New 3G IPhone Costs $173 to Make: ISuppli (PC World via Yahoo! News)
The new iPhone costs just US$173 to make.
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Dell cuts 80 local jobs (The Oxford Press)
WEST CHESTER TWP. Dell Inc., the computer maker, has cut 80 employee jobs at its distribution facility here. The full-time positions terminated were in boxing and shipping operations, effective immediately as of June 19, said Ken Bissell, communications manager for Dell.
Source: www.oxfordpress.com
Best Buy plans to double sales by 2013 (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
President and Chief Operating Officer Brian Dunn predicted that the retailer will double sales in the next five years to $80 billion in fiscal year 2013.
Source: www.startribune.com
Auditions, will be held at 7 p.m. on Friday, June 27, at the Summit Playhouse, 10 New England Ave., Summit, for the … (Independent Press)
Finger Lakes Wine Festival, in Watkins Glen, July 18, 19 and 20, is presented by Yancey’s Fancy New York’s Artisan Cheese. Eighty wineries are slated to attend, as are vendors representing artisans, jewelers, culinary products, displays and wine accessories.
Source: www.nj.com
Dell cuts 80 local jobs (The Hamilton Journal News)
WEST CHESTER TWP. Dell Inc., the computer maker, has cut 80 employee jobs at its distribution facility here.
Source: www.journal-news.com
Why is the new 3G iPhone so cheap? (InfoWorld)
The mystery behind why the new iPhone is so cheap may be solved, with market researcher iSuppli saying it costs just $173 to make. Apple caused a stir earlier this month when it launched the new 3G iPhone with a $199 price tag. Similar products from rivals cost much more. Taiwan’s High Tech Computer (HTC), for example, has priced the Touch Diamond at NT$23,900 ($785) for its home …
Source: www.infoworld.com
Subsidy Puts Apple’s iPhone Margin Above 50 Percent (NewsFactor via Yahoo! News)
Two weeks ago, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced the much-anticipated iPhone 3G. Now iSuppli is sharing how much it costs Apple to build the mobile device — and the company’s profit.
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Gates looks into PC’s future as career shift approaches (USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News)
REDMOND, Wash. - It’s just a short time before he will leave full-time duties at Microsoft, and Bill Gates is reflecting on a longtime passion: the human-type interfaces he believes will usher computing well beyond the keyboard and mouse - everything from Tablet PCs with handwriting recognition to Surface tabletop computers that recognize objects and human touch.
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T-Mobile signs deal with Gravis for German iPhone? (MacNN)
Germany’s T-Mobile, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, has signed a deal to sell the iPhone 3G through a local reseller, an industry publication reports. People in DT’s “business circles” are said to have acknowledged a deal with Gravis, a computer vendor which already sells a number of Apple products including Macs and iPod and iPhone accessories….
Source: www.macnn.com