In hard times like this recession, it is risky for companies to experiment with innovative ideas. To replicate what has worked is always the safest path rather than spend a fortune in experimenting and find out later that the whole idea is a total flop. That is what analysts suggest. Buyers are also less open to untested gadgets when the pocket is near dry. The iPhone has been received so well and has accounted for more than 50% of smartphone sales, so smartphone manufacturers are in some way or the other replicating the features of the iPhone.
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On a very optimistic note I do want to charge my phone (iPhone) anywhere with any phone charger. It's a wild dream for now, but come January 2012, if what the 17 mobile operators and manufacturers' commitment comes true we'll see only one common charger for all mobile phones on this earth. At present, the concept is somewhat like one mobile one charger, which contributes to churning out more than 51 thousand tons of waste a year.
The companies committed to the cause of implementing Universal Charging Solution are AT&T, KTF, LG, mobilkom austria, Motorola, Nokia, Orange, Qualcomm, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Read More...
Launch of the first generation iPhone:
June 2007 was the Apocalypse month for RIM, the maker of BlackBerry and other smartphone manufacturers. The iPhone was born, so to say anointed to bring change to the smartphone market. One year down the line, we saw the rebirth of the device, in the form of the iPhone 3G. We still remember how we walked into Apple Stores, carrying an iPod, a cell phone and a PDA and came out with a single device that perform all the functions of the devices once we carry around with great pride. Apple did something great.
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More worries for Nokia as the sales of its Nseries phones tumble down because of the booming sales of the iPhone 3G. Sales prediction puts that Nokia's market share will come down in the summer quarter compared to spring. Here is an excerpt from Nokia desk:
Nokia's strategy is to take market share only when the company believes it to be sustainably profitable in the longer term, Nokia has not broadly participated in the recent aggressive pricing activity - as it believes that the negative impact to profitability would outweigh any short term incremental benefits to device unit sales.
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The first generation iPhone could not impress the Market research firm Gartner for the gadget to be approved for Enterprise use. The iPhone 3G has finally done what its predecessor has failed. Gartner has approved iPhone 3G for Enterprise use with some reservations.While Nokia is left to bite the dust for having failed to make to the Enterprise club even with its E-Class products, Apple is now all set to join RIM and Window Mobile from here.
Gartner's report on the approval note reads:
We have discovered that the product works via an unencrypted, distributed XML file which could be changed by the Read More...
iPhone Shuffle should have been launched before the launching of the first generation iPhone. At the most, the launch of iPhone Shuffle should have preceded the iPhone 3G if we go by the stream of rumors. The rumors about iPhone Shuffle date back to early 2007. That’s a very long time indeed, but the blend of rumor and hope has withstood time. We are hearing again the non existent beeping sound of iPhone Shuffle.
Here, a report claims that the Nano version of iPhone will be hitting the market in December, a perfect gifting season that too from one of the Read More...
3G iPhone will be in our palms two weeks from now. At this stage, many attractive handsets are set to hit the phone market, possibly to let us reconsider our decision to purchase the 3G iPhone. This move on the part of the phone manufacturers is an attempt to compete with the iPhone, no doubt. Many of the announced handsets are touchscreen phones and have unique features, ranging from cool camera to standard gaming features.
Some of the good contenders in the race will be HTC Diamond, BlackBerry 3G, new handset from Samsung, and Garmin. In Australia, all these new Read More...
