Apple Signs More Nonexclusive iPhone Deals
Apple has signed agreements with service providers in Europe show that the company can deviate from its insistence on exclusivity. France Telecom’s Orange subsidiary will deliver the iPhone to 10 more countries later this year effectively quadruples Apple’s total addressable market. In Italy, Vodafone and Telecom Italia will market the iPhone. Will these deals affect AT&T exclusive contract in the US?
Apple will reveal the next generation iPhones in WDDC08.
Source: Latest iPhone deals nearly quadruple Apple’s addressable market
Jobs Will Keynote iPhone And OSX At WWDC08
Apple has announced that CEO Steve Jobs will kick off the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) by showcasing two revolutionary development platforms, the OS X Leopard and OS X iPhone. The address will commence on June 9, 10am at San Francisco’s Moscone West. Will Steve debut 3G iPhone?
Apple Sells Movies On DVD Release Date
Apple iTunes Store is now selling new movie releases from major studios and independent film companies on the same day as their DVD releases.
Eddy Cue, Apple’s vice president of iTunes said, “We’re thrilled to bring iTunes Store customers new films for purchase day-and-date with the DVD release. We think movie fans will love being able to buy their favorites from major and independent studios.”
Source: Apple Press Release
Apple Updates iMac With Penryn Processor
Apple has updated iMac with faster 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Penryn processor and more powerful ATI Radeon graphcs processor. The three configurations are: a 20-inch 2.4-GHz model ($1,199), a 20-inch 2.66-GHz model, and a 24-inch 2.8- GHz model. The 2.4-GHz iMac comes with an ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT (128-MB memory) while the 2.66-GHz and 2.8-GHz models come with an ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO (256-MB memory).
Source: Apple Press Release
New iMac Next Week
GeekSugar has received information from a Apple tipster that next week Apple will reveal the updated iMac which is faster in speed and has a larger hard drive. Price and hardware stays the same.
