Apple readying iPhone for Verizon, analyst says

By Suzanne Choney

A new analyst's report says that Apple is indeed getting a version of the iPhone ready that would run on Verizon Wireless' network.

Reports last June and March indicated the popular phone is on its way to Verizon in the year ahead. Since it first went on sale in 2007, the iPhone has been carried exclusively by AT&T in the United States, but that exclusivity agreement is expected to end.

AppleInsider says that Wednesday, Susquehanna Financial Group analyst Jeffrey Fidacaro "said in a note to investors ... that checks with overseas suppliers indicated Apple is prepared to build 3 million CDMA iPhones in December, keeping the device on track for an early 2011 launch" with Verizon, which uses CDMA technology for its network, as does Sprint. AT&T and T-Mobile use the more widespread GSM technology.

Apple, Verizon and AT&T are generally keeping tight-lipped about the iPhone, although AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson Tuesday played down concerns about losing iPhone subscribers to another carrier (primarily Verizon, AT&T's main competitor).

At a Goldman Sachs conference, Stephenson said about 80 percent of iPhone users are either in family plans or using the device through their companies, making it difficult for them to get out of their contracts.

Still, two new studies — one from Credit Suisse and another from Deloitte professional services firm — replicate other findings that cell phone users would be quite happy to see — and buy — the iPhone if it were on Verizon's network. AT&T has been working feverishly to upgrade its network to deal with data demands from smart phone customers, and in particular, those using the iPhone.

Reuters said Wednesday results of a study done by Deloitte found that close to half of iPhone users in the U.S. would be "very interested" in moving from AT&T to Verizon.

"If another carrier were to pick up the iPhone, you would probably see a number of defections," Ed Moran, director of insights and product innovation at Deloitte, told Reuters.

The Credit Suisse survey said that 63 percent of existing iPhone owners would stay with AT&T no matter what, according to SlashGear, but 28 percent would defect (23 percent to Verizon, 3 percent to Sprint, 2 percent to T-Mobile).

Earlier this month, Piper Jaffray found that for prospective buyers, not having the iPhone on Verizon's network is three times more of an issue than the iPhone 4's antenna problem when it comes to holding back buyers. (The phone's antenna wraps around the exterior of the phone, leading to reduced signal strength for some users, a problem remedied by the use of a rubber bumper).

And yet another firm, ChangeWave Research, said mid-summer in its survey of iPhone 4 owners that the phone's "biggest Achilles' heel ... remains AT&T," with 27 percent of owners saying they don't like having to use the carrier in order to have the iPhone, and 24 percent saying they dislike the coverage, speed and quality of AT&T's network.

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Virgin Galactic is on track to become the world's first commercial spaceline. If you have ever dreamt of joining the incredible group of pioneering astronauts your opportunity has arrived.

In Virgin Galactic’s new video you can get a taste of what travelling to space will be like. You can also hear my thoughts on our progress as well as the views of future astronauts.

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Apple is Fastest Growing Brand, Report Says

Nick Spence, Macworld-U.K.

Sep 19, 2010 7:50 pm

Apple's brand value is the fastest growing worldwide, according to Interbrand's 'Best Global Brands' 2010 brand ranking.

Apple's brand value gained 37 percent, beating Google with a 36 percent rise, followed by BlackBerry with a 32 percent rise, J.P. Morgan with 29 percent, Allianz with a 28 percent rise, and Visa with a 26 percent rise.(See also Negative Tech Ads: A Short History in Video.")

Despite the impressive growth, and a $21,143 million value, Apple finished in the number 17 slot overall, well behind Coca Cola in top spot, followed by IBM, Microsoft, Google, GE, McDonald's, Intel, Nokia, Disney, and HP. (See also "The Golden Age of IBM Advertising.")

"Apple had another great year," noted Interbrand. "It continues to control its messages very carefully, which creates enormous buzz and anticipation."

"Advertising campaigns and interactive websites remain distinct and consistent, keeping the role of brand exceptionally high. If the brand has one fault, it's the failure to provide perfectly functioning new products."

"This year, iPhone 4's reception glitches warranted a public apology from Steve Jobs -- and left the door wide open for public criticism. Apple could also improve its corporate citizenship profile, which remains neutral. While it partners with the PRODUCT (RED) Global Fund, this remains relatively unknown."

According to the company, Interbrand's method looks at the ongoing investment and management of the brand as a business asset. The final value can then be used to guide brand management, so businesses can make better, more informed decisions, insists the company.

"There are three key aspects that contribute to the assessment: the financial performance of the branded products or services, the role of brand in the purchase decision process and the strength of the brand," Interbrand adds.

