Hmm kinda happy to have the iPhone here than in my home country, the Philippines.P5000 on a 2-year contract a month? Please, I don t even spend more than P100 on my phone when I was there. Posted by rob_saldana on August 6, 2008 at 1:02 PM (PDT)
International iPhone 3G roll-out: Romania, India, Philippines [Updated x2]
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Bharti Airtel to offer iPhone 3GS in India
Bharti Airtel has announced that it has to sell the iPhone 3GS in India in the coming months. The company in August 2008, the same day that rival carrier Vodafone India launched the handset. According to the Wall Street Journal, Bharti Airtel has submitted its bid to participate in a bandwidth auction for 3G services; successful bidders will be allowed to offer commercial 3G service beginning September 1. No exact release date or pricing information has yet been announced.
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Businesses showing interest in iPad
After reading every blog and news article I can regarding the iPad, it seems like the early rush of apps will be gaming and content related. I m a late adopter to the iPhone(1 year) and also carry an Android based phone on CDMA networks. For my business use in the field, I also carry that big bulky Franklin Covey planner. I ve come to find that there is no single fully functional app that allows a business user to move to a single device, leaving behind Sage Act at the office and allowing me to trash the planner out in the field. There are great group phone apps, great notes apps, a companion link program for Act that stinks bringing the fields over, etc. Can one assume that there is a focus on the iPad maybe being an answer to those out in the business field? Let me lay out what I call a dream device/app combination that would hit the business world with success, or at least with as much opportunity you have with the education and medical fields with your iPad. -iPad wrapped in leather day planner/franklin covey business like notepad cover-Single app that launches today s dashboard for sales/manager professional-Samp app, yellow writing pad that can be type entered, or written with optional Apple stylus purchase-Same app, calendar section with scheduling-Same app, opportunties and pipeline section-Same app, contact database with fields for many phone numbers, faxes, etc. (Business users must have multiple phone/address fields)-Same app, history section. If I m in a particular company contact, I see multiple individual contacts for that company, notes, pipeline, files I ve attached to contact or calendar references, etc.-Same app, email and fax from within app, -Same app, able to launch presentation. (ipad v2 could offer projection of presentation) ((I watch your patents also:-))-Wrap around cover would allow business card storage and maybe a single slot for paper file storage. I really hope at some point you could stick a couple brainstorming types in a room and throw down a $50 Day Planner on the table , a computer with a 30 day free trial of Sage Premium Act and tell them to make it an Apple product. The iPad has the form factor. The iPad has the hippness that every sales guy would love when he enters a sales call. The iPad sends a sleek message when a high powered executive holds a meetings and writes his notes in the iPad, schedules quickly and pulls open a document withing seconds. The iPad has about 200 freakin apps that we can piece together to get these results. The iPad does NOT have the one app that no business man can do without. (No other slimline mobile device has it either.) Posted by Mike on March 24, 2010 at 1:32 PM (PDT)
iPhone bests rivals in touchscreen stress test
Consulting house MOTO Development Group has performed an , putting the iPhone up against three Android-powered rivals: the HTC Droid Eris, the Motorola Droid, and the newly released Google Nexus One. The test used a drawing app to attempt to draw straight lines in a diamond pattern across each screen using both light and medium finger pressure. As the report notes, on inferior touchscreens, it’s basically impossible to draw straight lines. Instead, the lines look jagged or zig-zag, no matter how slowly you go, because the sensor size is too big, the touch-sampling rate is too low, and/or the algorithms that convert gestures into images are too non-linear to faithfully represent user inputs. The iPhone was the winner of the overall performance test, creating fairly straight lines compared to its competitors, but lagged behind the other offerings in edge performance, with noticeable curving of the lines as they reached the edges of the screen.
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iPhone again tops rivals in touchscreen test
After its initial, human-based saw the iPhone besting three rival Android handsets the HTC Droid Eris, the Motorola Droid, and the HTC-built Google Nexus One the MOTO Development Group has performed using a laboratory robot to remove any inconsistencies caused by human error. The new tests again found that the iPhone bests its rivals in both medium and very light touch tests, using 7mm and 4mm test fingers, respectively. Notably, this new round of testing included the Palm Pre and BlackBerry Storm 2 in addition to the four phones that were included in the original test; the Pre was second to iPhone in linearity in [the] medium test, while both the Droid Eris and Nexus One offered solid performance with some waviness. Additionally, the Droid, Pre, and Storm 2 all showed significant signal loss during the very light test; the Droid exhibited signal loss in the medium test as well. MOTO notes that what matters most isn’t the performance of the touchscreen itself, but how well a touchscreen performs in combination with its operating system and user-interface, but says it s useful to look at touchscreen performance in isolation, because it is a central ingredient in the mix and a good indicator of how satisfying a touchscreen experience is likely to be.
