In the third quarter this year, Apple became the world most profitable handset vendor, with its successful Application Store Apple keeps going up in race where as Nokia share of Smartphone market continues to slide, what we foresee now is that Google Android may give some real competition to Apple in near future, but for now Apples a complete success ,the iPhone ‘s such huge success has everything to do with its so large and great availability of applications .
Having lost a lot of its mobile customers to Apple, and mostly to the iTunes App store, Samsung is willing to pay as much as $250,000 to development teams or individuals for any mobile games pitches for its recently launched application store.
According to Develop online Samsung has enlisted the help of mobile developer Hand Mark to look for the upcoming prototypes, pitches and products so to assist developers with ideas and provide a platform for the production of such ideas.
This is fantastic opportunity for anyone including big brands ,mobile developers even amateur developers ,students to utilize there skill and win cash for it.
Folks at NASA have released a free iPhone application which give information and show all NASA images, videos, and mission and twitter updates. Application comes loaded with tones of quality images and videos, here it should be noted that the application is just 1.4 MB in size so to view images and video one needs to be connected to internet.
It’s a really informative application and especially for those who are obsessed by the NASA and its working. The application can be downloaded easily from the apple store.
Nokia had filed a patent infringement suit against Apple. Nokia Claims that Apple’s iPhone makes use of 10 patents Nokia holds for GSM,UMTS (3G) and wireless LAN (wifi). They all say that the patents also covers wireless data, security, Encryption and speech coding are infringed upon by all Apple iPhone models, including the original iPhone which was introduced in 2007.
According to Nokia:
“The basic principle in the mobile industry is that those companies who contribute in technology development to establish standards create intellectual property, which others then need to compensate for,” said Ilkka Rahnasto, Vice President, Legal & Intellectual Property at Nokia. “Apple is also expected to follow this principle. By refusing to agree appropriate terms for Nokia’s intellectual property, Apple is attempting to get a free ride on the back of Nokia’s innovation.”
The suit been filed in District Court in the state of Delaware.
Some industry analysts estimate that Apple could be forced to pay Nokia upwards of 1 billion US Dollar if it lost the case.
After holding off on the release of a faster iPhone because of concerns about battery life, is Apple really prepared to take a step backward with Intel’s Silverthorne chip?
AppleInsider reported Friday that Apple has decided to use Intel’s upcoming low-power Silverthorne chip in “not one but multiple products currently situated on its 2008 calendar year product roadmap.” Silverthorne is Intel’s latest push to capture the handheld/mobile phone market as part of a product concept called the Mobile Internet Device.
The report goes on to say that the most likely candidates for Silverthorne are a 3G iPhone and the Newton-like tablet computer that AppleInsider reported on earlier in the year. Based on what we know about Silverthorne, I think the subtablet rumor might make sense, but a Silverthorne iPhone is unlikely.
Apple has improved its wireless reception in its new relased update version 1.0.2,
“ On the MacRumors Forums, user KLFloyd wrote,
“The first thing different I’ve noticed is that my AirPort reception is far improved. For whatever reason, even when in the same room as my base station I would only get 1-2 bars of AirPort reception. Now I have full reception everywhere in my condo. Not sure if the reception is really any better or if the indicator is fixed.”
User schmulz agreed, “My wifi reception is definitely better. While in my office I have never been able to connect to the wifi hub in the conference room down the hall. After the update I was surprised that the Edge connection seemed faster, until I realized I was connected to the wifi hub with two bars. For me, this is a huge issue, as I was preparing to try to deal with whatever hassle it would take to get the wifi connection extended to my office area. Yes!!!”
The Financial Times reports that Apple has chosen some of its European partners for the iPhone: T-Mobile of Germany, Orange of France and O2 in the U.K. have signed contracts with Apple that see them paying Apple 10 percent of the revenues made from the calls and data transfers from iPhones. While none of the carriers would comment on the report, the newspaper’s sources say that the carriers will officially announce their deals with Apple at the IFA trade fair in Berlin at the end of the month.The deal, if true, marks a watershed moment for the carrier/handset maker relationship.
The Financial Times claims that these deals are the first to give handset makers a direct share of revenues from a mobile carrier, which could lead other handset makers to attempt similar deals. But would any other handset maker be able to manage such a deal? As has been noted numerous times, the iPhone enjoyed an unprecedented amount of buzz leading up to its launch as well as a firmly entrenched cousin in the portable music player sector, the iPod. So how could an incumbent handset maker recreate similar conditions warranting such a steep deal with mobile carriers? Seems unlikely
Well, you‘re not alone. There are a lot of people that don’t want to get an iPhone for many different reasons. Here’s a quick Fat sheet if you have made up your mind that yu shouldnot buy iphone or you should stretch your hands and buy the most debated phone
| Don’t BUY |
| The device costs $600 |
| Buy Iphone |
| iPhone user can read their favorite magazine at any time |
A report in the New York Post today claims that Apple is secretly gearing up to push its iPhone as a gaming platform.