Interbrand's Top Ten Brands in 2010 1. Coca-Cola ($70.4 million); 2. IBM ($64.7 million); 3. Microsoft ($60.8 million); 4. Google ($43.5 million); 5. GE ($42.8 million); 6. McDonald's ($33.5 million); 7. Intel ($32 million); 8. Nokia ($29.4 million); 9. Disney ($28.7 million); 10. Hewlett-Packard ($26.8 million).

This news was originally published at PCWorld.com

Apple How News

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  Apple Introduces New iPod touch

  September 1, 2010

  Apple today announced the new iPod touch, packed with incredible new features including Apple’s stunning Retina display, FaceTime video calling, HD video recording, Apple’s A4 chip, 3-axis gyro, iOS 4.1, and Game Center — all combined in the thinnest and lightest iPod touch ever. The new iPod touch features up to 40 hours of music playback and seven hours of video playback on a single battery charge. Filed under: iPod+iTunes. Read more: apple.com/ipodtouch

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  Apple Reinvents iPod nano with Multi-Touch

  September 1, 2010

  iPod nano has been completely redesigned with Multi-Touch, which lets you navigate your music collection by simply tapping or swiping a finger on the display. Nearly half the size and weight of the previous generation, the new iPod nano features a polished aluminum and glass enclosure with a built-in clip, making it instantly wearable. Filed under: iPod+iTunes. Read more: apple.com/ipodnano

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  Apple Unveils New iPod shuffle

  September 1, 2010

  The redesigned iPod shuffle features both clickable buttons and Apple’s innovative VoiceOver technology, enabling you to easily navigate your music and playlists without ever looking at your iPod shuffle. The wearable iPod shuffle has an all-aluminum enclosure with a built-in clip and comes in five brilliant colors — silver, blue, green, orange, and pink. Filed under: iPod+iTunes. Read more: apple.com/ipodshuffle

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  Apple Introduces iTunes 10 with Ping

  September 1, 2010

  iTunes 10 features Ping, a new social network for music that lets you follow your favorite artists and friends to discover what music they’re talking about, listening to, and downloading. With Ping you can post your thoughts and opinions, your favorite albums and songs, and the music you’ve downloaded from iTunes — plus view concert listings and tell your friends which concerts you plan to attend. Filed under: iPod+iTunes. Read more: apple.com/itunes

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  Apple Premieres New Apple TV

  September 1, 2010

  The new Apple TV offers the simplest way to watch your favorite HD movies and TV shows on your HD TV for the breakthrough price of just $99. With Apple TV, you can choose from the largest online selection of HD movies to rent, including first-run movies for just $4.99, and the largest online selection of HD TV show episodes to rent — from ABC, ABC Family, Fox, Disney Channel, and BBC America — for just 99 cents. Filed under: iPod+iTunes. Read more: apple.com/appletv

This News was originally published by http://www.apple.com/hotnews/

Ipad 3g Tester – Disclosures

August 29, 2010 at 04:11 AM by tammirbrown

You can apply to be a beta tester for the iPad. After you recieve the iPad you can test it write a review and then claim it for free I got mine two days ago and it works great You can apply for the testing at … And the biggest problem is once I do have 499 to spend I’ll have to resist buying the 16gb WiFi model because I’m going to get the 3G model. wandersiemers says: August 29 2010 at 9:09 am. Deze herfst koop ik hem in Amerika hoe heb jij hem gekocht? …

Ipad 3g Tester »

Like the iPad the iPhone 4 features Apple’s customer A4 processor. While the actual clock speed of the iPhone 4 CPU is unknown it appears to be a nice upgrade over the iPhone 3GS and way faster than the original iPhone/3G.

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German group Siemens intends to leave the business of manufacturing personal computers. To this end, the holding company parent company Siemens will sell its share in the joint with a Japanese company Fujitsu enterprise (source newspaper The Wall Street Journal in banking circles praised the joint computer business corporations and Fujitsu Siemens at $ 3.12 - $ 4.65 billion).

Under the terms of a prisoner 9 years ago the contract, Fujitsu has a preferential right to purchase shares of Fujitsu Siemens Computers (FSC). However, so far unknown whether this right will seize the Japanese corporation. Moreover, in various media from time to time pops up information on what to buy shares of Siemens might be interested company Lenovo - the largest manufacturer of computers in China and the fourth largest in the world. According to the President Fujitsu Kuniaki Nodzoe, production of mobile phones his company is now considering a more profitable business. Using phones in the short term, Fujitsu can achieve in overseas markets better than engaging in production and sales of personal computers. Officials from Siemens while refusing to comment on «divorce» with Fujitsu. In turn, in the Tokyo office of Fujitsu journalists respond that news is not unfounded.

