Chicky Moves

Well i am not the kind of person who jumps to a conclusion too soon, but in this case my i would rather rely on my intuition. iPhone 4G with all its problems came out pushing its fanboys further away towards new entrant in smart phone market.  A recent report indicated that Apple was aware of iPhone’s antennae problems almost two years ago. As per one of the company’s insider, this problem “appeared as a bug” and company had “sufficient time to fix the issue” and yet it happened. … Continue Reading

Vodafone today joined the its peer Bharti Airtel in offering iPhone 3GS. Both the company has already applied for 3G license which is to be sorted by competitive bidding on 1st Sep 2010. Vodafone, who is somehow managing its falling ARPU in world most competitive market, hopes to build on data increased data consumption in its premium customer. Infact both the companies are hoping that locked-in system and savvy interface of iPhone might push its revenue among its high end customers.

Vodafone, who has shifted it focus on voice based services  to … Continue Reading

After months of wait Airtel is coming up with iPhones 3GS in India. Although the price tag which they unveiled might make many users a bit uncomfortable. It is ranged from Rs 294500 to 415000. The handset would be available in authorized Airtel stores and would  be locked with Airtel voice and data plans.

The basic our good old 8GB version would be sold at a price of Rs 29500, 16 GB at Rs 35000 and 32 GB would be kept at Rs 415000. All the handset would come with … Continue Reading

Apple’s latest move to ban Google voice has not gone well with FCC and users. While users are hot happy with this ban, FCC sees this as an anti competitive move “conspired” by Apple and AT&T. The conspiracy theory doing rounds in the web community elaborates on how Google VOIP and telephony product collides with interest of Apple and AT&T, its mobile carrier.  Apple, who has long guarded the application business notified Google of application’s duplicating features, AT&T doesn’t perceived it positively either as it offers free SMS and cheap international … Continue Reading

Thanks to price cuts across notebook range, apple’s margin has been under pressure for a while. Come iPhone 3G/3GS, it has substantially helped improved  overall margin of the company which has been reflected in increased stock prices. Stock prices has going up consistently from march and now stands double of what it was then. The stock price shoot to $156 yesterday where it was almost double of its price in march which was around $83.

Right now the profit margin apple commands is source of envy from many others in the industry. … Continue Reading