Microsoft hopes its Phoenix will rise
The Project Phoenix team sets up their glider in Long Beach, Calif., on Friday, a day ahead of the Flugtag competition.
Apple set to launch iPhone 4 in China early next month
Apple will launch iPhone 4 in China in the first part of September with carrier partner China Unicom, just weeks after beginning sales of a WiFi-enabled iPhone 3GS in that market. A report by MarketWatch , citing the Chinese Caixin media group, said a China Unicom source acknowledged that iPhone 4 will ship in the world’s largest market shortly, followed by the Chinese release of iPad. The two products won’t be launched at the same time however, and no timeframe was given for the iPad launch.
Steve Ballmer: ‘Apple sold more iPads than I’d like them to sell’
Speaking to Wall Street analysts, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer noted that tablets are a big issue for the company and expressed concern about Apple’s success with iPad. “Today, one of the top issues on my mind, hey there’s a category — tablets,” Ballmer said , according to a transcript by Business Insider .
Supply of white iPhone 4s looking low for launch day
AT&T Wireless will only be taking pre-orders for black iPhone 4s and won’t have white models to sell to customers until sometime after the device launches on June 24th, according to memo that is reportedly making its way to AT&T stores. And it’s not the only carrier affected. The unauthenticated memo was published by modmyi , the same outlet which leaked an accurate memo last week regarding the carrier’s intent to offer a iPhone 4 trade-up program for recent iPhone 3GS buyers.