Reuters - The cost of sending a text message
from the bar or the beach when mobile phone users are outside
their home state in the European Union will be cut by 70
percent from next year under new plans, an EU source said.
PC World - The 3G iPhone's sub-6-hour battery life gets a word score of fair from the PC World Test Center, but it still beats out other 3G handsets. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - In midday trading, Apple shares were off 1.3% to $174.74 on relatively light action, well off its 52-week high of $202.96. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Apple servers were overwhelmed Friday by requests to activate the new iPhone 3G or update older models with the latest 2.0 firmware. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Microsoft's Mac Business Unit, which produces applications for the Mac platform, currently isn't planning to release any iPhone-specific applications. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - IPhone 3G customers in New York City came from as far as Russia and endured long lines and delays caused by activation glitches to get their new phones. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Apptix launched a hosted Exchange service that can deliver push syncing of e-mail, calendar, and contacts to the iPhone and other ActiveSync-ready smartphones. -- read full article
PC World - Apple stole the IT news show yet again this week with the Friday launch of the iPhone 3G in 22 countries. But there was other... -- read full article
AFP - Gadget lovers around the world on Friday crammed into stores to buy the latest super-fast iPhone G3 only to find activating the coveted devices was hit-or-miss due to Apple computer troubles.
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Analysts credit the iPhone's required data plan for driving European iPhone users to the mobile Web and say the faster 3G network should push usage even higher. -- read full article
