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Apple's iPhone 4 delivery difficulties might open up company to competitive risk, says iSuppli

Apple's difficulties in satisfying the massive demand for the iPhone 4 are raising questions about the company's management of the supply chain and prompting frustrated customers to consider competito    

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Dell Streak's supposed US packaging is gorgeous, unboxed with elegance

Well, the Brits ain't gonna be happy when they see this in the AM. What we're looking at here is presumably the Dell Streak's final US packaging -- a far cry from the cardboard boxes that the Eng    

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iPhone 4 carries bill of materials of US$187.51, iSuppli says

The iPhone 4's design may be radically different, but the strategy remains the same, with the latest member of the product line carrying a bill of materials (BOM) that should continue to generate high prof    

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Apple sells 1.7 million iPhone 4s through Saturday, June 26

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/apple/Apple_sells_1_7_million_iPhone_4s_in_first_3_days'; There you have it. 600,000 pre-orders have turned into 1.7 million iPhone 4 sales through this Saturday. The Sunda    

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Genius Electronic starts shipping 5-megapixel lens modules for iPhone 4

Genius Electronic Optical, a Taiwan-based maker of optical lens kits, has begun shipments of 5-megapixel camera lens modules used in iPhone 4 in small volumes, according to industry sources.    

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CTIA snubbing San Francisco over cell phone radiation law

It's CTIA vs. the city of San Francisco in a fight over cell phone radiation policy. The wireless industry's trade group said it will not hold its annual fall conference in San Francisco in the future    

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Taiwan market: Carriers manage inventory ahead of iPhone 4 launch

Taiwan-based telecom carriers have been controlling inventory for previous-generation iPhones in anticipation for diminishing demand as consumers delay purchase and await the introduction of the iPhone 4, accor    

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Smartphones become the new LBS battleground, says iSuppli

With smartphones emerging as the strategic computing platform for the next decade, the usage of smartphone-based OEM and aftermarket on-board navigation systems is set to soar by a factor of 10 in 2010 and by n    

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iPhone 4 arrives at Walmart

Check out that sweet, sweet box. Yes folks, we seem to have received our very first in-the-cardboard picture of the retail iPhone 4 out in the wild. We don't work at Walmart, so we can't verify this o    

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Leaked Telstra roadmap points to October Windows Phone 7 launch, HTC Mozart device

Microsoft still hasn't gotten any more specific than "holiday 2010" for a Windows Phone 7 launch date, but it looks like we may now have a bit more specificity courtesy of Australian carrier Tels    

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