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NBCU Wireless GM On iPhone: ‘We Didn’t Feel That We Had To Be There On Day One’ - 0 Comments
Posted By Matt Kapko - Sat 19 Jul 2008 11:13 AM PST

When it comes to the iPhone, large entertainment companies are sitting on the sidelines. NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) can’t justify investing in one platform, but instead is putting equal time…

iPhone 3G Roundup: $330 Million For Apple; Month-Long Inventory Shortage; Free AT&T Wi-Fi Snags; RIM - 0 Comments
Posted By Matt Kapko - Fri 18 Jul 2008 09:51 AM PST

--Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) Makes $330 Million On Early iPhone Sales: Apple earned about $330 million during the first weekend of iPhone 3G sales, according to Fortune. Piggybacking on Apple’s announcement…

MySpace Mobile Prepares For Makeover - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Thu 17 Jul 2008 04:57 PM PST

MySpace is close to redesigning its social-networking mobile site to make it look more like the recent online redesign and more like the iPhone application, reports NewMediaAge in the UK.…

Lost In Translation: Japanese Market Not Sold On iPhone Cool Factor - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Thu 17 Jul 2008 04:10 PM PST

In Japan, like elsewhere, gadget fans lined up to be some of the first to buy the new iPhone last week. However, after the initial rush, it appears that consumers…

Google Is Using Android To Push The Wireless Industry And Its Own Agenda: Report - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Wed 16 Jul 2008 04:23 PM PST

The iPhone and Google’s upcoming Android platform are shaking up the wireless industry, according to report released yesterday by In-Stat Analyst Bill Hughes. In an interview, Hughes supported his conclusions…

Apple Apologizes For MobileMe Glitches; Offers 30-Day Extension - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Wed 16 Jul 2008 08:41 AM PST

On Friday, when the iPhone 3G launched around the world, it wasn’t only the phones that had a hard time activating. Users of Apple’s MobileMe service, which is tagged as…

Update: iPhone 3G Purchase Successful On Day Two - 1 Comment
Posted By Matt Kapko - Mon 14 Jul 2008 06:53 PM PST

After coming up empty handed last Friday, I returned to an AT&T (NYSE: T) store early Saturday morning to give it another go. By 8:30 a.m. there was a line…

iPhone Users Experiencing Glitches After Installing Applications - 0 Comments
Posted By Matt Kapko - Mon 14 Jul 2008 04:15 PM PST

The App Store that launched along with the iPhone 3G and the software update for earlier iPhones is eliciting more yawns—and complaints. There are the standout, graphics-heavy games that were…

gPhone Is Just A Rumor; But Android Developer Angst Is Real - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Mon 14 Jul 2008 11:39 AM PST

Over the weekend, a stream of rumors flowed from Sun Valley, Idaho, where Google (NSDQ: GOOG) executives supposedly talked about a Google-branded phone. I’ll explain what happened, but first off,…

Apple Sells One Million iPhones In 3 Days; Gray Market Still Thriving In Asia - 1 Comment
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Mon 14 Jul 2008 07:44 AM PST

Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) announced today that it has sold 1 million of its new 3G iPhones in the first three days since its debut on Friday. Apple chief Steve Jobs…

Trials And Tribulations Of Buying The iPhone 3G (Or Not) - 2 Comments
Posted By Matt Kapko - Fri 11 Jul 2008 03:00 PM PST

Five AT&T (NYSE: T) stores, one Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) store and still no iPhone 3G. Once I pulled up to the closest AT&T store, I instantly knew I was in…

iPhone Selling Well In Canada Despite Early Complaints About Rogers’ Pricing - 0 Comments
Posted By Matt Kapko - Fri 11 Jul 2008 02:54 PM PST

Despite all the complaints about the higher-than-average service plans for the iPhone that Rogers Wireless intends to charge and subsequent reports about Apple’s disappointment with the Canadian carrier, the iPhone…

