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November30

Europe to Welcome iPhone?

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As you probably know, the latest innovation from Apple, the iPhone, is simply available to the United States. If you’re living in another country, you still have to purchase the phone online. Yet it isn’t even a guarantee that it can function, unless, of course, AT&T has coverage in your area.

However, latest buzz in Apple world is that iPhone has finally decided to soar higher and also learn to settle in other far-off places. In this year’s last quarter, Europe will be unveiling the presence of iPhone in its market.

The chief finance officer of Apple, Peter Oppenheimer, has confirmed the news, after the announcement of Apple’s third quarter results.

It’s all about Numbers
Apple, first of all, is banking on numbers. In the United States alone, around 270,000 phones were bought within 30 hours from the time it was up for sale. AT&T, through a statement issued by Tim Cook, Apple chief operating officer, has sold a lot more of iPhones in its first weekend compared to the number of wireless devices sold in a month in all of its history.

This is how Steve Jobs, the brain behind iPhone and chief executive officer of Apple, envisioned the iPhone: that it’s going to sell its first one million for iPhone before the end of fourth quarter—definitely faster than iPods, which sold its first million in Q7.

Effect on Apple’s Economy
To operate iPhone in Europe, Apple may require another kind of carrier network. The news, however, has started the war among wireless network giants in Europe. American Technology Research (AmTech) analysts believe that the battle against iPhone contracts in Europe can definitely increase considerable Apple’s stock to $165, from a mere $135. T-Mobile, O2, Orange, and Vodafone are all aggressively bidding, knowing how much success AT&T garnered with iPhone alone.

It’s possible that the companies can have their own separate contracts, according to nationality, yet AmTech believes that the ultimate strength of Apple will give the company the power to set the terms, like what it did to AT&T.

A Fight with Neonode
The iPhone may actually find itself finding head to head with one of Europe’s own iPhone: Swedish-developed Neonode. This phone basically looks like an iPhone with more perks. Users can do a lot of things through its screen and because it’s open platform, users can download extra programs that they want. This is one aspect that iPhone lacks. Second, Neonode is highly customizable. If iPhone is willing to set a new trend in Europe, it should gain inspiration from Neonode and learn to adapt.

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November30

Hidden iPhone Widgets

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Apple has a way of capturing people’s minds. For example, before iPhone found its way into the market, the company fed millions of users around the world with the many features the phone can do. This includes typing using a virtual keyboard, selecting voice messages, zooming in and out of photos, or surfing the Internet with the Safari web browser.

Despite the many features iPhone have, others are still digging deeper, hoping to discover a lot more interesting stuff—and they are successful. A system preference file has actually unveiled the many possibilities of using more widgets and applications for the iPhone. It’s just that one need to wait for another firmware upgrade before they can be unlocked.

This system preference file is known as the Default ApplicationState .plist. This contained not only a number of commonly used applications such as MobileiPod, Phonebook, and Weather, but also other interesting features such as Radio, Unit Converter, and Translation. These three are not currently offered by the iPhones sold today.

Everyone can simply deduce that the Translation widget may be for translating various texts in different languages and that the Unit Converter is simply a conversion application. However, what one should be excited about is the Radio. It has been a long time since iPod incorporated this feature into their unit. This function was recently introduced only with the release of the iPod’s remote accessory known as iPod Radio. Thus, the chances for Apple to integrate Radio to the iPhone may be quite slim.

All hope’s not gone, however, if you will rely on the system preference file. We can just simply look forward to the time when Apple will introduce mobile radio streaming on iPhones very soon. Another source of hope could be the mere fact that this is included in the firmware list. It may indicate that these programs or widgets will be unlocked following an update in the firmware.

In the meantime, iPhone is just relatively new. It hasn’t been like a month since people got hold of it and enjoyed and explored its capabilities. Nevertheless, one should not deny the fact that if Apple wants to maintain that edge over all other mobile carriers, it must constantly update its firmware and develop more built-in tools.

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