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Google Android handset sees rapid adoption

Wednesday 12 November 2008

A surge in early adoption of the new G1 mobile handset - the first to incorporate Google’s Android open mobile computing platform – indicates Apple’s iPhone may have a challenger for the title of trendiest mobile device, according to analysts WebTrends.


Internode sets up iPhone hotspots

Thursday 18 September 2008

National broadband company Internode has added free and seamless access to advanced services such as push email and Google Maps for any iPhone using an Internode Wireless hotspot.


iPhone not green

Tuesday 15 July 2008

Greenpeace has slammed Apple for “missing an opportunity to reinvent its new 3G iPhone in green”.


Optus to release iPhone 3G

Tuesday 10 June 2008

Optus and Apple has announced that they will bring the iPhone 3G to Australia on July 11.


Control MP3 audio wirelessly when driving

Friday 04 April 2008

A Nordic Semiconductor 2.4GHz nRF24L01 transceiver located in a thumbnail-sized steering wheel remote allows playback control of MP3 audio streamed through a car’s existing audio system via its auxiliary-in audio port.


iPod battery scare sparks investigation in Japan

Thursday 13 March 2008

Japan is investigating a possible defect in Apple Inc's iPod Nano after one of the players shot out sparks while recharging, according to reports out of Tokyo. Japan’s trade and economy ministry has pointed to the lithium-ion battery in the iPod Nano model number MA099J/A as cause for the suspected


Group turns tables on Greenpeace

Monday 17 December 2007

The Bromine Science and Environmental Forum (BSEF) is turning the tables on Greenpeace, questioning the environmental group’s comments on the use of brominated flame retardants (BFR) in electronics. Greenpeace has been targeting electronics manufacturers that use BFRs for fire prevention in their


Hazardous substances

Wednesday 17 October 2007

Apple Inc. is once again being bitten by Greenpeace, this time for materials used in the high-demand iPhone handset.


IC insights: microcomponents a mixed bag

Monday 27 August 2007

The microcomponents segment of the IC industry has become a mixed bag of market conditions this year for microprocessors (MPUs), microcontrollers (MCUs), and digital signal processors (DSPs), according to market research firm IC Insights’ mid-year update to its McClean Report, which breaks down the


Apple posts record sales on iPhone debut, strength of Mac computers

Friday 27 July 2007

Apple Inc.'s stock price hit a new record high in trading after the company's fiscal Q3 report bested analyst estimates and revealed a whopping 73% year-over-year profit growth.


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