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BlackBerry Storm parts pricier than iPhone's
Marguerite Reardon | Jan 30, 2009
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Market research firm iSuppli has taken apart the BlackBerry Storm and discovered that the sum of its parts is worth more than those of Apple's iPhone 3G.
Components used to build new Research In Motion smart phone cost about US$203, according to iSuppli. Verizon Wireless, the exclusive carrier of the Storm, sells the device for US$199 after rebates and with a two-year service contract. Meanwhile, the total cost of components in Apple's 8GB iPhone 3G, which was introduced last summer, is US$174. AT&T, the iPhone's exclusive carrier, sells the 8GB device for US$199 with a two-year service contract.
These total device prices don't include the cost of software, licensing of patents, or distribution, but rather just the cost of the actual physical components. While the roughly US$29 difference may not seem like much, it certainly adds up after millions of phones are sold.
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Sony and SanDisk working on 2TB Memory Sticks
Damian Koh | Jan 30, 2009
The Memory Sticks don't have an official name yet and the two companies are temporarily calling them collectively as "Memory Stick format for Extended High Capacity". Format licensing is expected to begin this year. Once completed, we'll see storage capacities for these flash media (Memory Stick Pro DUO, Memory Stick Pro-HG, Memory Stick Micro and Memory Stick HG Micro) hit up to 2 terabytes with maximum data transfer rates of 20MB/s (on 4-bit parallel interface) and 60MB/s (on 8-bit parallel interface) for the HG card formats.
Sony is also announcing today the availability of 16GB Memory Stick Micro (M2) cards. These will be available in Asia Pacific starting next month and are bundled with a USB adapter, though there's also an option to purchase the flash card separately.
According to the Japanese outfit, the 16GB M2 card comes with a five-year warranty and can withstand temperatures from minus 25 degrees Celsius to 85 degrees Celsius. The supplied adapter doesn't support the MagicGate content protection technology, though. We are still checking with Sony Ericsson to find out which phones are compatible with the new 16GB card and will update once we have the information.
Update: According to Sony Ericsson, only the C905 Cyber-shot has been tested to support the 16GB M2 memory card. The company added that most devices are designed to support up to 32GB flash media and it will be compiling a list of devices compatible with the new 2TB cards.
Casio phone that's a music studio
Juniper Foo | Jan 30, 2009
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Is correcting someone's tech mistake rude?
John Chan | Jan 30, 2009
I use acronyms that describe mobile technology frequently in my job and the people that who around me have no problems understanding things like HSDPA, CDMA and GPRS. It's thus easy to forget that these are not terms that everyone can relate to easily and a conversation I overheard on my daily commute reminded me of that.
Two men were talking about buying the iPhone 3G instead of an unlocked first-generation iPhone. One of them mentioned surfing the Web on the train using GPS, and the second guy said he should get the latest version in that case.
Both were probably thinking of GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) when they spoke of GPS (Global Positioning System). If I wasn't merely an eavesdropper and knew these two gentlemen, I would have corrected them and also mentioned that the latest iPhone would use HSDPA for data transfers on the train, not the agonizingly slow GPRS.
What about you? Do you correct your friends when they make mistakes like that? Or do feel it's rude to do so, just like correcting someone's grammar (unless you are a teacher or editor)? Tell us what you think.
New iPhone firmware reveals code for next model
Tom Krazit | Jan 30, 2009
What will Apple's next iPhone look like? The only changes might be under the hood.
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As might be expected, it doesn't seem that the iPhone 3G will be Apple's last iPhone.
MacRumors has discovered code inside the OS X 2.2.1 firmware released earlier this week that describes an "IPhone 2,1" model. Previous discoveries have shown that Apple uses this labeling nomenclature for both the iPhone and the iPod touch.
The original iPhone was labeled "1,1", while the iPhone 3G was model "1,2." The iPod touch has already advanced to a second-generation design, as the iPod touch released at September's music event received the "2,1" label inside its firmware.
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