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When the news of the missing iPhones broke out a couple of months back, it was quite unlikely to believe that 400,000 of them have made their way to China. However, In-Stat a marketing research firm has recently revealed that of the 1.7 million missing iPhones in the United States, 10% of them have been illegally shipped to China.
If the trend continues, it will not be late that China will be flooded with unlocked iPhones even before it seeks official release. This will definitely hurt Apple
Inc. business model of revenue sharing with a local carrier. The popularity of the Apple iPhone can be asserted from the fact that while most businesses are discussed from iPhones in the United States; in China, most families love using iPhones for their personal use. The situation is indeed taking a dangerous turn from the business economics of Apple Inc. and the iPhone industry. The huge numbers of iPhones available and working in China are all illegitimate. As the Apple iPhones are unlocked by scrupulous means in China, they remain devoid of Apple insurance or warranty coverage.There are blogs and auction houses flooding the Net selling iPhones for the Chinese market; and the Chinese people are ready to shell out extra bucks to get hold of the iPhone. Reports indicate that around 1/5 of all iPhones cost approximately US$ 533 which is shows that buyers in China are paying more for their phones than any other countries. However, this has not stopped Chinese consumers to wait till Apple releases it’s official version in 2008 soon.
I think you know the Titan clear iPhone case we covered in a previuos article a few months ago. It is a crystal clear policarbonate shell, designed to provide maximum protection of the iPhone without hiding it's beautyful lines.
The case comes packed with a clear belt holster and also has an unique system of retractable horizontal and vertical kickstands, that can be adjusted at various angles, to turn this case into a versatile table iPhone stand for video watching.
So what could GizMAc do to improve this case, you say? Well at this year CES they announced two more versions of the Titan case: colored ones they will start retailing in mid January.
I bet you've seen colored translucent iPhone cases before, but they were made of silicone, and silicone har a few downsights: looks and feels cheap, does not have the shine of polycarbonate and in time it loosenes it's grip of the iPhone, allowing dust to gather under the case.
Titan cases are made of policarbonate, and the new colors are smoke and pink. Smoke adds a litle substance at the classic clear case so it looks more solid. Pink on the other hand is a really live color, that stands out and varies in intensity depending on lighting conditions, passing from hot pink to red and even slightly orange.
Beside the color there is no difference from the classic Titan clear case so you can see more details in our previous article: Clear iPhone Case
I know what you think when you look at tis picture: Great Photoshop work! I thought the same, especially it's similar to the signature leather case, but, guess what, this case is real and it is for sale on Case-mate's website. Of course for a round $20.000 price tag. That's right twenty thousand US dollars for a case designed for a $399 device.
This glamour case is made of Carbon Fiber leather, similar to the one used in TechArt Porsche Carrera GT or luxury Vertu cell phones. Only this one is not black, is a specially developed gold one.
So, ok, it's made of gold leather, but why it's priced more than 10 times than the gold iPhone from Goldstriker? Well, as you can see in the picture (which is real, we swear), this case is made of more than gold leather, it's fitted with 42 diamonds with a 3.5 carat weight and 18k gold settings. Even the Case-mate logo is made of 18k gold.
You can see for yourself and order one if you can afford it at Case-mate's wesite.
Although the MacBook Air’s multitouch trackpad is pretty nifty, it looks like Apple has even grander plans in store — a recent patent filing describes the MBA’s current features as “Basic Multitouch” and contains descriptions of “Advanced” touch operations like system control, file management and browser navigation. While the filing details using a combination of the thumb and two fingers to cut, copy and paste — something that seems awfully relevant to that little iPhone thing Apple sells — what we’re most intrigued by is the description of the “side pinky swipe” to control system functions like volume and screen brightness. Since the side of the pinky produces a different shape than your fingertip on the touch sensor, the system can automatically recognize it, making it ideal for quick adjustments — we’re already dreaming up lists of macros to trigger. Of course, there’s no telling if and when we’ll ever see this stuff in a product, but it’s probably not a coincidence the iPhone, iPod touch, and MacBook Air all use the same Broadcom touch controller — let’s hope those long-awaited new MacBook Pros join the club, eh?
Since Trillian, thet we covered in an recent article, is still not launched, the honour to release a internet messenger client for the iPhone goes to BeeJive and it's software JiveTalk
Basics of the Interface: Once you’ve turned iPhone on using the top Sleep/Wake Button, iPhone relies upon its touch screen for almost all of its user interactions. You swipe your finger across a locking mechanism on the screen to unlock the touchscreen—it’s locked by default to prevent accidental button presses—then use the on-screen buttons for everything else. You can press the physical Home button under the screen to go back a menu, and press the Sleep/Wake button to re-lock the phone’s screen.
Apple’s current suite of non-core applications includes SMS Text Messaging ("Text"), Calendar, Photos, Camera, Calculator, Stocks, Maps, Weather, Notes, Clock, and YouTube, plus a Settings menu, as well as four core applications: Phone, Mail, the Safari web browser, and iPod.Generally speaking, Apple uses the center of the screen for the bulk of the action, with context-appropriate buttons placed largely near the screen’s edges. This enables you to scroll, pinch, and tap in the middle of the display; only errant motions near the screen’s edges will trigger other features.
A keyboard, described more fully below, appears on screen whenever it’s appropriate or necessary to enter text on the screen. Apple claims that in “about a week,” you’ll be thumb-typing faster on iPhone than any other small keyboard, though it provides no tactile feedback. The keyboard can auto-correct spelling errors for you, if you desire.
Scrolling feels very good, but not perfect. It will take a tiny amount of user training, comparable to your first time with an iPod, before it feels perfectly comfortable. That’s mostly because icons are now in unfamiliar places on the screen, and you need to make sure you touch the right place on the screen in order to activate them. According to Apple, gestures such as pinch aren’t angle-dependent; our initial impression that they might be may just be attributable to the brief user learning curve, and your need to place enough pressure on the screen to have the pinching motion properly recognized.
The unit’s first screen background—displayed when it’s locked and waiting for a call—can be set at any time from any picture on the unit. This is a really nice feature, but other menus do not use this image as their background. As of early June, it appears that at least some of the main menu’s icons can be rearranged by the user, but this is not as yet known for certain.
The OtterBox cases built upon three protection layers including special membrane that protect the screen but still allows users to access the multitouch screen as usual. It is reported that all the button is protected yet useable but the the dock connector, silent/ring switch, and headphone ports remain usable through the plugs employment.
