AT&T Purportedly Looking to Push iPhone Exclusivity to 2011
[Via HotHardware]
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Nearly 100% of Teens Want an iPod, Survey Says
Wake up, Microsoft! Research firm Piper Jaffray's most recent Teen Survey has concluded that, when it comes to MP3 players, American teenagers only want Apple. The firm's most recent polling of 600 high school students reveals that every teen in the survey who didn't already own a media player wanted an iPod. Of the teens who do have MP3 players, 86-percent have iPods. None expressed any interest in purchasing devices from Microsoft, Sony, Creative, or several other major companies that sell digital media players.
This demographic domination serves as a serious kick in the pants to other mobile device manufacturers, which should be worried about these teens upgrading to iPhones and remaining loyal to Apple in their adult years. The famous Apple iPhone did see a decline, though, when comparing the latest data with Piper Jaffray's previous survey last fall. Only 16-percent of teens plan on buying an iPhone, down from 22-percent. It's the perfect graduation gift idea, parents! Your kids want them; they're just hoping they don't have to pay for them. [From: Piper Jaffray, via AppleInsider and CNET]
iPhone 3G Finally Available Contract-Free
At long last folks with a contract phobia or just a general penchant for lawlessness can pay exorbitant amounts of money to get an iPhone 3G contract-free. As promised, 8GB models for $599 and 16GB ones for $699 are now available from AT&T and Apple stores, with AT&T requiring buyers to be existing AT&T customers, limited at one per, while Apple stores will sell the handsets to anyone wandering in off the street -- rebellious demeanor preferred.[Via Boy Genius Report]
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Skype for iPhone Coming Soon?
We're still filing this away in the rumor folder for now, but we'll be honest -- this is totally believable. GigaOM has it on authority that a bona fide Skype for iPhone client will be launched as early as next week, and with CTIA kicking off on April 1st, we'd say the timing is just about ideal. Of course, we've already seen a variety of alternatives for bringing Skype and other VoIP apps to Apple's darling, but by and large, they've been supremely unimpressive. There's no word on pricing (we're crossing our fingers for free) or any other tasty tidbits, but you can bet we'll be keeping an ear to the ground for more.iPhone Rules Worldwide Smartphone Traffic
According to AdMob, the iPhone surpassed every other smartphone this past February by garnering 33-percent of worldwide tracked data requests. In the U.S., Apple's handset laid claim to approximately 50-percent of all traffic. To put this beating in perspective, traffic on the Nokia N70, which finished in second place, accounted for about seven-percent. The BlackBerry Storm, RIM's supposed iPhone killer, didn't even chart.
Although AdMob's data isn't perfect (the company only monitors mobile advertising requests), the information still shows the iPhone sitting pretty atop its smartphone brethren. [From: Textually, Via: Electronista]
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AT&T Confirms Contract-Free $599/$699 iPhone 3Gs for Next Week
Just in time to nab your soon-to-be-jailbroken copy of iPhone OS 3.0, AT&T has now confirmed that commitment-free iPhones are going to happen -- soon, in fact. As of next Thursday, you'll be able to waltz into the AT&T store of your choice and pick up an 8GB or 16GB unit for $599 and $699, respectively; that's a little harder to swallow than the normal $199 / $299, granted, but in exchange, you're free and clear without two years of your precious life sold off to a wireless carrier like it's a cheap piece of meat. You're worth more than that, you know?Cell Phones, iPhone, Mobile Software
First "Shakeable" Dockers Ad Debuts on iPhone
If you're anything like us, you love using any application on your iPhone that makes use of the phone's innovative accelerometer (we love Urbanspoon even when we're not hungry).
The people over at Dockers San Francisco obviously love it too because they have launched what they believe to be the first 'shakeable' ad. The ad stars Dufon, a dancer from the Seattle group "Circle of Fire," and will appear between levels in the iPhone games iBasketball, iGolf, and iBowl (it will also appear in iTV). Players that choose to shake their phone when the ad asks them to will witness Dufon dancing in his khakis to the rhythm of their wrists.
Dockers has tried to reach younger markets before and, while the theme of this ad screams Gap circa 1998, this is certainly a start. Anything but pleated khakis...please! [From: Adage.com]
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Next Gen iPhone Operating System Gets Previewed on March 17th
We just got the announcement, iPhone OS 3.0 is coming. Set your clocks, mark your calendars. It's going down March 17th. Apparently, we'll get a sneak peak at the new OS, as well as a look at a brand new version of the SDK. Exciting stuff indeed, and we'll be there live at 10am PST (1pm EST) with the liveblog. Apple's calling this an "advance preview of what we're building," so we're not expecting anything ready to go as of the 17th, but hopefully this will allow developers to start building toward future functionality (hey, how about some push notifications?), and presumably users won't have too many months to wait after that for the real deal.
3G iPhone Catches Fire -- Is Apple's Handset Hotter Than We Think?
It's hard to call two incidents of some occurrence around the world a trend, but, when those incidents both involve an electrical device catching fire spontaneously, it creates a situation that's hard to ignore -- especially when that device is the iPhone. On Saturday, Italian blogger Tim Colbourne was charging his 3G handset and, after three hours, it sparked and caught fire at the base.
Tim did a little investigation and found a case of a Swedish handset doing the same thing back in 2008, making us a little concerned that there could be more melted chargers out there. Apple replaced that earlier phone after something of a fight, and while we're hoping they'll be a little friendlier here, we're also hoping this gives Cupertino another bit of incentive to go ahead and switch over to micro-USB already. All the cool kids are doing it, and you don't see their cables catching fire -- usually.
[Via Cult of Mac]
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Melinda Gates Secretly Pines for an iPhone
Introducing the $2.5 Million iPhone 3G
The King's Button iPhone 3G, designed by Peter Aloissonis, is probably the world's most expensive iPhone for these reasons:
- The main button is actually a 6.6 Carat diamond
- The casing is made of 18 Carat Yellow Gold, White Gold and Rose Gold
- The border around the phone consists of 138 finely cut diamonds.
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Author Self-Censors 'Knife Music' e-Book for Apple's App Store
Magnetic Detachable Lenses Suddenly Make Cellphone Cameras Fun
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Wal-Mart iPhone on Sale the 28th for a Lot More than $99
Wal-Mart to Sell $99 4GB iPhone?
Look, we know you've been holding out for the iPhone to hit Wal-Mart before you pick it up, sandwiched between the fishing gear and row upon row of exercise videos -- and we don't blame you. You'll ride your shopping cart down the wide aisles like a chariot, and when you get home with the phone you'll dial up all your friends and let them know how much cheaper your iPhone was than theirs.
What was that? Yeah, the new word on the street is that Wal-Mart is getting a 4GB iPhone 3G for a mere $99, according to Boy Genius Report, and while BGR was previously reporting a November 15th launch date at Wal-Mart, and can't vouch for the accuracy of this new report, Wal-Mart training materials (pictured above) have been seen in the wild, so there's a grain of truth to this madness somewhere. Plus, a $99 iPhone just sounds so Wal-Mart-ey, doesn't it? [Via Mac Rumors]
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