“….. Apple is wrong for going after a teenager…”
“…..poor kid….”
“…..I hope they go after all companies who produce iPhone parts…”
Etc…
1. Apple HAD to do this, it’s part of defending your brand, legally. If they didn’t, it would set a really bad, legal precedence that could further harm and dilute their brand.
2. Please don’t think that the punishment put forth in the suit is set in stone. There are settlements to be had; how would you feel if they settled on just giving up the profits he made? I’m sure that’s on the table.
3. This kid did not produce anything; purportedly, he received these from a foxcom employee, this is theft on both ends of that coin.
4. Really, the white iPhone would not exist if it wasn’t for this kid? You’re mad at apple for dangling the white iPhone like a carrot….. Grow up, it’s called patience. You’re probably the same people who would have cried the sky is falling if the white iPhone had any sort of manufacturing defect.
It’s not even about “theft is theft”, “do the crime, pay the time” or anything else like that (although those are good reasons), it’s about what a large company needs to do legally to protect their brand. It has nothing to do with the age of the individual that committed the crime or the fact that, as a minor, his parents are legally held responsible. It’s about protecting your company, all the people who work for it and all the suppliers who are involved.
I suspect, foxcom may be replaced sometime soon, there have been quite a few mess-ups.
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Research firm IHS iSuppli today announced that it has completed its full teardown of the CDMA iPhone that launched on Verizon this week, estimating that the device carries a bill of materials cost of about $171.35, or approximately 9% less than the original iPhone 4.
Despite having nearly the same functionality and a similar bill of materials (BOM) as the previous model, the new code division multiple access (CDMA) version of the iPhone 4 carried by Verizon Wireless includes significant changes in its design and component selection, IHS iSuppli teardown analysis indicates.
The latest version of the iPhone 4 carries a BOM of $171.35, down from $187.51 for the previous model, based on a preliminary pricing estimate issued in June. When manufacturing expenses are added, the total production cost for the CDMA iPhone 4 amounts to $178.45.
While some of the difference appears to simply be due to reductions in the cost of components over time and would similarly affect the GSM iPhone 4 if it were evaluated today, Apple has made a few design changes that may have reduced costs for the company.
Most notably, with Apple’s adoption of the MDM6600 “world-mode” baseband chip from Qualcomm offering integrated GPS circuitry, the company has been able to eliminate a Broadcom GPS chip that is present in the GSM version of the iPhone 4. The report also points to a revised version of the Wi-Fi combo chip module from Murata as an example of a design change adopted by Apple for the new device. The new module is smaller than the one used in the original iPhone 4 and represents further optimization by the component supplier.
Presumably unrelated to cost structures, the report also discusses Apple’s modifications to the antenna design, which utilizes a separate Bluetooth/WLAN antenna isolated from the enclosure and allows the company to dedicate a portion of the frame as a diversity antenna to improve reception.
iSuppli’s bill of materials cost estimates account only for the cost of the individual hardware components used in the device, with an additional amount added on to reflect manufacturing costs. The estimates do not include other costs involved in product development, manufacturing, and sales, such as research and development, software, patent licenses, marketing, and distribution expenditures.
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Apple Updates iAd Site With Video Highlight Reel
Friday November 19, 2010 03:09 PM EST
Written by Eric Slivka
The updated page also offers a quick glance at some of the individual brands participating in iAds, including AT&T, Audible.com, Campbell’s, Dove, JCPenney, and Nissan, as well as highlighting ngmoco’s We Rule as an example from the iAds for Developers program.
Apple is aggressively expanding its iAd program beyond the initial launch markets, beginning to offer worldwide viewing of the ads earlier this month and quickly following that up with announcements that it will be bringing the program to advertisers in Europe beginning next month and Japan as of early next year.
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If you haven’t yet downloaded the VLC Media Player for iPhone/iPad, now’s a good time to do so. A formal copyright complaint has been issued against the software by one of the individual contributors to the VLC project. As a result, it seems likely that Apple could pull the app from the App Store:
Today, a formal notification of copyright infringement was sent to Apple Inc. regarding distribution of the VLC media player for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. VLC media player is free software licensed solely under the terms of the open source GNU General Public License (a.k.a. GPL). Those terms are contradicted by the products usage rules of the AppStore through which Apple delivers applications to users of its mobile devices.
The reason for the complaint is an apparent incompatibility between the GPL license and the App Store policies. The FSF describes the issue and cites the GPL license itself:
Each time you redistribute the Program (or any work based on the Program), the recipient automatically receives a license from the original licensor to copy, distribute or modify the Program subject to these terms and conditions. You may not impose any further restrictions on the recipients’ exercise of the rights granted herein.
This prevention of additional any restrictions in the GPL license seems to make the App Store an incompatible form of distribution for any strictly GPLv2 licensed software. In this case, however, there seems to be some dissent amongst the players. The official VideoLan site has endorsed the port of VLC to the iPhone and iPad and their official twitter has since posted saying “So far, VLC is not going out of the AppStore” and “Maybe the FSF should actually ask us our opinion instead of writing misleading articles about VLC”.
At present VLC Media Player for iPhone/iPad remains available on the App Store.
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Macworld reports that Apple has added listings of showtimes to its movie trailer site, offering a slick HTML5 interface that utilizes geo-location to find theaters in your area.
When you visit the page, your Web browser will ask to use your current location, after which it will display a small Google Map highlighting nearby theaters (you can also enter your own ZIP code or city and state).
Clicking on any of the theaters in the map (or on their entry in the list below the map) will show you a thumbnail grid of the posters for all the films playing at that location. You can even flip through multiple pages of theaters if the one you’re looking for didn’t show up in the top five. Hovering your cursor over any of the posters tells you when the next showing at that theater is.
Alternatively, clicking through the individual movies will bring up listings of theaters in the user’s vicinity that are showing the film, along with showtimes highlighting showings with reduced pricing. Users can also click through to purchase tickets at participating theaters.
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Police have identified the individual who obtained the prototype Apple iPhone, according to reports. But that may or may not be the person who sold it to the Gizmodo gadget blog.
See the article here:
Police Know Who Found the Prototype iPhone