His mobile phone business was sagging, hurt by the Apple iPhone, and struggling to respond.
Ford is also announcing a surprise new member to the AppLink family: the Apple iPhone.
Mr. Soltani also ran a test in which Safari was configured to emulate an Apple iPhone.
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Smartphone acceptance is now around 50%, about six years after the first Apple iPhone was introduced.
Apple iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, as well as Apple TV and Google TV.
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The mother of all smartphones, the Apple iPhone, debuted in 2007 with all these accouterments.
Apple iPhone sales were down 12.6% from Q1, but up 47.4% from a year earlier.
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Go ahead and download Waze for your Apple iPhone or Google-powered Android-powered smartphone.
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The screen is 4.5 inches and other specs compare favorably with Apple iPhone 4S, the latest iPhone.
AppLink is currently compatible with Android and BlackBerry devices, and with Apple iPhone coming in early 2011.
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Google Android downloads will top those for the Apple iPhone for the first time, Ovum adds.
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The new platform, called TD-LTE, will be able to deliver the full functionality of the Apple iPhone.
Perhaps Kabam has the best opportunity here, if it expands the game beyond Apple iPhone and iPad devices.
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Figures 5 and 6 are based on industry tear down analysis by iSuppli of the Apple iPhone 4G.
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The allegation about Samsung is not that they made a toaster that looked very like an Apple iPhone.
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There are 6, 000 location-based apps for the Apple iPhone alone, allowing users to share photos, videos and reviews.
Who knows, maybe there could be an Apple iPhone app for that.
White looks at the company as a beneficiary of the strong early demand for the Apple iPhone 5.
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At the Apple iPhone introduction in January 2007, he looked to be at the top of his game.
Apart from its superb screen and intuitive interface, Apple iPhone has matured a good deal over the past year.
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The company said it had Apple iPhone sales of more than 1.5 million units, 44% of those to new customers.
Given the ever-increasing expectations for the Apple iPhone 5, the Street has been ratcheting up expectations for mobile-related component companies.
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Over the weekend, one of my kids was nagging me about the launch date for the Apple iPhone 5.
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In the circumstances it is hardly surprising that Samsung has been so successful in reverse engineering the Apple iPhone.
The WSJ reported this week that people would rather give up sex for a weekend than their Apple iPhone.
The plan incorporates capabilities to utilize commercial off-the-shelf products such as an Apple iPhone or a Samsung Galaxy S III.
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In fact, these shoppers are 51% more likely to be mulling over an Android smartphone compared to the Apple iPhone.
The research firm expects Google Android to account for 8.1 billion downloads this year, topping Apple iPhone downloads at 6 billion.
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