Archive | May, 2007

Is HTC announcing an iPhone-killer June 5th?

Posted on 28 May 2007 by

HTC is cooking up something BIG and plan on unveiling it on June 5th at an event held in London (11:30am local time). The invitation shows an image of a woman touching the number 5. Call me crazy but that sort of tells me that there’s some significance to a touch sensitive screen. continued »

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Ainol introduce V2000, iPhone media player clone

Posted on 26 May 2007 by

The V2000 is a media player with a 3-inch LCD sporting a 600MHz ADI Blackfin chip providing enough decoding performance for the mainstay AVI format as well as various MPEG formats and even RealVideo. Audio support includes MP3 and WMA support backed by more exotic APE and FLAC lossless music. Voice recording and an FM radio are built-in to round ... continued »

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Are you ready to receive the Jesus Phone into your life?

Posted on 26 May 2007 by

Those of you following the iPhone buzz on MY iPhone are mentally prepared for the coming of the Jesus Phone. How about financially? The arrival date is around the corner, is your finance in order? Tentative breakdown cost for owning the iPhone may come close to the following for iPhone & service contract: $640 iPhone - $599 plus tax (~8%) ... continued »

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Will the real iPhone please stand up?

Posted on 25 May 2007 by

Who needs to create an iPhone-killer when it is easier to copy nearly every aspects of the real thing? By any standards, the P168 iPhone clone looks to be a decent phone, featuring support for dual SIM cards, 3.5-inch touch-screen with QVGA resolution, 3D surround sound, a 1.3 megapixel camera, Mac OSX startup sound and theme, and a beefy ... continued »

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Will the real iPhone release date please stand up?

Posted on 25 May 2007 by

News Flash 6/3/2007: New iPhone Ads Now Available on Apple.com! Apple iPhone release date is June 29th, and new video of iPhone ad! The video below from CNBC claims June 20th as arrival dates of the iPhone. As Brian of Gizmodo noted, the reporter is not sourcing an analyst but instead got the info from an AT&T phone store employee. Now ... continued »

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Research shows 90 Percent of Handset Owners Rate Apple iPhone Experience Superior

Posted on 24 May 2007 by

There are only a handful of folks consisting of Steve Jobs, Stan Sigman, John Blackstone, Brian Lam among others have gotten their mitts on the iPhone. So how is it possible for 90 percent of existing handset owners to rate the iPhone experience superior over other mobile handsets? It simply comes down to perception and the “Wow” factor. None ... continued »

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iPhone 2.0 may feature built-in GPS

Posted on 24 May 2007 by

This is a no brainer Apple’s next version of the iPhone probably due out at Macworld in 2008 will sport a GPS chip closely matching the iRFstarIII from SiRF Technology. The StarIII is best known for its capability to receive signals from 20 different satellites simultaneously, and a super fast First Fix Time. The only draw back is ... continued »

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AT&T stores unofficially taking Apple iPhone pre-orders?

Posted on 24 May 2007 by

Despite a recent pre-launch sales brief sent internally telling employees that the iPhone will be on a first come, first served basis and that no wait list of names will be taken and NO pre-selling is allowed, that’s not really case according to Channel Checkers. In a survey conducted by Channel Checkers, 64% of the 36 AT&T phone stores it surveyed ... continued »

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iPhone launch speeds up AT&T rebranding efforts

Posted on 21 May 2007 by

I really feel for customers that signed up with the old AT&T cellphone service. First, you're with AT&T, then it's Cingular, now it's back to AT&T, that's just crazy. The company's rebranding efforts have been going on for some time now. But it looks like the release of the iPhone may kick things into high-gear. An AT&T spokesperson announced that ... continued »

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Apple iPhone will be available at 2,000 retail stores in June

Posted on 18 May 2007 by

So you might be wondering how many stores will be carrying the iPhone when it comes out. I think it's been pretty safe to say that all of the Apple stores will be carrying the iPhone, but just how many AT&T stores will have the phone stocked at release? According to a meeting Apple had with Bear Stearns analyst Andrew Neff ... continued »

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Apple iPhone Conspiracy theory – was it all just an elaborate plan by Apple?

Posted on 18 May 2007 by

I'm not one to sit around all day and come up with wild conspiracy theories (though I could tell you a tale about JFK) but here's something that has been bugging me since yesterday afternoon. What are the odds that the FCC would announce approval of the iPhone just a day after the false story regarding a delay of the ... continued »

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Apple iPhone receives approval from FCC, ID: BCGA1203

Posted on 17 May 2007 by

This is the day we've been waiting for, no not the launch day, the other day we've been waiting for. Today Apple received official approval from the FCC to release the iPhone. With only around a month until the expected launch, some experts have become uneasy about the fact that the FCC still had not approved the device. Now everyone can ... continued »

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