According to Press Secretary Masahiro Yamane Fujitsu, Fujitsu and Siemens are negotiating to change the terms of the contract (which expires next year), but no final decision has not yet been made. I recall that, in addition to personal computers, Fujitsu Siemens Computers makes servers and meynfreymy. According to analysts, the value of FSC may be about 2.6 billion euros. By the way, the plant Fujitsu Siemens Computers is the only manufacturer of notebooks in Europe and one of the few outside Southeast Asia. In 2007, sales of computer equipment under the brand name Fujitsu Siemens Computers accounted for 6.6 billion euros. Nevertheless, the company is in a fierce competition under the onslaught of such giants as HP and Dell. According to research company Gartner, Fujitsu Siemens holds 5.5% of the world market of servers, and according to DisplaySearch - 5,2% in the notebook market. It seems that the German group is now actively disposes of all its IT-industry. A week ago the company Siemens announced sale of its business to produce wireless phones, receivers and other devices Siemens Home and Office Communication Devices - 80,2% of its shares were acquired by the German investment company Arques Industries AG.

In an official message then was told that this step was taken in the Siemens strategy to focus on three areas of work - the production of equipment for such industries as energy, heavy industry and medicine. It should remember that a few years ago, Siemens actually went out of business for the production of mobile phones sold its Taiwan company BenQ. A recent high-profile trials have highlighted the corrupt underpinnings of IT-business Siemens, clearly accelerated the process of restructuring of the group.


The news was originally published at http://it-sector.blogspot.com

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Microsoft Kin

Microsoft’s phone for the teens will be discontinued soon without seeing the light of day in Europe (after a mere 48 days on the market).

Microsoft has announced that it is planning to merge the KIN team into the Windows Phone 7 group.

As of now Verizon and Microsoft will sell off the KINs that are presently in the wild, though I see no reason why one would buy it now. Europe will not see any KINs officially.

Microsoft had the following to say on the issue:

“We have made the decision to focus exclusively on Windows Phone 7 and we will not ship KIN in Europe this fall as planned. Additionally, we are integrating our KIN team with the Windows Phone 7 team, incorporating valuable ideas and technologies from KIN into future Windows Phone releases. We will continue to work with Verizon in the U.S. to sell current KIN phones.”

See the original news at:

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==> New Delhi Chronicle>

New Releases on Nintendo Download Services Europe

24/7 Solitaire
24/7 Solitaire features 24 variations of the most well-known and best-loved single-player card game including Klondike, Freecell, Spider, Pyramid, Yukon and 7 versions of Peg-Solitaire. Most games have custom gameplay options so you can enjoy the game with your favourite rules. On-screen instructions allow learning of new Solitaire variations.

Pyramid Solitaire is a solitaire card game where the player tries to match cards into pairs that total 13 (e.g. Ace and Queen; 2 and Jack; 3 and 10; 4 and 9). When a player finds these pairs, he removes them from play. The player can not remove cards that have other cards on top of them. When a player gets stuck he can draw another card from the deck and try to use that card to form a match. The player wins when all the cards have been removed from the pyramid.

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Apple Opens 100M Mobile Stores with New Software

Apple today introduced free Apple Store software for iPads, iPod touches and iPhones that enables customers to shop the retailer directly from the mobile devices. The new application supports browsing and shopping for Apple wares complete with user reviews and detailed product specifications, much like Apple’s retail website. Customers can also create appointments for in-store services such as Personal Shopping, Genius Bar or One-on-One training.

Up to now, one could always shop the Apple Store or make in-store appointments through a web browser, so in that regards, the software isn’t adding any new functionality. But Apple’s retail web channel can be clunky in a small browser window, and clunky doesn’t sell hardware or software. Apple products and shopping are as much about the experience as they are about performance and features.

You can read the complete article at gigaom.com

Apple unveils iPhone 4

Apple Inc unveiled a new iPhone on Monday that goes on sale in scores of countries this year, preparing its fastest-ever global roll-out to try and stay a step ahead of rivals like Google Inc in a red-hot smartphone market.

CEO Steve Jobs showed off a redesigned $199 "iPhone 4" that is a quarter slimmer than the current handset. The device boasts a higher quality screen and better battery life, video chat via Wi-Fi, and a gyroscope sensor for improved gaming.

Despite the iPad's success in its first two months on the market -- more than 2 million sold in 60 days -- the iPhone remains Apple's main growth line, and the international market is key. Some analysts estimate more than two-thirds of iPhone sales are now coming from overseas.

