Drive America - iPod connections everywhere
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence — Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak may have pronounced it dead, but it looks like there will be iPod connections pre-installed in over half the new cars introduced in the US next year. iSuppli points out that this trend reflects automaker's growing understanding that they must pimp out their rides with ever more technology. "US consumers for the past few years have been demanding improved connectivity between their vehicles’ audio/video systems and their media players, particularly iPods," iSuppli ...

iSuppli: iPod connections expected in more than half of US car models in 2009
Macsimum News — ... reports that more than half of all automobile models sold in the U.S. in 2009 will offer optional support for Apple’s iPod, “reflecting automakers’ drive to accelerate sales by offering compelling technological features, according to the iSuppli research group. ...

Is your car iPodified?
MacBytes.com — ... while driving. Moving swiftly back on-topic, according to the iSuppli Automotive Technology Availability Index 58 percent of all car models in the US will have iPod integration available as a factory fit feature. What's more, a third of vehicles will also offer optional USB interfaces for other personal media players. In 2008 the USB option was available on just 16 percent of the available cars and, along with the iPodification factor, reflects the greater emphasis that is being placed upon technology by automobile manufacturers."The automotive industry is at the point ...

Queda nos preços de memórias flash NAND poderá ajudar (e muito!) a Apple
BLOG.MACMAGAZINE — A Apple possui uma “arma secreta” que a ajudou a superar as expectativas de ganhos do seu último trimestre fiscal e que deverá manter a mesma tendência por um bom tempo: a queda constante no preço de memórias flash NAND. A expectativa é que o custo de um chip de 1GB despenque 62% em 2008 e mais 50% em 2009. De acordo com a Forbes, um relatório divulgado na semana passada pela iSuppli previu que o valor em dólar de vendas de memórias flash cairá neste e no próximo ano, ...

T-Mobile G1's Build Price Is Just $143.89 Says iSuppli [G1]
Gizmodo — ... The real differentiation and advantage of the G1 relative to the competition is the availability of free open source applications. “Each day there are about five or six new G1 applications for download,” Teng said. “Eventually the G1 will have its own software community, much like the Linux applications in the wired world or the Sun OS has for workstations. This will produce a rich suite of free software for a variety of purposes that anyone can access.” [iSuppli] ...

T-Mobile G1 Costs $144 to Manufacture
Android Phone Fans — ... - this doesn’t include R&D and we KNOW that companies aren’t having the easiest time integrating Android into their handsets. Plus, this is how much the materials cost and doesn’t take the manufacturing, transportation, assembly and stuff like that into consideration. We would also say it doesn’t take software costs into consideration but… in case you forgot… Android is free Here is their full report copied/pasted from iSuppli.com: ...

iSuppli Slashes 2009 PC Growth To 4.9 Percent
Cult of Mac — ... see only a single-digit increase in 2009 with growth next year reaching only 4.3 percent - a nearly 75 percent reduction over prior expectations of a 11.9 percent increase, a research firm announced Thursday. The picture for Apple sales appears brighter than the glum outlook for overall PC demand. Earlier this week, Piper Jaffray’s Apple watcher Gene Munster said he expects Mac sales to grow 8 percent to 16 percent when Apple reports in December. Researchers at iSuppli said the drastically lower expectations were due to the embattled economy. ...

All Hail iPhone, Savior of the Smartphone Market?
Technologizer — ... is angling it. Along with reporting that the iPhone now controls 16.6 percent of the market for the quarter ending in September, it also said that the iPhone 3G’s success alone is helping to keep the entire smartphone market from collapsing. Growth was flat from quarter to quarter at 28.6 percent, and Apple’s hit phone helped to keep the industry from going into the crapper much like the rest of tech. In a way, this contracts some earlier data by iSuppli which suggests that overall the mobile device market shrunk by 1.1 percent in the same said quarter. However, there was no ...

BlackBerry Storm Costs More to Make than iPhone 3G
iPodObserver — Research in Motion's BlackBerry Storm costs more than US$28 per unit more in component and manufacturing costs than Apple's iPhone 3G, according to a tear-down report from iSuppli . The firm said that the Storm 9350 had a combined materials and manufacturing cost of $202.89, compared to just $174.33 for the iPhone 3G. That higher cost is due primarily to the fact that the device simply has more components than the iPhone 3G, with some 1,177 components, 151 of which are mechanical in nature. In comparison, the iPhone 3G has but 1,116, with fewer mechanical components. iSuppli's ...

