of iPhones from factories in China, back to China via an ad hoc smuggling network.
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POPS5 Million iPhones By MacWorld? Dan Frommer Says No Way The problem with reporting on Apple is it's all too easy to stupidly regurgitate rumors about the notoriously secretive company. Silicon Alley's Dan Frommer, however, proves you don't need an inside source to do it right, you just need a brain: Frommer busts out the spreadsheet to reality check the latest Apple rumor-du-jour, that there will be 5 million iPhones sold by MacWorld. His answer: No way.
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POPSWhy The iPhone, Not Amazon.com's Kindle, Is The Future Nice get by Newsweek’s Steven Levy on Amazon.com’s e-book effort, dubbed Kindle. Amazon Chief Executive Jeff Bezos has found a reason to switch from bound paper to bits: a wireless connection that allows readers to browse for new information or download new books – any new book -- on the go. Smart. Two problems: 1) Price: at $400 bucks it’s not cheap enough to compete with books – or even cheap laptops; 2) Fees: It charges subscriptions for blogs and newspapers – uh, I can get those for free, online. The real challenge here isn’t replacing the book. It’s competing with the Internet and the devices used to connect to it: the content available online is growing too fast, and the devices for accessing the Net are getting better and cheaper too quickly. The result will be devices that are about being connected to people, information, and services -- not just consuming information. Such a device is already here. It’s called the iPhone.