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iPhone Apps only for personal usage: does Apple continue to deceive its customer base?

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In a new rather contradictive statement made by Apple it seems that the 1, Infinite Loop based company continues to lie to its user base. Or behave hypocritically at least.

Problem this time is the requirement of companies in the UK who want to reclaim the Value Added Tax (VAT) on applications purchased via the Appstore. But the Californian company states that applications purchased for the iPhone via its built-in Appstore are only for personal, non-commercial use, thus evading the need to supply VAT-receipts. [Read more…]

Originally posted on August 24, 2009 @ 5:10 pm

How the iPhone Gouges You

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Want to know how much Steve Jobs is gouging you on that pretty little underpowered toy you call the iPhone? Consider this: the iPhone has the highest profit margin in the entire handset industry, at a whopping 40%. Even though the iPhone accounts for only 8% of the industry’s revenue, it rakes in 32% of the industry’s profit.

Amazing how much some people will pay to play in a walled garden. Apple fanboys are suckers.

Originally posted on August 14, 2009 @ 10:26 am

Microsoft attempting Android/iPhone catchup with dual Windows Mobile development?

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If sources at Taiwanese mobile handset manufacturers can be believed, Microsoft plans to keep both Windows Mobile 6.5 and Windows Mobile 7 alive well into the next decade, in a bid to compete with Android-based cellphones and the iPhone.

windows-mobile-logoMicrosoft could attack Android phones with the launch of Windows Mobile 6.5, expected on October 1 this year with an upgraded touch interface available from February 2010.

A Windows Mobile 7 launch planned for the fourth quarter of 2010 and would potentially compete with the iPhone.

If true, that’s a seriously long lead time and makes me wonder just how serious Microsoft is about keeping and gaining mobile OS market share. [Read more…]

Originally posted on August 19, 2009 @ 6:48 am

BrowserMedia releases iPhone app for LivingSocial

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BrowserMedia announced that it has released an iPhone application for LivingSocial, a social discovery and cataloging network that allows more than 6.8 million users to review and share their favorite movies, books, games, music, restaurants and beer.

BrowserMedia worked closely with the LivingSocial team to develop an iPhone application front-end to their existing social networking platform. Features of the application include account integration via webservices, the ability to review, rate and share, the ability to take and upload photographs, the ability to search and browse reviews, integrated recommendations, and the ability to browse friend profiles and review feeds.

Originally posted on October 27, 2008 @ 3:22 pm