The parts for the Apple iPhone 4 cost about $188, according to an estimate from iSuppli. The estimate doesn’t include things like labor, marketing, patents and software development but it does give us a useful indicator o the cost of the iPhone 4. The handset retails for $199 and $299 (although Apple gets significantly more…
AT&T to New York City: Your 3G Network is Expanding
Trash talk AT&T all you want, especially in New York City where service has a history of making people want to jump off the Brooklyn Bridge, but things have actually gotten better. Back in November, the last time I was in the city before finally moving here, I couldn’t get service if my life depended…
The Mobile Roundup – The ‘iPhone 4 is here’ edition
It’s finally here. Yesterday was the launch day for Apple’s iPhone 4 and it has been selling like gangbusters. Normally, iPhone launch weeks are nightmares for Android fans but this one had the unveiling of the cool-looking Motorola Droid X and Android 2.2 got one step closer to getting in mainstream users’ hands. Read on…
PSA: FaceTime option not working anymore on your iPhone 4 (iPhour)?
Seeing as how it’s Friday, we thought we’d end the week with a little Public Service Announcement for all you new iPhone 4 (iPhour) users out there scratching your head as to why the FaceTime video call option suddenly disappeared from your new Apple smartphone. We’ve been getting a good number of readers asking us…
Apple may have sold 1.5 million iPhone 4 units yesterday
Judging by the lines and by the jerk moves Jason Bateman is willing to make, it’s pretty clear that the iPhone 4 is a success. We haven’t heard official word from Apple but analysts are already suggesting that it could have sold about 1.5 million units on launch day! In a note to clients, Oppenheimer’s…
Analyst: 77% of iPhone 4 owners are upgrading from other iPhone
It looks like a lot of those who lined up for the iPhone 4 probably already had an Apple smartphone in their pockets, as an analyst survey said 77% of first-day buyers were upgrading from a previous iPhone. The survey said that 6% of those buying an iPhone 4 were previously on a BlackBerry, while…
Steve Jobs: Your iPhone 4 reception and antenna aren’t flawed, you’re just not doing it right
Like a teenager on their first encounter with hormone-driven adventure into bedtime intimacy, Apple and Steve Jobs have basically told iPhone 4 users today that they’re “doing it wrong.” We’re talking, of course, about the iPhone 4 and its apparent signal reception problem related to the the way you hold its metallic frame – the…
Why did Steve Jobs meet with Russian President Medvedev? To give him an iPhone 4, of course!
World politics, global economics, high-level elbow rubbing, and the iPhone 4 were all apparently part of Russian President Demetri Medvedev’s itinerary during his tour of the Silicon Valley in California this week. We had heard rumblings that Apple chief Steve Jobs had a sit down with the Russian leader yesterday, but we were at a…
BlackBerry Bold 9800 Slider Photo’d with AT&T Branding
As if you haven’t seen enough of the BlackBerry 9800 already, another set of pictures have bubbled up, giving us the whole tour. As you might already know, the 9800 is packing OS 6, a 5 megapixel camera with flash, 4 GB of on-board storage, 512 MB of RAM, an HVGA touchscreen, Wi-Fi b/g/n, 3G…
Apple iPhone 4 lines are crazy (with video)
The overwhelming demand for the Apple iPhone 4 means one thing: be prepared for long lines. Around the country, millions of Apple fanatics are queuing up to get their shiny, new handset. Many of these people were able to get through the preorder chaos and wanted to pick up their handsets at the store. If…