According to Forbes, Apple may have a harder time reaching the 10 million mark for iPhone sales by the end of 2008, as Steve Jobs announced in his Jan. keynote. First, the market may not be as big as Steve thought. Smartphones only accounted for 10% of worldwide mobile phone sales. Then there’s the issue…
Free Marketing for Apple and iPhone
Who says nothing in life is free? Well, for Steve Jobs and Apple Inc., apparently about $400 million worth of marketing is free. Apple is touted, time and again, for products that are innovative and unique. Apple sets trends. But you also need to have a good marketing strategy. Peter Sealey, a professor at Claremont…
Palm is preparing an iPhone killer!?
The latest move from Palm indicates that the company is working heavily to respond to the “iPhone challenge”. The maker of the Treo smartphones hired Paul Mercer, a former Apple computer engineer, to help them out with the new line of products. Mercer, 39, began working for the Palm three weeks ago, along with two…
Intel preps a chip for iPhone rivals
It makes perfect sense that Intel is trying to boost its handset processor market share. Lately, Intel’s CEO Paul Otellini said to CNNMoney that his company is readying a low-power chip designed for smart portable devices that will compete with Apple’s iPhone. As we all know, iPhone generate a ton of buzz even before its…
Steve Jobs spotted using the iPhone
It is not our intention to turn IntoMobile into an online tabloid, but this is THE Steve Jobs using THE iPhone. The photo is already featured on many Mac-loving communities and we’re joining the hype by publishing it. Now, Steve be so kind and drop us a 3G and we’re on board. And yes, please…
Guy Kawasaki blogs about the iPhone
A long-time Apple evangelist and now a venture capitalist, Guy Kawasaki never hesitate to speak about Apple and its products. So it’s not surprisingly that he now discuses the iPhone. Actually, he posses eight very important questions about it. His questions include such things as battery life, consumers’ expectations, the speed of the data transfer…
Patents behind the iPhone
During his Macworld keynote, Steve Jobs said that Apple used over 200 patents for the technology behind the iPhone. Apple’s CEO only pointed out the multi-touch, leaving us guessing which other patents he had in mind. Luckily for us, Mad4MobilePhones has been busy researching, and they came up with a list of 21 patents they…
Four things you probably missed from Steve Jobs’ iPhone presentation
Thanks to Chris from Actioncorp, we now know more about the iPhone. The new info includes what the calendar application looks like, how you’ll view traffic in Google Maps, another way to scroll through long lists and how ringtones may ultimately work. Enjoy the video.
Apple iPhone Oscar commercial
During the Academy Awards, Apple was telecasting the ad for its upcoming iPhone. Nothing much was revealed, just a bunch of people saying “hello”. But then again, just enough to tease us. 🙂
Neonode N2
I had a chance to get my hands on the new Neonode N2 phone. Powered by Windows CE (yeah, it’s not a Symbian, but it’s interesting device nevertheless), with weight smaller than 70g, this very small device is very practical to carry around. Input interface – touch, just like the iPhone. The only thing I…