iPhone Country Count Up to 53

via AAPLinvestors and Appleot.org

 

May 16, 2008 – 9:35 am

Cotten999, an Applelot member and the editor of the AAPLinvestors.net site (AAPLinvestors), maintains a list of all of the countries around the world where the iPhone is already sold or has been publicly named as having a signed contract for sales beginning in 2008. Cotten999 posted an update of that list on May 16, 2008.

See > HERE

 

We can only dream …

For a more thoughtful perspective, see Vijay Nagarajan’s article - iPhone Air hybrid in the works?

NOTE: iPhone Pro image below is a “concept” via BGR

 

In a short PR Orange announced their intent to bring iPhone to EMA …

 

 

 

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SingTel will clearly be the lead carrier for Apple in Singapore. Yet it is also apparent that Apple is moving away from exclusivity in their new carrier deals. iPhonAsia has received multiple (unconfirmed) reports of additional Singapore carrier deals that might be in the works. These reports from Singapore claim that StarHub and M1 remain in discussions with Apple on iPhone distribution deals.

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iPhonAsia Comment: Vijay Nagarajan was kind enough to share his insights to the possible next gen 3G iPhone chipset and supported protocols. This is of course guesswork. Yet the article below is a thoughtful analysis by a systems engineer who follows the wireless industry closely.  Vijay was one of the first to suggest that Infineon’s SGOLD3H chip would be a logical choice for the next gen iPhone and he wrote several articles months ago on this subject. There has been no confirmation of the SGOLD3H, however, there have been a number of clues to suggest that this chip will indeed run in at least one of the new “devices” rumored to be unveiled in June at Apple’s 2008 WWDC. Here below is a short intro to Vijay’s article. Or you can go immediately to Vijay’s blog to read the full article > HERE

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What is 3G iPhone anyway?

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

A friend posed this iPhone question recently –

“Could the iPhone run on CDMA with the Infineon chip that will be in the 3G GSM phone? Or would different hardware and/or software be required?”

I thought I will publish a tutorial to benefit all my readers. This is my view of the wirelss standard we will see implemented in the 3G iPhone.  There are two pervasive wireless standards that support 3G . . . 

Read the full article>>HERE

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Thanks Pingdave

RUMOR: Intel Confirms Atom-based Larger iPhone (Mini-Tablet)?

 

Update: May 15 Intel specifically “disclaimed” the report. Apparently Intel Germany’s CEO was only making general remarks about the kind of mobile devices the Atom might power in the future and did not mean to speculate about future Apple (AAPL) products. 

Mac Air Tablet Mockup From Isamu Sanada

via macrumors.com — According to ZDNet.de, Intel Manager Hannes Schwaderer confirmed (or so some are surmising) that Apple would be using the Intel Atom processor in a future version of the iPhone. The new model will reportedly be a larger model with a 720×480 pixel display, correlating with circulating rumors about a mini-tablet device rumored…

Full Story > HERE

Intel’s Silverthorne (the one on the right) a.k.a. Atom processor 

 

May 14th, 2008 Venkatesh Ganesh writes in Rayaz.net 

Full article > HERE

EXCERPT: The rollout of Apple, Inc’s iPhones in India is set to be the largest, anywhere in the world. It is understood from industry sources that Apple’s iPhones will be sold through about 2.5 lakh Vodafone and Airtel retail outlets including franchisee owned shops. This rollout would be mammoth when compared to iPhones being available only in about 7000 AT&T outlets in the US apart from the Apple Stores.

“Most phone makers want their products in as many stores as possible and Apple is changing its strategy from exclusivity to wider availability,” said an analyst from a brokerage house who did not wish to be named. Airtel announced yesterday that they would be selling iPhones in India. Earlier Vodafone inked a deal last week to rollout iPhones in 10 countries including India.

Read more > HERE

iPhonAsia comment:

It is apparent that iPhone will be available by multiple carriers in all major markets and at least two carriers will offer iPhone in India (Bharti AirTel and Vodafone).  Our understanding is that 1 lakh translates to 100,000 … The Ryaz.net article states that iphone will be available through 2.5 lakh (which translates to 250,000) distribution points. Perhaps something was lost in our translation as this number (250,000) is not realistic even in a nation as populace as India. We suspect something like 25,000 is possible albeit this is also a mammoth number of distribution points. Update: Sources have confirmed the 250,000 points of distribution in India.  

India is a highly competitive cellular market with many low cost plans. For a more detailed analysis of the Indian wireless markets, visit iPhonAsia post featuring video and audio interviews with Duncan Clark, Chairman BDA. The NPR interview at the bottom of this post contains discussion of the India wireless market.

NPR Interview with Duncan Clark, Chairman of BDA Connect

BDA Telecom Market Review > HERE 

iPhonAsia 在中国希望提供我们的同情为遭受了损失由于在四川省的地震的那些。 我们在四川祝愿那些和在受影响的地区在中国迅速补救。

iPhonAsia would like to offer our sympathy to those in China who have suffered losses due to the earthquake in the Sichuan province.  We wish those in Sichuan and affected regions in China a rapid recovery. More earthquake news 

Seth Weintruab over at Computerworld has and interesting column today discussing next gen iPhone’s rumored features (iChat video conferencing, GPS, etc.) and a new mobile TV service via Vodafone.  See Seth’s article > HERE