Apple is making a lot of money and it is the iPhone that seems to be the money spinner for them. Apple is pulling a fat some for every iPhone activation on AT&T. According to the NY Times, AT&T may be paying Apple as much as $18 a month for each iPhone currently running on its network. This amounts to $432 over the course of a 2-year contract, which is a pretty sizeable amount. Combined with the $399 price tag of the 8 GB iPhone itself, this gives Apple a total of $831 for each iPhone that it sells. Now talk about revenue, this is something amazing. Of course all the any manufacturing costs or incidentals are not included...

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Apple is not refusing to accept cash for an iPhone. They are enough to extend the policy out to no cash for anything that could in turn purchase an iPhone. that's not all, you can't even use your Apple bucks to buy an iPhone anymore, not even if someone bought you an Apple Gift Card with their credit card.This seems to bbe one huge stumbling block for all teenage Apple fanboys begging various family members for small denomination gift cards that will add up to the iPhone they've been after. Not fair really. Looks like Apple is hell bent to act adamant and at this rate, they might even loose a few potential customers. We hope someone wake up...

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First we had the iPod Nano and very soon Apple will bring out the iPhone in its Nano form. Well that seems to be the buzz as of now and we have a few spy pics of the phone to support this. So you can have a good look. Apple’s patents confirmed that Apple is exploring quite a few possibilities of the smaller iPod Nano like phone. There was full screen iPhone Nano with touchpanel at the bottom, there even was an iPhone Nano version without a touchscreen at all. We hope to see it all in the flesh very soon. ...

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There is now something new for the iPhone.The third-party native iPhone application that provides pseudo-GPS for the Apple’s handset users called Navizon, has been upgraded and now works with firmware versions 1.0.2 and 1.1.1. The new version of Navizon adds Buddy Finder functionality, allowing iPhone users to add their friends to Buddy list and then see where they are on a map. All that you need to add a friend is that you enter your and your friend’s email address and things are done from there. Now, you’ll be able to share your whereabouts with the people you want or remain private if you wish. Fun sure seems to have started. ...

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The repeated demands for anthird party applications on the iPhone. Apple now plans to have an SDK in the developers' hands in February SDK and that's what Steve Jobs has apparently said. It'll also do iPod touch programs. Jobs also explains that making the iPhone more open while keeping it secure from viruses has been a challenge and this has caused the delay. Apple is all excited about creating a vibrant third party developer community around the iPhone and enabling hundreds of new applications for our users. With Apple's revolutionary multi-touch interface, powerful hardware and advanced software architecture, they will soon create the best mobile platform ever.So watch out for more action in February next year. ...

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In a recent reply to a report filed by Greenpeace, Apple has claimed that the iPhone is meets the restrictions placed on hazardous substances. Like all Apple products worldwide, iPhone complies with RoHS [Restriction of Hazardous Substances], the world’s toughest restrictions on toxic substances in electronics,” an Apple spokesperson has said. Apple plans to completely eliminate the use of PVC and BFRs in its products by the end of 2008. There are also plans to eliminate or reduce the use of other chemicals including Arsenic and Mercury. Despite Apple’s commitment, the company came under fire on Monday for chemicals found in the iPhone and the the Center for Environmental Health has given Apple 60-days legal notice a step required...

Handset makers are now on the warpath. They are all in a process of making more and more iPhone like products. The Chinese are once again in the forefront withTaiwan-based handset makers such as Asustek Computer, BenQ, Compal Communications and Arima Communications developing such products. These will be available in the market early next year and will adopt the Windows Mobile platform, targeting business markets, and have features such as GPS and 3G. Apart from Taiwan-based players, international makers such as Nokia, Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics are also likely enter the fray and roll out iPhone-like handsets next year. Samsung's new product will adopt Microsoft or Symbian-based platforms while a Nokia product, which is set to hit the market...

