The iPhone Apps Sweepstakes
Programmers are rushing to sell their own wares through Apple’s App Store. But not everyone will strike gold
The software developer had created a game that could be played on the Apple (AAPL) iPhone and iPod Touch devices, and sales were through the roof. Users of the iPhone couldn’t get enough of the $7.99 Bullfrog Touch, [...]
iPhone App Downloads to Hit 1 Billion Mark Faster Than Songs Did
by Don Reisinger
There may only be over 12 million iPhones in the wild, but that hasn’t stopped iTunes users from downloading more than twice as many apps as songs during the store’s first two months of availability, according to a report.
Did Apple’s Cheaper iPhone Kill Off The Bootlegs? No Way! (AAPL)
By Dan Frommer
Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone 3G — subsidized in many countries to reasonable prices, like $199 in the U.S. — hasn’t done a thing to kill off the bootleggers.
Palm: Please Don’t Buy Our Sexy New Treo (PALM)
That new Palm smartphone we were fawning over last week? It’s real — the Treo Pro — it looks great, and it’s coming next month.
The problem: While it’s being subsidized by carriers in Europe and Australia, Palm says it’ll only be available at its full, unsubsidized price in the U.S. — $549. Which means that [...]
Apple Plans To Sell A Lot Of iPhones Next Year. But How? (AAPL)
Short of a major meltdown, Apple (AAPL) will probably achieve its goal of selling 10 million iPhones this year. So what’s the plan for next year?
Apple hasn’t made an official prediction, and might never. But they do have to tell their suppliers how many phones to make. Between now and August 2009, the company plans [...]
Verizon Zapped: Must Inspect Every N.Y. FiOS Installation For Unsafe Wiring
Karma stinks. While Verizon’s been tooting its horn all week because Apple iPhone owners have had major problems using rival AT&T’s wireless network, the Albany Times Union reminds us that no telco’s perfect:
Verizon Communications Inc. will go back and inspect every one of its FiOS installations in New York after regulators discovered that some of [...]
Will Apple’s iPhone Save Sirius XM?
Will hopping on Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone help Sirius XM (SIRI) deal with slowing growth and competition from other digital music devices? No.
In a note today, Citigroup analyst Tony Wible notes that an app could be on the way that brings Sirius content to Apple’s iPhone.
Wible is excited about the idea. “While Apple is generally perceived [...]
Apple Pulls Another Innocuous iPhone App
Another day, another capricious decision by Apple to pull a fairly innocuous application. This time it’s BoxOffice, a diabolical system for finding and displaying local movie times. Quoth the developers at Metasyntactic
Apple pulled the app yesterday without giving my any notification that they were doing it, or what their justification was for removing it.
I’ve [...]
