Friday, May 11, 2012


New carriers to offset impact of longer iPhone upgrade cycles






The Paris Hilton of mobile phones makes a comeback

"I don't get it. If the iPhone is so bad for the phone companies, why are they falling over themselves trying to get Apple to let them carry it?
We put the question to Horace Dediu, who spent several years doing market analysis for Nokia (NOK) before launching his Asymco blog and conference business:
"An iPhone subsidy costs about $400," Dediu replied. "An iPhone customer will spend about $2,400 for service over the life of that phone. Every dollar of subsidy is worth six dollars of revenue. In addition, iPhone customers are more loyal, spend more and tend to stick with the carrier. What's the question again?"




Foxconn chief says company is preparing for Apple television - report






Apple's iPhone was No. 1 smartphone in Japan in 2011 with 7.25M sold





Notice that it's rumored to arrive in August which is new iPod announcement timing.

7-inch iPad on track for October 2012 release, $200 to $250 price

"the reason for such aggressive pricing is to do to the tablet market what Apple did to the MP3 market in 2004 with the expansion of the iPod product line -- leave absolutely no space for competitors."




Videos: The new iPad lands in 30 more countries this week





Politico Redux

For every $1 Google spends lobbying, Apple spends 10¢




Flash is so problematic that a virus disguised itself as a Flash updater just to gain access to Macs!




Apple updates  TV to version 5.0.1 9B206f



Apple drops Google Maps, debuts in-house 'Maps' with incredible 3D mode












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