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Apple lovers, it seems to me, are pretty hungry for their favorite company to finally achieve world domination. Diehard Apple fans have been around for a long time, and seeing Apple finally get some serious attention is gratifying. So some of the rumors about Apple producing a free or entry-level iPhone come September are just wishful thinking.
Apple must allow operators other than France Telecom’s Orange to sell its popular iPhone mobile handset, the French competition regulator ruled Wednesday. The decision overturns an exclusive arrangement with Apple that has allowed Orange to be the iPhone’s exclusive distributor in France since the phone was launched last year.
An AT&T executive said last week that the company plans a “dramatic consolidation” of its mobile platforms over the years, leading up to 2014. The credible and likely candidate, he said, is Symbian. However, the decision doesn’t affect the Apple iPhone. This announcement says a lot about too much complexity and choice in the mobile phone market.
It’s a safe bet that most enterprise employees don’t haul their personal laptops into the workplace. However, with the ever-increasing capabilities of iPods and iPhones these days, are workers introducing new issues for IT security? The Apple iPod touch now comes with a whopping 32 GB of storage space and built-in WiFi capable of attaching to nearly ubiquitous corporate wireless networks.
I didn’t expect much from games on the iPhone. I had visions of casual games, perhaps a fancy take on solitaire or a version of poker that takes advantage of the handset’s touchscreen. Surely not a true mobile gaming experience. Boy, was I wrong. For the last few days I’ve been sampling some of the games available from the iTunes Store on the iPod touch, and I’ve been stunned at how elaborate and involved they are.