You can read the full report at http://www.indianexpress.com/news/apple-unveils-iphone-4/630947/

Google wants Internet on your TV

We know people like to watch TV shows on their computer. The question is: Do they want to cruise the Internet on their televisions?

That's a question that has bogged technology companies for years. Well-known businesses from Microsoft to Roku -- even Apple -- have tried to lure Internet surfers to their television screens with little to no success.

Now Google wants a go at it.

The company last month announced Google TV, a service scheduled to debut in the fall, that's supposed to do what those other technology companies tried to do for years: Entice users to watch Internet video and cruise the Web on their TVs.

Well, good luck with that. I don't think Google is going to have an easier or more successful time luring people than those before it.

Google TV is mostly an operating system, with software that gathers Internet video from sites like YouTube or Hulu.com and plays it on your TV. The operating system also allows developers to create applications for it (much as they do for the iPhone) for services that will bring the Internet to the TV.

This news was published by The Salt Lake Tribune

AT&T to sell Sterling Commerce to IBM for $1.4 billion

T&T Inc. on Monday said it will sell its business-software division, Sterling Commerce, to IBM for about $1.4 billion in cash.

Dublin, Ohio-based Sterling makes technology that helps companies do business with other companies. Its "business-to-business" software is used to automate processes such as the purchase of raw materials or the replenishment of depleted inventory. About 80% of the Fortune 500 companies are clients.

AT&T's forerunner company, SBC Communications, bought Sterling at the height of the dot-com bubble in 2000 for $3.9 billion in stock. That puts the sale price to IBM 64% lower compared to what AT&T .

The two companies expect the deal to be completed in the second half of the year, with 2,500 Sterling employees to be transferred to IBM . The Sterling unit will be "integrated" into IBM's WebSphere organization in the parent company's software group.

AT&T said it plans to record a onetime pretax gain of $750 million in the quarter in which the sale is completed.

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Live Coverage of Apple Event

Apple is holding its media event today and is introducing their much anticipated tablet device. The event kicks off at 10 am Pacific or 1 pm Eastern. Apple does not provide a live video or audio stream to their events, so you can only follow along live with text and photo updates. Apple will post a QuickTime video a few hours after the event.

The tablet device was unveiled and is called iPad. According the overview by Mr. Jobs it’s very thin, with customizable background images. “You can browse the Web with it. It’s the best browsing experience you’ve ever had.”

The iPad works in both landscape and portrait mode, like the iPhone. It has a virtual keyboard, access to photo collections, direct access to iTunes’ surfeit of content.

“It’s awesome to watch TV shows and movies,” Mr. Jobs says. “It’s so much more intimate than a laptop and it’s so much more capable than a smartphone with its gorgeous screen.”

You can read detailed live coverage of the event from following articles:

==> MacRumors.com - Apple Tablet Media Event Today

==> TheNewYorkTimes Technology pages - Live Blogging the iPad Annoucement

Google and China

I found an interesting article at Emerginvest.com on the Google v. China dispute.

I suggest that you read the article and I mention a few interesting points:

Google's chief legal officer Don Drummond complained that, Google's operations in China were hacked with the goal of accessing the email accounts of Chinese human rights activists.

The conspiracy theorists out there would say that the government was slowing down Google by using their firewall on purpose to aid Baidu's competitive advantage in China since search is all about speed in addition to accuracy.

We know generally that while Google.cn delivers better search results than Baidu, many Chinese continue to use Baidu out of some nationalist pride.

Speculation on my part, but maybe they thought that if they publicly threatened to pull out of China, it would be embarrassing to the Chinese government and the government might cave on the Google.cn issue.

Launch of Amazon Kindle 2.0 Book Reader

It has been dubbed an 'iPod moment' for the electronic book as Amazon launches Kindle 2, the successor to its popular ebook reader.

The Kindle is a paperback-sized gadget, which sells for $359 (£240), lets users download books, newspapers and blogs onto a high-resolution screen with a white background and black text - imitating the look of a real book.

It's successor, the sleek Kindle 2 is as thin as an HB pencil, comes with inbuilt speakers and expanded 2GB memory - so it can hold more than 1,500 books, compared with 200 with the original Kindle.

Amazon has invested in Kindle in the belief that more people will want to read books electronically.

The company has made 230,000 titles available on the Kindle, which can download books wirelessly.

You can find more detils about this news from http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/4570810/Launch-of-Amazons-Kindle-2-hailed-as-iPod-moment-for-electronic-books.html