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Apple has launched a new iPhone Web Applications directory of more than 200 Web applications built to run in the iPhone's Safari browser. The applications are organized in categories such as the most recent viewed, most popular, alphabetical and staff picks. There are also games, movie tickets booking and mobile dictionaries. The directory provides a URL for each of the applications to access the service. Chief Executive Steve Jobs says that the Web applications are built using Web 2.0 technologies such as Ajax and would behave like native applications on the iPhone. The Ajax applications built for the iPhone would run in a sandbox separate from the device's operating system to keep hackers out....

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Looks like the iPhone is in for some legal problems. In a recent development. Lawyers have gone ahead and filed a class action lawsuit against Apple and AT&T seeking $1.2 billion in damages because the iPhone is locked to AT&T’s wireless network. The suit also notes that Apple will not allow unauthorized applications on the iPhone. The suit has been filed on behalf of Paul Holman in the State of Washington and Lucy Rivello in California and it explains that in the United States the SIM chip is locked to the wireless carrier, not the hardware device. When Apple released the iPhone it had tied the device to AT&T. So,switching out the SIM with one from another carrier simply...

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It's time to deck the halls with holly and start wrapping the gifts for it's Christmas time. Well, not for many but is Canada the Christmas fever has gone up with the iPhone which has been ranked as the 8th most wanted Christmas gift in the country. In a recent survey conducted by Solutions Research Group revealed that 1000 Canadians wanted the iPhone which isn't technically available in Canada. It was expected earlier that Rogers Wireless would nab the iPhone in Canada in time for the holiday season. But a disagreement between Rogers and Apple has caused quite a delay. It probably has to do with the price of wireless data and now Canadians would have to wait for...

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Something new and mysterious was spotted recently on Apple's website. It was discovered that within the HTML code for the feedback form is a hidden variable called "product" which contains something called iPhone Extreme. This is now lead to new buzz in the mobile world and speculations about this new sighting is now on full time. The big speculation is that iPhone Extreme could be some new product down the line or a new name for the current iPhone if a cheaper and less capable version is released, or simply nothing at all. We too are keen to find out the truth which is definitely out there somewhere but till then the speculation drive is not going to stop....

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Updating your beloved iPhone is the biggest buzz that seems to be dong the rounds. The latest iPhone firmware version (1.1.1) is now live and you can update your super-duper handset any time you want. On one side you’ll get an access to the WiFi iTunes Music store, improved security and louder volume, while on the other, you’ll lose all your favorite native third party applications, so you will be left with the Web 2.0 apps and services on your iPhone. After this we hope that the latest firmware is not hacked too. Update at your own risk....

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Reports of iPhones being bricked are now surfacing. Apple released a statement recently that issued a warning saying that the next iPhone update would brick any iPhones that had been unlocked, and that it could also brick those that had third-party applications in them. But despite such warnings, people are still going to go ahead and update their iPhones and end up getting a very expensive brick. Is it really worth all this? We wonder why. But at the end of it you could land up with a phone that does not work like it has happened in the case of some people....

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Here is something new and exciting for iPhone users. Knibble is now offering a new service with games designed specifically for the iPhone. These games are sudoku, bejeweled, and tic tac toe. Knibble iPhone requires no downloads and can be accessed by iPhone users by navigating to iphone.knibble.com on their device. The games are free and will be ad-supported. So now its time to get gaming and have loads of fun on your iPhone....

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Now you can never get lost especially if you have your iPhone with you. Apple will be releasing a new 3G version of the iPhone in 2008 that will also incorporate GPS Sat-Nav. The current iPhone already has Google Maps built-into it, but has no GPS module, so you have to manually type in where you are and where you want to go.You also can't use the iPhone as a Sat-Nav, as it doesn't actually know where it is unless you tell it, that's where the hitch is. Apple are reportedly going to strike a deal with Global Locate, which provides low power GPS modules, for the GPS chipset. With Google maps and a fully functional GPS unit, the...

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