Nokia Cancelling $5B of Outsourced Cellphone Production [Cellphones]
Gizmodo — That equates to them cutting 17% of their manufacturing output. Ouch. [iSuppli] Nokia Pulls More Than $5 Billion in Business From Contract Manufacturers El Segundo, Calif., Mar. 27, 2009-In another blow to the beleaguered electronics contract manufacturing business, Nokia-the world's largest mobile handset brand-announced that it has stopped using outside contract manufacturers for the assembly of its phones. The company cited weak global demand for mobile devices as the reason it will cease employing outsourced production to Electronics Manufacturing Service (EMS) providers ...

Most High-Tech Cars: BMW 7 Series, BMW 5 Series
Gearlog — ... U.S.), real time traffic information, HD radio, satellite radio, and premium Harman Kardon audio. 2009 Technology Availability Scorecard 1. BMW 7 Series, 30 of 35 possible features 2. BMW 5 Series, 28 3. BMW 6 Series, 27 3. Hyundai Equus (not available in U.S. until 2010-2011), 27 5. BMW X5, 25 5. Lexus LS, 25 5. Hyundai Genesis, 25 8. BMW 3 Series, 24 8. BMW X6, 24 8. Toyota Crown (NA in U.S.), 24 Source: www.isuppli.com (Global Most Technologically Advanced 2009 Vehicles)     ...

Kindle 2 Component Costs
dailywireless.org — ... has dismantled Amazon’s digital reader and determined the estimated price of the components is $185.49–or roughly half the Kindle 2’s retail price of $360. ...

Palm Pre hardware worth $138 suggest iSuppli
SlashGear — Tech industry analysts iSuppli have performed a virtual break-down of the Palm Pre, and decided that the unreleased smartphone will cost the company $138 in hardware.  Working from both known suppliers and extrapolating the rest from Palm’s confirmed specifications, iSuppli deemed that Palm will see a 44-percent return on each device it sells to Sprint, after taking into account software licensing and royalty costs. At present, only Qualcomm and Texas Instruments are believed to be confirmed suppliers of Pre ...

Knives Out for the iPhone
E-Commerce Times — A new iPhone model could appear as early as next month, but Apple's (Nasdaq: AAPL) Save 50% on Microsoft Office for Mac 2008. Click here to learn more. More about Apple rivals are busy making plans to grab their share of this summer's smartphone spotlight. In a move that could wound Apple's hopes of penetrating the Chinese market, China Mobile , the world's largest wireless carrier, is reportedly coming up with its own Android-based challenger to the iPhone. In the U.S., Sprint (NYSE: S) More about Sprint Nextel and Palm (Nasdaq: PALM) More about Palm ...

Real cost of Apple’s iPhone 3G S
PR News: — ... iPhone apart and come up with this breakdown cost, they have looked at each of its components and then worked out the cost for each of them as well as manufacturing expenses. iSuppli reckons that the latest handset from Apple is just $5 more expensive that the older 3G model and that was for an 8GB version. We do have to remember that the price that has been reached does not include software development, packaging and shipping. See the complete breakdown below thanks to iSuppli. SHARE | Leave a comment | Share a problem | ...

Recession Slams PC Industry, Shipments Shrink
Technologizer — ... PC shipments are set to decline for the first time since 2001, iSuppli said Tuesday. The call reverses an earlier one which had said the industry would be able to eke out a small gain for the year. In any case, it appears that the severe recession is at fault for the pullback. ...

Rifling Through Twitter's Underwear Drawer
E-Commerce Times — Getting your personal email hacked is generally a personal problem. There might be some minor career implications if it happens while you're running for vice president of the United States, but it tends to be more embarrassing than costly. But when you use the same password for personal email that you use for accessing work-related documents, then things might start to spin a little out of control. That's apparently what happened to ...

Is iPhone Finally Ready to Clinch the China Deal?
E-Commerce Times — Once again, rumors that Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) Apple Store Discount on Office 2008 for Mac - Home and Student Edition . Click here. More about Apple has cracked the China market for the iPhone have set the news media buzzing. However, the talk apparently did little for Apple's share prices Tuesday. If true, though, those rumors mean Apple is set to grow like gangbusters. Meanwhile, Cupertino has locked up chip supplies and is launching attacks on other fronts. These will help offset some problems with iPhone security that surfaced recently, which could impact the handset's efforts to crack the ...

