New iPhone: What We Might See, and When

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We’re less than two weeks away from the start of Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference, where the company is widely expected to unveil a new iPhone handset. While we can’t be sure of that — Apple rumors have a way of taking on a life of their own — it’s still fun to speculate. Here’s a roundup of the latest rumors about what a new iPhone will look like.

One of the most detailed reports about a new iPhone came from a Chinese Website, on which someone posted a list of features that the new phone will offer. They include: (more…)

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Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch become popular electronic playgrounds

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“Apple announced recently that iPhone and iPod users had downloaded an impressive one billion programs from the company’s online App Store in a mere nine months. Meanwhile, 15 of the 20 most popular paid downloads since the service opened have been games,” Seth Schiesel reports for The New York Times.

“These two facts are not unrelated. Apple hasn’t been this relevant in video games — and video games have not been so relevant to Apple — since the early 1980s, when the Apple II was a major platform for computer games,” Schiesel reports.

“What the iPhone offers that the DS and PSP lack is its huge library of downloadable games among the more than 35,000 total programs available on the App Store,” Schiesel reports. “Most of the top games on the iPhone cost (more…)

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Apple’s iPhone wins JD Power award second time in a row!

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Submitted by Justin Sorkin on Sun, 05/03/2009 – 10:46

For the second time in a row, the popular Apple iPhone has won the JD Power award for customer satisfaction.

In the Volume 1 of the 2009 Wireless Consumer Smartphone
Customer Satisfaction Study, conducted by JD Power and Associates, Apple managed 791 points out of
1,000; while closest rival LG received 772 points, Samsung got 759, and Research In Motion scored 739 points. With the overall smartphone satisfaction increasing since last year’s JD Power study; the industry average this year was 751 points.

The study was conducted between the July and December 2008 period, with the company surveying 2,648 smartphone users who have been using it for less than two years.

For the study, five parameters were used to gauge the level of
customer satisfaction with regard to smartphones. These parameters in the order of importance for smartphone users were: ease of operation – 30 percent; operating system – 22 percent; features – 21 percent; physical design – 18 percent; and battery function – 9 percent.

Though Apple iPhone scored pretty high on most of the parameters, the one constraint that it faced was battery life, which is indeed a problem as per the iPhone owners.

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Wazabee 3DeeShell for 3D content on the iPhone 3G now available for purchase

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By Ben Robinson on Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 at 3:45 PM PST In Accessories, Announcements

Anyone remember recently I posted on Spatial View’s “Wazabee 3DeeShell” for the iPhone – it lets you view 3D on the iPhone, and looked a little bit like this:

… well now it’s for sale at wazabee.net!

Spatial View Inc today announced that its Wazabee™ 3DeeShell, which enables 3D viewing of content on the iPhone™ 3G and was introduced at Macworld 2009, is now globally available for purchase. Additionally, the Company has launched Hunter3Dee, a free 3D top-down space shooter game, and 3DeeFriends, a free Facebook application that lets users create and share 3D photos with friends. With the Wazabee 3DeeShell and 3D applications, iPhone users can now capture, view, edit, experience and share content in vivid 3D.

The 3DeeShell is a protective case with a removable lens that enables glasses-free viewing of multimedia 3D content on Apple (NSDQ: AAPL)’s iPhone 3G. Priced at (more…)

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The iPhone’s success is scaring Sony, Nintendo?

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16 April 2009 1:15 by Andre “DVDBack23″ Yoskowitz | 6 comments

The iPhone's success is scaring Sony, Nintendo? According to Trip Hawkins, the founder of Electronic Arts, both Sony and Nintendo are beginning to get “freaked out” by the raging success of the Apple iPhone as a gaming platform.

“The iPhone for us was a spectacularly pleasant surprise,” says Hawkins speaking of his success through the App store with his new gaming company. “We had no idea it was going to be as good for us as it turned out to be…

“It’s by far our most effective platform. We make as much money with these games on one device as we do putting a game on 100 different cell phone platforms.”

Continuing, Hawkins adds: “Between the iPod Touch and the iPhone, I think the platform is freaking out Sony and Nintendo. Apple has sold 30 million units so far and it has created tremendous awareness. It has taken ground all over the world. But it has only penetrated one half of one percent of its total market.”

Hawkins’ new company, Digital Chocolate, has produced a few titles for the iPhone, and the top four sellers have 10 million downloads in under 100 days.

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    Microsoft’s Halo coming to Apple iPhone?

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    After recent news of big companies such as Konami and EA showing support for the iPhone game market, there have been stories of a possible Halo game for the iPhone. Is Microsoft really willing to give their support to Apple?

