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Motorola has said in court his former manager who now works for Apple. The accusation is of violation of non-competition and the fear that the huge amount of confidential knowledge - which man had access - have helped the success of 3G iPhone in the world. After six years in Motorola vice president Emea (Europe, Middle East and Africa), Michael Fenger, rose nell’entourage of Cupertino as vice president for global sales of iPhone, and quote him in court are told that :

He was informed of prices and margins, initiatives for customers and the allocation of resources. He knew also of product development, strategy and planning business and all resources used by Motorola.

According to the indictment, Apple would have drawn a full hands in this formidable reservoir of skills and knowledge, and would use for the global launch of its smartphones. But the real problem probably lies in the fact that Fenger would have violated a clause signed by himself in which promised not to work in a competitor for at least two years after eventuli resignation.

According to what is reported by Reuters, Apple would trincerata behind the no-comment, while any attempt to reach directly Fenger would have been fruitless.

More news on sales volumes of 3G iPhone: after those strictly Italian, here are estimates global sales. Ammonterebbero approximately 225 thousand, the units sold in the United States, 200 thousand and those in the rest of the world, all in the first 3 days of marketing.

The first to come to terms in your pocket to Apple is the illustrious Bloomberg. In an article, in fact, states that the outlets Apple and AT & T would jointly sold almost 230 thousand telephones during the first 3 days of availability. And this despite the problems and delays that have plagued a good number of activations. All exhausted, in short, and stocks arriving very soon.

For the rest of the world, Bloomberg estimates have been placed something like 200 thousand units, thus bringing to 425 thousand of the total phones sold globally in the first three days. The debut of the phone made in Cupertino seems to follow the script to the letter - feared by someone - a success announced. In fact remain unchanged all estimates made to date by Munster, that in this quarter Apple will sell some 4.08 million devices.

Finally, Bloomberg admits that these figures have discrete margins further growth, especially regarding the results extra USA; updates to this effect are expected very soon.

Update: Through its press office, Apple ago know that the number of 3G iPhone sold worldwide up to yesterday is 1 million round round.

After the news that Apple had intention to acquire PA Semi - the company specializes in the design of Power PC processors energy efficient - were born many concerns about the operation because its chips are widely used in military equipment and systems, and it was feared that the government could block the acquisition because Apple was not concerned to maintain production.

In fact, the purchase order is from Cupertino party for other reasons, probably to acquire intellectual property and engineering talent that PA Semi boasts in the field, and this means that manufacture and roadmap seem frozen in time. However, The Register reports that Apple will continue to support chip products to date for the Defense Department although not introduce new ones. Finally, will be kept a certain number of employees who will follow existing customers and the operations underway.

Some of the devices that use chips are designed by PA Semi are missiles, minesweepers and storage systems.

Intel has decided to take a position and deny the succession of voices on the network, under which the CEO of Intel Germany would have confirmed the development of a sort of iPhone-tablet. A spokesman for Intel was required to state that:

No leader Intel has never said anything about the processor or Atom on future Apple products.

Although the likely future use of technology on future Intel device Cupertino, for now the company of Palo Alto liquid all the speculation made by ZDNet respect of any Apple products based on new processors Atom. As reported by AppleInsider, the site technological German would have given a wrong interpretation of the words of the leader Intel. These findings have then been taken by several parties and, as often happens between fans in a very short time rumors was considered a certain news.

Meeting postponed and then for the revival of beloved Newton.

The news comes from Fortune, who announced that Apple has quadrupled its value compared to Dell in the last two years or so. Although the purchase of computer online is a phenomenon more lively in the United States that here, the analysis reveals some interesting details of general validity.

During the period of observation, from January 2006 until now, the profit margins on Apple shares have first reached and then exceeded those of Dell. This could lead to draw easy conclusions on final prices of products in Cupertino relations to those of the giant sales information online. Instead, the light something that usually does not get the pomp of the stage, but who so heavily influence the choices of a large company.

The reality shows a different scenario. Despite the goal reached, Apple continues to hold 6% of the online market, while Dell was around 31% and, consequently, Steve Jobs earns about 6 billion dollars against nearly 18 of Michael Dell. The question then relates the true reason for this difference thus substantially between the two companies.

The reason the highest value on profit margins is identified in greater vitality of investors. Apple is seen as a society that pursues innovation and research, and this ensures the greater availability of capital (with a consequent rise in the title). All this happens despite Dell venda a higher number of computers but, despite this, few see it as a company from which to expect major change with respect to the classic production.

Frugando between metadata of images collected on Flickr, it was possible to draw up a list of the most used phones to take pictures and head to all the most popular models is its iPhone. Surprised? Not much.

Unlike the other phones, in fact, iPhone is also an iPod and as such inevitably ends up being synchronized very often. It ‘easy to take advantage of these frangenti to wrest some photos to the device and put it online, perhaps with the help of applications such as the excellent MegaPhone.

But there is another part of truth, perhaps even more substantial. Thanks to software as unofficial Installer.app you can install excellent native applications - for most free - able to run automatically upload to Flickr directly from your iPhone, exploiting the connection to the Internet. Thus, it is false to say that a not inconsiderable part of the primacy of iPhone on that platform comes precisely from its enormous potential and this despite the not-art technological equipment.

Oggettivamente, the camera is only 2 Megapixel - against 5 Megapixel Nokia N95 hour scalzato in second place - and suffers a little ‘in low light conditions. But perhaps Apple is right: at least for a slice of audience, the experience of use as a whole is infinitely more important than a list of numbers and technical specifications set out on paper.

The news has done much buzz last week and deserves to be highlighted: in the U.S. iTunes Music Store will introduce the film on the same day of their output on DVD, and the cost of each will be greater than that of other securities proposed, well-14.99 $ 9.99 against $.

To make news is not so much this, because the fact that, according to some sources, with these prices Apple should be at a loss; believe that for each download the figure which is required to rigirare to Major for the rights to be between 15.50 and $ 16. So the feeling is that there is still too much friction between the two concerned: and if one part Apple pushes hard for the affirmation of its business model, the other the Major seek to oppose resistance to prevent the success in the distribution of music Apple recurrence also occurred in the video.

The dumping actions sull’Apple Store, if confirmed, would demonstrate that Apple holds strongly to this emerging market and is willing to initially lose but to reach large numbers, because it is clear that the bargaining power is directly proportional to the number of customers who possesses.

In a market that makes throat to many, of course, each half is lawful.