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Most consumers understand that when it comes to a smart phone maker, the Apple brand is the strongest on the market today given the way they have masterfully blended a combination of intuitive product design and amazing marketing that helped build in their iPhone as a premiere brand of smart phone for savvy consumers. This has lead many to go with the brand without checking all of their options and that may work for some consumers, but a growing segment of buyers are looking for a low cost version of the smart phone that is not necessarily loaded with bells and whistles while still having many of the features that make this such a popular device in the tech savvy world. The new competitor to hit the scene recently has been LG with a range of different models that are designed to suit different needs which is not the same way that Apple has chosen to market its flag ship product. The LG approach is to offer variety so that consumers will have a level of choice as to what they would like for their phones and be able to decide which price range works best for them. It started with the LG Cookie, a previous model which offered a very low cost alternative to the pricey iPhone and then expanded to the LG Arena which was a more expensive model that more closely competed with the iPhone’s list of features. Now there is a new product on the horizon which may be a very clever challenge.

The new LG Pop mixes a range of features that set it apart as not only a less expensive phone, but a green solution due to the option of including a back mounted solar panel to raise the amount of talk time the phone offers. This is a bold incentive that may win over many.

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For years now, US based Apple has faced very little serious competition for the lion’s share of the emerging smart phone market. The company has dominated with very little effort thanks to a host of features that its product offers and the fact that upgrades and new version of the industry standard smart phone are rapid and always raise the bar when it comes to the definition of state of the art. For this reason, many critics have said it will be over a decade before the iPhone gets even the slightest hint of a serious competitor, but some critics are now changing their mind as the Samsung Wave arrives on the shores of many countries across the world. The Korean based electronics mega company has put some serious R and D into their new phone to bring out a wide range of features that genuinely improve upon the smart phone concept while still offering something that is uniquely Samsung in its presentation. Many fans of the company enjoy the fact that the phone’s 3.3 inch touch screen is easy to use and the 720p video recording mode on its stock camcorder is definitely winning over more.

The facts, say critics, point to Apple eventually having to face real competition even though with more competitors Apple still seems to be doing just fine with their flag ship product. The Wave has brought 32 GB of external memory to the picture as well as a music player that can easily run in the background, along with a variety of features such as flash reduction and brightness control to its standard camera. Apple seems to view any push from a competitor to raise the bar as just another challenge, but critics have begun to speculate that Samsung may have a winner in the new Wave.

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After many weeks of anticipation over the new 3G iPhone there was finally a photo released to ensure people that it is indeed coming. The iPod Observer received the photo. To put minds to rest, they have released the image and it appears that the new 3G iPhone will be a shiny little black number. It features a black glossy rear instead of the typical aluminum that many assumed it would have. Based on the picture that was released the phone will also not include the separate black plastic end piece that typically covers the antenna. Many feel that it looks much like the Knight Creations/ TiAIN iPhones. The main difference is that the black plastic end piece is included which is expected to create a clear signal for the iPhone 3G, although Apple may not completely disregard the use of aluminum. Many believe that the photo may simply be a fantasy shot of what they want the new 3G to look like.

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Orange, the company who exclusively offers Apple’s iPhone in France recently reported that the number of customers who travel to France to purchase an unlocked iPhone is less than 10 percent. They hinted that the high price of the device is a turn-off for customers.
The company also confirmed that they are developing applications via the SDK which was released by Apple last month. Georges Penalver, Executive Vice President of Strategic Marketing for Orange Labs stated that “We are developing applications for the iPhone”.
They would not however, confirm whether or not those same applications will be made available to UK O2 iPhone customers.

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It seems that Apple’s latest iPhone firmware update that was released in January is causing quite a stir of reported bugs. Many users have complained that their text messaging conversations seem to be out of order. The glitch is even more frustrating in light of the fact that the 1.1.3 update was designed to help iPhone users to send SMS messages to multiple recipients at once. Apple has posted a support document that admits that their “SMS messages may be displayed in the wrong order”. Although they admit there is a problem, they are refusing to label the problem as a “bug”.

To be fair to Apple, not everyone who owns an iPhone is having this problem. It seems to mainly affect those users of O2 in the UK. The first reports of the bug were noticed on January 15th. Apple issued their support document which admitted to the problem on January 21st, but as of January 26th, UK iPhone users were still experiencing the problem and posting complaints that Apple had still not answered their questions to their satisfaction.

Apple simply stated that the problem may be occurring because messages are being sent to each iPhone user too quickly. They also went on to add that if the iPhone is not displaying the same date and time setting as the carrier network is displaying, then the problem may occur. Users should ensure that they are setup to receive the network time by turning the “Set Automatically” feature to “ON”. This feature is located in the general>date and time sequence. However, network time may not be available in some cases, which leaves many iPhone users steaming over the fact that Apple does not seem to be handling their issues. Many users feel that since Apple boasted the feature of sending multiple texts at once they should be taking a much closer look at the bug that is affecting that very feature.

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