Podcast - Apple Weekly Report #125: iPhone Expansion, NBC and Zune, Apple's Eco-stance
by , 7:40 AM EDT, May 13th, 2008
Direct Link: MP3 Version
Listen Now:
The iPhone machine is in full swing with carrier deals for over 20 new countries announced this week, Apple's lawsuit express dropped off a couple of passengers, Steve Jobs isn't making as much as he used to, Microsoft bailed on its Yahoo takeover, and NBC cozied up with the ever popular Zune. This week's Quick Tip: Viewing multiple images with Quick Look.
|
The Apple Weekly Report will be included in TMO's main RSS feed, and also in its own feed if you'd like to add it directly to your podcatching client. If you enjoy the podcast, please consider rating us, reviewing us, and voting for us! You can vote at:
You can also review us at the iTunes Music Store. |
Or, check out:
- The Context Machine Fodder
- Vodafone Scores iPhone Deal in 10 Countries
- America Movil Lands Latin American iPhone Deal
- Orange Negotiating to Bring iPhone to Poland, Spain
- AT&T May be Prepping for New iPhone Launch
- iPhone Developer Program Goes International
- Apple Settles Power Adapter Suit
- Apple Canada Offers $45 Credit in iPod Suit
- Steve Jobs No Longer Among Top 10 Paid Tech CEOs
- Microsoft Walks Away from Yahoo Offer
- NBC Jumps Onboard with Zune
- Apple Ranked as Bottom Electronics Company by Climate Counts
- TMO Quick Tip - Quick Look: View Multiple Images
- TMO on Twitter!
Sponsors
SmileOnMyMac Software's PageSender
This news is written by the staff of The Mac Observer.
Bandwidth provided courtesy of Cachefly.
Bass by Boom, for TMO.
Observer Comments
Wed May 14, 2008 8:17 pm Subject: iPhone coming to the Philippines
Manila, 12 May 2008 – Globe, SingTel, Bharti Airtel and Optus today announced that they have signed an agreement with Apple to bring the iPhone to the Philippines, Singapore, India, and Australia later this year.
In the Philippines, 26% of Filipinos (over 22 million) carry cell phones, far outstripping the number of landlines and wired phones combined. In 2004, the total number of CMTS subscribers grew 34% to over 30.2 million. The Philippines continues to be the world leader in the Short Messaging Service (SMS) market. Carriers process more than 200 million text messages per day.
There are five GSM service providers in the country operated by three conglomeates with core businesses in property development (Globe Telecoms/Touch Mobile: Ayala Corporation), telecommunications (Smart Mobile/Talk n Text: Philippine Lng Distance Telephone), and food processing (Sun Cellular: Commonwealth Foods). Of these, Globe and Smart are the acknowledged market leaders perenilly engaged in marketing campaigns that shadow each other's activities.
Comments are currently closed. Please email the author instead.
Recent Headlines - Updated November 9th
- Sun, 11:59 AM
- Mac Geek Gab Podcast - MGG 226: Magic Mouse, Apple Battery Secrets, Q&A
- Sat, 7:58 PM
- News - Apple TV 3.0.1 Update Fixes Missing Content Bug
- Fri, 7:45 PM
- Rumor - Taiwan Leak Shows Verizon UTMS/CDMA iPhone for Q3 2010
- 6:40 PM
- News - iPhone Moves Into RadioShack
- 6:30 PM
- News - Apple to Open Stunning Paris Apple Store in Le Louvre on Saturday
- 5:43 PM
- Free on iTunes - Dictionary, Dictionary, Dictionary, And More
- 4:09 PM
- John Martellaro's Blog - Particle Debris (week ending 11/6) Failure IS an Option
- 3:32 PM
- Games - The Latest App Store Games: Gravity Sling, RocketBird, Ground Effect, Checkers!
- 2:25 PM
- Games - Star Soccer 2010 for Mac Puts Gamers in Role of Up-and-Coming Player
- 2:15 PM
- How-To - The Mysteries of Rosetta Housekeeping
- 1:33 PM
- News - iPhone Game Developer Sued for Collecting User’s Cell Numbers
- 1:17 PM
- Games - Warhammer Online Expands Trial Play Option
The Mac Observer Reader Specials
- TypeStyler For Mac OS X is Now Shipping! Download The Free Fully Functional 60 Day Tryout at www.typestyler.com
RamJet Memory: Mac Pro 8-core 8GB Kit $199.99, 4GB Kits $109.99! Sale on MacBook and MacBook Pro 8GB kits $549.99! New MacBook DDR3 2GB for $49.99. iMac and Mac mini 4GB Kits for $79.99! 1TB SATA Hard Drives for $109.99! Click here
OWC: Mercury On-The-Go FW800+USB2 up to 1.0TB. Bus Powered, no external power supply needed. Macworld ‘Editor’s Choice’, CNET ‘Very Good’ Starting from $99.97, 500GB $159.99. Click here
If you're using a Mac, then you've gotta check out Full Tilt Poker for Mac. This Full Tilt Poker bonus code does the unthinkable, it actually rewards!For the latest Apple products use Ciao, a price comparison website, to find laptops like MacBook Air. Then find the best prices on MP3 players and use our comparison tool to evaluate mobile phones like the Apple iPhone.
Laptop Hardware Provided by TechRestore - Overnight Mac & iPod Repairs.
