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POPSApple killing Micro-USB standard? Apple makes lots of money selling charger cords, converters and docks, so they're resistant to adopting Micro-USB. But this could come back to bite them; come 2012, if the iPhone is the only device with a proprietary charger, don't you think that's going to turn off consumers?
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POPSApple rejects South Park application The App Store is Apple's outlet, and they can refuse to sell whatever they want. But the company really should come up with a more consistent set of standards, and apply them to all its different products.
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POPSKindle iPhone App Coming This sort of app might help sell kindles, too -- i'd be more likely to want one if i could trade books back and forth between devices.
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POPSDoors Open For Flash On The iPhone? Enough of the good stuff on the web is flash based to make missing support one of the big problems with Apple's iPhone. But don't get too excited --this is still a long way from happening.
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POPSQuarter Of All Teens Plan To Buy An iPhone There are lots of teens who hold down part time jobs, and they don't have to deal with the same sort of economic woes as their parents. So the kid market may provide Apple with a little bit of recession-proofing.
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POPSiPhone App Store Opens Apple says 25% of the apps will be free for download and use. The remaining pay-for-play apps will be almost all under $10.
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POPSShould You Upgrade Your iPhone? No. Don't forget that despite a $199 price tag on the hardware, a new iPhone will actually cost you more in the long term, because it requires a more expensive AT&T 3G contract.
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POPSNew Apple OS Takes Aim At Offices For all of Apple's successes in recent years, the company has still failed to significantly increase the use of its OS in workplaces -- Windows is still far and away the most popular system for companies. So it makes sense for Steve Jobs to target those customers in the future.
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POPSiPhone SDK Not As Open As It Looks Apple's done a lot to open up this device and encourage developments. But don't fool yourself into thinking anything other than this: the iPhone is now and will always be under Steve Jobs iron grip. If he doesn't want you to do something on his gizmo, you're not gonna do it.
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POPSiPhone SDK Details Leak No surprise that Apple will control applications through iTunes. But limiting access to accessories could cause a lot of complaint; there's a lot of companies out there itching to sell iPhone keyboards and similar gadgets.
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POPSiPhone SDK Announcement Next Week Better late than never, Apple will deliver the kit which will allow outside software developers to write and publish applications for the iPhone. They'll also announce details on enterprise email integration -- which means you'll finally be able to sync your iPhone with Microsoft Exchange.
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POPSWill Apple Get Into Mobile Gaming? The iPhone is an attractive gaming platform -- full screen, touch interface, built in accelerometer. And mobile gaming is a huge business for the phone carriers. It makes sense that Apple would want a piece.
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POPSHere Comes The BlackBerry Touch RIM is still a leader in the smartphone space, but Apple's certainly been dominating the headlines over the last year. Releasing something that competes directly with the iPhone is a given -- the question is just how much they step away from the traditional blackberry design.
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POPS3G iPhone in May? Start the rumormongering! There's no reason to believe this story is anything more than wishful thinking. But with that said, I've heard similar speculation from a number of informed people, and it does make a lot of sense that the next generation iPhone would debut this spring.
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POPSApple Makes $831 Off Each iPhone These huge profits are what helped push Apple's recent 4Q results to record highs -- and Munster thinks they will increase Apple's 2009 revenues to $42.8 billion.
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POPSMotion Sensitive Gadgets Take Off The motion-sensitive controllers of the Nintendo Wii have been really influential on other designers -- expect more and more gesture-driven gadgets and gizmos to hit the market in the next few years.
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