Updated: From D.C. To L.A., The U.S. Waits For The iPhone A Bit Longer - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Fri 11 Jul 2008 10:55 AM PST

Everyone thought that the wait for the iPhone 3G was finally over today when it went up for sale in 21 countries around the world, but instead the people who…

Apple’s MobileMe Also Has Activation Problems; But Might Be The Killer App For Apple Long-Term - 1 Comment
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Fri 11 Jul 2008 10:04 AM PST

Apple’s (NSDQ: AAPL) new Web service called MobileMe, which allows people to sync their contacts, calendar, email and other data between their iPhone and computers, is also experiencing activation problems…

Official Video: AT&T Unboxes The White iPhone 3G - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Fri 11 Jul 2008 08:50 AM PST

The very trendy thing to do among bloggers after receiving a new gadget is take a video of the opening of the box up, and then slowly take out each…

Updated: iPhone 3G Goes On Sale, Plagued By Activation Problems - 1 Comment
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 11 Jul 2008 07:11 AM PST

The phone may be quicker, but the wait sure is a drag. After New Zealand and Japan got there first, after Europeans queued up, one year after iPhone 1.0 hit……

Europe Wakes To iPhone 3G: Fanboys On The Frontline - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 11 Jul 2008 01:14 AM PST

If my local O2 and Carphone Warehouse stores were anything to go by, there was no-one queuing and zero buzz for the long-awaited iPhone 3G. But that was 10pm last…

Google Rolls Out Mobile Tricks Channel On YouTube - 1 Comment
Posted By Matt Kapko - Thu 10 Jul 2008 06:14 PM PST

A new YouTube channel dedicated to sharing tips on all the productive (and not so productive) things people can do with their mobile phones has generated plenty of interest and…

There’s No Signs Of Hollywood Entertainment In Apple’s App Store - 0 Comments
Posted By Matt Kapko - Thu 10 Jul 2008 05:15 PM PST

So where exactly are all the game-changing entertainment applications for the iPhone? After skimming through the App store that launched today on iTunes, it shows that of the 554 applications,…

Interview: GoTV Networks CEO Thomas Ellsworth Dishes On All Things iPhone - 0 Comments
Posted By Matt Kapko - Thu 10 Jul 2008 05:00 PM PST

With Apple’s (NSDQ: AAPL) App store launching today, we got in touch with GoTV Network’s CEO Thomas Ellsworth today to discuss his company’s plans for the iPhone and where they…

Interview: Sega Mobile VP Chaplin: ‘We Refer To The iPhone As The First Version Of Mobile 2.0’ - 0 Comments
Posted By Matt Kapko - Thu 10 Jul 2008 11:05 AM PST

The gaming industry came out early and strongly in favor of the new features the iPhone brought to the scene just over a year ago. Developers constantly chatted about how…

Sprint’s Samsung Instinct Is Selling As Briskly As The Razr Two Years Ago - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Thu 10 Jul 2008 10:49 AM PST

Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel wants some attention for how well the Samsung Instinct is selling, and with a lot of hype and media attention going to the Apple (NSDQ: AAPL)…

App Store Launches Today With More Than 500 Applications - 0 Comments
Posted By Matt Kapko - Thu 10 Jul 2008 09:29 AM PST

Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) launched its App Store today at 9 a.m., which was a day earlier than expected but on par with rumors that surfaced yesterday. With the App store,…

RealNetworks Sees Growth Of Snack-Sized Mobile Content; No iPhone Plans For Rhapsody - 4 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Wed 09 Jul 2008 06:11 PM PST

RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK), which helps carriers sell ringtones, ringback tones and full-track music, believes the continuing trend in mobile content is to provide a bite-sized or “snackable” content experience, whereas…

Apple Allowing Free Ad-Supported Apps on App Store - 0 Comments
Posted By Matt Kapko - Wed 09 Jul 2008 05:58 PM PST

Medialets, a company that got off the ground June 1, is providing a mechanism for developers to include ads in their applications and make them free to iPhone users on…