Posts filed under 'Rumors'

When will the rumors and predictions stop? Probably when
Apple produces a 3G iPhone. Bank Of America analyst Scott Craig thinks Apple will produce a small number of 3G iPhones (3 million) come Q2 2008 and launch a big production build (8 million) in Q3 when demand has risen. Apple stock jumped 2.8% to $144.20 because of the report.
More info here.
March 28th, 2008

A new patent filing shows that Apple will finally release a useful home media center solution: a digital video recorder. The patents not only indicates that you’ll be able to record up coming shows and stream video from the iTunes story, but you’ll be able to program the device from an
iPod
like remote. Details are a little scarce, but according to Appleinsider one will be able to fill up the remote with select shows and the device will run a
Tivo
like algorithm to determine other shows that might be of interest.
I can’t see why Apple wouldn’t integrate the iPhone
and iPod Touch into this system.
More pics and stuff after the ‘leap’
More info here.
March 13th, 2008

According to
Macworld, we should expect
Blu-ray
players to appear in Apple products later this year. This news comes by way of the Financial times, which confirmed that
Sony
’s US president, Stan Glasgow was in talks with Apple and Microsoft regarding the Blu-ray
high def
format.
March 10th, 2008

According to one
iPhone
customer, an AT&T sales person demanded that he activate the iPhone at the time of purchase to prevent him from going home and ‘unlocking it’. Although, this contradicts the recently passed law (well about a year ago now if my memory serves me correctly) legally allowing anyone to unlock their phone, I’m not too surprised considering how many contracts AT&T lost due to unlocking last year. But it’s highly unlikely AT&T will be allowed to institute this policy since the Apple store allows folks to ‘purchase and walk’.
[Wired]
March 10th, 2008

Apple has posted Job’s
iPhone
/Touch Software Roadmap presentation that transpired earlier today. Head over to
Apple’s site to check out Steve in all his glory.
March 6th, 2008

Called the iFund, Kleiner Perkins has pledged $100 million towards the developers of
iPhone
applications. The venture fund will look for apps that are “marketing-changing ideas” and focus on areas such as location based services, social networking, mobile commerce, communication, and entertainment (pretty much everything if you ask me).
[News]
March 6th, 2008
Crunchgear is further disseminating a Fox News report that the 3G
iPhone
will appear either June 24 or July 1st. Fox isn’t exactly known for their accurate or ‘fair and balanced’ reporting, but then again the iPhone doesn’t influence any political competitions…or does it?
I’ve heard that a 3G and WiFi chip in one device will make it ultra expensive.
iPhone 3G rumor here.
March 3rd, 2008

The ’sort of’ because Apple managed to eclipse Dell in
laptop
sales to ‘higher education’ only, in 2007. That means people studying at the degree or college level. This stat was further affirmed by Oklahoma Christian University who has moved away from Dell laptops and offered a program that allows PC users to trade in their current machines for Macbooks. This news comes on the heels of the
university that’s offering a ‘free’ iPhone upon enrollment.
[Appleinsider]
March 3rd, 2008
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