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PhoneMag analyse state of iPhone play in China

by Chris Davies on December 19, 2007

If you've been following the verbal sparring between Apple and China Mobile's vocal CEO Wang Jianzhou, PhoneMag has an incredibly detailed analysis of the current battle for what could potentially be the iPhone's biggest market.  "There is more than $115 million US Dollars at stake for Apple in China.  [T]he competitors at the table are deadly serious.  And they should be.  They have turf to protect.  Nokia, for one, sold more ... continued »

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iPhone Trumps Blackberry

by Ken Allen on December 18, 2007

Even though most say the iPhone is a failure of a device and quit possibly a runner up for worst product of the year, it still continues to get noticed by top media as quite possibly the best. Consumer Reports January 2008 edition points out that the iPhone has outperformed it's smartphone competitors in many different aspects.  Hit the cut for details on how the iPhone trumps the Blackberry. continued »

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iPhone EDGE vs Nokia E61i 3G Shootout

by Ken Allen on December 11, 2007

While the iPhone's EDGE capabilities appear to be slow, it's rendering of web pages makes up for difference in speed between EDGE and 3G. Here is a video of the iPhone on EDGE, and a Nokia E61i on 3G. You can clearly see that both of their loading bars end at around the same time, with the iPhone finishing before the E61i loading eBay. If the iPhone had 3G, it ... continued »

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iPhone’s Web Usage - 0.09%

by Ken Allen on December 3, 2007

Yes, it's true, the total market share internet usage by the iPhone is a massive 0.09%. This is a stat taken out of how much the internet is used by the iPhone, and all other devices/operating systems. Compared to it's competition, it had a fairly good rating over Windows CE which brought in an impressive 0.06%, and the Sidekick with a mere 0.02%. continued »

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Macmall 2007 Black Friday Sale

by Ken Allen on November 22, 2007

Straight in line with all other stores on Black Friday, Macmall will be giving up to 22% off on select Apple products including Notebooks, iMacs, Mac Pro's, Mac Mini's, and the full range of iPod's on Thursday the 22nd (Thanksgiving) and Friday the 23rd. There doesn't appear to be any discounts on iPhone's though. A sale of 22% off could mean some major savings on notebooks or other Apple computers. continued »

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Fake Steve not scared of Google, OHA, or Android

by James Allan Brady on November 7, 2007

Surely all of you have heard the news that Google an a bunch of other companies involved in some way with the cellular industry have combined to form the OHA or Open Handset Alliance. The first product of this unholy alliance is to be Android, a completely open platform for mobile devices, the first evidence of which we should be seeing by this coming Monday. Well, Fake Steve Jobs isn’t scared ... continued »

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iPhone causing other carriers to change attitude?

by James Allan Brady on October 31, 2007

Let’s start with Verizon, they have been gradually losing market share ever since the release of the iPhone, and now all of the sudden they are releasing some really cool phones? Furthermore they have been in talks with Google and have even dropped their complaint regarding the 700MHz spectrum becoming open. Sure, they probably aren’t anticipating the mobile wireless world becoming open as in source, but such a move means they ... continued »

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