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Banned iPod app finds new home on Android
A game the developers call educational but that Apple’s App Store considered controversial enough to ban has found a new home on Android. “Phone Story” is a game that takes place at an foreign electronics plant. The player supervises workers whose job it is to put together smartphones in sweatshop like conditions. Child labor is more »
Suspected Suicide Rocks Foxconn
Officials at Foxconn, the Chinese company that makes the iPhone for Apple, announced that earlier this week a 21-year old employee killed himself by jumping from a 6th story window. While it appears to be another in a long string of tragic suicides, the company is saying it was an accident and that the employee, more »
More evidence points to a September launch for iPhone 5
It seems everyone is in agreement that we won’t be seeing an iPhone 5 this summer as usual, and now Reuters is saying we’ll see the phone in September. The evidence seems to stem from those in factories responsible for parts in previous iPhones. Reuters cites the ever popular “people familiar with the matter” as more »
iPad 2 already in the works, might ship by February 2011?
If Digitimes’ report this morning is reliable, we might be looking at a possible shipment of the iPad 2 starting February 2011. According to the report, Foxconn Electronics in Shenzhen, China has already been notified to start manufacturing the iPad 2. Initial shipments are expected to be as much as 400,000-600,000 units. It should be more »
Will iPad cost $399 after holidays?
Apple has pitched the iPad as in between unit – right between the iPhone and a Mac. That leaves the door open to what kind of commercial strategy lies ahead for the iPad. The way I see it, we have a pretty good shot at seeing a $399 iPad by April. If the iPad follows more »
Foxconn workers in China will receive a pay raise
Foxconn workers in China will be receiving another pay raise in the coming months in response to recent suicides. Workers in the plant located in southern Chinese city of Shenzhen will be seeing a 2,000 yuan (roughly $291) raise this October. All other workers in China will get their raises in July. This is exactly more »
Dell to re-enter the handheld business?
Dell is rumored to be headed back into the handheld business. The so-called resurrection will come with a possible partnership with Hon Hai Precision Industry, aka Foxconn Electronics. Teaming up with Foxconn Electronics is said to bring about a Windows Mobile based handheld with GPS. Looks like Dell’s previous decision to hire Motorola’s VP of more »
