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03/23/2006, 9:25am, EST
Thursday, March 23rd
Apple searches for iPhone suppliers
A new report says that Apple has been approaching suppliers in Taiwan to build its much rumored "iPhone." Insiders at Taiwanese phone maker BenQ said that Apple procurement executives have been talking to various Taiwanese phone makers during the past few months in an effort to cut a manufacturing deal on an iPod Phone, according to SmartHouse: The phone could be launched in the next few months, although parts availability is a concern and the manufacturing contract is still up in the air. "An iPod phone is definitely coming. BenQ will not be making it as we are in competition with Apple however several of our suppliers have been approached to manufacture parts. Among manufacturers in Taiwan it is common knowledge. The issue for many is the availabilty of parts if the phone takes off" said the BenQ executive. Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster last week indicated a "75 percent chance" of the iPhone debut in the next 12 months, while Bill Shope of J.P Morgan believes Apple will introduce the phone by the fourth quarter of this year, according to the report.
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What ever happend to the days when girls where girls and smokes were smokes and being a rebel ment kickin ass?
Does Apple realize that there is more money in actomic power in Iran then iPhones??
Even more $$$ in bottled water.
An iPhone makes a lot more sense than an iCar - and a while back there was a quote about how nobody wanted an all-in-one device - something like "nobody wants their toaster to be a coffee maker". that's because we don't have to put our toaster and coffee maker in our front pants pocket with our microwave and george forman grill.
i want an iPhonePodCameraPDA. if a video iPod were a phone with a 5MP camera i would gladly pay $750 for it.
If you think that's too much money then you haven't been buying apple products since it was safe to drink the tap water in a simpler world - when a 13" color monitor with an 80 column text card cost a grand, and dual 5.25 drives cost $450. yeah, i'm old. boy i hope i didn't submit this 2x
we're stuck - who doesn't wante bigger, better, faster? [smaller, better, faster]