Reading between the lines of his latest interview, Google CEO Eric Schmidt suggests just why Google is going up against Apple in the mobile space, saying smartphones are “the future for Google and the world.
Life at the Apple product factories may have improved slightly, but now it looks as if Hon Hai/Foxconn plans to build a huge new plant in north-central China in which it will place some of its Apple-related manufacturing operations. And Apple is reluctant to take part in this plan.
Local government reports claim up to 300,000 new workers will be recruited for the new plant which is to be placed in the city of Hebei. The move follows a series of well-reported suicides at Foxconn factory in Shenzen.
Foxconn makes iPods and iPhones but also works for others, including Dell and HP. The company recently doubled basic salaries in response to the suicides, which some say were caused in reaction to autocratic management, long hours, overtime and low wages.
Workers at the new plant will pick up 1,200 yuan ($176) per month, rising to 2,000 yuan ($300) after a probationary period.
The Financial Times tells us Apple is unhappy about Foxconn
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We’re pondering these new rumors from Jason O
Straight from some Microsoft internal leaked slides. A little more complementary than they publicly acknowledge.
Oh, and get a load of their touch iMac wannabe:
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Hey, Hey, look everybody: the iPhone 4 costs $188 to make, according to the brave-hearted conquistadores over at iSuppli, in their latest published estimates for the value of the device. That follows last week’s iFixit teardown.
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Apple this morning confirmed that iPhone 4 sales have vastly exceeded most analysts predictions — the company has sold over 1.7 million iPhone 4s in the first three days since launch.
Apple seems likely to have sold between 1 million to 1.5 million iPhone 4
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In the video above, cheers erupt in New York as Apple on Fifth Avenue opened for iPhone 4 sales.
Three has initiated what could become an iPhone 4 price war in the UK, where Apple
The latest Steve Jobs email to hit the ether this morning is the CEO
We keep seeing this rumor pop-up, and here it is once again — that Apple plans an iOS-enabled iMac with a touch interface — and will introduce this device within 60-days. This speculation is emerging from Looprumors this time around.
Did you manage to pre-order an iPhone 4? We hope so, because if you didn
Apple is delivering those iPhone 4
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It took a few short hours, but the iPhone Dev Team have already managed to jailbreak iOS 4, introducing their own redsn0w tool to unshackle your iPhone 3G and iPod touch 2G.
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This video shows a Toshiba rep officially demonstrating the company
Apple will today ship the latest version of its operating system for the iPhone and iPod touch, iOS 4. We are also hearing that Apple has begun shipping the iPhone 4 to customers who pre-ordered the device.
The company may already be shipping devices with the new OS installed, according to one report.
We are hearing divergent reports as to when the OS will actually ship.
Most industry watchers expect the new OS to ship at or near 10am Pacific Time.
Some users already have iOS 4 installed on their devices, thanks to curious iPhone developers who noticed the beta made available to them could easily be installed on an iPhone.
iOS 4 offers over 100 new features, including Multitasking, Folders, enhanced Mail, deeper Enterprise support and Apple
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EE Times has taken an even closer look at the ARM-based processors used inside the A4 chip and the Samsung S5PC110A01, following recent revelations that both use CPU cores which are very like each other — and the findings reveal both chips are very similar, but different.
Both processors are based on ARM
iPad shipments are at 1.2 million per month and seem on target to reach 2.5 million per month by the end of the year, an analyst says, citing sources within Apple