For anything that involves electronic parts, manufacturers need a "Made for iPhone" or "Made for iPod" certification in order to be featured by Apple, the application for which costs just several hundreds of dollars each time.
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See the non-existent Made For iPhone accessories market -- accessories with their own electronics could have an 8-18 month lead time, so we still probably won't be seeing the first proper iPhone add-ons until closer to the holidays.
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From this it would be possible to conclude that current Android sales are actually building a ready-made market for iPhone in the future.
Wine Simplified is made for iPad and iPhone and includes 90 minutes of video tastings and tutorials, dozens of interactive guided tours and infographics, and 240 audio pronunciation guides.
Phones that were pre-iPhone were made for texting, making calls and, if you really had to, browsing the Internet and sending emails.
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Details regarding pricing and availability for both the application and the TomTom car kit for iPhone will be made available in advance of the products' launch later this summer.
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But many of Apple's suppliers have manufacturing facilities in China, so it's likely that some portion of the components they build for the iPhone are made in China as well.
He was made the scapegoat for the lackluster initial sales (by Iphone standards) and bugs with the system.
Rumor has it that the Apple chief was so paranoid about word getting out about the new iPhone that he had bogus prototypes made up for Cingular executives and his own employees.
Rumor has it that the Apple (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ) chief was so paranoid about word getting out about the new iPhone that he had bogus prototypes made up for Cingular executives and his own employees.
Rogers Communications made a terse announcement that it would be the local partner for the iPhone in conjunction with the release of its first quarter results Tuesday.
Presumably, Apple wants to disrupt this market the same way the iPod and iTunes made it easier for consumers to buy music, and the way the iPhone is slowly moving the cellular industry to data plans over voice plans (see: iMessage, Facetime).
Far along in the development process, Steve Jobs famously ordered Ive's designers to change the look of the iPhone, scrapping its aluminum case for a stainless steel bezel that made the touchscreen display more prominent, according to Walter Isaacson's recent biography of the mercurial Apple CEO.
Although nothing was confirmed, Cingular made it sound as though users might be able to expect a specially bundled data plan for the iPhone.
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The company reported its third best quarter ever as iPhone 5 availability in the last few days of the quarter more than made up for the seasonal slowdown ahead of the launch.
Three weeks ago, I made the decision to stop using my iPhone 4s with the possible outcome of leaving the iPhone for an Android or Windows phone for an extended period of time.
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Apple is expected to emerge as a major supporter of Intel's whole " Menlow" Mobile Internet Device platform, which packages processor, graphics and connectivity into a small enough bundle to give iPhone-powering Samsung a run for its money in ultra mobile products -- and Intel has made it clear that it has its sights set on that very member of Apple's lineup wit.
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