The article cites “various on- and off-the-record sources” as claiming “Apple has been secretly plotting its foray into portable video games for months, looking to add games to its hot iPhone”.
“I was told that a major game developer was seeded with iPhone [technology] quite some time ago,” comments AppleInsider.com’s EIC Kasper Jade.
The NYP also adds: “Apple is expected to make a gaming announcement soon, ‘by Macworld in January at the latest,’ says Engadget.com editorial director Peter Rojas”.
The positioning of iPhone as a mobile games platform, most likely serviced by downloads from iTunes, would put Apple right up against Nokia’s soon-to-be unveiled next-gen N-Gage platform, though the latter will be available across a raft of mass-market handsets as opposed to one with very limited availability.
A games-enabled iPhone would also encroach on territory currently occupied by Sony’s PSP and the Nintendo DS, though again those devices are available in much nigher volumes.
The iPod itself became gaming compliant with a software update in September last year, with Video iPods able to download a selection of games from iTunes. But Apple has kept the portfolio tightly controlled.
Titles from EA, PopCap and Apple itself (many of them casual oriented or remakes of classics like Bejewelled) have been available since launch, with just one or two added to the line-up since, including a new music quiz game Musika from Parappa the Rapper creator Matsuya Matsuura, released last week.
Some developers, including PopCap, have already utilised the iPhone’s web-browser to run gamesA report in the New York Post today claims that Apple is secretly gearing up to push its iPhone as a gaming platform.
The article cites “various on- and off-the-record sources” as claiming “Apple has been secretly plotting its foray into portable video games for months, looking to add games to its hot iPhone”.
“I was told that a major game developer was seeded with iPhone [technology] quite some time ago,” comments AppleInsider.com’s EIC Kasper Jade.
The NYP also adds: “Apple is expected to make a gaming announcement soon, ‘by Macworld in January at the latest,’ says Engadget.com editorial director Peter Rojas”.
The positioning of iPhone as a mobile games platform, most likely serviced by downloads from iTunes, would put Apple right up against Nokia’s soon-to-be unveiled next-gen N-Gage platform, though the latter will be available across a raft of mass-market handsets as opposed to one with very limited availability.
A games-enabled iPhone would also encroach on territory currently occupied by Sony’s PSP and the Nintendo DS, though again those devices are available in much nigher volumes.
The iPod itself became gaming compliant with a software update in September last year, with Video iPods able to download a selection of games from iTunes. But Apple has kept the portfolio tightly controlled.
Titles from EA, PopCap and Apple itself (many of them casual oriented or remakes of classics like Bejewelled) have been available since launch, with just one or two added to the line-up since, including a new music quiz game Musika from Parappa the Rapper creator Matsuya Matsuura, released last week.
Some developers, including PopCap, have already utilised the iPhone’s web-browser to run gamesA report in the New York Post today claims that Apple is secretly gearing up to push its iPhone as a gaming platform.
The article cites “various on- and off-the-record sources” as claiming “Apple has been secretly plotting its foray into portable video games for months, looking to add games to its hot iPhone”.
“I was told that a major game developer was seeded with iPhone [technology] quite some time ago,” comments AppleInsider.com’s EIC Kasper Jade.
The NYP also adds: “Apple is expected to make a gaming announcement soon, ‘by Macworld in January at the latest,’ says Engadget.com editorial director Peter Rojas”.
The positioning of iPhone as a mobile games platform, most likely serviced by downloads from iTunes, would put Apple right up against Nokia’s soon-to-be unveiled next-gen N-Gage platform, though the latter will be available across a raft of mass-market handsets as opposed to one with very limited availability.
A games-enabled iPhone would also encroach on territory currently occupied by Sony’s PSP and the Nintendo DS, though again those devices are available in much nigher volumes.
The iPod itself became gaming compliant with a software update in September last year, with Video iPods able to download a selection of games from iTunes. But Apple has kept the portfolio tightly controlled.
Titles from EA, PopCap and Apple itself (many of them casual oriented or remakes of classics like Bejewelled) have been available since launch, with just one or two added to the line-up since, including a new music quiz game Musika from Parappa the Rapper creator Matsuya Matsuura, released last week.
Some developers, including PopCap, have already utilised the iPhone’s web-browser to run games
via Mobile -ent
Apple today has released an iPhone firmware 1.01 update via its iTunes software, which it says brings several bug fixes.
Though the company did not specify the bug fixes or additional features, if any, the company has provided the update to all customers who sync their iPhone with iTunes, offering the ability to download the software or download and install the software. The update, only available via iTunes, takes several minutes and users are greeted with the standard white Apple logo and white progress bar on the iPhone as well as a progress bar on their desktop while the updated being applied to the device
