0
POPSOutsiders Serve Up iPhone Nanos Outsiders meaning firms with absolutely no connection to Apple. Ubergizmo spotted this clamshell, iPod-like design (above) from China's HiPhone. Other knockoffs (like the second example, from Thailand) are just scaled-down versions of the original iPhone. Apple will likely update the iPhone line in June.
0
POPSNearly One Billion iPhone Apps Downloaded Apple has placed a counter on its site to mark its impending one billionth app served. The giveaways (free MacBook Pro, etc.) are no doubt helping goose numbers, but Apple's been doing pretty well without them--remember, the App Store only launched 9 months ago. It's mesmerizing to watch the counter flip...click through to see.
0
POPSReasons Not To Make An IPhone Application iPhone apps aren't a sure thing, Ad Age cautions marketers. That said, as CTIA--the big wireless trade show--kicks off this week, there's sure to be a lot of news surrounding new iPhone apps.
2
POPSSee 10,000 iPhone Apps All At Once OK, this is kind of a gimmick. But click through the second link above and you'll see a mind-bending mosaic of icons representing close to 10,000 iPhone apps. As some astute blogs have reported, Apple's App Store doesn't currently contain 10k apps--more like 9,700. The 10k figure is the number that have debuted.
0
POPS6.9 Million iPhones Sold Last Quarter ...along with nearly 200 million App Store applications. The figures mean Apple has already met its goal of selling 10 million iPhones in 2008. AT&T shares also rose on the news. T reports its third quarter earnings tomorrow.
1
POPS$999.99 "I Am Rich" iPhone App Not A Joke I just checked the App Store and this app, which was released yesterday, is still live/available. Some see this as evidence that Apple is shirking its duty to select only useful, best-in-class apps for the App Store. But there probably is a market for witty, way-overpriced apps like this. And each time someone buys "I Am Rich," Apple will collect $300.
0
POPSWhy We Write About The iPhone (And Android) UK tech site Silicon.com nicely explicates the media obsession with Apple's iPhone and Google's Android. In short: they are shaking up the wireless market and embody important trends for the industry's future.
0
POPSFuture iPhone To Get Hardware Keyboard? So reports The Register, which says Apple is shopping around prototypes to carriers. Other touchscreen phones, like the HTC Touch Dual, already sport such a feature. In somewhat related news, the upcoming touchscreen BlackBerry--scheduled to launch in September, possibly--is rumored to have a higher resolution screen than the iPhone. I know, the iPhone's appeal is the user experience, not its technical specifications. But still interesting.
0
POPSBlackBerry Profits From iPhone Hype Hitwise says so many iPhone stories mentioned iPhone alternatives, such as the BlackBerry Bold, that rival handsets benefited (at least in numbers of Web searches).
1
POPSFree, 1 Euro iPhones No Great Bargain Some of the new European iPhone deals (in the UK and Germany) look good, especially compared to the U.S. iPhone price of $199. But they tend to carry higher monthly fees, making them pricier in the end. Fortune computes the costs (click through for larger view.)
2
POPSSamsung Unveils Another iPhone Competitor In an interesting choice of timing, Samsung unveiled this slick touchscreen phone Monday morning, just before Apple's debut of the 3G iPhone. Also interesting: Samsung already has an iPhone competitor--its Instinct, which will launch on Sprint on June 20. The two phones could be part of a broader global strategy, with the Omnia targeting Asia and Europe.
0
POPSAT&T CFO: New iPhone Price Still Secret Or maybe it really hasn't been determined yet. There have been lots of rumors that At&T will apply carrier subsidies to the 3G iPhone. Given the secrecy surrounding Apple product launches, though, it's no surprise that Lindner didn't address that.
0
POPSGoogle, Microsoft, China Mobile Top Brands Other tech firms in the top 20 included Microsoft, IBM, Apple, Nokia.,Vodafone and HP. Why China Mobile? The company has more subscribers than the U.S. has people (nearly 400 million). Authoring firm Millward Brown noted that Chinese firms performed strongly this year, aided by continued growth in emerging markets.
1
POPSRampant iPhone Rumors Spark iFatigue The onslaught of speculative news about the "supergadget" is frustrating consumers, says the Sunday Mail in Australia, where the iPhone is rumored to be released in late June. The iFatigue-resistant can read on (in the clip) for Fortune's round-up of recent iPhone rumors.
1
POPSiPhone: Now In Glossy Black? The upcoming iPhone redesign will swap its metallic finish for this lacquered look, says iPodObserver. It could cut down on the fingerprint smudge factor, too.
1
POPSNo Firefox For iPhone The iPhone's current platform, says Mozilla, is too restrictive to make the match work. Open access should help Firefox uptake on other platforms/networks, though.
0
POPSFirst iPhone SDK Application? On Saturday, a mere two days after the release of the iPhone SDK, The Unofficial Apple Weblog announced the first 3rd party developer (SDK) app -- a ToDo program. Needless to say, getting a useful app out this quickly bodes well for Apple and its 10 million sales goal for the iPhone.
1
POPSiPhone Applications Wish List As the iPhone SDK approaches this Thursday, lists are emerging of applications people would like developers to build. Macworld came up with 25. Three -- the most- wanted three -- got cut off in my clip: Document Editor, AIM Client and To-Do/Task Manager.
0
POPSiPhone Faithful Underwhelmed by Macworld Updates? There's a reason why Steve Jobs stuck the iPhone news in the middle of his keynote speech -- the second of the "four things" he presented. ZDNet blogger Russell Shaw isn't impressed by any of the iPhone updates, except perhaps the ability to download movies from iTunes. Shaw is a BlackBerry user. Do iPhone owners feel differently?
0
POPSEric Schmidt's Conflict of Interest with Apple Google's lobbying efforts get the Ken Auletta treatment in this week's New Yorker. TechCrunch culls the most interesting detail -- that Google CEO Eric Schmidt, who sits on Apple's board, doesn't participate in Apple discussions on mobile phone strategy because of potential interference with Google's mobile ambitions. Is the move commendable? Or counterproductive?
2
POPSiPhone Doomed, Windows Mobile a Winner? Here's a contrarian point of view, coming one day after Wired's much-discussed paean to the iPhone: the iPhone will "fade into history," because Microsoft's plans for Windows Mobile are so cool. (First clip has leaked details on WinMobile 7, second has the argument, third is the Wired story.)
1
POPSCES: Ginormous Gaming Monitor I've long considered Al Gore's triptych of Apple monitors (scroll down) the ne plus ultra of monitor excess, but this gaming monitor by Alienware wins points for sleekness.
1
POPSPick Up an iPhone, Wiener Schnitzel "Der letzte Schrei! " -- "The latest craze!" Today, iPhones went on sale at Austrian food discounter Penny. They're not going for a discount, though -- selling price is 799 Euros or $1,147.
0
POPSLG Voyager Beats the iPhone... ...in Web site views in November, that is. According to Web analytics company Compete, the Voyager was the #1 most "shopped" phone on carrier Web sites during that time; the iPhone was #4. Compete says the Voyager got a boost through savvy marketing by Verizon. And, of course, it's a newer phone.
3
POPSGoogle now optimized for the iPhone? Has Google put special effort into making its mobile Web site look pretty on the iPhone? Check out the nice layout, which is not what I see on my Treo or BlackBerry.
Newest Clips
see Newest Clips
1
Latest Pops
Latest Comments
Most Pops
Tags
Print
Save
Turn on live update