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Incase rolls out Topo Flex Snap Case for iPhone 3G, 3GS
Incase has introduced its new for the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS. The Topo Flex Snap is a hybrid case that employs a hardshell element with a rubber Topo patterns that adds flexibility to the case while also boosting grip and shock protection. Other features include open access to the power button, ring/silent switch, camera, headphone port, screen, and Dock Connector port, push-through protectors for the volume buttons, an included s-stand for video viewing, and a rubberized interior. Incase s new Topo Flex Snap Case for the iPhone 3G and 3GS is available now in three two-tone color schemes and sells for $35.
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USA Today, others to run iPad-specific ads
USA Today, along with several other large companies, is preparing to specially-formatted for the iPad. The company will run its ads through mobile ad platform AdMarvel, which teamed up with rich media advertising firm PointRoll owned by Gannett, which also owns USA Today to create the ads. Max Mead, VP of business development at PointRoll, said that the iPad has a large enough screen that you can do more with an ad. With an expandable ad, it s almost the size of a sheet of paper or a desktop screen. Mead said USA Today will join an automaker, a large retailer, a large CPG conglomerate, and a pretty large hotel chain in launching iPad-formatted ads. You could very easily run pretty much the same ad as you do on the iPhone on the iPad, explained Mead, but that would not really be fully leveraging the potential You have an opportunity on the iPad to do a lot more. [via ]
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Proporta unveils new cases for iPod nano 5G, iPhone 3GS
Proporta has unveiled its new Aluminium Lined Leather Cases for the , . Both cases are crafted from genuine leather, and feature aluminum reinforcement for protection, a vertical flip-open design, contrast stitching, and open access to all ports, controls, and the devices cameras. Proporta s Aluminium Lined Leather Cases for the fifth-generation iPod nano, iPhone 3G, and iPhone 3GS are available now in mulberry or teal and are priced at $36 and $43, respectively.
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Random House yet to sign iBooks deal over pricing concerns
Random House, the world s largest book publisher by sales, has to sell its books in the upcoming iBookstore over fears of the effect Apple s pricing strategy could have on the pricing of electronic books. The Financial Times reports that Random House CEO Markus Dohle is not ruling out the possibility of reaching a deal with Apple before the iPad goes on sale April 3, but is moving carefully because of pricing concerns. Dohle said the new model poses changes, in particular for our stakeholders, that require the publisher to consult with its authors and agents before moving ahead with the deal. Hartmut Ostrowski, CEO of Random House s parent company Bertelsmann, acknowledged the importance of the iPad and other electronic book readers in a recent press conference, stating that they are influencing the media sector like nothing else.
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U.S. Army visits Apple to discuss iPhone, more
Several members of the U.S. Army s technology command to discuss the use of Apple products, including the iPod, iPhone, and iPad, in Army business and battlefield operations. Army.mil reports that Maj. Gen. Nick Justice, Research, Development and Engineering Command commanding general and key members of his staff traveled to Apple s Cupertino, CA headquarters on March 5, touring the company s facilities and discussing current military use of Apple products. The Army is moving away from big-green-box solutions and toward those that will adapt along with our warfighters on the battlefield, Justice said. We re continuing to leverage commercial technology for battlefield uses; we can t ignore that kind of existing knowledge. Our job, as stewards of the taxpayer s dollar, is to adopt and adapt appropriate commercial technology and offer the best possible solution to the warfighter. Currently, the Army s Communications-Electronics Research and Development Center (CERDEC) is helping to develop and transition two iPhone applications, one used to collect information on counter-insurgency, and the other offering a combined planning and social networking environment. Apple technologies offer unique and proven solutions with intuitive designs that allow users to learn quickly without a training manual, said Ron Szymanski, CERDEC s lead computer scientist on the project. The Army would like to leverage Apple s experience when designing military applications.
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