http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/10/softbank.announces.new.winter.spring.handsets/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/softbankandroidintro.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Japanese telecoms provider Softbank on Tuesday announced an upcoming lineup of handsets, including revealing that it will launch an Android-powered smartphone by the spring of 2010. The device will use a 3.7-inch OLED and be powered by Qualcomm's 1GHz Snapdragon CPU but has received few other details. Otherwise, Snapdragon is already found or to be found in a number of other smartphones from vario... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/10/softbank.announces.new.winter.spring.handsets/ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/09/japans.softbank.climbs.on.iphone.sales/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/iphone3gs-bell.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple is persisting in efforts to expand iPhone sales before the end of 2009, reports note. Singapore is set to gain a third iPhone carrier in the form of StarHub, which will join competition with M1 and SingTel by the end of the year. Vodafone has announced a deal for Qatar, making it the first iPhone carrier in the Middle Eastern country. A local launch could slip into 2010.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/09/japans.softbank.climbs.on.iphone.sales/ Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/23/more.than.30.wm.65.phones.due.before.2010/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/wm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />More than 15 phone manufacturers will release over 30 new smartphones running on Microsoft's upcoming Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system before the end of 2009, the copmany's GCR Mobile Team Unit senior director Benjamin Tan said recently. Tan was speaking to a group of reports at the time, according to a Wednesday Digitimes report. Among the phone manufacturers slated to introduce models are HTC... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/23/more.than.30.wm.65.phones.due.before.2010/ Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/09/nokia.maemo.phones.wont.carry.custom.apps/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/nokian900-2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Nokia will mirror Apple's approach to carrier software with all of its Maemo Linux-based smartphones, the company said on Wednesday. Rather than agree to include carrier-specific apps and modify the look of the OS to appease carriers, as it does with most of its Symbian phones, Nokia told Reuters it will insist that devices like the N900 come only with their default apps and interface. The choic... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/09/nokia.maemo.phones.wont.carry.custom.apps/ Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/17/iphone.3gs.tops.in.japan/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0907/iphone3g-japan.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple's third iPhone generation has ousted Japan's own phone manufacturers for the top sales spot in the country, according to market data from Gfk Japan. The 32GB iPhone 3GS was the most popular phone in Japan during July and outsold even more advanced touchscreen phones from the local market, such as the runner-up Sharp SH-06. Of the top ten, the 16GB iPhone 3GS was the only other non-Japanese... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/17/iphone.3gs.tops.in.japan/ Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/05/i.o.data.intros.seg.clip/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0908/iodata1segtunerintro.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />I-O Data has recently launched its latest SEG Clip, the GV-SC310, which connects to PCs via a USB connection and picks up 1Seg TV broadcasts. The tuner then has the ability to send these broadcasts wirelessly, whether live or recorded, to Sony's PSP or to iPhones and iPod touch devices.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/05/i.o.data.intros.seg.clip/ Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/30/iphone.profitable.in.japan/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0907/softbank.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Japan's largest cellphone carriers experienced contrasting performance in the first fiscal quarter, as the leader NTT DoCoMo reported a slide in net profit by 15 percent to Y147.38 billion (~$1.54 billion USD), according to the Wall Street Journal. Softbank, meanwhile, surprised analysts with a 41 percent jump in profit to Y27.38 (~$286 million USD).... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/30/iphone.profitable.in.japan/ Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/20/japan.looks.to.iphone/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0907/iphone3g-japan.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The Japanese are turning to Apple's iPhone as a source of ideas for how to rescue their ailing cellphone business, the head of a local think tank said today. Professor Takeshi Natsuno of Keio University told the New York Times that companies like Hitachi, NEC and Sharp have generally been unable to sell phones outside of Japan due to difficult, often highly customized interfaces and that the iPho... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/20/japan.looks.to.iphone/ Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/03/iphone.tops.in.japan/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0806/iphone3g-japan.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The iPhone is currently the best-selling smartphone in Japan, at least at retail, according to a recent survey. Gathered by research firm BCN, data from 2,300 stores shows the 8GB iPhone 3G as the most popular smartphone, followed by its 16GB sibling. Ranking third in the survey is the NTT DoCoMo Aquos SH-04A, designed by Sharp; RIM's BlackBerry Bold ranks sixth, and a full four slots in the lis... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/03/iphone.tops.in.japan/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/25/japanese.iphone.3gs.launch/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0906/iphone3gs-black.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Japanese shoppers are already in line to buy the iPhone 3G S, which goes on sale with Softbank at 7AM local time on Friday, equivalent to 6PM Eastern on Thursday. Lines are smaller than those for the iPhone 3G launch, according to IDG, at present closer to 100 people at Softbank's flagship Omotesando store. When reservations opened for the 3G S last week, approximately 200 people arrived at the ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/25/japanese.iphone.3gs.launch/ Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:40:00 GMT