Posted by Keenan "SuperMario290" in Nintendo, iPhone/Touch | 0 comments

Reggie doesn’t believe Apple’s a threat

In an interview with Forbes, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime reiterates many things, one of those being that Apple in the mobile sector is no problem with them at all, because they’re just no competition!

There’s been no data to suggest an encroachment on our business. The iPhone has been out on the marketplace for just a couple of years. In the last two years we’ve set two records on our DS business, last year selling over 11.2 million units. So there’s been no evidence that we’ve lost any business to that competitor.

Yeah we’re gonna have to agree with that. The iPhone and iPod touch are out there for the quickie games, that provide you entertainment for short little bursts. While it has the capacity to do “real” and longer games, that’s just not the audience that it caters do. This is why Apple is of now real competition to the DS line.

Posted by Keenan "SuperMario290" in Motivational, iPhone/Touch | 0 comments

Motivational Picture of the Day: The iPad is Clearly the Future

When we first heard about the announcement about the Apple iPad, there was a hint of skepticism in our voices (or text) when we were talking about it. Well to accommodate that, we decided to sum-up our feelings about the new device in the form of a motivational poster. Because that’s just how we roll.

Posted by Keenan "SuperMario290" in Breaking, Gadgets | 1 comment

Apple introduces the iPad, we’ve got details

We all knew it was coming in some form or another, a huge, decked out version of the iPod touch and iPhone, and here it is. Apple has officially unveiled the iPad, that has all of the features of the iPhone, but can also be used as a laptop. It is said that this will completely bridge the gap between the smartphone and the laptop (unless you have huge fingers and can’t use the keyboard worth a shit).

Anyhow, I really like the idea, but essentially it’s a bigger iPhone. Just more real estate to surf the web, and do all of that. Plus there are other laptops that have accelerometers in them, have touch screens, have a full keyboard, and are small (just not as), so what really sets this apart? That discussion will be for an editorial of another day.

Kotaku has all of the details of the device, and it’s going to cost a pretty penny obviously, especially if you want to add some 3G to that package. You can check those out below this.

Go Apple, you’re innovative. And stuff.

Pricing
WiFi only models are:
$499 – 16GB
$599 – 32GB
$699 – 64 GB

3G models are:
$629 – 16GB
$729 – 32GB
$829 – 64 GB

Online plans are$14.99 for up to 250 MB of data per month or $29.99 for Unlimited data.

Posted by sg cj sg in Gadgets, Phones, iPhone/Touch | 3 comments

iPhone 4G on Verizon?

There are several rumors that the iPhone 4g will be on the Verizon network. The C.E.O of Verizon told Late Night Show host, Charlie Rose, “that it is Apple’s decision.”  I have been told from an inside source that they are testing right now to see if Verizon’s soon to be released  4g network can download as fast as they claim.  If the iPhone 4g does come out for Verizon this will likely kill AT&T’s sales by at least half because the iPhone is the reason most people choose the AT&T network.

Posted by Chris Luzader in Companies, Other News, Phones | 5 comments

The Cost Of Apple’s iPhone 3GS’s Additional Features Is $4.63 USD

The iPhone 3GS is a major improvement over the iPhone 3G, but what do all the added features cost Apple to include?

Less than a foot-long sandwich.

BusinessWeek says $4.63, to be exact, quoting an analysis from research firm iSuppli.

It costs $178.96 to build the iPhone 3GS, while the iPhone 3G costs $174.33.

Typically, costs of newer versions of products are lower than the previous ones’, but rising chip prices might have caused the higher cost of the 3GS.

BusinessWeek explains:

The 3GS comes in 16- and 32-gigabyte varieties, whereas the prior model topped out at 16 gigabytes. “It used to be that Apple could plan on doubling the amount of memory each year for the same cost,” says Andrew Rassweiler, iSuppli’s teardown manager. In the 16-gigabyte model of the 3GS, the cost of the NAND chips is $24, he says, and $46 in the 32-gigabyte version.

The phone’s Display Module – $19.25, Touchscreen Assembly – $16.00 and Application Processor – $14.46 are some of the more costly materials. The cheapest components are the Power Circuit – $1.25 and Audio Codec – $1.15. Manufacturing costs are pegged at $6.50 and unexplained “bill of materials” at $48.00.

Read the full details of the cost breakdown here.