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Apple's CEO Steve Jobs has expressed interest in building an iPhone designed to work specifically for China Mobile's 4th generation network. Although China Unicom already sells iPhones in China, the company has failed to attract as many subscribers as in other countries due to its relatively small subscriber base. Developing an iPhone that can run on TD [LTE-TD] would allow Apple to sell iPhones via China Mobile, now the world's largest mobile phone company.
They say it is a good idea to start projects from a young age. Nine-year-old Lim Ding Wen has taken this advice to heart by adapting his first application to the iPhone. His app, which allows users to draw various shapes and colours using their fingers on the iPhone's touchscreen, has already reportedly been downloaded 4000 times already since it was uploaded about two weeks ago.
The iPhone is already known for its impressive ability to handle graphics and gameplay for a range of games, including Armageddon Squadron, and Brothers in Arms - Hour of Heroes. With its intuitive high resolution touchscreen interface and faster 3G connection speeds, the iPhone naturally provides an interesting platform for running games. Rumours at Mac World Expo 2009 suggest the iPhone could become a serious competitor for the Sony PSP, Nintendo Wii, and other portable game devices.
With Macworld 2009 starting on January 5th without Steve Jobs, speculation that Apple will launch a new version of the iPhone is growing. One popular idea, mentioned in the press and on numerous blogs over the last few days, is that a new 'nano' version of the iPhone will be announced at the expo.
It seems that the Blackberry Storm, launched in October 2008 in the UK, is enjoying a good reception from buyers. Analysts are wondering whether this device could provide serious competition for the Apple iPhone 3G, which has seen impressive sales growth since it was launched in July this year.
The UK's Advertising Standards Agency ("ASA") ruled today that Apple had misled consumers in its latest iPhone 3G TV advertisement. Complaints to the watchdog focused on Apple's claim that "all the parts of the Internet are on the iPhone", whereas iPhone does not currently support Flash or Java, making it difficult to browse certain websites.
OK so this is not iPhone specific news but we thought you might be interested all the same. Apparently authorities in Japan have alerted consumers that there have been a number of cases where iPod Nanos have burst into flames, particularly upon recharging.
