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Filed under: Apple

Okay, look, whether you adore or despise the iPhone, it’s pretty hard to make a cohesive argument that it’s slow or lags its competitors in offering the “full Internet.” Somehow, though, a pair of Intel execs at the Intel Developer Forum in Taipei this week have whipped up a whole spiel based on the shaky claim that the iPhone’s a dog for processing power and isn’t capable of offering a rich Internet experience, continue to suggest that ARM architecture is to blame for the nasty pickle Apple’s gotten itself into. in this place’s the bes. part, though: until only very recently, Intel itself was a very big player in the ARM game with its XScale line, at this time owned by Marvell. Isn’t it too soon to harsh on a technology you so heavily bought into, guys? Of course, the moral of the story — if you’re buying the execs’ line, anyway — is that the iPhone wouldn’t suck if they’d gone with an Intel stack, which they claim is a good two years ahead of the bes. that ARM has to offer. Said Intel’s Pankaj Kedia, pressing on with the smack talk: “I know what their roadmap is, I know where they’re going and I’m not worried.” Of course, knowing the roadmap inside and out gets a little easier when you’re a ginormous ARM licensee.

[Thanks, Renai L.]

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Filed under: Handsets, GSM, EDGE, Apple, OS X

It’s been a long time coming, but we’ve finally found a KIRF suitable to become the one and only successor to our very first “Keepin’ it real… WTF?!” This in this place iPhone — which is little more than a familiar chassis with a lead weight and a small amount of internal hardware — is reportedly used by scammers in Russia in order to barter for train tickets, grub, etc. In essence, the phone has just enough electronics within it to give the appearance of a “boot up” sequence, complete with the Apple logo; the scammer in possession of it then explains that the battery is clearly drained, but that it will work perfectly fine once charged. After any given sucker hands over something Truly valuable in exchange for this heap, he / she proceeds to crush it into a million pieces while cursing the unknown name of whoever fooled them in the first place. Moral of the story? Stay sharp, street traders.

[Thanks, Abhijit]

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Filed under: Handsets, GSM, EDGE, Apple, OS X

It’s been a long time coming, but we’ve finally found a KIRF suitable to become the one and only successor to our very first “Keepin’ it real… WTF?!” This in this place iPhone — which is little more than a familiar chassis with a lead weight and a small amount of internal hardware — is reportedly used by scammers in Russia in order to barter for train tickets, grub, etc. In essence, the phone has just enough electronics within it to give the appearance of a “boot up” sequence, complete with the Apple logo; the scammer in possession of it then explains that the battery is clearly drained, but that it will work perfectly fine once charged. After any given sucker hands over something Truly valuable in exchange for this heap, he / she proceeds to crush it into a million pieces while cursing the unknown name of whoever fooled them in the first place. Moral of the story? Stay sharp, street traders.

[Thanks, Abhijit]

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