3G iPhone Launch Seen in Second Quarter

Apple is expected to launch a high-speed wireless version of the iPhone in the second quarter and produce as many as 8 million of the devices in the third quarter, according to Bank of America. Apple has said it expects to have sold 10 million iPhones by the end of 2008. It said in January that it had sold more than 4 million iPhones since the phone was launched in June. (Internet News)

Why would Steve Jobs rent music on iTunes?

It’s all the talk on tech and music blogs: The report in Wednesday’s Financial Times that Apple is negotiating with the big music companies for a deal that would give customers free access to the entire iTunes music library. In exchange for what? There are several answers to that question in the FT account, and that’s the problem. (Fortune)

Adobe CEO says Flash apps coming to iPhone

Adobe Systems CEO Shantanu Narayen said the company intends to bring its Flash Player to Apple's iPhone. Whether and how Flash applications would run on Apple's iPhone has been an open question since the device's launch. Narayen's comments indicate that Adobe will be able to create a version of Flash Lite for the iPhone by using the iPhone software developers kit (SDK) which was released earlier this month. (News.com, Seeking Alpha)

Report: iPhone Users Consume More Content

M:Metrics has released data that shows iPhone users also listen to music, access social networking sites, watch on-demand video and mobile TV, and access news and other information far more than both other mobile phone owners, including other smartphone users. For instance, 74.1% of all iPhone users report listening to music on their phone, compared to 27.9% of smartphone users and 6.7% of overall mobile users. (Billboard)

Apple mulls unlimited music bundle

Apple is in discussions with the big music companies about a radical new business model that would give customers free access to its entire iTunes music library in exchange for paying a premium for its iPod and iPhone devices. Apple, which is thought to make relatively little money from the iTunes store compared with its hardware sales, is also understood to be examining a subscription model. (Financial Times)

How Apple Will Sell 10 Million iPhones

Despite some recent doubts, Apple should meet its goal of selling 10 million phones in 2008. Despite a slowing U.S. economy, Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs is sticking to his audacious goal of grabbing 1% of the worldwide mobile phone market by the end of 2008. On Jan. 15, Apple said it had sold 4 million iPhones since it went on sale June 29. That amounts to about 19,900 a day. To hit Jobs' goal, Apple will have to pick up the pace, selling 27,322 handsets a day, seven days a week, for all of 2008. (Forbes)

iPhone SDK downloaded by 100,000 developers

Despite some early problems managing the flood of developers seeking access to the iPhone software development kit (SDK), Apple reported 100,000 developers have downloaded the kit as of Sunday 9 March. In the latest update Apple quoted a number of third-party developers to give a pretty clear signal of what types of applications are already in development. (Silicon.com)

BBC releases fix for iPlayer hack

The BBC has issued a fix to stop people downloading programmes from the iPlayer website that were intended for streaming on an iPhone or iPod only. The content for the phones and iPod is streamed as an MP4 file without copy protection and hackers quickly realised that they could access the file using a simple plug in for Firefox. (BBC News)

BBC iPlayer comes to the iPhone

The BBC has launched a version of its iPlayer video on demand service for the Apple iPhone and iPod touch. It is the first time the service has been available on portable devices. The iPhone and iPod touch are able to stream shows from the iPlayer website over wi-fi networks. The iPhone cannot stream BBC video over the cell network. A BBC developer said that the corporation was currently working on other versions of the iPlayer for "many more" devices. (BBC News)

iPhone sales fall short of O2 target

Sales of Apple's much-hyped iPhone in the UK have fallen just short of the expectations of O2, the mobile operator that is the exclusive network for the handset. O 2 said shortly before the iPhone's UK launch on November 9 that it expected handset sales of 200,000 in the first two months, but people familiar with the situation said the actual figure for the first eight weeks was about 190,000. (Financial Times)

SeeqPod IPhone Button Allows Instant Access to Free Music

We've been following SeeqPod for a while as the company has honed its music search engine, which lets you play the internet's hidden music on your computer, IPhone, or iPod Touch. After installing the latest firmware (in iTunes), you can add an SeeqPod icon to your iPhone or iPod Touch menu that offers direct access to the service. Once you search for or browse to a song (enter a band you like in the Discover menu to find new stuff), songs load as Quicktime movies on the iPhone. (Wired Blog)

Apple iPhone sales hit four million mark: Jobs

Apple Inc. has sold four million iPhones since the cellphone, which includes Internet access, videos and music, was launched in June, chief executive Steve Jobs said Tuesday. "That averages 20,000 iPhones a day," Jobs told a standing-room crowd in a cavernous room at the opening of the California company's annual Macworld Expo in San Francisco. Jobs also unveiled iPhone software upgrades including a location-detecting map feature crafted with help from Internet giant Google and wireless communications firm SkyHook. (AFP)

FlyTunes to launch free digital radio services for the iPhone

Digital music startup, FlyTunes, is set to launch a service that will allow users to play internet radio for free on their iPhones and other portable devices. The music service, which will work on an ad-supported basis, lets users create personalised music channels with tracks taken from over 20,000 internet radio stations. It also promises to give uninterrupted service by caching hours of music that can be listened to when there is no connection available. (PR)