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iPhone 4 launches in China to huge crowds
Sep 27th
Apple has enjoyed a huge surge of interest in its iPhone 4 in China. At least one thousand customers lined up at the new Beijing store, with some up to two days before the official launch. They joined 50,000 customers who have already pre-ordered the handset, and does not include the scores who have already obtained one through the booming black market trade in iPhone 4′s leading up to the local launch.
Last year’s launch of the iPhone 3GS was greeted with less interest, partially because Apple was forced to hobble the device by removing its Wi-Fi capabilities at the More >
Nokia failing due to anti-software culture, iPhone ignorance
Sep 15th
Nokia’s continuing decline in share is the result of a fundamental misunderstanding of software and the iPhone in particular, multiple current and former workers explained today. The company is entirely built around its hardware teams and gives them final say, even when it interferes with the actual experience of the software. Each phone design is isolated into a group and sets its own deadline rather than making sure the software is in sync.
“It was not uncommon for [software teams] to give [hardware teams] code that ran perfectly by their own test, only to have them do things like reduce More >
T-Mobile in talks for sub-$200 Huawei Android phone
Sep 4th
Huawei’s Ideos is already in line for T-Mobile USA based on reports of talks [sub. required]. The American carrier hopes to have the budget Android 2.2 phone by the end of the year and could have a deal finished within four to six weeks, according to the WSJ, leading to a launch shortly afterwards. Pricing would be a key point, as the phone would cost under $ 200 even off-contract and could be as little as $ 50 with two years of service.
The Ideos would be the first Huawei smartphone in the US and should provide most of the More >