ARM says it's ready for the iPhone
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With more than 90 percent of the smart phone market already using ARM-based chips, CEO Warren East is loving all the attention being paid to the iPhone.
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Apple has set the stage for a product release Tuesday. Readers tell us what they'd like to get their hands on.
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Users may see an iPhone with 3G technology in the next six months, a financial analyst said Monday, citing waning inventory of Apple&#39;s current iPhone and the increasing demand in Europe for 3G products.The iPhone shipments are likely to be weak during the March quarter, and inclusion of 3G technology in the phone could ensure that Apple meets its target of shipping 10 million iPhones in 2008, analyst Richard Gardner of Citigroup said in a research note on Monday. 3G is a high-speed wireless communications standard that provides broadband Internet capabilities to cell phones and mobile devices.An iPhone upgrade to include 3G technology could help the company forge more relationships with carriers as it builds a European presence. &quot;We believe that lack of 3G has been a significant headwind for iPhone in Europe where 3G is already pervasive,&quot; Gardner said.During meetings with Citigroup, Apple reiterated its plan to introduce the iPhone into additional European countries and Asia by the end of 2008, Gardner said.In a December report, Shaw Wu of American Technology Research said a 3G iPhone would likely ship around the middle or in the second half of this year after network coverage and battery life issues are addressed.During the iPhone rollout in the U.K. last year, Jobs said that 3G chips were &quot;power hogs&quot; but also said he expected to see better battery consumption this year. Chip vendors, including Broadcom and Arm, are developing power-efficient 3G mobile chips with multimedia capabilities.3G is still not widely deployed in the U.S., Wu wrote in a report. Apple could possibly position the new iPhone as a high-end smart phone with the current iPhone being shipped as a more mainstream product, Wu said.Apple&#39;s 3G plans in the U.S. could get a boost from AT&amp;T&#39;s announcement last week that it was expanding its 3G wireless coverage to 350 major U.S. markets, including all 100 of the largest cities.Until the iPhone becomes available in more countries, unlocking numbers will remain high. But as the iPhone&#39;s presence expands, &quot;most consumers will prefer to use iPhone on the network with which Apple has a relationship -- only then can they take advantage of innovative features, such as visual voicemail and ongoing software updates,&quot; Gardner said.Up to 35 percent of all iPhones sold since its launch in June have been unlocked and sold in countries where Apple does not yet have a formal relationship with a wireless carrier, Citigroup&#39;s Gardner said.There has been plenty of speculation surrounding the release of a 3G iPhone. Last year, Apple CEO Steve Jobs and AT&amp;T CEO Randall Stephenson separately said a 3G iPhone was coming in 2008, though the exact date is shrouded in secrecy.
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Apple released an update for iTunes on Friday in preparation for the iPhone. Version 7.3 allows the user to activate their iPhone service through the application.
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The iPod looks set to make a further step into PDA territory if claims that Apple is preparing a 60GB model equipped with a 2in colour display and iPhoto synchronisation prove correct.
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Blog: Security was reportedly tight as the iPhones get ready to make their stateside debut this Friday.
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Apple's much-hyped iPhone handset is due to go on sale in the US this evening, with large queues expected.
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With plans to enter Europe by the end of the year, Apple could be ready to announce who gets to carry the iPhone.
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SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK  - Hundreds of gadget fans,  or their paid stand-ins, lined up on Friday to be among the  first buyers of Apple Inc.'s  iPhone, a music and video  playing phone that seeks to reshape the mobile industry.
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SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK  - Hundreds of gadget fans, or their paid stand-ins, lined up on Friday to be among the first buyers of Apple Inc.'s iPhone, a music and video playing phone that seeks to reshape the mobile industry.
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The impending launch of the iPhone in Great Britain has had many paying rapt attention to see which mobile network would support the device. With the launch date set for tomorrow, it appears no one was paying closer attention than the carriers themselves.
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The update reveals a number of details about the device, including its use of a 620MHz ARM1176JZF processor.
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SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK  - Hundreds of gadget fans,  or their paid stand-ins, lined up on Friday to be the first  buyers of Apple Inc.'s  iPhone, a music and video  playing phone that seeks to reshape the mobile industry.
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ARM has developed a suite of media and signal processing instructions that will appear in future ARM processors targeting mobile consumer devices.
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How to have fun with your iPhone right now.
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Users eager to get their hands on an iPhone may have June 29 circled on their calendars to mark the mobile device&#8217;s announced ship date.
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(InfoWorld) - TheÂ guessing game continuesÂ over which processorsÂ Apple's iPhoneÂ will use, with Arm Holdings' top executive hinting the device will contain his company's intellectual property. Warren East, Arm's president and CEO, was reported as saying the iPhone will have "at least three" Arm processor cores, according to the EE Times on Wednesday. Arm, based in Cambridge, England, licenses a variety of processor designs to other companies and manufacturers. A spokesman with Arm's public relations agency in London said the report wasn't quite accurate but not inaccurate, either. The report was "based on speculation," and Arm was considering issuing a clarifying statement regarding the story, he said. Apple's public relations agency said the fewÂ details about the iPhoneÂ were revealed by Apple CEO Steve Jobs in his MacWorld keynote speech on Jan. 9. "We don't know anything," the Apple representative said on Friday. When unveiling the phone, Apple's boss Steve Jobs said it will run OS X with special iPhone applications. Apple hopes to sell 10 million devices, which will retail for $499 for a 4GB model or $599 for an 8GB one. Analyst firms including investment bank Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Group (FBR) have compiled lists of which manufacturers are likely contributing to the iPhone. A day after Jobs' announcement, FBR said Samsung Electronics would likely provide an applications/video processor. Samsung licenses a range of processor technology from Arm. Didier Scemama, a semiconductor analyst with ABN AMRO BankÂ in London, figures Arm cores going into three processors: the Samsung processor, a Wi-Fi chip from Marvel Technology Group and GPRS/EDGE baseband chip from Infineon Technologies. Scemama wouldn't say how he came to his conclusions. The use of three cores won't mean much for Arm, whose technology already goes in other mobile devices made by companies such as Nokia, Scemama said. Other analysts agreed with Scemama's assessment. "If Arm cores are common in phones and other small devices, why wouldn't they be found in the iPhone?," said Roger Kay president of Endpoint Technologies Associates, an analyst company. So why do people care so much about the slivers of silicon? For enthusiasts, it fuels speculation over the iPhone's performance before it hits U.S. shelves in June. An Arm-based processor would mean OS X would have to be ported to a new platform. The OS already runs on Intel Corp.'s x86 and IBM Corp.'s PowerPC processors. For others, it means the satisfaction of cracking the wall of secrecy Apple builds around it products months before the first device is cracked open with a putty knife. "The only thing that makes it news is that Apple is so tight-lipped about its products, every little snippet of information is thought to be significant," Kay said. Suppliers aren't supposed to reveal that their components are used in Apple products, Kay said. But as Apple has diversified its product line, its number of suppliers has increased, making leaks more prevalent and the monitoring of the suppliers harder, he said.