It's Big Bowl of Hot Alphabet Soup for Apple
E-Commerce Times — On Monday, Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) More about Google CEO Eric Schmidt stepped down from Apple's (Nasdaq: AAPL) Apple Store Discount on Office 2008 for Mac - Home and Student Edition . Click here. More about Apple board of directors, just three months after vowing to stay on. However, that announcement was apparently not enough to satisfy federal regulators -- the Federal Trade Commission More about Federal Trade Commission later reiterated that it would continue looking into the two companies' top-level ties. Meanwhile, the Federal Communications Commission ...

Where Will AAPL Be in a Year?
E-Commerce Times — If you're going to buy Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) Apple Store Discount on Office 2008 for Mac - Home and Student Edition . Click here. More about Apple stock, buy it for the short term, and keep a wary eye out for the overall economic situation, warns a message from investment banking firm UBS . That might be good advice, given the general high level of excitement about all things Apple. The loudest rumors surrounding Apple now are that that the company plans to bring out a tablet computer and offer it on Verizon's More about Verizon cellular network, but there's plenty of other ...

Study: Smartphones to slay personal navigators
Crave: The gadget blog — If you need a GPS device to get around, it's becoming more likely you'll get yourself a mobile phone with built-in satellite mapping than buy a standalone personal navigation device. According to market research firm iSuppli, by 2011, virtually all smartphones will sport built-in GPS functionality, and by ...

Apple's Holding Half a Glass
E-Commerce Times — The news for Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) Apple Store Discount on Office 2008 for Mac - Home and Student Edition . Click here. More about Apple investors is mixed this week, and the company's stock prices reflect that uncertainty. You'd think Apple's share prices would skyrocket at the news that Apple has finally cracked the China market, and a report that it might cut a deal with Verizon More about Verizon . Or at the news that Mac sales Download Free eBook - The Edge of Success: 9 Building Blocks to Double Your Sales in the enterprise are growing. Instead, Apple's share were down by ...

iSuppli: Apple expected to extend exclusive wireless deal with AT&T
Macsimum News — ... Say it ain’t so. Based on an analysis of wireless technology deployment, iSuppli Corp. thinks that Apple will extend its exclusive iPhone service with AT&T in the U.S. But this may not be the boon it appears to be, the research firm adds. ...

Analysts Set High Bar for AAPL
E-Commerce Times — It's a good time to be holding Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) More about Apple stock -- analysts are more bullish than ever on the company. The most eye-catching statement came on Tuesday from Needham's Charlie Wolf, who predicted that Apple will trade at US$235 in the next year. Meanwhile, iSuppli says Apple will remain partners with wireless carrier AT&T (NYSE: T) More about AT&T , which is frantically upgrading its networks. If true, that will make for more stability, which is always good for investors. Finally, Apple's incursion into the video gaming field with its ...

If You Love Your Gadgets, Tear Them Apart
Wired: Gadget Lab — When Kyle Wiens and his colleagues flew to New Zealand two years ago, they weren’t on vacation. They had a serious mission: to purchase one of the first iPhones and then ruthlessly tear it apart. Wiens runs iFixit, a tech company that can be described as eccentric, to say the least. The staff of 20 engineers and college interns specializes in disassembling gadgets while documenting the process with photographs and writing. The end result of their work is an unofficial, illustrative instruction guide on taking apart and repairing each gadget. Their stated goal is to help ...

The iPhone's China Syndrome
E-Commerce Times — The iPhone went on sale last week in China, and it landed more or less with a thud. Cupertino's carrier partner in that country, China Unicom, announced on Tuesday that only 5,000 customers had purchased the phone thus far ...

China’s gray-market handset shipments to grow to 145 million units
Macsimum News — ... China’s gray-market handset shipments in 2009 are set to grow to 145 million units, or nearly 13% the size of the legitimate global handset business, reports iSuppli. No wonder the iPhone is selling slowly there. ...

Apple's Mobile Machines: New Lands, New Carriers ... New Products?
E-Commerce Times — The iPhone has launched with relatively weak sales Download Free eBook - The Edge of Success: 9 Building Blocks to Double Your Sales in China, and the situation echoed what the handset faced in India, where the device was launched in August of 2008. There is little demand for the iPhone in India, according to ...

Solar panel demand finally catching up with supply
VentureBeat — ... One of the biggest, most depressing stories in the solar industry has been the oversupply of panels, which drove down prices and discouraged investors for most of 2009. Now, new research out of trade research firm iSuppli, suggests that ...