    A Microsoft job listing for a ‘Software Development Engineer’ is listed on Careerbuilder and is all about Halo and presumably, future Halo projects planned.

    Microsoft are ”looking to blend console, web, and mobile to create an immersive Halo world that follows the dedicated Halo fan wherever they go.”

    As VG247 states, could this be the Halo game for the iPhone that fans have been waiting for? Let us know your views.

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    The Apple iPhone for Business

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    If you view the advertising for the Apple iPhone, you would think that it is strictly for young adults to be used for pleasure. Most of the advertising focuses on the iPhone’s entertainment value. They focus on music, video, and Facebook. Overall, not very business like. However, the Apple iPhone for business purposes is something you do not see advertised much. Perhaps this is due to the fact that the only service provider for the iPhone is AT&T and they are not looking to cut anyone deals on iPhone services. Nevertheless, the iPhone can be a useful business tool; one just has to decide if the cost is worth it.

    Is using the Apple iPhone for business really a viable option? It can be. Your particular business situation will dictate if this phone is something your company should consider or if it will be impractical. There are situations where the iPhone will shine and then there are other situations that will make it totally impractical.

    You should consider the Apple iPhone for business if you (more…)

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    Apple’s iPhone Emerges as Legitimate Gaming Platform

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    Apple’s iPhone has sprung up as a serious video game platform, fulfilling the long-held promise of mobile phone gaming and positioning itself as a legitimate competitor to traditional handheld gaming consoles.

    The Cupertino, Calif.-based company has sold around 30 million devices on the market — 17 million iPhones and 13 million iPod Touches — and consumers are buying and playing games by the tens of millions.

    Meanwhile, game designers are diving headlong into the market, churning out offerings at a furious pace.

    Some say the iPhone’s GPS, connectivity and touch screen gives it an edge over the (more…)

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    DirecTV app for Apple iPhone now at App Store

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    DirecTV has now gone live for the Apple iPhone and is available from the Apple iTunes App Store according to a report by Intomobile.

    The DirecTV Apple iPhone application allows the iPhoner to control their home Digital Video recorder anytime and anywhere. iPhoner’s can search for shows, brows them, and set schedules to record single episodes or a compete series.

    To take advantage of the DirecTV app for iPhone, DirecTV customers will b required to be running DirecTV Plus DVR, DirecTV Plus HD DVR, or TiVo Series 2 DVR with 6.4a software, and will need to set up their online account before use.

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    Skype to release “Skype for iPhone” on Tuesday

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    You will soon be able to enjoy “Skype” on your iPhone! The internet telephone subsidiary of eBay Inc. – Skype is planning to roll out “Skype” for iPhone, at the Cellular Telephone Industries Association (CTIA) conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Tuesday. Well actually, Skype is planning to release a mobile version of Skype software for Apple’s iPhone.

    Skype is internet-based phone software that allows users to make telephone calls over the Internet, developed by Skype Limited, which was purchased by eBay in 2005. Seeking to expand its users, Skype is planning to release Skype software for iPhone to allow iPhone users to make cheap and sometimes free calls right from their iPhone devices.

    In an interview, before the CTIA annual mobile showcase in Las Vegas, Scott Durchslag, the Skype CEO, expressed his high optimism about the success of Skype application for Apple’s popular iPhone. He stated that Skype’s most feature-rich mobile app attract the new and existing customers. Durchslag said, “Mobile devices are where the majority of the world’s conversations are happening these days. The No. 1 request we get from customers is to make Skype available on iPhone. There’s a pent-up demand.”

    Skype software uses VOIP (voice over Internet protocol) technology to make calls. The VOIP technology carries voice calls like email messages or Web pages and makes their way over the Internet, instead of a traditional phone network. “Skype” for iPhone will allow the iPhone users to make calls to other Skype users on computers or supported cellphones free, if they are in a Wi-Fi hot spot. With the Skype app for iPhone, the iPhone users will also be able to make land line calls for a fee, typically 2.1 cents a minute.

    Skype announced that the free Skype app for iPhone will be officially rolled on Tuesday, and the will be available for download at Apple’s App Store or the iTunes Store sometime on Tuesday. Skype also announced that it will release Skype app for Research In Motion’s BlackBerry devices in May.

    Skype, which has been aiming to increase its users and make its service more popular, has already announced Skype for Nokia phones, and has already released Skype app for Android phones and for the smart phones using Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Mobile operating system. The Skype app for Android was released in January. Skype claims that it has had 12 million downloads since 2005.

    According to analysts, Skype for iPhone will definitely help the company to increase its users, and will help it to compete with wireless voice service network operators such as AT&T Inc. and Verizon Wireless. Currently, Skype has more than 400 million users.

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