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June 30, 2009

Apple and its two girlfriends

Apple to Nvidia: Don't let the door hit your ass on the way out

Things have been pretty heated between Apple and Nvidia but this latest word about their relationship would seemingly leave people wondering whether Apple is going back to ATI for future Mac hardware upgrades.

Smaller devices such as AppleTV, iPods and iPhones shouldn't be affected as they either use or can use variations of the PowerVR graphics technologies by Imagination Technologies.

Now who can remember how many times Apple has switched between its two girlfriends since 1998?

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May 5, 2009

Apple to buy Twitter?

via gawker.com

Valleywag drops the bomb, says Apple is in final stage of negotiations to buy Twitter for $700 million, a deal to be announced at WWDC in San Fransisco on June 8 according to one insider source.

Well, well, well, two of my favorite subjects possibly coming together. Facebook and Google were rebuffed, Twitter guys have said they want to be independent.

I agree with Gawker's Owen Thomas. I don't see it, unless Apple is looking to reverse their ways when it comes to web initiatives. We all know Apple has been a rather reluctant player in the world of open web and anything they've done that has anything to do with the web has been tied to some sort of revenue stream. Let me just mention .Mac, Mobile Me, iWork.com. They even charged for iChat if you did not upgrade your OS a few years ago.

Not Twitter. All their staff are accessible via Twitter's network, most visible being @ev, @biz, and @jack, the three head honchos, most things they do they explain on their blog, and hardly anything they've done with Twitter on the web is making serious revenue. Apple doesn't really do "free".

Either we wait for Twitter rebuffing the (rumored) deal yet again or we wait for June 8 to pass (June 9 in most parts of the planet)

I'm more interested in the part where they said, "A source who's plugged into the Valley's deal scene and has been recruited by Apple for a senior position…"

Was this recently? If so, anyone between the three new recruits (Papermaster, Drebin, Koduri)?

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March 18, 2009

Indosat to sell next model iPhone?


This Detik article mentioned that Indosat already holds an NDA (Non Disclosure Agreement) regarding iPhone 3G. Teguh Prasetya, Head of Marketing and Branding at Indosat claims that despite having signed an agreement, Indosat has decided to take the wait and see approach regarding iPhone 3G because the device is no longer the hot gadget as when it was released back in July last year.


When Apple launches its next iPhone model, it surely will be the next hot item next to Palm Pre, although the Pre won't be available outside the US market initially, just like the iPhone back in 2007. Will Indosat then finally decide to join Telkomsel in selling the iPhone? Will their HSDPA network issue be overcome by that time? 

With 500 thousand customers in their HSDPA network and practically not much room to expand, it's unlikely Indosat will dare to offer the next iPhone unless they somehow managed to gain new allocation from the government to expand their capacity. iPhone customers around the world are already renowned for being data guzzlers and adding Apple's phone will do nothing but increase the strain on Indosat's already ailing mobile broadband services.

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December 4, 2008

iPhone 3G In Indonesia

It's practically a foregone conclusion that Telkomsel, Indonesia's largest mobile telecommunications provider will carry iPhone 3G for the Indonesian market. Some of its other sister telcos already are selling iPhones in their respective countries; SingTel in Singapore, Bharti AirTel in India, Optus in Australia and Globe in the Philippines. Early rumors pegged the Indonesian release period for September 2008 but the month came and went with no peep out of anyone and no sign of the hottest phone in the market being released officially. Private imports and non-official iPhone 3G's and even older iPhones are selling like hot cakes regardless.

The latest news to hit the web is that Telkomsel, after several apparent delays, will launch iPhone 3G in January or February, in other words, Q1 2009. Now make note that Gadnix, the source of this news have not been around for very long but the site is staffed by veteran bloggers in the mobile phone world who used to write for 3G Week.  


Also, none of the information provided in that page is new aside from the launch period and the length of the contract which is supposedly only 12 months, unlike in many other countries where they impose a 2-3 year locked in contract.

True or not, we'll find out by end of February.

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