Following on previous estimates that the iPhone 3G totaled up a BOM (bill of materials) in the neighborhood of $100, iSuppli, the supply analysis experts have come out with their own estimation of how much the iPhone 3G costs Apple to make. iSuppli puts Apple’s parts out-go at $173 for the iPhone 3G, compared to…
Analyst: Prepay iPhone 3G for $600?
If there’s one thing Apple does well, it’s designing slick products and pushing brand awareness (with relatively little marketing). Okay, that was two things. But, Apple’s just as fallible as any other company. The iPhone is a great example of a device that was poised to bring about a revolution in the way that the…
Survey shows barriers to UK Mobile video and TV consumption
QuickPlay Media has revealed the results of an independent survey focused on mobile TV and video consumption in the UK. The research found that there are several barriers preventing people from consuming TV and video content on their mobile phones, including a lack of awareness of the mobile TV and video services offered (44%) and…
Motorola lost 1.3 million RAZR customers to iPhone
While the floundering handset once-juggernaut tries to fool itself and the public that a commendation for “teamwork” is as important as actually pumping out handsets that are worth anyone’s time, it seems Motorola has proved, once again, that “the bigger they are, the harder they fall.” Oh yes, Motorola was once huge. They were a…
Study: 32 million LTE subscribers by 2013
There’s no doubt that LTE is the 4G network of choice the world over. With CDMA-based networks like Verizon even planning to switch to the GSM evolution pathway for their future network, it seems that LTE is the way to go. As such, ABI Research has released a new study that projects 32 million worldwide…
iPhone isn’t turning Japanese anytime soon – Survey shows 91% of Japanese don’t care about iPhone 3G
In a country full of mobile devices that can pay for your food, let you watch live TV, surf the web at broadband speeds, and even wash your clothes (ok, maybe not), it’s not too surprising to hear that less than one-tenth of the Japanese population is interested in snatching up an Apple iPhone 3G.…
Skin-tenna – antenna uses your skin to trasmit signals, increases battery life
While most wireless devices these days are designed to broadcast RF signals that are strong enough to perpetuate through open air as well as penetrate through solid objects (like walls or human bodies), there’s a group of researchers that are looking to send wireless signals around an object, rather than through it. NewScientistTech reports that…
iPhone controls UAV in UC Berkeley
If there’s one thing a group of college students are probably most aware of in the mobile space, it’s the iPhone. Case in point, this video here shows a group of UC Berkeley students putting their iPhone to use as a wireless remote control for an UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle). The iPhone is used to…
ABI Research on LTE: From zero to 32 million subscribers in three years
Despite the fact that no LTE (Long Term Evolution) network is expected to be commercial before 2010, a new study from ABI Research forecasts that by 2013, there will be more than 32 million subscribers using LTE networks! That doesn’t come as a surprise as we know that operators like China Mobile, Vodafone, NTT DoCoMo,…
Apple iPhone 3G manufacturing costs – Would you believe $100?
Barring any official disclosure from Apple, we’ll likely never know exactly what it costs Apple to put the bits and pieces of an iPhone 3G together. But, that’s not going to stop analysts from estimating the cost of manufacturing the next-generation iPhone. Already experienced in putting the iPhone together, its widely believed that Apple has…