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26 Sep

5 Million iPhone 3Gs Sold This Quarter

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Apple reportedly will sell 5 million iPhone 3Gs for the quarter ending Tuesday, according to estimates from a Piper Jaffray analyst.

In a research note earlier this week, analyst Gene Munster upped his final figure from 4.1 million units and said sales will represent a “meaningful percentage” of Apple’s revenues.

When the upgraded iPhone was released July 11, it saw 1 million sales over the launch weekend. This sales success came despite activation issues, long lines, and initial supply shortages.

“It took 74 days to sell the first 1 million original iPhones, so the new iPhone 3G is clearly off to a great start around the world,” Apple CEO Steve Jobs said at the time.

Customers may have been drawn to the upgraded Internet speed, GPS, and the lower price point. Additionally, the original iPhone was available in only a handful of countries, but Apple plans to sell the iPhone 3G in 70 countries by the end of the year.

But not everything has been rosy for Apple, as many users complained that the iPhone 3G suffered from data connection issues, handset crashes, and more. These issues have even led to multiple lawsuits. After months of silence, Apple acknowledged there was a problem, and its 2.1 firmware upgrade appears to have fixed most of these glitches.

Apple has maintained that it hopes to sell 10 million iPhones by the end of the year, and if this estimate holds true, the company is on the right track. It’s estimated that the company sold about 2.4 million original iPhones during the first half of the year, so the company would have to sell about 2.6 million units to reach its goal.

25 Sep

iPhone 3G coming to Latvia, Lithuania

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While Estonia got the iPhone 3G in the last round of country updates back in August, the other pair of Baltic countries—Latvia and Lithuania—have been left out in the cold, until now.

Mobile provider TeliaSonera today announced that its subsidiaries will begin sales of the iPhone 3G in the countries starting on September 26th. TeliaSonera owns a share of Latvia’s largest mobile operator, Latvian Mobile Telephone (LMT), and also controls Omnitel, the largest telecommunications country in the Baltic region. Neither company has released details on the iPhone’s price or available service plans.

TeliaSonera also has a hand in distributing the iPhone in a number of other countries in Europe, including Estonia, Sweden, Finland, Norway, and Denmar

16 Sep

Welcome to VM Factor Technologies - iPhone Dev and Information Centre

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The worldwide fizz created by Apple’s iPhone is amazingly unprecedented.

The Apple iPhone is an internet connected multimedia smartphone with a flush multi-touch screen and a minimal hardware interface. Lacking a physical keyboard, a virtual keyboard is rendered on the touch screen. The iPhone’s functions include those of a camera phone and portable media player (equivalent to the iPod) in addition to text messaging and visual voicemail. It also offers Internet services including e-mail, web browsing, and local Wi-Fi connectivity. The first generation phone hardware was quad-band GSM with EDGE; the second generation also adds UMTS with HSDPA.

Apple announced the iPhone on January 9, 2007. The announcement was preceded by rumors and speculation that circulated for several months. The iPhone was initially introduced in the United States on June 29, 2007 and is in the process of being introduced worldwide. It was named Time magazine’s Invention of the Year in 2007. On July 11, 2008, the iPhone 3G was released and supported faster 3G data speeds and Assisted GPS.

Quick Features

  • Screen size: 3.5 in (89 mm)
  • Screen resolution: 480×320 pixels at 163 ppi, with 3:2 aspect ratio
  • Input devices: Multi-touch screen interface plus a “Home” button
  • Built-in rechargeable, non-removable battery
  • 2 megapixel camera
  • Location finding by detection of cell towers and Wi-Fi networks
  • Samsung S5L8900 (412 MHz ARM 1176 processor, PowerVR MBX 3D graphics co-processor)
  • Memory: 128 MB DRAM
  • Storage: 8 GB or 16 GB flash memory
  • Operating System: iPhone OS
  • Quad band GSM / GPRS / EDGE: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
  • Wi-Fi (802.11b/g)
  • Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR

Specific 3G Features

  • Color: Black (8 GB or 16 GB) or white (16 GB)
  • Size: 4.5 inches (115.5 mm) (h) × 2.4 inches (62.1 mm) (w) × 0.48 inch (12.3 mm) (d)
  • Weight: 133 g (4.7 oz)
  • Headphone jack (non-recessed)
  • Battery has up to 10 hours of 2G talk, 5 hours of 3G talk, 5 (3G) or 6 (Wi-Fi) hours of Internet use, 7 hours of video playback, and up to 24 hours of audio playback, lasting over 300 hours on standby.
  • Tri band UMTS / HSDPA: UMTS 850 / 1900 / 2100
  • Assisted GPS, with preference to location based on Wi-Fi or cell towers
  • Digital SAR Rating: 1.38 W/kg

Focus Area

VM Factor Technologies foray into iPhone development in recent times is a clear factor of increasing market demands of individual ideas, corporate business needs and innovative skills. This blog will feature following:

  1. Development Techniques
  2. Market demands
  3. Technical information
  4. Tips and Tricks
  5. Future

Until next time

 

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