TechWeb - InformationWeek - The wish list includes longer battery life, larger screen size, more memory, and improved data input, a Nielsen survey found. -- read full article
Reuters - Chip makers Broadcom Corp
and Qualcomm Inc sparred in an appeals court on
Wednesday over patents used to make cell phones that offer
Internet and other multimedia features. -- read full article
AP - Apple Inc.'s iPhone has had a remarkable run over the past year, shaking up the stodgy design of cell phones and securing Apple a lucrative slice of the wireless business.
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Version 2.41 corrects defects in v2.40, released about a week ago, that caused some PlayStation 3 systems to stop working. -- read full article
Reuters - Seeking to be one of the
world's first to grab the new-generation iPhone, fanatical
Apple fans around Asia are queuing up two days before
its launch, undiscouraged by rain or freezing temperatures.
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Wireless carrier O2 said it received 13,000 pre-orders per second on its Web site, and warns of shortages. -- read full article
Reuters - The new iPhone is expected to attract
hordes of buyers when it goes on sale on Friday in more than 20
countries, helping Apple Inc handily beat its target
to sell 10 million of them by the end of 2008.
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The KAF-10100 sensor can show an object the size of a notebook computer in an aerial photo of a field measuring 1.5 miles across. -- read full article
PC World - Apple's iPhone faces its first test in the fickle Japan market when it launches on Friday and many are keenly watching how it... -- read full article
Reuters - The new iPhone looks set to be
a huge hit in Asia countries where it goes on sale on Friday,
but the sleek smartphone is already in high demand in black
markets from Shanghai to Bangkok. -- read full article
AFP - The iPhone 3G makes its international debut Friday in an eagerly-awaited launch expected to boost Apple's fortunes along with its share of the booming "smart phone" market.
AP - Japan will stop pushing for legislation to charge royalties on the sales of iPods and other portable digital music players, giving in to opposition from electronics makers, officials said Thursday.
PC Magazine - Apple begins selling the Apple iPhone 3G this Friday, July 11. But savvy shoppers are already making plans. Here's what you need to know. -- read full article
